Coaching
A thoughtful place to sort through a decision, a season of pressure, or a change in direction.
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Welcome to Spirit Rising Coaching
You don’t need more effort. You need alignment.
I’m Michael Shoultz. I work with leaders, professionals, and individuals when pressure won’t ease, a decision stays unresolved, or success no longer feels like alignment. Through coaching, hypnosis, and assessment-based insight, we look beneath the pattern and find a clear next step.
Meet Michael
Hi, I'm Michael.
I work with leaders, professionals, and individuals who sense that something is off, even when things look successful on the outside.
- Not broken. Not failing.
- Just not fully aligned.
In those moments, most people try to push harder or figure it out alone.
But what looks like a performance issue is often something deeper in how you're wired to think, respond, and lead.
That's where I come in.
My work helps you slow things down, see clearly, and realign from the inside out, so the way you lead and move forward actually fits who you are.
Want to go a little deeper?
PhD · Certified Leadership Coach · Certified Hypnosis Practitioner · Certified Ethical Influence Practitioner (Cialdini Institute) · Certified Human Behavior Analyst (DISC)
Trusted by leaders across business, nonprofit, and community settings
Ways we can work together
Here is how I usually work with someone.
There is no perfect starting point. We can talk about what is happening and decide together what would be useful.
Hypnosis & Deep Change Work
Careful, collaborative work for patterns that keep showing up even after you understand them.
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Assessments & Insight
Useful information about how you lead, communicate, and work with other people.
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Build the conditions for people to work well together.
For organizations navigating change, communication challenges, or strained team dynamics, I bring coaching, assessments, facilitation, and Human Potential Architecture to the work. We look at both individual patterns and the environment people are working inside.
Who I tend to work with
People in the middle of something real.
Leaders and business owners carrying pressure that does not shut off after work.
Professionals and teams trying to improve communication, trust, and the way they work together.
Individuals at a threshold where what used to work no longer fits.
Human Potential Architecture
A simple way to look underneath the pattern.
Human Potential Architecture is Michael’s name for the layers beneath what we do: how we make meaning, how we see ourselves, the habits we practice, and the people and systems around us.
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Ideas for the work and the life around it
The Aligned Journal
Reflections
When the Ways We Protect Ourselves Begin to Hold Us Back
The strengths that once served us can quietly become expectations we carry. Noticing what a familiar strength protects may open room for a different response.
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What people have said about the work.
“Michael has helped guide me in my business and professional growth. Not only through the tools he provides (DISC assessment and coaching), but in his calm, compassionate approach. Michael has enabled me to adopt a growth mindset that is invaluable both in my personal and professional life.”
Stacy Chambers
Publisher, Batavia Living
“The Rise-Up Assessment provided clear insight into how I think and make decisions. It surfaced patterns I hadn't fully recognized and gave me a practical way to move forward with greater clarity.”
Joe King
Owner and PT, Physical Therapy Advantage
“Michael is a passionate leader, mentor and guide to teams in leveraging their strengths to build a stronger team. If you are looking to enhance your team’s performance, you need to contact Michael.”
Jim Di Ciaula
Non-Profit Executive, Director and Community Leader
“He is thoughtful, respectful and kind and has a way of making everyone comfortable around him. He genuinely cares about who he works with and wants a positive outcome in every situation. He embodies his roles as an advisor, coach and or mentor.”
Carrie Sebold
Entrepreneur, Business Development
A first step
If you would like to talk, I would be glad to hear from you.
You do not need to arrive with a finished explanation. A conversation can begin with what you know so far.