Anika

Anika Hillin is an ICF certified Relationship and Personal Development Coach. She received her education from Coach for Life and Jessica Yaffa Coaching Institute.

Additionally, she is a communication teacher trained in Nonviolent Communication. She is well versed in addiction, alternative relating, and LGBTQ. Her work and life experiences supply the groundwork for impactful and life changing sessions with clients.

“As your coach, it is my honor to help you get the communication tools, breakthroughs, and support you need to have a fulfilling life. Whether you are working on yourself or your relationship, it is my honor to help you achieve healthy, sustainable, and loving relationship(s), because that is what truly makes life so fulfilling. When working with couples, I support clients who are on the brink of separation/divorce, who are in the reparation phase, or who are simply looking to better their relationship or their life. Coaching is goal oriented, and as your coach it is my passion to help you drastically change your relationship dynamic from frustrated, detached, and struggling, to connected, committed, and consistent. Deep in my bones I know how we can desire change, and not know how to achieve it. All you need to do is come with the vision, and I will guide you there.”

-Anika Hillin

Fun Fact:

I also have a Coach I see weekly. This is a career I believe in because I have made such incredible changes because of it!

My Personal Story

I got into coaching when my marriage was falling apart. We were separated, living in different homes, divorce papers had been signed, and I was feeling hopeless.

We had tried multiple therapists, every program we could find, read all the books, and still did a lot of fighting. I thought there had to be a better way, but I didn't know what it was.

When I first hired a coach, I began to think there was a chance. If only we had had this type of support when we were in the thick of it- when we were still together.

I decided I wanted to become a coach and help those who could have benefitted from the type of support my spouse and I needed.

Throughout my coaching training, I stayed with my own personal coach, learning and growing. I also continued my education in Nonviolent Communication, and began teaching it.

I learned how to communicate on a completely different level. I realized all the places I went wrong. And over the course of this journey, my partner and I found our way back together, and were able to work through so many of our communication hiccups.

Once we were finally able to communicate in a healthy, safe, and loving manner we came to realize that we weren't an aligned match. Through lots of grief and tears we decided mutually to end our romantic relationship, in an effort to honor what each other wanted and needed that we could not provide.

To this day, we are still great friends, and support each other in living fulfilling lives that honor who we are and what we need. I am incredibly blessed to have this experience of loving someone so much, that I was able to let them go, and vice versa. Not all relationships are meant to be romantic long term, but if we work at it, they often can be lifelong.