
Life, leadership & health coaching for Catholic women navigating life's most tender transitions.
For over 30 years, I have gently walked alongside women in the field of mental health, listening to their stories, honoring their struggles, and witnessing their strength. As a holistic Catholic coach, I now bring that same compassionate understanding into my life, leadership, and health coaching programs. Beyond my professional experience, I come to this work as a woman, wife, mother, and friend. As a Catholic wife of 33 years and mother of two grown sons, I know intimately the tender terrain of empty-nesting, caregiving, career shifts, health challenges, and grief.
As women, we so often carry the weight of competing priorities alone—holding together family, work, faith, and the needs of everyone around us while quietly setting our own hearts aside. My programs are designed to offer the sisterhood, love, and acceptance women truly need to thrive, feel seen, and bloom into the fullness of who God created them to be.
Suffering is not a problem to be solved — it is an invitation to pruning and transformation. Through prayer, community, and proven coaching frameworks, I help women rise from self doubt to confident leaders in their homes, parishes, and communities.
A faith-rooted coaching approach that blends compassionate support, practical tools, and whole-person transformation for women ready to lead with clarity and confidence.



Whether you crave sisterhood or one-on-one guidance, there is a sacred space here for you.
A 6-month wrap-around group experience blending group Master Mind coaching, prayer, retreat elements, education & sisterhood support for total lifestyle redesign.
Learn MoreTransitions, Losses & Crosses — a supportive group for women walking through grief, change and holy pruning.
Learn MoreThree tiered packages for personalized life, leadership & health coaching — tailored to your goals and pace.
Explore 1:1 CoachingA 12-week private structured program to re-envision your ideal relationship, nurture sacramental love, advance your communication skills, and deepen your intimacy & shared purpose.
Learn MoreI serve Catholic women over 40 courageously navigating:
Rediscover purpose beyond the mothering years.
Step into your next chapter with clarity and calling.
Find healing and dignity while walking through major life transitions and loss.
Reclaim vitality body, mind & soul.
Sustain your calling without burning out.
Embrace this season with grace as you prayerfully discern where God is calling you.
"Women need connection and community to thrive. My group programs offer a safe and supportive place to bloom into who God designed you to be."
— Ellen Truschel, CPLC
Certified Catholic Life, Leadership & Health Coach
Reach out for a warm, no-pressure conversation about which program is the right fit for the season you're in. Every woman deserves a safe place to be seen, heard, and gently guided.
Email: ellentruschel@lit4life.com
Phone: 573-315-6559

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