Currently completing ICF certification through Coach Training Alliance — and offering a limited number of complimentary coaching sessions to qualified clients.
Meet Pathway Coach, Dr Valerie
My Story — Why Coaching, Why Now
For most of my life, I’ve been the person others come to.
The first in my family to earn a college degree. The one chosen — years in advance — to be trusted with the hard decisions. The friend, the sister, the colleague people call when they don’t know what to do next. I didn’t seek that role. I grew into it, and for a long time, I wore it proudly.
But somewhere along the way, I noticed something. The people I cared about were getting my best thinking, my best energy, my best hours — and I was running on whatever was left. And more importantly, I realized: being someone’s answer isn’t the same as helping them find their own.
That distinction changed everything for me.
Real growth — the kind that lasts — doesn’t come from being told what to do. It comes from a conversation. A genuine exchange. One where both people bring something to the table, and both leave changed by it. That’s the idea behind KEPathways. KE stands for Knowledge Exchange — because I believe that in every coaching relationship, the wisdom doesn’t flow in one direction. You bring your lived experience, your instincts, your hard-won self-knowledge. I bring structure, presence, and the right questions. Together, we find what you couldn’t quite see on your own.
I came to coaching through Coach Training Alliance and the ICF framework not because I needed a new credential, but because I needed a language and a structure for something I’d been doing informally my whole life — helping people think more clearly about what they want and who they’re becoming. The ICF standards gave me rigor. My own journey gave me empathy. And the two together are what I bring to every session.
I know what it feels like to be capable and stuck at the same time. To have accomplished a great deal and still feel like the most important chapter hasn’t been written yet. To be surrounded by people who love you and still feel unseen in the truest sense. That’s the person I coach — the high-achiever who is excellent at showing up for everyone else and is finally, carefully, beginning to show up for herself.
I am not here to fix you. I am here to remind you that you don’t need fixing — you need space, clarity, and someone genuinely in your corner while you figure out what’s next.
That’s KEPathways. Your path. Your knowledge. I’m just honored to be part of the exchange.
Dr. Valerie Murphy
ICF Certified Coach (Candidate) | Coach Training Alliance
Founder, KEPathways
What to Expect
You can expect up to two (2) complimentary coaching session with Dr. Valerie. These sessions focus on balance, stress, self-care, mindset, energy, motivation; whatever areas of your life you would like to improve. I also look at research-based emotional mastery, self-efficacy and decision-making tools as a baseline. The session are conducted in a safe and secure location/platform (AI companion tool is used for note taking only). The two sessions are 30 minutes each over a two-week timeframe. They are documented and or recorded (audio or video) as a requirement of my certification and may be shared confidentially with my Cohort for feedback. The free sessions are offered for a limited time. BOOK NOW!