Frequently Asked Questions
What services do you offer?
Your So-Called Life Coaching offers life and leadership coaching for journalists: reporters, editors and business-side folks looking to get unstuck, build a healthier relationship with work or people better.
Life coaching for journalists?
Yes! Our founder, Karen Hawkins, is a lifelong journalist who partnered with coaches to treat her burnout, reconnect with her why and shift her mindset. She thinks coaching can do the same for you.
Who is life coach Karen Hawkins?
Karen Hawkins is a lifelong journalist, serial entrepreneur and mouthy Black lesbian feminist of the Gen-X variety. She’s the founder of Rebellious Magazine for Women and co-host of Of Course I’m Not OK: The Podcast. She’s held reporting, editing or executive positions with The 19th, the Chicago Reader, The Associated Press, the Windy City Times, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and Palm Beach Post. Karen is an International Coaching Federation-credentialed coach.
Karen thinks your most important story is your own.
What makes you different as a life coach for journalists?
What makes Karen Hawkins and Your So-Called Life Coaching different as a coach for journalists is that Karen knows the unique challenges journalists are facing — because she is one. She has spent her career as a reporter, editor, founder, publisher and columnist.
She’s also an International Coaching Federation-credentialed coach.
What are your rates?
Your So-Called Life Coaching offers life and leadership coaching for journalists in six- or 12-session packages starting at $900.
How do I get started?
The best way to know whether coaching for journalists is right for you is to do it! As a coach and a journalist, Karen is leaning on one of the first lessons in Journalism 101: Show don’t tell.
Schedule a free, 60-minute coaching demo with Karen to talk through a challenge you’re facing.