Transitions are windows of opportunity to Discern, Discover, and Design your change.


When we fail to embrace transition as opportunity, we choose confusion over clarity. It’s time to manage the change and get the results you need.

As your coach, I’ll help you walk through your transition season with confidence and clarity.

Who I Coach

Expats Living
Abroad

Having lived abroad for many years, I know first-hand the many sets of challenges which expats face.

Read More From major transitions, cultural adaptation and language learning, to the daily struggles of living out one's purpose in a different context, I come alongside and help my clients maximize the opportunities for growth while living and working cross-culturally.

Church & Ministry Leaders

I've served on leadership teams of a number of churches and non-profits, both at home and abroad. I understand the unique set of challenges that go along with these roles.

Read More As a coach, I help pastors, missionaries and other non-profit leaders navigate change, achieve healthy life/work balance, and live purposefully within their personal and professional roles.

In the Marketplace

Business owners and entrepreneurs have a special calling to live out. It is extremely challenging to stay the course and make God-honoring decisions when it comes to work, home and family.

Read More Success is in your grasp! As we work in partnership, I'll help you clarify your values, prioritize tasks and set achievable goals while staying true to your core values.

Life Purpose Seekers

As a certified Life Purpose Discovery coach, I'm equipped to journey with you on your quest for purpose.

Read More Not sure where you fit into God's plan? Are you at a critical juncture and in need of clarity? I can help you sort through the questions and confusion, and uncover the WHY. Let's begin a journey of discovery together.

Take the Encompass Journey
Discern, Discover, and Design your change.

1. Discernment: The Path to Clarity

To discern well is to forge a path to clarity. And clarity is what we need to move forward. This part of your coaching journey involves getting perspective in terms of where you've been and where you would like to go. It's about telling your story, finding your purpose, and establishing values. Begin to map out your journey with a newly formed sense of excitement, adventure, and creativity! 

2. Discovery: Exploring New Possibilities

This part of the journey goes deeper into discovery. While component one may be driving past those destination points and looking out from the window of the car, this step requires getting out of the car, exploring the terrain, and noticing the details. What new opportunities exist? What’s most important and why?

3. Design Your Change

Work with me to create a plan to put discovery into action! This part of the journey involves mapping out the destination points and initiating movement. As you decide what fits into the itinerary and timeline, you begin to build the structure needed to move forward with greater confidence and clarity. Start taking tangible steps toward your next thing!

Tim Austin, PCC

As your coach, I want to help you grow, change, develop and achieve your life goals.
I was born and raised in Northern California. Following my college years, I enjoyed 20 years of living overseas with my family. During that time, I was a dad, missionary, pastor and entrepreneur. I began coaching leaders while abroad, supporting and developing individuals and teams. I've worked broadly in culturally diverse contexts.

My experience overseas causes me to view life as both a calling and journey of discovery. I believe transitions are fertile ground for clarity and growth. I approach coaching as a strategic point on the map of one's journey, where coach and client work together in creative partnership. I absolutely love supporting my clients through this process of discovery.

For fun and relaxation, I enjoy hiking, fishing, hunting, reading, traveling, my church community and time with family and friends.

Other Stuff:
  • MA in Education, Denver Seminary
  • Ordained Minister
  • Certified Life and Leadership Coach, Mentor Coach and Coach Trainer, Coaching Mission International
  • Certified Coach, Christian Coaches Network International
  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coach Federation

Tim really helped us navigate a difficult transition overseas in the middle of the pandemic. From knowing what things we could do to leave well and arrive well (given lockdown situations), to understanding how we have different styles and paces in dealing with change, to learning how to leverage our strengths, Tim was encouraging, supportive and flexible.
— Annie and Dan
Tim has been an essential partner in helping me process my vocational transition. His life experience was beneficial in understanding my situation and empathizing through the questions I was asking myself. He was able to help me see things that I wasn’t aware of.
— Brian A
I began coaching with Tim during a season of transition and Sabbatical in my ministry life. Tim patiently listened, empathized, and asked great questions to help me process not only my season of ministry transition, but also the implications for my personal and spiritual life. I left each session with a set of action steps and clarity on my direction in a season that was anything but clear. I recommend that anyone in a season of transition make the time to meet with Tim - there is nothing quite like the gift of an hour that is focused solely on your own needs when we spend most of our lives taking care of others.
— Valerie A