Our Coaches
At The Innerwork Center, we believe that coaching is foundational to inner work. It offers a powerful, personalized path to self-awareness, growth, and transformation. Coaching is a space where individuals and groups can take a deeper dive into understanding themselves and others — cultivating clarity, resilience, emotional intelligence, and purpose. We believe in the coach approach as an essential component of conscious leadership, community well-being, and human flourishing.
We are proud to partner with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and serve as the regular host site for our local Richmond region’s monthly gatherings — where over 30 certified coaches come together for connection, continuing education, and collaboration. From this vibrant and diverse community, we have formed the Coach Collab — a select group of highly trained, ICF-certified coaches who work closely with The Innerwork Center.
These coaches maintain on-site office space, meet with individual clients, and contribute their expertise to our community and corporate programs — including team coaching, workshops, retreats, and more. Just as we honor our faculty who guide learning across our four core areas of inner work, we are proud to highlight these coaches as trusted companions in personal and professional development.
If you are looking for a coach to support your journey, we invite you to explore the profiles below. If someone resonates with you, reach out directly — or let us help you make the connection.
Angela Fontaine
Angela Fontaine, ACC, ELI-MP, is a Professional Coach and Consultant who helps changemakers and leaders align their work with their deepest values. As the founder of Seraph Strategies, she supports individuals and organizations navigating transition, leadership development, and strategic growth with a focus on justice, sustainability, and systemic change.
Angela blends clear insight with deep listening to help clients recognize and shift unproductive patterns, tap into their potential, and take aligned, impactful action. With a background in change management, strategic planning, and capacity building, she brings both structure and soul to the coaching process.
Angela loves working with:
Leaders of nonprofit and mission-driven organizations navigating team dynamics and organizational challenges
Individuals looking to manage stress and prevent burnout
People going through significant life changes (divorce, relocation, retirement)
Staff members looking to grow their leadership skills
Individuals seeking greater fulfillment and authenticity in their work
Organizations seeking to create meaningful change in their communities
Board members strengthening their governance skills
Professionals seeking to lead from their values and authentic selves
Teams working to improve collaboration and effectiveness
You can learn more here or book an exploratory call here.
Erin Lingo
Erin Lingo is a Certified Presence-Based Coach and ICF-certified Associate Certified Coach who specializes in somatic coaching and embodied leadership. She draws from over a decade and a half of nonprofit leadership experience, deep study of yoga philosophy and a variety of somatic modalities, and a trauma-informed perspective to support values-aligned living and leading.
Through accessible somatic tools – including breathwork, mindful movement and nervous system regulation practices, and embodied reflection – Erin supports clients in building self-awareness, resilience, and intuitive capacity – all fundamental leadership qualities. Her holistic, grounded approach helps mission-driven leaders and change-makers navigate challenges with integrity and cultivate presence, purpose, and deep self-trust.
Erin loves working with:
Purpose-driven leaders, change-makers, and nonprofit professionals
People in transition — stepping into a new role, navigating career shifts, or clarifying next steps
Managers and emerging leaders who want to move beyond top-down, high-stress leadership models
Individuals seeking alignment between their inner values and outer impact
Folks who are done with overworking, people-pleasing, or leading from depletion
You can learn more here or book an exploratory call here.
Johanna Stamps
Johanna is an ICF-trained and Certified Professional Life Coach and Grief Recovery Method Specialist, and is currently completing the requirements for her ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential. She supports clients navigating profound loss—whether the death of a loved one, the end of a marriage, a health crisis, or other life-altering change—through compassionate, structured guidance that fosters healing and resilience.
Drawing from 25 years in people-centered roles in the U.S. and Africa, as well as her own journey through childhood trauma, divorce, single parenthood, and caregiving, Johanna brings deep empathy and lived experience to her work. She partners with clients to honor their grief, integrate their loss, and reclaim a sense of meaning and possibility. In addition to one-on-one coaching, she facilitates grief groups and retreats, and is the author of a forthcoming book, 52 Things Grief Taught Me.
Johanna is the coach for you if you feel stuck in grief and feel blindsided and lost in what to do next. Johanna takes a coach approach so she is a good fit if you are motivated to experience something new as you walk forward in loss. Johanna’s coaching approach to grief is compatible with any major loss from death of a loved one, to divorce, to financial loss, etc.
You can learn more here or book an exploratory call here.
Loretta Walker
Loretta Walker is an ICF Certified Life Coach with training and credentials in ECC and MNLP who helps clients transform long-held habits and patterns into embodied self-trust, freedom, and wholeness. With a warm and grounded presence, she supports individuals through midlife transitions and healing from early childhood trauma by reconnecting them with their authentic selves.
Through meditative inquiry, compassionate coaching, and practical tools for self-discovery, Loretta creates space for clients to honor their needs, rewire limiting beliefs, and live with greater clarity and purpose. She draws from decades of experience as a coach, music therapist, and educator to offer accessible, transformational guidance rooted in deep care and personal empowerment.
Loretta loves to support midlife women exploring and seeking support and personal growth in areas such as:
Career transitions and fulfillment
Shifting relationships
Redefining self-Identity and personal development
Managing stress and emotional overwhelm
Parenting through the empty nest years
Stepping into new experiences
Rediscovering purpose and direction in life
Releasing old stories and embracing new possibilities
Moving forward after childhood trauma
You can learn more here or book an exploratory call here.
What Is Coaching?
Coaching is a collaborative, thought-provoking, and creative process that supports individuals and teams in unlocking their potential. Unlike therapy or consulting, coaching is not about fixing or advising — it’s about holding space for insight, accountability, and transformation. At its core, coaching is about asking powerful questions, deep listening, and walking alongside others as they uncover their own wisdom.
Whether you’re seeking personal clarity, navigating a life transition, or aiming to grow as a conscious leader, coaching offers a dynamic space for reflection, growth, and forward momentum.
Not Sure Where to Start?
If you’re interested in working with a coach but aren’t sure who might be the right fit, we’re here to help.
Contact us at: hello@innerworkcenter.org to tell us more about what you're looking for, and we’ll be happy to guide you.