Hi, I'm Geri

I have spent most of my adult life in the middle of ordinary things, and I have found that ordinary is exactly where God tends to show up.

Years ago I started writing here under the name Life To Me as an outlet to share my thoughts on family and faith, and all the ways God shows up in the seemingly mundane moments of life. Somewhere in the writing I realized I was not really telling stories about my week. I was telling stories about a God who keeps meeting people in the middle of theirs.

For a season our family opened our home through Safe Families, taking in children who needed somewhere safe to be while their parents got back on their feet. That season taught me more about God's grace, limits, and the importance of asking for help.

Most people do not need more advice. They need someone to sit with them, tell them the truth kindly, and remind them who God says they are.

How I came to coaching

Over the years the same thing kept happening. A friend would call, or someone would pull me aside after a service, and we would end up in a long conversation about the thing they had not said out loud yet. Eventually I stopped treating that as an interruption and started treating it as a part of my ministry.

Coaching, for me, is that conversation with a little more structure around it. We get honest about where you are. We hold it up against what God says is true. Then we pick a next step you can actually take this week, and I check in with you on it.

What I believe

• You are not a problem to be solved. You are a person to be known.
• Scripture is not a nice sentiment to sprinkle on top. It is the ground we stand on.
• Small faithful steps beat grand plans that never start.
• Honesty is kind. Pretending is exhausting, and you can stop doing it here.
• Laughter belongs in serious conversations more often than we let it.

Teaching and ministry

Most weeks you will find me involved with and leading community groups at Revere Church, and helping lead MomCo, our community for moms in the thick of raising little ones. It is the part of my week where I get to do all of this in a room instead of one chair at a time.

More about my teaching and speaking history is on my speaking page.

Family life

I have been married nearly thirty years, and we have two amazing adult kids—our oldest married to a lovely woman. We are a tight-knit family and spend a lot of time together. My husband is an entrepreneur, which means plenty of ups and downs to walk through as a couple. I love my family fiercely, and I still laugh at my own stories.