Hi, I’m Claudia Barnes.
I help people rediscover who they are as their truest and most authentic selves—getting unstuck from old patterns that no longer serve them— awakening to clarity and taking action to live life with more freedom, joy and purpose.
I am all about personal discovery, transformation, and the gift of new beginnings!
I am an openhearted, empathetic, curious, and resilient woman with a “make it happen” approach who loves all things Spiritual and tapping into my own intuitive sense.
I’ve dedicated my life to living authentically and consider this the path to freedom, joy, love, and purpose. I’ve discovered in my own journey that difficult challenges and life’s un-invited changes and transitions can open us up to more self-awareness and the opportunity to shed false parts; beliefs, behaviors, and ways of living, that no longer serve us.
Allowing us to remember who we are, embrace our purpose, and
confidently step into New Beginnings!
The truth is, it hasn’t always been this way. Growing up intuitive and much more in tune with others' needs than my own, I became very quickly focused and dedicated to fulfilling others’ needs, wants and values while neglecting to discover and live my own life.
This may sound familiar as so often we live into others’ expectations and fulfill others’ needs—forgetting our own along the way. I created a life that from the outside may have looked marvelous, and in many ways it was. But I neglected the most important thing—myself.
In 2015, I heard Holy Spirit clearly telling me, in a loving and caring way, “I gave you a life.” Over the next year I began my journey of awakening to myself and rediscovering my intuition.
I began to reconnect to me and set intentions to establish healthy patterns and recover lost parts of me—joy, freedom, spontaneity and love.
My awareness of myself, the Holy Spirit, and my intuition reignited in my heart.
This was my call to awaken.
Transitions are often a catalyst.
In fall 2018, I began an extended transition process with marriage separation and my now-grown son moving to college. With the assistance of my faith and spiritual practices combined with “my tribe” of amazing friends and circumstances God has put in my path, I’ve consciously traveled the journey through the grief of endings, the stuckness of resistance, the anxiety and fear of the wilderness, and the gift of new beginnings.
I know the call to “awaken” can come in many different ways; uninvited circumstances and life changes, or in the quiet nudgings of the Soul over time.
Helping others consciously navigate these transitions, reconnect with who they are, and live authentically is the calling of my soul.
Using the practices learned experientially on my own journey and in my work with clients combined with intuitive listening, insightful inquiry, and purposeful action, my hope is to support you to reconnect with self, get clear on your desires, and create a path to authentic fulfillment.
We are partners on this journey and I am here to support you so you can begin to live more consciously and intentionally creating your own path to joy and fulfillment.
Professional Credentials
With 20+ years’ coaching experience in corporate, consulting, and private practice settings…
Master of Arts Degree Counseling
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Business Administration / Marketing
Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation (ICF)
Coach U International Graduate Coach U
Member, International Coach Federation (ICF)
Duke Integrative Health Coach Training
Mindfulness - Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) UMass Center for Mindfulness (online)
Mindful Self - Compassion (MSC) Center for Mindful Self-Compassion (online);
Enneagram of Emergence, The Inner Critic Workshop The Enneagram Institute
Reiki 1 and 2 Certified