Meet Gabriela Holt
ICF Professional Certified Coach | Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths Coach | Self-Leadership Coach
I work with leaders of color and LGBTQ+ professionals who have mastered every room they've walked into — except the one inside themselves. If you're done performing excellence for spaces that were never built for you, you're in the right place.
You've mastered your career, built your life, achieved your goals. So why does your inner voice still whisper "you're not enough"? And why does leading yourself feel like the one place your success formula doesn't work?
You're not broken. You just need the right tools.
You're Successful Everywhere... Except Where It Matters Most
Here's What I Learned...
I wasn't failing. I was carrying everything alone and wondering why I was exhausted.
So I chose ME. Left the job that was draining me dry. Stopped showing up for rooms that were never going to clap for me. And I did the hardest work of my life — not on my résumé, not on my relationships, but on my relationship with myself.
Yeah, it wasn't pretty. There were lonely nights and ugly cries and moments where I genuinely wondered if I was too much for everyone — including me. But I kept going. Because I decided I would rather be uncomfortable and growing than comfortable and shrinking.
That persistence changed everything. It led me to Washington, to the work I was always meant to do, and proved what nearly 20 years in this field has shown me:
Leading yourself is the hardest leadership you'll ever do. Even scary at times. But nothing worth having comes easy — and it all starts with YOU.
That's why I created the LOVE™ Framework: Let Others Value Everything about you.
The people who "have it all together" aren't stronger than you. They just stopped carrying everyone else's shit.
You're not too much. You're not failing. You're just exhausted from being everyone's solution.
Let's change that.
Con amor y luz — I'm always rooting for you. 💛
THE MENTOR
You need someone who understands high-achievement AND high-quality relationships
I used to think something was wrong with me—until I realized I was just doing everyone's emotional labor, mental load, and heavy lifting while calling it "being strong."
Toxic workplace escapee. Years of relationships where I was the only one trying. And every single time, my strengths betrayed me.
After nearly 20 years studying what makes people shrink — and what makes them finally stop — I've cracked the code on how leaders of color and LGBTQ+ professionals can shed what shame and survival assigned them, and build something no uncertain season can shake.
Now I work with leaders of color and LGBTQ+ professionals who are done surviving and ready to lead from strength — teaching them how to use their strengths FOR themselves, set boundaries that stick, and build a self-concept no uncertain season can shake.
Look, credentials matter. Here's mine:
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Master's in Educational Counseling
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ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
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Certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach
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20+ years supporting human transformation
From dimming your light to being the light. From everyone's solution to your own. From exhausted to unapologetic — let's unlock what's already inside you. Monthly memberships give you ongoing coaching, accountability, and community — perfect for testing the waters before you commit.
