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Career, Life & Interview Coaching for High Achievers

Your story
isn't over.

LET'S WRITE WHAT'S NEXT

TEDx Speaker

At every inflection point, the work is the same. A crossroads, a forced change, a quiet question you can't stop asking. Clarify who you are. Shape the narrative. Find the courage to follow it. This is career reinvention coaching, on your terms. Whether that's a career pivot, a bigger life reset, or getting ready for an interview that matters, we'll build the clarity and the story together.

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Lauren Fine, MD: Coach, TEDx Speaker, Story Strategist

How coaching works

A clear path, not a mystery.

Coaching can feel intangible from the outside. Here is what it actually looks like to work with me, from first conversation to the last session and beyond.

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Discovery call

A free 30-minute conversation. We talk about where you are, what you're navigating, and whether coaching with me is the right fit. No pressure, no pitch.

02

Map the territory

In our first sessions, we surface what's actually at stake. Not the surface question, the underlying one. Values, identity, the story you've been telling yourself, and the one you want to write next.

03

Build the framework

Together we construct the decision architecture: what you actually want, what trade-offs you're willing to make, what permission you've been waiting for. You leave each session with concrete next steps.

04

Move forward

The work continues between sessions, in the choices you make and the conversations you have. By the end, you have not just an answer but a way of thinking that lasts beyond our time together.

TEDx

Speaker

MD

Physician

Harvard

Macy Faculty

ICF

Training in Progress

Substack

Author

What Is Life Coaching?

A decision,
not a diagnosis.

Life coaching is a structured partnership built around one specific decision or transition, not a general checkup on your life, and not therapy. You bring the crossroads; the work is figuring out what you actually want and what's been stopping you from moving toward it.

It isn't about being told what to do. A coach won't diagnose what's wrong with you or hand you someone else's five-step plan. The work is yours, my job is to slow it down enough that you can see it clearly, and structure it enough that you leave with next steps, not just more thinking.

People usually come to coaching at a genuine fork in the road, not because something's broken, but because a decision in front of them is bigger than they can think through alone. Here are a few of the turning points I work with most ↓

About Lauren

I'm the proof
of concept.

Lauren Fine holding a bouquet of hydrangeas

I'm a physician first. Allergist, immunologist, still seeing patients one day a week. Then a question about how clinicians learn to think pulled me into medical education and into building tools to teach reasoning. That work led to a TEDx talk, a Substack, and now a coaching practice. If you're a clinician weighing a change, my physician coaching work is built for exactly that.

What ties it all together: each pivot was a decision about what mattered, not what to abandon. That is the work I help others do now. Clarify the inputs. Map the trade-offs. Build the story that lets you choose, and live with the choice.

I'm not a coach who talks about transitions from the sidelines. I've lived every pivot I guide others through, and I haven't given up any of the parts that mattered.

MD ICF Training in Progress TEDx Speaker Harvard Macy Faculty Substack Author Story Strategist

"I gave myself permission. Now I help others do the same."

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Who I help

You're at a
turning point.
I help you move.

Three people. Three turning points. The same underlying work.

01

The Student at the Crossroads

Deciding on a school, a sport, a career path, or questioning whether the one you're on is still yours. You need clarity, not more pressure.

02

The Professional Reconsidering

Successful on paper, restless underneath. You've outgrown something and aren't sure if you're allowed to say so. You are. This is the heart of career reinvention coaching.

03

The Person Forced to Pivot

A door closed. A role ended. You didn't choose this chapter, but you get to decide what it means and where it leads.
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The work

Ways we can
work together

Whether you need deep coaching, help telling your story on paper, or a speaker who's lived the pivot, there's a way in.

For individuals

1:1 Coaching

Deep, private coaching for individuals navigating a transition. We identify your story, clarify what you actually want, and build the narrative for what comes next.

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For applicants

Personal Statement, CV & Interview Coaching

College, graduate, law: the personal statement is a high-stakes story. I help you find the thread, shape the arc, and write something true. I also offer CV and resume review to build the story behind your experience, plus interview practice so you walk in ready.

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For organizations

Speaking & Workshops

From TEDx stages to organizational offsites, workshops on permission, pivots, and the power of knowing your own story.

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From a recent client

★★★★★

"If you're in a career transition and feeling lost or overwhelmed, she is exactly the kind of coach you need in your corner. She meets you where you are, leads with heart, and helps you find your way forward."

Margaret Career transition · Sales to a new role
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Permission to Change: Finding Your Ikigai is a Substack for anyone standing at an inflection point. Stories, questions, and the occasional uncomfortable truth about what it means to live on purpose. If the framework resonates, my ikigai coaching goes deeper.

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Free Giveaway

Win a free 50-minute
coaching session.

Every two weeks, one entrant is chosen at random to receive a complimentary 50-minute coaching session. Enter once and you're automatically included in every drawing until you win, no re-entering required.

No purchase necessary to enter or win. One winner is selected at random every two weeks from all eligible entries; anyone not selected remains automatically entered in each subsequent drawing until they win, unsubscribe, or request removal. Open to legal residents of the United States, 18 years or older. Prize is one (1) complimentary 50-minute coaching session with Lauren Fine, non-transferable, no cash value. Void where prohibited.

Free resources

Tools that help
you think.

Worksheets, frameworks, and exercises drawn from coaching practice. Free, no strings. Start here if you're not ready for a discovery call.

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Pivot Decision Framework

Structure a major decision across values, feasibility, identity, and the 10/10/10 regret test.

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Story Thread Finder

Map your timeline, identify recurring themes, and find the through-line that makes your story coherent.

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Ikigai Mapping Worksheet

Walk through all four quadrants with 16 guided prompts to find your reason for being.
See all free tools

On Stage

The talk that
started a conversation

"Permission to Change" is about what happens when we give ourselves permission to question the story we've been living, and the courage it takes to write a new one. Born from the newsletter and coaching practice that inspired it.

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Know someone standing at their own inflection point?

Most of the people I work with came through a friend, a colleague, a mentor who saw them clearly and said, "you should talk to her." If someone in your life is navigating a transition, weighing a decision, or rewriting their story, sending them this page is one of the most generous things you can do.

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