About Ruth & Coaching

I'm Ruth and it's nice to meet you!  I'm an active member of the International Coaching Federation of Professional Coaches (ICF).  I've been a coach since September 2020.  I am a graduate of the Federal Internal Coach Training Program, an ICF-accredited  program, aligned with ICF standards, and I am committed  to abiding by the ICF Code of Ethics.  

I served in the U.S. Army as a combat support military police officer.  I graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor's of Science from the School of Public Health.  I joined the Civil Service at the Department of Health and Human Services where I am currently still serving.  I am involved in several military veteran organizations including the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the Disabled American Veterans (DAV).  I am also involved in the Not One More Veterinarian (NOMV) organization.  

My goal is to partner with clients to pursue their individual life goals.  I offer no advice.  I offer no guidance.  I am not an advisor, guidance counselor, mentor or therapist.  I am a coach and that means that I CHALLENGE my clients to break free of their limitations.  I help my clients CREATE the future they want by being forward-thinking.  And I listen carefully with CURIOSITY to that which is unspoken.  Clients have the solutions they are looking for inside of them. A coach partners with them to discover those solutions.