More information at pamdaghlian.com 

I'm a Certified Professional Coach trained at the Coaches Training Institute.

I chose coaching as a career because for as long as I can remember, people have come to me with their conundrums — to vent, to confide, to get a pep talk, a reality check (sometimes those people have been total strangers!). When I began coaching, it felt like I'd arrived at a destination that was expecting me all along. 

I love helping people become the creative beings they dream to be. Being with people as they get unstuck, change their self-beliefs, and transform into more authentic versions of themselves is the coolest. 

My clients are scattered all over the world. They are designers, activists, and artists. Writers, professors, and project managers. Publishing folks, copywriters, and photographers. Parents, nurses, and librarians. Researchers, filmmakers, and plenty of people who are still figuring it out. Together, we work to explore what is keeping them from living the kind of life they want.

Before I became a coach, I spent a couple of decades in marketing. Most recently, as marketing director for a user experience design firm. Before that I worked for Zipcar during their start-up years. I started out working in publishing and independent book selling, where I once made David Sedaris laugh while introducing him at a book reading — that was a really good day. 

When I'm not coaching, I'm either having deep conversations with my dog, watching Scandinavian crime dramas, going to writing workshops, or messing around with pens and paints.

I was born in L.A., raised in the Midwest, spent a decade on the East Coast, and have called San Francisco home since 2004.

A couple of other things…

I am certified by the Co-Active Training Institute and The International Coaching Federation. Certified means I have completed 200 hours of training (including supervision, assessment, and feedback on my coaching) and completed exams, both written and oral.

My last name is pronounced DAG-lee-en, and my pronouns are she/her.