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“Are you Ok?”
We all Hear this A Lot And Often Respond With, “I’m Ok” Or “I’m fine.”
While It Is Okay To Be Okay, There Is So Much More In The Scope Of Well-Being Than Just feeling okay. You can thrive.
With the support of a life coach, you can set and achieve what is most important to you and be better than just Okay.
Are you just okay? Or are you thriving? Our life coaching services can help you reach your full potential and achieve what matters most to you. Don’t settle for mediocrity – strive for greatness! Our experienced life coaches are here to guide you on your journey to a better, more fulfilling life. Take the first step and contact us today to learn more about how we can help you reach your goals.
“Are you Ok?”
We all Hear this A Lot.
It Is Okay To Be Okay, but There Is So Much More Than Just being “fine”.
you can set and achieve your vision and truly thrive. be better than Okay.
It is time for you to flourish.
Answer these questions for yourself:
- Are you excited to wake up and start a new day?
- Do you look forward to moving closer to your most important milestones?
- Are you confident in your next steps in life (or at least excited to explore your opportunities)?
- Do you have a good handle on what is on your plate tomorrow, next month, next year?
- Do you engage in positive habits and routines aligned with the best version of who you are?
- Do you feel satisfied in your relationships?
- Are you content with where you are in life?
- Are you living ON PURPOSE?
If these things don’t ring true for you, life coaching might be just what you need. Our Coaches at enLiven Wellness Life Coaching will help you forge ahead in your personal development to become more focused, connected, thoughtful and flourishing.
Click the red button to schedule a complimentary life coaching consultation via our scheduling site or contact us directly using the chat bubble at the bottom.
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Meet Us
Meet Us
Todd M. Smith, M.Ed., Ed.S.
Welcome, I’m glad you stopped by. My name is Todd Smith founder of enLiven Wellness Life Coaching. I am a school psychologist turned life coach with a mission to use my life’s gifts, training, and maybe most importantly, struggles to support clients in navigating their well-being journey so they can live out their vision for a fulfilling and purposeful life.
I thought about starting you off with my LinkedIn style introduction. You know, the braggadocios one that tells you about my INCREDIBLE skills and experience… but then I realized that my life coaching profile isn’t the Me that you will get to know when you sit across from me with a coffee (whether in person or connected via technology of some sort). You are certainly welcome to see that version but I warned you! Here’s what I really want you to know about me (and likely what you’re actually looking for on this page anyway).
To be brief, I spent about 14 years in education where I got my first taste of coaching working with educational teams. I later recognized how vital those skills were and how I could use them to make an impact. After a few years of searching, I finally recognized how I could best serve my community, founding enLiven Wellness Life Coaching in 2015. Since then I have logged thousands of hours of coaching, helping people develop into better and better versions of themselves.
I’ve been through my own tough times as you probably have too. Because of that, I value the power of facing and overcoming challenges. This is where I am at my best, helping people navigate their obstacles, catalysing them into resilience, grit, and a mindset primed for personal growth.
I invite you to join me in a conversation to see how I can help you grow into an even better you;.
Hope L. Resendez
Hello! My name is Esperanza (Hope) Resendez, it’s so great to meet you! I’m not sure what brought you here but trust that we found each other for a reason. In my former career, I was in property management for 22 years, however, I was actually a life coach in disguise.
Let me share a story with you… Jessica worked for me as a housekeeper. She was under my leadership for several years. I remember hearing the words come from her mouth when describing her position as “just” a housekeeper. Obviously, no one is “just” anything. All positions are highly valued (or should be) within any organization but her belief set was just that. Through our time together, I encouraged her to look beyond her current role (although extremely important) and look to other opportunities that I knew she was very capable of. Fast forward, Jessica is now a lead sales person for the same company. She dominates this role and is looked to for her leadership in this industry. You see, our belief set is the thing that either provides success stories like this one or stifles the story from ever beginning. Fortunately, we both were able to celebrate her great success because she finally believed it was possible.
Why life coaching you ask? Honestly, helping others become the best version of themselves has produced a joy in my heart that has been quite unmatchable. Through countless bible studies, personal growth classes and a life of mentoring others I found a place that I belong.
I’ve spent thousands of hours in personal development as I strived to overcome countless struggles, heartbreak and pain. Through my studies, I’ve regained my life and found true whole-ness and happiness. Let’s be honest, life can be both beautiful and unattractive on the same day!
Overcoming life’s challenges and more importantly overcoming our own private/personal struggles can sound and feel very scary. What I’ve found and come to realize is that never attempting to grow into the better versions of ourselves is even more scary!
If you are searching for a deeper connection with yourself or ready to discover who you are truly meant to be, we can help!

Todd M. Smith, M.Ed., Ed.S.
Welcome, I’m glad you stopped by. My name is Todd Smith, founder of enLiven Wellness Life Coaching. I am a school psychologist turned life coach with a mission to use my life's gifts, training, and maybe most importantly, struggles to support clients in navigating their well-being journey so they can live out their vision for a fulfilling and purposeful life.
I thought about starting you off with my LinkedIn style introduction. You know, the braggadocios one that tells you about my INCREDIBLE skills and experience… but then I realized that my life coaching profile isn’t the Me that you will get to know when you sit across from me with a coffee (whether in person or connected via technology of some sort). You are certainly welcome to see that version but I warned you! Here’s what I really want you to know about me (and likely what you’re actually looking for on this page anyway).
To be brief, I spent about 14 years in education where I got my first taste of coaching working with educational teams. I later recognized how vital those skills were and how I could use them to make an impact. After a few years of searching, I finally recognized how I could best serve my community, founding enLiven Wellness Life Coaching in 2015. Since then I have logged thousands of hours of coaching, helping people develop into better and better versions of themselves.
I’ve been through my own tough times as you probably have too. Because of that, I value the power of facing and overcoming challenges. This is where I am at my best, helping people navigate their obstacles, catalysing them into resilience, grit, and a mindset primed for personal growth.
I invite you to join me in a conversation to see how I can help you grow into an even better you.

Hope L. Resendez
Hello! My name is Esperanza (Hope) Resendez, it’s so great to meet you! I’m not sure what brought you here but trust that we found each other for a reason. In my former career, I was in property management for 22 years, however, I was actually a life coach in disguise.
Let me share a story with you… Jessica worked for me as a housekeeper. She was under my leadership for several years. I remember hearing the words come from her mouth when describing her position as “just” a housekeeper. Obviously, no one is “just” anything. All positions are highly valued (or should be) within any organization but her belief set was just that. Through our time together, I encouraged her to look beyond her current role (although extremely important) and look to other opportunities that I knew she was very capable of. Fast forward, Jessica is now a lead sales person for the same company. She dominates this role and is looked to for her leadership in this industry. You see, our belief set is the thing that either provides success stories like this one or stifles the story from ever beginning. Fortunately, we both were able to celebrate her great success because she finally believed it was possible.
Why life coaching you ask? Honestly, helping others become the best version of themselves has produced a joy in my heart that has been quite unmatchable. Through countless bible studies, personal growth classes and a life of mentoring others I found a place that I belong.
I’ve spent thousands of hours in personal development as I strived to overcome countless struggles, heartbreak and pain. Through my studies, I’ve regained my life and found true whole-ness and happiness. Let’s be honest, life can be both beautiful and unattractive on the same day!
Overcoming life’s challenges and more importantly overcoming our own private/personal struggles can sound and feel very scary. What I’ve found and come to realize is that never attempting to grow into the better versions of ourselves is even more scary!
If you are searching for a deeper connection with yourself or ready to discover who you are truly meant to be, we can help!

TJ Gillespie
Hello all, my name is TJ Gillespie, and I am a Life Coach at enLiven Wellness Life Coaching! I have an extensive background in athletics, business, psychology, sports coaching and development, trauma, and relationships of all natures. Many of us are searching for solutions to the daily obstacles we face and that’s where I come in. I specialize in helping my clients identify solutions and build healthy habits that produce the success we are aiming for.
Born on a naval base in Virginia but raised in Toledo, Ohio. Discipline and understanding of my surroundings have been instilled in me by parents since Day 1. I have unique experiences growing up because I had the discipline of a “military kid”, lived in the inner city surrounded by endless crime, but also went to private school. I am extremely grateful for the sacrifices my parents made to help me see a different world that was out there. I have witnessed firsthand the trials and tribulations we face in our area but also the beauty within. My unique experiences have given me insight and familiarity to not only relate but to also guide and reshape the way we respond/feel.
Client Testimonials
Knowledgeable and Encouraging
My husband and I are enjoying the subtle changes we are making in our daily habits. Todd is very knowledgeable and encouraging.
Deeply Appreciative
Todd is amazing. I was deeply appreciative of how much he invested in me.
Super grateful
Todd, thanks so much for helping me out! I've got the habit set right now, so I'm super grateful for all of the help that you gave me.
Focused on achievable goals
Todd helped me to prioritize and focus on achievable goals.
He knows just when to gently lead, or give me that kick-my-butt push I need to see results.
Todd is one of the most intuitive individuals I've ever met. He has guided me as a life coach while my business was evolving. His insights into situations have always been spot on. And he knows just when to gently lead, or give me that kick-my-butt push I need to see results. I would recommend Todd Smith to anyone looking for a life coach that will help you to clarify, organize, or just simply acknowledge, not only where you want to go in life and business, but how to get there.
Professional Recommendation
Todd has a gentle and caring spirit with a passion for helping others. I would highly recommend him for wellness coaching and counseling.
Secure, Nurturing and Awakening Environment for Personal Growth
Todd has an incredible way of creating a very secure, nurturing and awakening environment for personal growth. Whatever your goals, he will confidently help you navigate the way.
Authentic, empowering coaching
Todd successfully helped me at a time in my life when I needed it the most. Todd is completely transparent and professional in his coaching process, in a way that makes you feel extremely comfortable. His ability to connect to people and his passion for helping others is very visible. I have benefited from his direction. He will not disappoint!
Sincere, effective, supportive
Before I started my search for a coach, I decided I would like to work with someone who did not act like they were Tony Robbins. I spoke with several and found that Todd was by far the most sincere. He is very effective and also supportive. In the time I have worked with Todd, I have developed much better time management and organizational skills. I feel certain I would not have taken steps toward the goals I have always talked about accomplishing without Todd's help. Highly recommend.
Knows how to coach me
Todd is a great listener and coach. He always offers a different perspective and really knows how to coach me and redirect my thoughts. He celebrates my wins and doesn’t allow me to get down on my losses. Overall I would highly recommend Todd if you are needing to make changes in your life, redirect your perspective, or reach your goals.
What to Expect
The descriptions below provide a general idea of the scope and sequence, though we will always make room for anything important that may pop up. For example, we may be focused on a given goal but when something pops up that needs to be addressed before it takes you off track, we will make space to keep you progressing.
We will work through the following three major phases, then repeat each time we set new goals (but condensed each time since we will already have established a strong base of trust and rapport):
A free 30 minute life coaching session, conducted via telephone, is the perfect way to determine if your style and expectations align with that of your prospective coach. This consultation is designed to check for fit and feel, ensuring that you are on track to achieve your goals. Your coach will openly share their thoughts on the match and offer referrals if they believe another professional would be better suited to help you. Prior to the consultation, you will have the opportunity to complete surveys that identify your top character strengths, personal values, and current state of well-being. This information will be used to guide the conversation, allowing you to better accomplish and expand on your preliminary goals using your key strengths and assets.
This is the first life coaching session primarily designed to explore your goals and learn about your experiences, both good and bad to bring light to your amazing resilience, strengths and resources so you can capitalize on that wisdom. This session, like all sessions will be organized around your priorities. I am here as a guide on your journey, you are the one that makes it all happen. This session will end with an action plan aligned to your preliminary goals so you can immediately experience success.
Following the enVisioning Session, I allow you the flexibility to use your time in a way that best fits your needs. We put systems in place and determine how to best utilize coaching supports. The typical monthly subscription provides you 4 hours of coaching support per month. The focus of these sessions will be to dream up the possibilities, design a plan to bring that vision to life and then take decisive action upon that plan, following up regularly with brief and effective evaluation and course revision as needed.
enLiven Core Value
When you are an enLiven Wellness Life Coaching client, anticipate high expectations. We believe in you maybe even more than you do. We have such high expectations because we have seen the amazing results that emerge from dedicated effort.
While our core values don’t need to be your core values, they do need to be something you’re willing to commit to in synergy with your innate values and strengths to achieve the goals you set in life coaching. Commit to and embrace these values with us to engage in an experience that will change your life.
“I persist toward my goals despite obstacles, discouragements, or disappointments.”
Perseverance is sticking with things. It means being hardworking and finishing what is started, despite barriers and obstacles that arise. There is pleasure received from completing tasks and projects. Sometimes we must dig deep and muster the will to overcome thoughts of giving up. Perseverance involves organizing oneself to support activities (e.g., scheduling breaks and sticking to them, rewarding in small ways along the way), but when all else fails, this strength helps the person to barrel through until the project is done. This helps build further confidence for future successes and goal accomplishment. Perseverance involves the voluntary continuation of a goal-directed action despite the presence of challenges, difficulties, and discouragement. There are two vectors of perseverance. It requires both effort for a task and duration to keep the task up.
“I seek out situations where I gain new experiences without getting in my own or other people’s way.”
Curious individuals are interested in exploring new ideas, activities and experiences, and they also have a strong desire to increase their own personal knowledge.
“I am realistic and also full of optimism about the future, believing in my actions and feeling confident things will turn out well.”
The character strength of hope has to do with positive expectations about the future. It involves optimistic thinking and focusing on good things to come. Hope is more than a feel-good emotion. It is an action-oriented strength involving agency, the motivation and confidence that goals can be reached, and also that many effective pathways can be devised in order to get to that desired future. Optimism is closely linked with having a particular explanatory style (how we explain the causes of bad events). People using an optimistic explanatory style interpret events as external, unstable and specific. Those using a pessimistic explanatory style interpret events as internal, stable and global.
“I am aware of and understand my feelings and thoughts, as well as the feelings of those around me.”
When a person knows what makes other people tick, he or she is displaying social intelligence. They’re aware of the motives and feelings of themselves and others. They can feel comfortable and say the right thing whether they’re in the boardroom or the janitorial room, in a school setting or at a construction site. Social intelligence involves two general components:
- Social awareness: what we sense about others
- Social facility: what we do with our awareness
“I take charge and guide groups to meaningful goals, and ensure good relations among group members.”
Leadership can take on many forms. For our purposes, leadership refers to the tendency to bring people together and encourage cooperation, while maintaining good relations within the group. Like teamwork, leadership involves being committed to the goals beyond ourselves, Leadership involves setting goals and accomplishing them, enlisting effective help, building coalitions, and smoothing ruffled feathers. Effective leaders are able to provide a positive vision or message that inspires dedicated followers who feel empowered and perhaps even inspired.
“I manage my feelings and actions and am disciplined and self-controlled.”
Self-Regulation is a complex character strength. It has to do with controlling your appetites and emotions and regulating what you do. Demonstrating self-regulation facilitates effectiveness in pursuing and achieving goals by controlling reactions to disappointment and insecurities. Self-regulation helps keep a sense of balance, order, and progress in life. Self-Regulation can be viewed as a resource that can be depleted and fatigued. A useful metaphor can be that self-regulation acts like a muscle, which can be exhausted through over-exertion or strengthened through regular practice.
The core values described above are taken from the work of the VIA Institute. Learn more about VIA Character Strengths from The Power of Character Strengths by Ryan Niemiec.
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Case Studies
Case studies presented here are composites of real processes and outcomes experienced by clients of enLiven Wellness Life Coaching. Names and specifics of their lives have been altered to protect their confidentiality. Click on a tab above to read more.
Background
Ryan is a 24 year old married young professional with a preschool aged son. He manages older professionals in an engineering field with more education and experience. When Ryan began coaching, he was concerned about how much time he was spending at work on non-work activities (scrolling Facebook, watching YouTube). His lack of productivity led him to the concerns that he would be fired due to his lack of performance. He’d received no indication that his job was in jeopardy or that his supervisors noticed his work habits.
Ryan reports that he experienced difficulties with attention and focus throughout his high school years. While his grades were sufficient, he noted that it was hard to stick to things and often second guessed his decisions. He noted that he was an athlete and in good physical condition in those days. He lived with his mom, stepdad, and an older brother. He noted that he has a good relationship with his stepfather and his father is marginally involved in his life. Ryan was hired into his current organization at 20 years of age without a college degree and quickly moved into a management position despite his education and experience.
Ryan requested support to improve his work habits as well as improving his daily health and wellness habits. His bigger picture goal is to learn skills to implement life-long personal growth in all areas of life.
Goals & Plan
After specifically identifying Ryan’s presenting issues, he was asked to flip his “problems” and describe what it was that he would prefer to see instead. Regarding his habit of using social media to avoid difficult tasks, he indicated that he would prefer to deal with those tasks in a structured manner, completing more work responsibilities each day as well as interacting more with his employees and supervisors. Of course, saying what he wants does not make it so, therefore, Ryan has taken this further to identify the triggers of his undesired behaviors. He recognized that anxiety about difficult tasks caused him to seek activities that calmed him in the short term, which were avoidance activities such as watching YouTube (especially personal development videos). Long-term, these activities caused further anxiety due to a mounting workload and his concerns about losing his job from a lack of productivity.
Ryan identified the need to resolve his immediate stress and anxiety in more functional ways. He learned skills to manage this (meditation/breathwork and other techniques to moderate his nervous system). In addition, he created tools to manage his task priority and daily schedule.
As he began to feel more in control of his life, Ryan was better able to address habits and routines outside of work. He established bedtime habits conducive to better sleep, such as putting his phone in another room before bed to reduce screen time and blue light at critical night time hours. He also implemented exercise and eating habits to address body composition issues contributing to fatigue and unhealthy blood pressure.
Ryan’s journey has been a challenging one, falling off of the wagon several times. Despite these setbacks, noticeable improvements have been made on each subsequent return to coaching. Ryan reports that he has a very heroic vision for himself and is noticing that now sees a path forward to his ideal life rather than his pessimistic view of himself as a representation of his problems. He has enjoyed significant success in his productivity and is now expanding his vision to be what he admires honest, caring and successful people.
Background
Melani is a married 37 year old mom of 3 working in the real estate industry. She has been with her partner since they were teenagers.
Melani sought life coaching due to her reconciliation of a very restrictive religious upbringing that does not now match how her values have emerged. She also struggled with an outward expression of confidence that did not match her inner sense. Addition challenges arose as work progressed, including struggles to open up to new social relationships
Unlike traditional therapy, there are no mental health diagnoses in life coaching though clients sometimes come to coaching with previous diagnoses or even self diagnoses. When clients present with such things, we draw back from the label and describe behavioral ways in which this manifests in their lives. In addition to the negative characteristics, we also identify positive attributes of the behaviors.
Goals & Plan
Melani’s goals were to come to terms with her past, accepting it for what it was and identifying the ways in which it has influenced all that she appreciates in her life. She also sought to improve the dynamic in her marriage, clearly communicating her needs to her husband in a manner that would maintain and build intimacy.
Melani took her challenges, identifying the feelings, actions and circumstances in her life that she did not want and turning that into a narrative about her life preferences and desires. In particular, she desired improved communication with her husband. Understanding that she could not change his behavior in these situations, she addressed how she approached communication, mentally preparing her tone to be less confrontational and changing her expectations for conversations from adversarial to resolution focused and lighter. She no longer took on every responsibility just to avoid conflict (which created significant resentment toward her spouse). This shift in perspective created extraordinary changes in their relationship and how her husband showed up as a partner and a father. Also in terms of family dynamics, Melani no longer shied away telling her husband what she needed and encouraged the same from him.
Outside of her immediate family, Melani wished for more social engagement and friendship, knowing that she could not fully count on her husband and a very small (and mostly logistically distant) friend circle to fulfill her relationship needs. She challenged her inner voice that told her people were not interested in getting to know her and went out of her way to join groups of interest and initiate new relationships.
Melani found great success from life coaching, challenging old ways of thinking and gaining new perspectives. It was not always easy. Old thinking patterns tried to creep back in causing her to question the improvements she experienced. We often objectively brought it back to what she was experiencing, not where her thoughts about her experiences were taking her.
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