Life Coaching
Life coaching at Doing Family Right is about helping you move forward with clarity, purpose, and confidence. Whether you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or simply ready for growth, our life coaches walk alongside you to help you identify what matters most, navigate challenges, and make meaningful changes. Through intentional conversation, practical guidance, and encouragement, life coaching creates space to grow emotionally, spiritually, and relationally so you can live with greater alignment, resilience, and hope in every season of life.
Doing Family Right’s Life Coaching Team
Merri Ellen Giesbrecht (Certified Life Coach, MSLC)
Merri Ellen leads with compassion. Her greatest joy comes from coaching people to deepen their connection with God by learning to hear His voice and to grow closer in their most important relationships.
Tracey Helly (Life Coach)
Tracey knows what it’s like to be held back by fear, and finds it such an honour to help others no longer be defined by their dark days/experiences and move forward into the life of abundance that Jesus came to bring us all, choosing to let Jesus define who they are and shape their life.
Lori Bussani (Health and Wellness / Life Coach)
Lori Bussani is a certified Health and Wellness Life Coach with over 45 years of experience. Combining expertise in nutrition, fitness, ministry, and chaplaincy, she offers holistic support for physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being, drawing from both professional training and life experience.
Chris Boschman (Life & Recovery Coach)
Chris has a heart to see men set free from the bondage of sexual addiction. He understands the power of shame, isolation, and helplessness that men face when they are struggling with this issue. For the last two and a half years, Chris has been involved in and co/leading multiple Recovery Groups both at his church and through Doing Family Right.
Stephen Nemetchek (Life & Recovery Coach)
Stephen has a passion to support, encourage, motivate and love people as they journey through life. His desire is to help bring hope, joy and freedom to those who seek it and to share the transformational power of Christ. He looks forward to walking alongside individuals in their quest to live a healthy, honest and God-honouring life.
Valerie Khomyak (Life & Recovery Coach)
Valerie is a certified Life and Addiction Recovery Coach, who is dedicated to helping individuals and families heal and grow in a safe, and supportive space where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered to make lasting changes. Her approach is rooted in empathy, patience, and a genuine love for people and their wellbeing.
Karin Baer (Life & Recovery Coach)
Karin has a big heart for women going through partner betrayal trauma. She gets it.
She had to walk through her own healing and recovery. And now, it is her deep desire to help women heal as a whole person. She leads the DFR Partner Recovery Group for women who are facing their husband’s or partner’s sexual addiction and co-leads an Art Therapy Group for partners. We are delighted to have Karin join the DFR team.