“As a leader, you often feel isolated as you are an entity of one. Having a safe place to explore your missteps and provide direction for better outcomes is a healthy and important aspect of personal growth. My time with my SWBS coach has allowed for such an environment to exist.”.
Our coaches are highly qualified, with many holding advanced degrees in applied positive psychology, psychology, and certifications from the International Coach Federation (ICF) programs.
Laura helped me recognize that I do a lot for my staff and students just in my everyday functions. I really appreciated how attentive she was during our conversation. I felt revitalized after speaking with her.
My coach listened to understand and appeared to do so from an objective stance… She supported me in clearly setting three SMART goals to guide the next season of my personal and professional growth.
“Martin and his team excel at supporting administrators in examining their leadership approaches within school districts. They encourage administrators to engage in collective thinking and engage in personal growth, which, in turn, prevents the addition of unnecessary stress to their work environment.”
Great and beneficial experience!
Being coached by Trecia has been a blessing I hadn’t anticipated. I didn’t expect to connect with someone so deeply that I could really delve in and say the tough things so early on in our coaching relationship. I am so grateful to Trecia for helping to reveal to me so much that I didn’t see or didn’t want to see before. I tend to be optimistic, but my coaching sessions have helped me to see (my) life through even more hopeful eyes.
It is good to feel heard and be seen from where you are currently.
By being vulnerable, I was able to better understand myself. Had I known some of this 30+ years ago, I believe I would be a different person. Maybe a better person, but definitely different. I have a lot of growing to do and not much time to do it.
These sessions have been helpful for me as a leader. The coaching has empowered me to become a more reflective and proactive leader, enabling me to make more informed decisions and navigate the challenges of leadership with confidence. I highly recommend these one-on-one coaching sessions to any leader seeking personal and professional growth.
Over the last 25 years, Trecia has enhanced the resilience and wellbeing of individuals in 1-1 and group settings. Trecia is known for her warm, evidence-based approach, integrating various modalities and the latest scientific research to support emotional, mental, and physical well-being. Her mission is to empower others to lead thriving, purpose-driven lives. Trecia has completed specialized trainings and certifications in the areas of Integrative Somatics, Polyvagal Theory and trauma healing. Trecia works with clients in overcoming cognitive patterns and mental blocks, helping them harness the power of physiology in shifting their relationship to stress, anxiety and fear, ultimately empowering them to have breakthroughs that often take years of therapy.
She holds a master’s degree in Applied Positive Psychology from The University of Pennsylvania and M.A. in Journalism and Public Relations from University of Southern California. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Educational Psychology and Leadership at USC. Beyond her professional achievements, Trecia is an Internationally Certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, former actress, and competitive Latin dancer. She currently resides in Southern California.
Laura Blank, SPHR. Laura is an accomplished change management specialist and executive coach who focuses on helping individuals and organizations achieve their goals through effective strategy, people and process design, and human resources practices. With a deep understanding of organizational values and culture, Laura works closely with leaders to design and implement initiatives that drive growth, employee retention, and overall organizational effectiveness and wellbeing.
Laura brings a wealth of experience to School Wellbeing Solutions, having served as the Director of Talent and Operations for a national professional services nonprofit where she provided consulting services in the areas of Racial Equity, PK-12 Education, Economic Mobility, and Community Health. Additionally, she founded and successfully ran Wilderskills, an outdoors education company based in California, and has worked in both the tech startup and corporate sectors.
Joshua Steinfeldt, MAPP holds a Masters Degree in Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania where he pioneered research into the role of courage in coaching under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, a leading authority in positive psychology coaching. Deeply interested in how contemplative practices and modern science can support people in thriving, he leverages his experiences as a meditation teacher, his training in positive psychology, and his work as a coach to create transformative learning experiences.
Joshua has served as an Assistant Instructor in Positive Psychology at UPenn, a Fellow at Compassion Institute, a mindfulness teacher at UCLA, and for nearly 5 years managed the coach community at BetterUp (the largest digital coaching startup in the world) – helping to grow the community from 1,200 to 3,000+ professional coaches in over 70 countries. Prior to BetterUp Joshua attained over 5,000 hours of coaching experience, and trained hundreds of coaches as a faculty member of ICF accredited coach training programs.
His podcast, The Courageous Life – named “One of the 6 Best Mental Health Podcasts to Listen to” by Talkspace, features world-renowned thought leaders in deep and authentic conversations about what matters most in life, work and love.
For more: www.joshuasteinfeldt.com
Martín Blank, MAPP a former K12 teacher and administrator and current educational consultant and founder of School Wellbeing Solutions. He has worked with over 300 schools and districts invested in improving the well-being of students, teachers and staff through social-emotional learning (SEL) interventions and is the author of the Astronauts SEL turn-key 30-week curriculum.
His research with the University of Pennsylvania makes the case that SEL interventions should incorporate physiological measures of resilience into practice and assessment. He was awarded the 2019 Christopher Peterson Memorial Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology program, where he studied with the world’s leading researchers in the fields of human strengths, thriving, optimism, and resilience, including Dr. Angela Duckworth and Dr. Martin Seligman.
He has personally reached over 15,000 teachers, students, and administrators, is a grant-recipient from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Sequoia Healthcare District and Shinnyo-En USA. His work helping students and teachers manage stress in the wake of student suicides has been featured on PBS Nova’s The Future of Schools.
Sean holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is an experienced executive coach specializing in leadership development for social sector leaders. With deep expertise in evidence-based behavior change methods and mentorship from some of the world’s top psychologists, he takes a client-led approach that fosters self-awareness and drives transformational change.
After completing his Ph.D. and post-doctoral training in psychology, Sean left academia to lead Character Lab, a nonprofit founded by Angela Duckworth to advance the science and practice of character development. Committed to making research accessible, he ensured that Character Lab’s resources are free and open source for parents and educators. His contributions have been featured in leading journals on social-emotional learning and character development.
He serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Character & Leadership Development and sits on non-profit boards dedicated to education and leadership innovation. A former U.S. Air Force Special Operations Combat Veteran, Sean also holds master’s degrees in industrial-organizational psychology and teaching. His unique background informs his holistic approach to coaching, empowering leaders to navigate complexity and drive meaningful impact. For more: www.seantalamas.com
We offer flexible options for scheduling coaching sessions. District leaders can purchase bundles of sessions for their teams, allowing each leader to schedule independently using a Calendly link that connects directly to our coaches.
Confidential and Non-Evaluative: All sessions are 100% confidential and non-evaluative. The contents of the sessions are not reported to supervisors, ensuring a safe space for open dialogue. Confidentiality is only broken in cases where there is a risk of harm to the individual or others.
School Wellbeing Solutions coaches and facilitators are certified to use the R@W Resilience at Work Framework, Scale, and Materials. The R@W Scale is a scientifically researched measure of individual workplace resilience developed by organizational psychologist Kathryn McEwen and colleagues that measures the seven components that interrelate and contribute to overall resilience in professional settings. This model, as well as other validated wellbeing frameworks such as PERMA (Seligman, 2012) and the VIA Character Strengths Survey provide an evidence-based framework for our 1-1 coaching sessions and allow for relevant and useful pre–post impact reporting for our partner districts.
Our 1-1 leadership coaching is a key component of the Resilience Journey, an 8-module positive psychology training program for leaders.
This comprehensive program covers essential topics such as optimism, thinking traps, and character strengths, providing a robust foundation for personal and professional growth.
Download the 2025 Collective Impact Report to see the data-backed strategy that reduced Turnover Intentions by 13.20% and dramatically improved Psychological Safety in 10 school districts.