Caregiver Coaching Corner

In the Caregivers’ Corner, Jo empowers caregivers to reclaim their well-being, build resilience, and find support — without guilt or apology.

Room For You: Coaching For Caregivers

Personal Coaching for Caregivers Who Need a Space to Breathe

Whether you're caring for a loved one with cancer or chronic illness, supporting aging parents, or managing life while carrying the emotional load for others — this is your space to come back to yourself.

Room for You is a 1:1 coaching program designed to help you release guilt, rediscover joy, and rebuild trust in yourself — with compassionate support from someone who's been there.

Choose your program.

Contact me to schedule your free consultation. Let’s get started.

What Caregiver Coaching Can Help With

As a caregiver, you may feel pulled in every direction, struggling to find time or energy for your own well-being. Guilt, exhaustion, and emotional overwhelm are real—and you're not alone.
Through one-on-one or group health coaching, I help caregivers:

  • Release guilt around self-care

  • Reconnect with joy, meaning, and identity outside the caregiving role

  • Establish daily rituals of nourishment—physical, emotional, and spiritual

  • Build sustainable habits that support your health

Together, we gently explore your life story and current reality to uncover the practices that bring you back into the picture.

Choose your program.

Contact me to schedule your free consultation. Let’s get started.

WHY WORK WITH ME

I’m a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach who specializes in supporting caregivers and those impacted by serious illness — including cancer, dementia, aging-related challenges, and chronic conditions. I’ve worked with caregivers professionally, volunteered in caregiving settings, and been a caregiver myself.

I understand how consuming this role can be, and how easily your own needs get buried beneath everything else. This work is about helping you reconnect to the parts of yourself that may have been set aside. Together, we’ll explore what brings you joy, what energizes you, and how to create simple, meaningful habits that support you in the midst of caregiving.

Using a blend of wellness coaching, therapeutic massage, and energy practices like Qigong and Reiki, I support caregivers holistically — mind, body, and spirit.
You don’t have to choose between caring for others and caring for yourself.

Choose your program.

Contact me to schedule your free consultation. Let’s get started.

TAKE THE NEXT STEP

Caregiving will always be part of your story — but it doesn’t have to be the whole story. There is room for you, too.

Whether you're looking for emotional support, tools to manage stress, or simply space to breathe, let’s start with one small step. Together, we can explore what would feel restorative — including the respite you may not have thought possible.

👉 Choose your program.

👉 Contact me to schedule your free consultation. Let’s get started.

EXPLORE YOUR CANCER COACHING PATH
Caregiver Reset (6 Weeks)

A focused short-term container for clarity and coping

Perfect if you're in the thick of it and need a structured reset. We’ll get clear on what you need now, explore daily actions that support your well-being, and offer immediate tools to reduce stress and reconnect with yourself — all with enough space between sessions to reflect and breathe. We begin with a 75-minute Clarity Session to understand where you are and what you need most right now. Each session may begin with a brief guided de-stress practice to support nervous system regulation and create calm. Then, we work together to reduce overwhelm, manage symptoms, and restore your sense of agency.

Includes:

  • 1 x 75-minute Clarity & Support session

  • 3 x 45-minute coaching sessions (biweekly)

  • 1 virtual Qigong or breathwork session

  • 1 remote Reiki session

  • Email support throughout

$495 | Program

Reclaim & Recenter (3 Months)

A powerful entry point for deeper change.

This 3-month journey helps you reclaim your time, energy, and voice while still honoring your caregiving role. We'll work together to clarify your values, identify what's draining you, and build sustainable habits of self-trust and care.

Includes:

  • 1 x 90-minute Clarity & Planning session

  • 6 x 50-minute coaching sessions (biweekly)

  • 1 virtual Qigong + 1 remote Reiki session

  • Email support throughout

  • *Real Food From My Table to Yours (digital cookbook for inspiration, not dietary guidance)

$975 | Program

Rediscover & Rebuild (6 Months)

The full transformation experience

This deep, holistic program gives you time and space to rediscover who you are beyond caregiving. We’ll explore the life you want to live, the practices that sustain you, and the ways to reclaim joy, purpose, and possibility.

Includes:

  • 1 x 90-minute Clarity & Vision session

  • 12 x 50-minute coaching sessions (biweekly)

  • 2 virtual Qigong + 2 remote Reiki sessions

  • Email support throughout

  • Real Food From My Table to Yours (digital cookbook)

$1,800 | Program

WOW! Just WOW! There are few people out there that are as kind, caring and empathetic as Jo. She really leaned in to listen and understand, then helped to fix everything that needed attention. She looked at the big picture then broke it down so that progress was quickly made.

I am so thankful for my time with her and would highly recommend her to others. Run, don’t walk to see Jo. Patty S.

Guide at the Side Jo Bakal is a pleasure to work with! She is really organized and I enjoy getting a recap every week from our sessions with added comments and resources. I also appreciate the fact that she uses review, rate and progress charts so I can see clearly the improvement that has been made. I find Jo is a great listener and really tunes into my needs and lifestyle and helps me along the path that I would like to go through. I like seeing results but I also know it’s progress not perfection and having someone hold my hand and guide me step by step is a life changing experience! I recommend everyone wanting to grow and work on themselves to use Jo Bakal! Chana R.

Insightful and Reassuring With the Insightful and reassuring guidance from you last year I have seen an incredible improvement in my overall self- conscious and my main goal of living a overall healthier lifestyle. Thanks to all of your help and encouragement I have been able to lose 40lbs since we worked together back in 2020! Thank you for all you’re help! It changed my outlook on myself as well as motivated me to take action and get healthy, body and mind. I highly recommend anyone in need of guidance or a mentor to reach out to Jo! Briana L.

Eye Opening Tezoona Wellness LLC helped me over the past several months. This was my first time having a wellness coach and the experience opened my eyes to goals that I knew needed to get accomplished and having the weekly calls helped keep me motivated and accomplish my goals. Mikeisha M.

Phenomenal session! Discovered the nature of my overwhelm and how to prioritize what I have to do versus my values. Jordan D.

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Classes, Retreats, Workshops

Looking for something meaningful, nourishing, and fun for yourself, your group, or your organization? I offer a variety of engaging wellness experiences that can be customized to fit your needs—whether it’s a private session, a gathering with friends, a family activity, or a professional retreat.

You can choose from:

  • Qigong — for balance, energy, and mindfulness
  • Breathwork — to reduce stress and support emotional clarity
  • Aging Well — workshops to inspire vitality and purpose
  • Culinary Connections — plant-based cooking classes that build confidence in the kitchen
  • Reiki Trainings — learn hands-on energy healing for yourself and others

Sessions are available privately or for groups, online or in person, and are designed to meet you—and your group—exactly where you are. Whether you're just beginning your wellness journey or looking to deepen your practice, there’s something here for everyone.

Let’s co-create something meaningful together.