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Awareness
Awareness guides Intention.
Intention inspires Purpose.
Purpose drives Fulfillment.
Embodiment
Learning invites Understanding.
Understanding guides Practice.
Practice solidifies as Embodiment.
Non-Attachment
Learn from the past.
Accept the present.
Respond intentionally for the future.
The Four Bodies
Humans Experience life through four basic lenses: Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual
Radical Acceptance
Accepting Reality as it is without resistance, judgement, or wishful thinking.
Stoicism
Focus on what we can control, letting go of what we can't. Creating peace through wisdom, virtue, and consistency.
Tony's style of coaching is so compassionate and empowering that his words stay with me, helping me to face my daily challenges with a new level of confidence and self-compassion.
A. LaVoie, Mex.
CEO • Business Coach
A patient and witty coach, Tony has brought much laughter, many 'aha' moments, and plenty of healing tears to our sessions: all of which I deeply appreciate.
M. Tanner, MA
Non-Profit Co-Founder
Every conversation we have had is authentic, sincere, and full of absolute love and care. He is the life coach I never knew I needed.
J. Wallace, UT
Foreman, Consultant
You will not find a warmer, more caring, and less judgmental soul than Tony. It takes zero time to feel like you're in the presence of a lifelong friend who wants nothing more than to help you.
P. Powers, UT
Licensed Family Therapist
Tony has a great energy, a willingness to share and he pays attention to the details. All great things for anyone on a self-discovery journey.
S. Stafford, UT
Healer, Compliance Manager
Wayfinding has long been the process of navigating an unexplored or challenging journey, particularly when maps and established routes don't exist.
Our coaching philosophy is that there is no such thing as a prescribed path for anyone. Try as they might, organized religions, social norms, friends, and even parents are ill-equipped at creating a useable life-map for another person. Anyone looking for a map to their life is looking for someone else's generalized conceptualization. The best media, books, coaches, and therapists are good at asking questions to help the explorer tap into and understand his or her own treasures and path and develop tools and practices for uncovering the truth and way to both.
Therefore, our coaching philosophy is rooted in bringing our deep knowledge of tools, human behavior, and personal quests to the most important journey you'll ever undergo—the one to your inner most desires and eventually the most profound expression of joy and fulfillment.
At Wayfinders, our outlook on every human is that every one of us is a unique expression of some higher, unknown energy. Some might call this The Universe, Oneness, or God.
To understand this a little deeper, consider the sun for a moment. It sends energy outward in infinite directions, with each ray composed of the same energy, but heading in a slightly different direction in order to satisfy it's role in the infinite generation of energy outward.
Human beings are like these rays, and the energy of the Universe is like that sun. When each human follows their path to the fullest, it will impact the area it was directed. It can be similar in nature, energy, and frequency to the other rays, but it doesn't need to go in the direction. In fact, if it didn't go in a unique path, some areas would get none of that exchange.
This is why the celebration of each person's uniqueness is so important to our coaching practice, and our only purpose is to help everyone find their path and shine their brightest.
It's 2025, and we find ourselves in an interesting time. The Mental Health Crisis has been cited as the illness of our time by the CDC and WHO. The need for stronger communities, nuanced support, and the increase of management tools has also reached an all-time high. Effective coaches and personal development are among these supports.
Coaching is also an unregulated field with a low barrier of entry, which makes it tricky to find the right kind of help. It would be an easy place for people to practice therapeutic methods without the training or deep understanding of proven methods and identifying root causes and addressing those in a practical and helpful way. So why have coaches at all? Isn't therapy the only obvious choice?
From my perspective, therapy is primarily focused on understanding and successfully processing the past to make the present more successful. Coaching is about taking the present to head to a more successful future. Often a person with severe trauma might benefit from both.
Good coaches and good therapists will likely borrow tools, techniques, and understanding from both fields to be highly effective. Most coaches that aren't also therapists don't have the training to deal with deep trauma, and most practicing therapists are bound by guidelines that prevent them from the more direct approach coaching takes.
When seeking out a professional that is the right fit, my suggestion is to look deeply at two aspects: their embodiment and their authenticity.
Effective coaches are consistent and highly skilled in these areas:
• Empowering their clients with tools, wisdom, mindset, and motivation.
• Listening and understanding their clients unique circumstances, including gifts and challenges.
• Tailoring sessions and feedback to their client's uniqueness.
• Fostering a cooperative relationship and avoid superiority / inferiority dynamics.
Useful questions to ask during a Discovery Call:
• How have your suggested tools/mindset/philosophy positively impact your life?
• Where were you able to learn about and cultivate these tools?
• Where do you have trouble practicing the tools/mindset/philosophy in your current life?
• Have you had clients that have had trouble implementing the tools/mindset/philosophy you share? What have those experiences been like?
Coaching Red Flags:
• Lack of transparency or signs of embodiment.
• General "gut" feeling (Has your body ever known before your mind does?)
• Lack of specific experience, background, training beyond their personal life.
• Cannot give resources or references for the tools / practices suggested.
Session Types
Drop-ins
Focused
Programs
Session Duration
60 - 90 min.
on average
Session Location
Virtually: Worldwide
In-person: SLC Area
Clients
All Adults 18+, Couples, Families, Groups Welcome
Inclusivity
All races, religions, and indentifications welcome.
LGBTQ+ Advocate
Free Discovery Call
The Right Fit Matters. For You and for Me.
In reality, Tony's been a teacher and mentor his entire adult life.
From 2010 - 2022, he was an Composition and Literature teacher. This is where he actually discovered his passion for mentorship.
Before that he was a newspaper editor from 2007-2009. He also spent five years in the United States Marine Corps where he took over as section chief during his time serving in Kuwait in 2003.
He is an avid outdoor adventurer, particularly as a rock climber. He is passionate about creativity, be it drawing, caligraphy, or woodwork. He is also a developing musician, and cook. He and his wife run a sour dough bakery out of their modest house, which they've named "Tiny Hippie Kitchen."
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