Meet Jackie, Tom, & Krista...
Jackie Coursey and Tom Coursey — Experienced neurodivergent life coaches, serving clients all over the US and Canada.
Krista Pizzurro - Bringing decades of experience to her coaching practice at Sacred Space. As a late diagnosed autistic professional, Krista provides tailored career guidance with a focus on self care and personal development.
Neurodivergent people deserve
to shine.
You are talented. Compassionate. Funny. Empathetic. Tenacious. Resilient.
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You deserve to shine. You deserve to thrive. You deserve to feel free and confident enough to show up in your life — and in the world — exactly as you are.
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Of course, that’s easy for us to say…but harder for you to believe.
Because you’re used to feeling like a burden. Used to suppressing your innate personality traits, and your passions.
You’re used to hiding.
But we want to change that.
Because a world in which autistic people feel like they have to hide their true brilliant selves, is a world that’s missing out on so much goodness.
And for us, making that change starts with coaching.
Ready to find out more?
A little more about us.
We’re more interested in learning about you!
But we do realize that opening yourself up to a stranger and talking about your life, your struggles, and your goals is a scary thought.
So we’d like to take a minute to let you know a little more about us and why we do the work we do — that way we won’t feel so much like strangers during our first meeting.
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Special Note: Krista Pizzurro has joined our team! She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience. As a neurodiversity family coach, Krista has also held roles from technical development to executive leadership at companies from small startup to the Fortune 500. We cannot wait for you to learn more about Krista!
Jackie Coursey.
Jackie’s first foray into coaching kinda happened by accident when she got to know a friend’s neurodivergent adult child and formed a close bond with him.
Seeing what an incredible person he is and learning about the struggles he & his neurodivergent peers have as autistic folks living in a world designed for neurotypical people, woke something in Jackie.
She became hooked on the idea of dedicating her working life to helping neurodivergent people overcome challenges, reach their full potential, learn to feel self-love, & live contented and peaceful lives.
And so she embarked on her coaching career — and never looked back. Jackie is also an active board member of AVA, Autistic Voiceover Artists.
Tom Coursey.
Jackie’s partner,Tom, was similarly drawn to coaching due to his relationships with autistic friends. Noticing parallels between his friends’ ND traits and his own personality traits, he decided to learn more about neurodivergence.
And discovering just how under-served the ND community is was all the push Tom needed to work towards his coaching certification.
With a strong background in HR, management, and IT, Tom is especially pumped to help neurodivergent folks learn how to thrive in the workplace and build fulfilling careers.
If you want to work with Tom specifically on career coaching, check out his website.
Between them, Jackie and Tom have 9 children (all young adults now) and they’re grandparents too. Their autistic life coaching practice was originally based in Sacramento, CA. Thanks to the wonders of technology, they'll continue to be happily working with clients from all over the US and Canada...now from their small motorhome as they travel all over North America.
Krista Pizarro.
Krista brings decades of experience to her coaching practice. She has held roles from technical development to executive leadership at companies from small start ups to the Fortune 500. After receiving an autism diagnosis later in life, she embraced what she learned and developed a framework to help other neurodivergent professionals chart their own career path while avoiding the hidden pitfalls of the neurotypical business world.
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Krista provides tailored career guidance with an emphasis on personal development and self-care. Whether it's interview and resume prep or self-advocacy and scripting help, she's there to support you at every stage of your personal journey. Her goal is to help other neurodivergent people get to a place where they can thrive, not just survive.
The credentials bit.
Coaching is a big undertaking and you want to know you’re choosing someone with the right qualifications.
So here are ours!
Jackie’s Credentials.
Certified Autism Specialist
Int'l Board of Credentialing & Continuing Education Standards
Intensive Autism Coach Training(ACT)Certification AANE
Certified Neurodiversity Family Coach
CReW Coaching / International Coaching Federation
Health Across the Gender Spectrum
Stanford Medicine
PDA North America Certification
PDA Level 1 & 2 Training
Adult Mental Health First Aid USA
National Counsel for MENTAL WELLBEING
Bachelors in Business Administration
Eastern Michigan University
Now you know everything there is to know about us…it’s time to get to know you.
Tom’s Credentials.
Master’s Certified Life Coach
Certified Life Coach Institute
Intensive Autism Coach Training
(ACT) Certification
AANE
Bachelors in Business Administration
CSU Sacramento
Service-Connected Disabled Marine Veteran
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Krista’s Credentials.
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Neurodiversity Family Coach - CReW Coaching /
International Coaching Federation
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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate - USF Corporate Training & Professional Education
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Certified Professional Scrum - PSM
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Enterprise Design Thinking - Team Essentials for AI
Enterprise Design Thinking Practioner - IBM
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Revenue Operations Certification
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Sales Enablement Certification - Hubspot
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Project Management / Customer Experience / Team Empowerment / Technology Leadership
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