Attention Coaching/Guidance

Helping You Pay Attention to What Matters Most

I believe coaching isn’t about fixing people — it’s about helping them remember who they already are.

In a noisy world, it's easy to lose sight of our calling, creativity, and core identity. My coaching exists to help writers, creatives, leaders, and spiritual seekers slow down, pay attention, and take courageous next steps toward their true work.

I don’t offer quick fixes or hype.

I believe:

  • Transformation comes in quiet space, deep listening, and practical tools to help you move forward with honesty, clarity, and hope.

  • You don’t need to be perfect to create something meaningful.

  • Small beginnings, and incremental progress, matters more than you think.

  • The work you’re called to do already lives inside you — it just needs a little excavation.

  • Progress isn’t always loud. Sometimes it feels like a whisper.

In our work together, we focus on building sustainable rhythms, uncovering hidden resistance, and crafting a creative life rooted in attention, not exhaustion.

This is coaching for those who want to live awake.

If that sounds like you, I’d love to hear your story. I have two offerings below:

Coaching / Spiritual Guidance for Writers:

Overcome Resistance, Create New Habits, and Reconnect with Your Creative Soul

Writing and creating is more than just putting words on a page—it’s a calling, a journey, and at times, a struggle. If you find yourself stuck, battling self-doubt, or unable to make time for your writing,

Spiritual Coaching/Guidance for Writers is here to help.

This coaching/guidance program isn’t about productivity hacks or rigid schedules. It’s about uncovering what’s holding you back, reconnecting with your creative purpose, and discovering a deeper, more meaningful approach to your writing and creative life. Through guided conversations, reflective practices, and personalized support, you'll gain clarity, confidence, and the space to write freely again.

Your words matter. Your voice matters. Words can change lives. Let’s explore what’s standing in the way—so you can finally write the stories only you can tell. Here are some of my offerings:

  • 1:1 Deep Dive Sessions

  • Ongoing Monthly Coaching

  • Creative Direction & Story Excavation

  • Spiritual Guidance for Writers/Creatives (individual and group)

  • 1-3 day retreats.

Book a call today!

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Aligned Leadership:
Lead with Purpose, Integrity, and Impact

Great leadership isn’t just about strategy or skills—it’s about alignment. True leaders bring their heart, head, hands, and habits into harmony, creating a life and leadership style rooted in authenticity, clarity, and action.

This coaching/guidance program is designed for leaders who want to lead with purpose, live with integrity, and thrive in both work and life. Through personalized coaching and guided reflection, we’ll explore four key areas:

🧡 Heart – Who am I, and what do I truly desire? What motivates me as a leader?

🧠 Head – What do I believe about my work, my team, and the world? How do my beliefs shape my leadership?

Hands – Am I living and leading in alignment with my values and vision? Where is there a disconnect?

🔄 Habits – What daily practices will keep me grounded, focused, and thriving as a leader?

If you’re ready to break through the internal obstacles, lead with confidence, and create lasting impact, Aligned Leadership Coaching will help you move from uncertainty to clarity, from inconsistency to integrity, and from burnout to balance.

Let’s align your leadership—heart, head, hands, and habits—so you can lead with purpose and impact.

Book a call today!

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Ryan has been a great mentor and inspiration to me. He has helped me overcome many of my personal hurdles and roadblocks. He understands the real-life struggles of the writing life, as he is a writer himself. I especially benefitted from learning his 7 Step Story Structure, which helped me get unstuck with my current writing project. Whether you're an aspiring author working on your first book, or you're an author who is stuck on a project, I highly recommend Ryan as your new writing coach.

- Dr. Thien Doan

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Ryan is always wonderful to work with, communicative, provides everything promptly and is responsive. Look forward to working with him again.

- Danielle Larkin

I truly appreciate Ryan's commitment to helping other writers succeed. Not only is the course incredibly informative from a practical standpoint but is also full of wisdom, motivation and encouragement. This isn't a “get rich” scheme. It a general blueprint for authors to find success – but we have to sit down and be willing to do the work.

- Quinn N.

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Ryan's Experience and Credentials

Dr. Ryan J. Pelton is a certified speaker/coach/trainer with the John Maxwell Team, a certified spiritual director for writers, and certified coach with Prepare and Enrich for premarital/marital counseling. He's coached, guided, counseled, consulted, and directed hundreds of individuals, and organizations in a variety of spaces. From nonprofit, faith-based, to corporate and writers conferences:

  • Get unstuck spiritually or creatively.

  • Launch your next creative or business project.

  • Prepare for marriage, or get help in a struggling one.

  • Equip you, or your company/organization/church for taking your leadership and communication to the next level.

  • Learn how to find peace in life and work.