ABOUT

Rachel Camfield

Coach and author

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I am sending you a warm welcome! I started my coaching company in 2015 believing I had to choose between success and my own wellbeing. That I had to push past what I knew I needed and that being professional meant covering up what I noticed.

What I discovered was that the people who truly thrived weren't ignoring their needs. They were building with them.

I also discovered that the patterns formed in our earliest years quietly shape our decisions, in work and in life. Beliefs about worthiness, productivity, rest, whether we're allowed to take up space. These aren't mindset problems to overcome. They're protective scripts, written before we could question them, and they're often the real reason strategy alone doesn't work.

This understanding is at the heart of everything I do, and it's the same understanding I've spent thirteen years learning directly from my mentor, psychotherapist and life coach Laurel Holland, whose guidance shaped both who I am and how I coach.

After a decade of working with hundreds of entrepreneurs and individuals ready to build lives and businesses that fit who they are, I've come to believe that your sensitivity is a strength, your story is your greatest asset, and sustainable success doesn't require you to abandon what it is you need and want to experience and create.

What Clients Experience

โ€œThe irony is that Rachel's approach is slow and gentle, yet it is truly the fastest I've ever been able to move through my own personal growth.โ€

โ€œRachelโ€™s coaching and atmosphere gave me space to crack into one of my biggest challenges. I am forever changed from it.โ€

โ€œI created a waitlist within one year but more than that, I was able to fully step into my own lane and own my story and my gifts. This work goes beyond professional coaching. It changes your life, too.โ€

Itโ€™s beautiful when you honor your whole self while growing your work.

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Working together

I offer intimate, high-touch coaching for individuals who are ready to build a life and work that honors who they are.

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A little more about me

I'm the author of The CPTSD Journal, a gentle companion for healing that holds the same philosophy I bring to coaching. Witness your story, honor your wisdom, and go at your own pace.

My background includes thirteen years of mentorship and training under psychotherapist and life coach Laurel Holland, studies in witness work, attunement practices, unshaming, story work, and Re-evaluation Counseling. I hold a B.A. in English and a minor in psychology from Virginia Tech.

I live in the Virginia countryside with my husband and two children and our sweet pets. You'll usually find me with tea, cutting garden flowers, or curled up on the couch with one of our kitties.

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The Book

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The CPTSD Journal

The CPTSD Journal is a safe space that holds you gently and invites you to go at your own pace. Light a candle, make tea, meet yourself without rush.

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My Mentor, Laurel Holland

With more than 25 years of study, training, and a background of mental health counseling, energy medicine and trauma, Laurel Holland holds a unique position in the coaching and personal and professional development space.

She co-founded a grassroots wellness center and worked as a clinical mental health counselor specializing in addiction, anxiety, and depression. She has had a private practice as a life coach since 2003, incorporating all of her learning and training so that she can support her clients in creating lasting transformation. Laurel is also a seasoned speaker and workshop leader, the author of four books, and the creator of online programs and the podcast, Beautiful Work, Beautiful Life.

I have had the privilege of training under Laurel for the past thirteen years, learning directly from her depth of experience and carrying her approach forward into my own work with clients.

Learn more about her work and offerings here.

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The Gentle Creativeยฎ Podcast

Resting at the intersection of creative business, entrepreneurship, and mindful living that honors your whole story.


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The Motherโ€™s Embrace Podcast

A soft place to land with a community designed to bring awareness, encouragement, and support on the self-mothering and motherhood journey.