Megan Morris

Biography

Hello! I am a bit of a wanderer who has moved over 50 times and settled in Washington for now. Personal development, mental and physical health, and understanding humans have been special interests of mine for over a decade and guided me to coaching for 5+ years now. When I am not wandering physically or mentally, I hang out with my neurodiverse son and our very typical cat.

What are some of your special interests?

I love making things. Sewing, baking, building, and any other form of creative expression that I come across. I especially love taking existing pieces and reworking them into something new on a big or small scale. I recently made a bird feeder out of a tea cup and a water feature out of a piece of burl wood. I also made a recording studio out of our old gym foam flooring (thoroughly cleaned) and a few other things I had lying around.

I don't know if I would call it a special interest, but I spend a surprising amount of time looking at real estate. Finding land and homes that are a good value and planning out/ estimating costs/ on rehabbing or developing it. Two sub niches of this are cheap old houses both in the United States and abroad, and alternative house building techniques and land to build on. Cob, adobe, yurts, hempcrete, earthships, tiny houses, etc. Building and living in harmony with nature in one of a kind, durable and beautiful alternative ways. Recently I've been pricing and planning out a hempcrete round house ADU for my backyard.

I also rotate between popular fandoms. No deep cuts here. Harry Potter, Tolkien, Ghibli. I listen to the audiobooks on long walks to encourage exercise, listen to the soundtracks while I accomplish domestic tasks, and take inspiration for ways I can add a little bit of magic into my day to day life. I guess you could say I have a special interest in adding the feeling of magic and awe into the mundane.

What does executive functioning mean to you?

Developing the understanding, confidence, and ability to do the things it takes to create the life you want for yourself. It includes daily tasks, working through bureaucratic processes, or even customizing systems and tools so they fit you and your goals. And then being able to access those skills.

What is a strategy you use with clients and use personally?

Compassionate curiosity is huge. Setting aside judgments, expectations, or shame we have picked up over the years so we can get a clearer picture of what is really going on has been a life changing strategy personally. We tend to have so much curiosity about our special interests and when we can combine that super power with compassion and direct it at ourselves, it makes all the difference in the world.

How has your personal experience and professional development impacted your coaching?

As a neurodiverse person myself, I have first hand experience with many of the frustrations, struggles, roadblocks, and traumas that come from just existing in a world that wasn't built for us. It lead to a decade long special interest in personal development, growth, and health. Many of the resources and trainings I accessed weren't built with this community in mind either so I learned how to translate and adapt to get myself and my clients results. 

How would you describe your personal approach to coaching?

Discovering a person's unique strengths, motivations, goals, and struggles is key. Then tailoring the approach to support them in getting where they want to go.

Which of LSA's core values resonates the most with you, and how do you incorporate it with your clients?

Walk the Neurodivergent Walk. Using my personal neurodiverse experiences to inform how I approach and coach clients and adapting coaching techniques and skills to be more accessible to them.

Do you have an area of coaching you specialize in?

Mindset. A lot of what we experience in our reality is dictated by the things we don't usually see happening in our mind and body. Becoming more connected and aware of those things empowers us to have a much greater impact on real life experience.