Lindsay Litwin Ye
Vice President of Operations, Scene Health
I started working with Josh during a time of unexpected change and career growth, and the coaching sessions helped me to learn and grow through this change. Josh’s sessions are creative, engaging, and inspired me to reflect and reach outside my comfort zone. I felt understood, respected and supported throughout the coaching journey, and it helped me to become a more authentic and confident leader. Josh used several tools and approaches that challenged me, and the homework between sessions built additional accountability and opportunity to practice new skills. I’d highly recommend working with Josh at any point in your personal or professional development journey.
Dimitri Hallerbach
Manager/Broker for South Lake Tahoe, Meyers and Zephyr Cove
Coldwell Banker Select Real Estate
Working with Josh Kreiss at Growing Spaces Coaching has been an incredibly transformative experience. Josh has a unique ability to balance empathy with action, creating a coaching environment where you feel both understood and motivated. His empathetic approach allows him to genuinely connect with clients, making it easy to open up about challenges and aspirations. He listens with intent, and his insights often bring to light perspectives you might never have considered.
Josh’s sense of humor is a breath of fresh air, too—he knows how to keep sessions lighthearted and engaging, even when discussing complex topics. This makes it so much easier to tackle personal or professional roadblocks, turning them into opportunities for growth rather than obstacles.
What really sets Josh apart, though, is his action-oriented coaching style. He doesn’t just help you reflect and gain clarity; he gives you practical tools and concrete steps to make real progress toward your goals. He makes sure that each session ends with a clear, achievable action plan, which has made a significant difference in my personal growth.
If you're looking for a coach who can balance insight with action, all while creating a welcoming, humorous, and growth-focused space, Josh Kreiss at Growing Spaces Coaching is truly exceptional.
Kayla S.
Speech Pathologist in Bay Area
It felt like I was carving a new version of myself from raw material with rudimentary skill, no plan, and feelings of inadequacy. I started working with Josh and received so much. I found value in the approach to identifying the state of my soul, mind, and body as a tool to externalizing myself in order to better see my path forward. Josh asked questions that begged reflection and presented insightful associations that made me reorganize my thoughts. The practical applications and tangible assignments helped me make gains in my life towards my professional and personal goals.
With Josh's help I gained clarity into how to mold myself into a version that most closely aligned with who I want to become. Sessions felt very authentic, intentional, and safe. There is vulnerability to this process and Josh is gentle and understanding, yet promotes accountability. He helped me develop the skills and uncover the vision I was lacking initially. During my time working with Josh I gained confidence, established a home and community, found satisfaction at work, and made progress with my overall health. I encourage anyone trying to reach their goals to seek coaching with Josh.
Gavin Sklar
Doctoral Student of Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr University
I had a great experience with Josh Kreiss as my life coach. I was in a point of my life where I really needed to make a decision on what to do next, but I felt stuck and paralyzed. Do I go to school? Do I go travel? Do I start my own business? I didn’t know where I would be in 3 months; I felt that there were so many different possible options and my mind felt jumbled trying to pick what was best for me. Josh help me to view different perspectives to understand myself more, and hence make a more aligned decision. With Josh, I visualized and wrote down these perspectives. This enabled me to look at my mind from a bird’s eye view, as well as to process what I was going through.
Currently I’m a student of Naturopathic Medicine, and this past summer I was really struggling with chemistry courses in which passing them would allow me to move onto my desired grad program. Here, Josh helped me to identify my WHY - what fires me up. I drew a picture of this, along with a description, and now I have it with me wherever I go as a reminder to keep on pushing - a reminder of me.
Thank you Josh, for helping me realize and cultivate my fire.
Tia Kilpatrick
Fitness Instructor & Professional Musician
Dr. Kreiss helped me hone in on both my professional & personal goals. I liked how each session started with a “check in” and ended with an assignment. I’ve used “talk therapy” in the past but I found that coaching felt more directed and, ultimately, successful. I’d recommend Growing Spaces Coaching for someone ready to put in the work to find what they’re looking for.