Leadership Coaching for Ambitious Women

Lead More Boldly, Fearlessly and Work Less Hard Doing It

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You’re a high-achieving woman.

You’re smart. You work hard.

 

You’ve paid your dues in your career, you’ve “made it,” but you know you’re capable of more. 

But you secretly wonder sometimes, “is this it?"

Because you’re busy and overwhelmed. 

You can’t see the forest for the trees—or maybe you could if it wasn’t blocked by your never ending to-do list.

 

You never feel good enough.

You replay your actions daily—was that good enough? Did I sound smart? Did they take me seriously? And you’re tired of renting space in your brain to insecurity and self-doubt.

 

You want to do career-making work.

But you’re secretly worried that you’re just average. Sometimes you wonder—is there something else out there? Or is it me? Is there something in me that just can’t be satisfied?

Here’s the truth.

You’ve done it all right… maybe too right.

Because along the way to the top we learn to be the perfect girls who get it all done.


You strive and strive to keep all the balls in the air and always stay a step ahead.


But it comes at a cost.

When you're busy being a "good girl," there's too much mental clutter to create something truly amazing in your career.

When you give up doing it “the right way” so much more is possible.

  • It means leading to your strengths—instead of trying to be everything to everyone.
 
  • It means overpreparing and overcomplicating less—and trusting your accumulated wisdom and expertise.
 
  • It means moving past impostor syndrome and people pleasing—to do your best work.

 

It means showing up as your authentic self.

It’s not easy to do this work but the rewards are oh, so big.

Like creating your own promotion so you can focus on the work that lights you up.

 

Or owning the vision for your team and truly leading something that excites you.

 

Or fully owning your time and extracting yourself from soul-killing time wasters at work.

 

Or becoming a recognized leader in your field and leading the charge.

What Clients are Saying

“I built visibility around my expertise in healthy homes which led to my promotion to senior design manager - and doing less project management and admin. (It also netted that nearly $25k raise...thanks to you!)”
Jess Blanch
Jess Blanch
“You helped me leverage my network much more effectively to actually lead to real job opportunities, and I love the work we’re doing to translate what I want to stand for into what I do and how I communicate my value. I am feeling energized and excited! I see the difference in my mental state from when I was going at this alone to now!"
-GAVIN ANDREWS
-GAVIN ANDREWS
“I was unhappy in my work, even though I had worked hard to get there. My work with Maya allowed me to chart a path for myself and write my own job description for a leadership position. I feel so fulfilled knowing that I charted my course and I’m in a role that is perfectly aligned with my own expectations for my career. I love what I am doing today and where it could take me.”
-KRISTEN KELSEY
-KRISTEN KELSEY
“Maya’s program forced me to pick a direction for my career, get out of my comfort zone, and just go for it. Her program systematically and creatively allows you to become whoever you wish to be, and lays out a roadmap to get there!”
Sreoshy Banerjea
Sreoshy Banerjea
“I was able to get a job honestly, in record time. It’s a step up in salary, organization and management level, and I’ll be doing what I care about.”
Naome Jeanty
Naome Jeanty
“I changed the way I talk about myself to colleagues here and colleagues outside, having a clear vision about how I want to contribute. I’m creating the job I love inside my job and making sure that I’m doing things that I really value at work.”
Carrie Niemy
Carrie Niemy
“Thanks to my work with you, I negotiated a raise at the end of 2018, which led to a firm-wide analysis of compensation levels relative to national and regional salary and cost-of-living data. I kick-started a diversity, equity, and inclusion scholarship/internship program at our office and we had our first intern last summer. I continue to be involved in high-level senior leadership discussions.”
Stephanie Zurek
Stephanie Zurek
“In six months I was able to land the job that moved me from the manager level to the director level where I can craft a vision rather than just implementing… and I doubled my salary!”
Kait Ziskin Levesque
Kait Ziskin Levesque
“This past year has been really difficult family-wise and your support and structure was the extra help I needed to put myself first and make moves to make my life better. Thank you.”
Lauren Keene
Lauren Keene
“I bragged to my husband last night about how proud I am of myself for taking the leap to find a job that will make me happy! Thank you for pushing me out of my comfort zone!!!”
Kate Miller
Kate Miller
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Mia Scharphie

I’m Maya.

I’m a (recovering, it’s a process,) perfectionist, and (reforming) good girl. I’m also an executive and leadership coach who works with high-achieving women who want more impact and more ease and flow. I took the leap to follow my unique strengths and left consulting to launch my feminist coaching company.


Since then, I’ve helped clients launch major urban initiatives, land $25k and even $40k salary bumps, and have helped companies from 1,500 to over 20,000 people grow their women.


My passion is helping women reclaim their power from overwhelm and busyness to fully show up in their careers.

More about me

I help high-achieving women achieve more by doing less through overcoming perfectionism and trusting their innate creativity.

Interested in what we can do together?

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