Annie Woods

Life Coach

What if you were never lost, just on your way home to yourself?

Who I work with

I work with adults who are building a life that fits them, often after years of trying to fit someone else’s idea of one. Many of my clients are:

• living with ADHD, or just figuring out that’s what’s been going on
• chronically stressed and tired of running from their past
• queer, trans, or questioning
• leaving a religion, or rebuilding a faith that has room for them
• in families that don’t look like the ones on TV: blended, chosen, polyamorous, or ethically non-monogamous

You don’t have to be any of those to work with me. But if you are, you won’t have to explain your life to me before we can get to work.

What working with me is like

Sessions are an hour, online. Our first one usually starts with a simple question: what isn’t working? Then we get specific. I’ll ask what you want your life to feel like, where you keep getting stuck, and what you’ve already tried. I ask a lot of questions, and I pay attention to what your body says as well as your words.

I trained as a scientist, so I like evidence and I notice patterns. I’m also deeply intuitive, and over the years I’ve learned to trust that side of me too. I won’t hand you a formula. Most sessions end with one small thing to try before next time, something you can actually do on a bad week.

Depending on what you need, we might listen to the different parts of you that want different things, or work with the dreams that keep showing up. Sometimes I’ll write you a small ritual to carry the work into your week. If spiritual or mythological language helps you, we’ll use it. If it doesn’t, we won’t.

I’m trauma-informed and autism-aware. We go at a pace your nervous system can handle, and you’re always in charge of what we talk about.

Coaching is about where you’re going. If you need to heal something from the past, a therapist is the right person. If you’re in crisis, you need more support than coaching can give. Either way, I’ll gladly help you find it.

Risk
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.

About me

I’ve always felt most like myself among trees. They have personalities, and whole conversations with me. For years I’ve dreamed of a house in the redwoods. So when my family was dreaming out loud about names one day, it came out before I thought about it: “None of the names I’ve ever been handed feel like me. If I have to be from something or of something, then I’m Annie of the Woods.” It stuck.

For a lot of years I was quiet and careful. I kept myself small because I was afraid of being judged, and I got very good at helping everyone else instead. I’m still learning to take up room. If that sounds familiar, I understand it from the inside.

I’m queer, polyamorous, and have ADHD, so I’m not learning your world from a textbook.

My song Better than Nothing starts, “looking through the looking glass again, at the girl I should have been.” A lot of my work is helping people stop chasing who they should have been and get to know who they are.

I have a BS in Biology, and I coached people informally for years before making it official. I’m a life coach trained in Martha Beck’s Wayfinder method. I’m based in southeastern Massachusetts and meet with clients online.

I also write on Substack, where I think out loud about tarot, dream interpretation, and healing from trauma. If you’d like to know me better before we talk, start there.

Fees

I list my prices because I hate it when people don’t.

Free 30-minute call. A chance to see if we’re a good fit. No pitch.

Coaching sessions: $90–150, sliding scale. Sessions are 60 minutes. Pay what fits your budget in that range, no explanation needed. Payment is due at booking.

Community spots: pay what you can. I keep four of these open at any time, for up to 8 sessions each. When they’re full, you can join the waitlist and I’ll email you when one opens.

Get in touch

Or email me at info@annieofthewoods.com.

I’m a life coach, not a therapist or medical provider, and coaching isn’t a substitute for mental health treatment. If you’re in crisis, call or text 988, or call 911.