Ingela Onstad is a seasoned coach dedicated to guiding high-performing people on a journey of self-discovery, resilience, creativity, and success. With many years of experience in therapy and coaching, Ingela also holds advanced degrees in music and spent the first part of her career working all over the world as a professional opera singer. Her extensive background in both counseling and the performing arts empowers her to seamlessly blend therapeutic techniques with high-performance coaching strategies.
Ingela is fueled by a passion for empowering clients to achieve their full potential. She enjoys addressing the intricate balance between career success, personal well-being, and mental resilience. Her approach is grounded in research-backed methodologies tailored to the unique needs of her clients. Some of her areas of specialty include public speaking coaching, self-care, addressing impostor syndrome, increasing creativity, and confidence building.
Whether it’s setting and achieving ambitious goals, navigating the complexities of high-pressure environments, or finding a self-care routine that nourishes and sustains, her clients gain practical tools for sustainable success.
Ingela is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Board-Certified Coach.
What my Clients Say:
“Ingela guided me through several personal issues, ranging from performance anxiety in my career to relationship issues. Through worksheets and discussion, Ingela helped me re-shape my view of self confidence, what self-love means, and what having an authentic sense of self can look and feel like. She asked difficult questions with kindness and compassion, and wasn’t afraid to push me to dive deeper when I needed it. Our sessions were the highlight of my week. It was amazing how clearly Ingela saw Me as a person. Her wonderful energy and warmth really helped me re-assess difficult challenges and find new ways to think about those challenges.”
“Working with Ingela is a delight. She naturally creates a trusting atmosphere where ideas and insights can thrive, and her guidance and reflections are both knowledgeable and deeply caring. Ingela has truly helped me have a greater understanding of myself and my journey in life, and her coaching has brought me peace in a time of transition. I will continue to use her as a resource as I go along creating my life. Thank you, Ingela!”
“Honestly, I am not the kind of person to seek out help. This was the first time I tried any coaching service and I owe a lot of my accomplishments this year to Ingela. She has a talent for bringing out what you already know inside and helps you come to your own conclusions by guiding with gentle, relatable advice and breaks down your big goals into smaller, obtainable steps. Her coaching has helped me realize my potential and in just the short time of working with her, I’ve accomplished my dream I’ve carried for the past 5 years and now can proudly say I have my own business! If you’ve been thinking about it, just schedule the first consultation, like right now! As Ingela taught me…Do it scared. You won’t regret it!”
“Working with Ingela literally changed my life. I was stuck-in a rut- creative ideas floating through my brain without any skill to moor them into action. Though we started our 8 month relationship digging into some of the “why’s” which so often keep you stuck in the past….ultimately we got to the ‘now’ and to realizing my creative vision of the future. Having Ingela’s guidance, her kind, non judgmental encouragement and skill building tasks I was able to bring my creative vision into reality. Ingela helped me to build courage, come out of my comfort zone, develop a sense of accountability and even helped me with my social media platforms and marketing elements. Though it was time for us to part ways professionally- I definitely miss my bi-weekly sessions. They kept me focused and forward thinking. As life’s distractions set in- I know I’ll be reaching out again….to reinforce the accountability mind-set. But for know- I keep Ingela on my shoulder, as I do my best to use the skills she introduced. I recommend Ingela 100%. If you find yourself stuck or creatively blocked, or just need that push to take action…to take risks. and trust your vision…Call Her!!”