Catholic Life Coaching for Women

Rooted in Real Life
Know yourself as God knows you.

Six weeks. Your temperament, your charisms, your growing edges — woven into a framework rooted in Scripture, the Catechism, and the saints. Formed in the teaching and tradition of the Catholic Church. Not self-help with a cross on it. The real thing.

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you."  —  John 14:27

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R Reality
O Origin
O Overflow
T Turning
E Election
D Dwelling
Grounded in Church Teaching
Personalized Soul Portrait
Six Weeks · Real Change
Rooted in the Sacraments
Catholic · Not Generic
Is This For You?

She knows she is called
to something more.

This program is for the Catholic woman who loves God, loves her family — and keeps losing herself somewhere in between.

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Her faith is real but her prayer is inconsistent
She loves God. She wants more than she has. She is tired of starting over every Monday.
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She gives everything and tends to herself last
She keeps the peace, says yes too often, and loves everyone from depletion rather than fullness.
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She wants to change but doesn't know where to start
She has the books. She has the intentions. What she needs is a framework and someone to walk through it with her.
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She is tired of generic self-help
She doesn't want secular coaching baptized with a Bible verse. She wants something built from the ground up on Catholic truth.
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She is ready to be known — really known
Not performing. Not managing impressions. Known by God and by herself — and finally free to live from that place.
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She wants to love better
Her husband. Her children. Her community. She knows she can give more when she is not running on empty.
The Framework

The R.O.O.T.E.D. Model

A proprietary Catholic coaching framework built on Scripture, Ignatian spirituality, and the Examen. Six questions. Practiced daily. Life-changing over time.

R
Reality
What actually happened? Just the facts — named clearly.
O
Origin
What belief was underneath? The root, not the fruit.
O
Overflow
What did you feel? Where in your body?
T
Turning
What is God's invitation here? The Catholic differentiator.
E
Election
What do you choose? One small, deliberate action.
D
Dwelling
What fruit is growing? Where are you abiding?

"Rooted and built up in him, established in faith, and overflowing with thankfulness."

— Colossians 2:7
The Process

How it works

From your first assessment to your final session — every step is designed to help you go deeper, not faster.

1
Soul Portrait Assessment
Four assessments — temperament, predominant fault, charisms, and saboteurs — paint a complete picture of how God made you.
2
Discovery Call
We review your results together. You receive your personalised Soul Portrait and we set your three goals.
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Six Weeks of Coaching
Weekly sessions, video teachings, and a personalised journal. The R.O.O.T.E.D. Model becomes your daily Examen.
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Rooted & Free
You leave with a framework for life — not just six weeks. The fruit you tend keeps growing.
The Foundation

Rooted in Church teaching
and the wisdom of the saints.

This is not self-help with a cross on it. Every part of this framework draws from the Catechism, the spiritual tradition of the Church, and the lived wisdom of the saints — brought into the real weight of your everyday life.

The Catechism.

Church teaching on the temperaments, charisms, virtue, and the sacraments grounds every session in something larger than any coaching framework.

The saints.

The women and men who ran this race before us knew the same faults, the same patterns, the same longing for God. Their lives are our map.

Your ordinary life.

Holiness is not a retreat experience. It is built Tuesday by Tuesday, in the kitchen and the carpool and the quiet before everyone wakes up.

"She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future."

— Proverbs 31:25
The Programs

Rooted in Real Life
for every season.

Four programs, one framework. Each season of the liturgical year is an invitation to go deeper.

Ordinary Time · 6 Weeks · Core Program
Everyday Holiness
Rooted in Real Life

The foundation. Temperament, charisms, fault, and saboteurs — all woven into six weeks of coaching using the R.O.O.T.E.D. Model. This is where every woman begins.

6 weeks · Weekly sessions · Personalized journal
Advent · 4 Weeks
Prepare the Path
Rooted in Real Life

Active preparation. Making room for Christ. The four Advent themes — Hope, Peace, Joy, Love — explored through the lens of your Soul Portrait.

4 weeks · Seasonal · Opens Advent 2026
Lent · 6 Weeks
Returning to God
Rooted in Real Life

Surrender. Fasting, prayer, and almsgiving as the three movements of interior freedom — each explored through your specific temperament and fault.

6 weeks · Seasonal · Opens Lent 2027
Health & Wellness · Evergreen
Body and Soul
Rooted in Real Life

Theology of the body meets the R.O.O.T.E.D. Model. Physical rhythms — sleep, movement, food, rest — as sacred ground for transformation.

Evergreen · Opens Summer 2026
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"I finally have a name for what I've been carrying. And for the first time, I understand why I do what I do — and what God is actually asking me to do instead."

— Testimonial Client  ·  Everyday Holiness Program
Your Coach
Cassandra — Rooted in Real Life
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Cassandra

Catholic Life Coach · Founder, Rooted in Real Life · Chico, CA

I built this program because I needed it. I know what it is to love God sincerely and still find yourself running on fumes, managing everything, and quietly losing yourself somewhere in the middle of all the good you are trying to do.

Rooted in Real Life is the framework I built from the Catechism, the saints, Ignatian spirituality, and five years of interior work. It is grounded in the teaching and tradition of the Church — because holiness is not acquired in a weekend. It is grown, slowly, in the ordinary.

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you." — John 14:27

That peace is what this work is for.

Catholic Life Coach Ignatian Spirituality Church Teaching & Tradition R.O.O.T.E.D. Model Chico, CA
Begin Your Journey

You were made
to be known.

Take the free Soul Portrait Assessment. No commitment, no pressure — just an honest look at how God made you.

Take the Assessment →

Free · No credit card · Takes about 15 minutes

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Support This Work

If this ministry has
reached you — consider reaching back.

Rooted in Real Life is built by hand, one woman at a time. Every journal, every Soul Portrait, every session is the result of real hours and real prayer.

If something here has met you — a framework that made sense, a portrait that felt like your own soul, a moment where you felt genuinely seen — your gift helps this work continue and reach the next woman who needs it.

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Rooted in Real Life is a small business, not a registered nonprofit. Gifts are a generous act of support but are not tax-deductible. Every dollar given helps keep this ministry-minded work alive.

"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."

— 2 Corinthians 9:7