MEET Tiara Cash (She/They)
Halito! Greetings!
My name is Tiara Cash (she/they) and I am Solidarity Therapy’s new Health and Fitness Coach with an emphasis on mental wellness. I am Black American with Indigenous Heritage (Non-enrolled Chahta & Tsalagi), and a queer, neurodivergent woman with an invisible disability. These intersections are important to me as I always bring these lived experiences into our wellness container, and hope that by introducing myself this way, you feel comfortable bringing all of yourself as well.
I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Wellness from Arizona State University and hold two Master’s degrees from Western Illinois University in Kinesiology (dual concentration in Exercise Psychology and Fitness/Wellness Management) and in Psychology from Simon Fraser University, respectively. Currently, I am finishing my PhD (ABD) at Simon Fraser University in Psychology (expected 2025).
Accepting New Clients
Primarily Virtual
Availability:
Sunday & Monday Afternoon - Evening
I am a Certified Health and Wellness coach with the NBHWC (will sit for board certification in 2025). And important to me are also the certifications I hold with MIEA as a Mindfulness Instructor with a 20-year personal practice of mindfulness and meditation, and as a Certified Wellness Practitioner with the National Institute of Wellness.
In our work together, we will view health and fitness as multi-dimensional concepts that include the whole person and many different wellness aspects such as physical health, nutrition, financial wellness, mental and emotional wellness, environmental living, spirituality, value-setting, and culture. My work is client-centered and focuses on helping YOU decide what your best self feels in your life. As a Health and Fitness Coach I will focus on being your biggest cheerleader and confidant, working through goal setting and obtainable action. Importantly, the foundation of this work is through my Ex(SEL) lens which centers on examining solidarity, equity, and liberation in your own life and the lives of those around you. In short, within each session, we will ensure that we bring the unique you into the conversation and all of who you are with you in your life goals.
A typical 6 week sessions looks like: 1 session per week, between 45 – 90 minutes, where we will begin with values and importance of coaching (1), move into broad goals (2), scaffold and narrow goals into obtainable parts (3-5), and review our progress and next steps (6). This modality is especially good for people who would like to work on specific goals from their medical providers, counselors, work organizations and of course family and personal goals.
"Well-being means seeing, holding, and doing”