Trish Kinney Life Coach

01/27/2026

Every winter we offer everyone two free coaching session at upways.co. We call it our "boost from the bleh!"

When you click "get started" you're directed to a sign-up link. We reach back with an email and we schedule your first two sessions. THESE ARE FREE!

You share what your goals and and our certified professional coaches get to work supporting you!

It's that simple. You have a goal or bucket list item you want to accomplish - we've helped numerous clients find their path and their purpose again. Click on www.upways.co (below) and let's get you moving! Our professional purpose is to help you succeed.

Accountability Made EasyUpways helps you boost productivity and stay on task to achieve your goals with weekly check-in sessions with a dedicated accountability partner. Our approachWe provide 15-minute accountability check-in sessions via phone each week. During these calls, we review your goals, h...

01/19/2026

Every winter we offer everyone two free coaching session at upways.co. We call it our "boost from the bleh!"

When you click "get started" you're directed to a sign-up link. We reach back with an email and we schedule your sessions. You share what you want, what you need, what your goals and your hopes are. And our professionally certified accountability coaches get to work supporting you!

It's that simple. You have a goal or event you want to realize - to make happen - we've helped numerous clients find their path and their purpose again. Click on www.upways.co (below) and let's get you moving again. Our professional purpose is to help you succeed!

Accountability Made EasyUpways helps you boost productivity and stay on task to achieve your goals with weekly check-in sessions with a dedicated accountability partner. Our approachWe provide 15-minute accountability check-in sessions via phone each week. During these calls, we review your goals, h...

11/21/2025

Wow.... right?? I love this! A reminder that being alone can be a time for self-love, for self-reflection and for rest! I am also aok with "escaping" my solitude to be among friends. To share and witness and explore life in community. What does being alone mean to you?

11/19/2025

Hey there friends! I fell off posting here for several months. Was in the Seattle area helping my sweet and sassy Mom recover from a broken tibia! 😳

So welcome to WINTER! At leaset here in NW Montana the temps are dropping tho still no snow in the valley yet. Just a white glaze of frosting on the peaks.

So in the spirit of the season, this month's blog serves up some GREAT ways to keep moving and motivated when it can feel harder to get out of bed.

If you'd like to get my monthly coaching blog in your inbox each month, just ping me below and I'm happy to add you!

Stay healthy and moving my friends!

At Upways Coaching , questions like this keep us up at night. (More on quality sleep later). So today we zero in on why so many of us seem to live our lives in a perpetual state of awareness without action. And today we’ll offer you a chance – an experiment - to start moving the needle on replac...

08/22/2025

This month I've been intentional about the self-growth space. More specifically my own self-growth. What does it mean to me at this time in my life and where can I challenge myself in areas that would make my life less stressful?

A few of the key tools we share at upways.co include reviewing your Life Pie (i.e. the priority slices of your life) and time-blocking is another popular practice. Like any other healthy life habit, we fall in and out of good practice and focused intention that we know has made our life run more smoothly in the past.

So I'm challenging myself this beautiful summer month here in NW Montana - where the scenery is breathtaking and the outdoor opportunities seem endless and so incredibly tempting and distracting! - I'm challenging myself to schedule pauses, i.e. small blocks of time, to be still. To sit down, slow my pulse, look around and take the present moment in. Literally!

This seemingly simply act of self-care is among the most proven practices for continued self-growth. Because when we slow down long enough to be still and really listen to the air we breathe and let all random thoughts pass through and move on - we are opening ourselves to the here and now!

Have a peaceful day and take time for the wonderful nothingness in any given day. This really is where most of the beauty and discovery is!

07/14/2025

Hi friends! This month I'm exploring more about the Growth vs. Fixed mindset. Philosopher Carol Dwek first introduced this concept in 2006, with her book "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success". At Upways Accountability Coaching, we follow the Growth Mindset model in all that we do. If you'd like to receive our monthly blogs you can message me here and we'll add you to our list. From time-blocking and your Life Values Pie, to reducing daily fatigue and anxiety and - this month - learning how to kick off your own Growth Mindset journey - we cover all that we practice and share now with our clients. Our first "intro" coaching sessions are always complimentary. Learn more at upways.co

Have a beautiful week and know that you have so much to offer this world!

07/03/2025

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06/13/2025

lol. This would be what Joel and I call "the voice inside my head".....

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06/08/2025

A must MUST LISTEN! 🙏🇺🇸❤️ If you want to learn some accurate, hard, fascinating truths about our American history, THIS is an eye-opening, humbling place to begin your learning journey. Especially you white folks like me! Continued seeking and educating ourselves = a more compassionate, responsible, honest! American citizen.

News Podcast · Series · In August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. America was not yet America, but this was the moment it began. No aspect of the country tha…

05/28/2025

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10/19/2024

The first question I ask every client, at the start of every session, is exactly the same. How are you feeling today?

For most of my life, I've been a proud and vocal member of the "less thought, more FEEL" tribe. This is not a tribe of non-intellects, irresponsible or careless people. Quite the opposite!

In the "more feel" tribe we CHOOSE to start each day with our feelings. We get in touch with how we feel before we rev up our engine brains that run the day. For me, I allow for an hour each morning before my "thought day" begins. I step outside of my head and wander into the fresh air and open skies of the living, feeling world. I make a strong cup of coffee, grab a biscotti and breathe in as much fresh air - whether summer or winter - as my lungs will take. Then I snuggle under my cozy blanket on my deck. Every morning!

We can all feel any number of ways on any number of days. These feelings come and they go. Some days I feel more worried, a little afraid, or a tinge of uncertainty. Lately I've noticed more anxious feelings, more irritability, and a stronger desire for more alone time.

But when I fully sink into my "feeling time" and take some deep breaths and place my hand on my heart, I feel an instant sense of calm. I feel comfort. I feel the SELF-love.

My thoughts still fight for my full focus in these moments, but that hand on my heart and the deep breaths in and out are my signal to the thoughts that this is FEELING TIME. This is my "reset-the-soul" time. I gently tell my thoughts to pause and I continue my feel time.

I didn't invent the "hand-on-heart" daily check-ins. It's been here for all of us from the start! My amazing life coach Joni, (who is also an MSW) reminds me on a regular basis that it's always right there for me. These are the four steps I take every day:

1. I pause my thoughts several times a day. I literally STOP what I am doing and...

2. I place my hand on my heart. Then...

3. I ask "how am I FEELING in this moment?" And then...

4. I take four slow, deep inhales (through my nose). I hold for four seconds and then I release four slow exhales through my mouth. I count to 6 as I exhale and I make that swooshing sound as I release my breath slowly.

It is so comforting! It brings my conscience fully to my FEELS and puts my thoughts on hold for the moment. I have been practicing this for a year now. It works.

Our time on this precious Earth is so limited. Let us recognize this, accept this, and get in touch with our feelings every day! May we learn to relax into our feelings more often than our thoughts. To let our feelings guide our decisions and not the other way around.

I wish you joyful feelings and peace today!! Amen.

10/14/2024

How about a Monday "aha moment"? Well really it's a quote straight from the Roman Stoic Seneca. I'm enjoying the heck out of my new book, "Reasons not to Worry: How to be Stoic in Chaotic Times". So how 'bout this one:

"Misfortune weighs most heavily on those who expect nothing but good fortune."

Bam! Love this! i.e. if you REALLY expect all days to be filled with good fortune, well get ready for continual disappointment.

Today I will accept what is and be grateful for all that IS good. Most especially the little-est joys of all.

I wish you an "aha" day, my friends! ❤🙏