True North Coaching
Life requires skills
Effective communication. Intentional parenting. Personal presentation. Self-accountability. Difficult conversations.
We aren't automatically good at these things simply because we're adults. They are skills you can learn, practice, and strengthen.
True North helps people get better at them.
True North is a life and communication coaching practice that helps people navigate their personal and professional lives more effectively. Our work is focused on the habits, decisions, and relationships that have the greatest impact on everyday life.
Communication is at the heart of that work. Every room we walk into, we're communicating something about who we are—not only through our words, but through how we listen, make eye contact, present ourselves, handle conflict, set boundaries, and respond under pressure. How we dress and care for ourselves is part of that communication, too. Together, these things shape our personal brand.
Unlike therapy, True North is forward-focused and action-oriented. The past may help explain a pattern, but our work focuses on what you can do now. What needs to change? What conversation needs to happen? And what comes next?
Education can prepare you for a career. Experience can make you good at what you do. But neither necessarily teaches you how to manage the everyday responsibilities, relationships, decisions, and demands of life—or how you present yourself to the world.
About Michele
Grounded in both academic rigor and advanced wellness training, founder Michele Simonte integrates strategic thinking with mind-body alignment. She holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Communication from Columbia University, graduating with high distinction, and earned a certificate in Lifestyle and Wellness Medicine from Harvard Medical School, where she trained with Dr. Beth Frates, an award-winning Harvard Medical School educator and former president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Through that program, Michele studied the foundational pillars of lifestyle medicine, including nutrition, exercise, stress management, and self-accountability. Dr. Frates’ work approaches wellness as an interconnected system of mind, body, and emotional health.
Michele also completed Yale University’s Science of Well-Being program, led by renowned psychology professor Dr. Laurie Santos, which explores the research behind how habits, relationships, and mindset support a more fulfilling life.
Together, this training shapes True North’s integrated approach to coaching—recognizing that how we think, communicate, care for ourselves, manage our relationships, and hold ourselves accountable all affect our ability to create lasting change.
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