A devoted team led by experience and rooted in trust.
Koelle collaborates with a trusted group of facilitators who bring diverse lived experiences to their collective work. Each expert contributes to creating grounded, supportive, and safe spaces—ranging from private coaching to immersive retreats—rooted in trust, empathy, and genuine presence.
Discover Koelle’s trusted colleagues and book an introductory session below.
Patrick Gaines
Personal and Leadership Coaching
Patrick is a lifelong endurance athlete, business leader, and creative who brings grounded wisdom and presence to every encounter. With decades of experience as a professional musician and nonprofit executive, Patrick has led healthcare, education, and arts organizations, helping teams navigate change with clarity and care.
After overcoming a spinal tumor and grappling with addiction, Patrick embraced nature, mindfulness, community, and joy as vital components of his healing and rebuilding process. His lived experience informs a coaching practice rooted in presence, trust, resilience, and emotional clarity. Clients appreciate his ability to meet them exactly where they are, without judgment or pressure.
Today, Patrick supports individuals, business teams, and retreat groups through personal transitions and professional challenges. He utilizes internal parts work, somatic mindfulness, and phenomenology to provide strategic insight and maintain a grounded presence in every space he enters.
Meghan Walla-Murphy
Nature-Based Retreat Leader
Meghan is a writer, educator, and ecological consultant who helps people genuinely reconnect with the natural world and their inner landscapes. With an extensive biology, history, and environmental education background, she weaves scientific understanding with traditional wisdom, storytelling, and land-based practices to create deeply moving experiences.
Meghan’s work has taken her around the world—from field studies in Nepal and the Philippines to conservation efforts in California and South Africa. Across each landscape, her passion remains constant: helping people cultivate a sense of place and uncover their role within the greater ecological narrative.
Through retreats and consulting, she encourages participants to engage in deep listening practices, personal reflection, grounded curiosity, and meaningful connection with the wild and the surrounding human communities.
Ashley Gates Jansen
Loss, Grief, Crisis, and Life Counselor
Ashley is an interfaith minister, a seasoned theater artist, and an educator who supports individuals through spiritual care, emotional processing, and personal storytelling. She brings deep presence and compassion to her work, helping individuals navigate grief, addiction, spiritual crises, and life transitions. She meets people with grace, warmth, and humor during their most tender moments.
Ashley has studied with renowned teachers, including Byron Katie, Richard Rohr, Francis Weller, and Malidoma Somé, weaving together years of learning into a practice grounded in honesty, grace, and soulful reflection. Her work meets people where they are—deep in loss or searching for meaning—and invites them into clarity and connection. She has worked as a speaker, educator, and hospital chaplain. Whether holding space in a retreat, on stage, or by the sea, she brings a unique ability to walk alongside others during their most tender moments.
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Community Responses
“After working with Koelle for only 5 sessions, I’ve experienced increasing freedom and compassion as well as a generally more optimistic outlook on life. And my apprehension has given way to an eagerness for each session.”
Luke L.
“Her empathy, intuition, deep listening skills and energetic connection are abilities that can’t be taught and, when experienced, are life changing.”
Sarah C.
“In a nutshell, working with Koelle is an experience of honesty and love and healing …that brings me ever deeper to my true self.”
Susan S.