By Kristen Cooper
Life coaching often enters your life at a moment when you feel lost, uncertain, or quietly aware that you’re meant for something deeper than the everyday. It’s not about fixing what’s broken—it’s about awakening what’s already alive inside of you, waiting to be seen.
For me, life coaching came through loss. I had just lost a best friend—someone who was a coach herself. Her passing left me in emotional chaos, unsure how to move forward. But in the middle of that pain, something sparked. It was grief, yes—but also fire. It pushed me toward my dreams with more clarity and urgency than ever before.
I made powerful strides, and like many of us, I slipped back into the familiar. I returned to South Dakota—my home base—and found myself in that deeply human space of wondering: Is this all there is? The very next day, a friend called, and he ended up holding space for me that night and told me about a class he took online that supported him. When we talked that night it moved me into where I felt called not by him telling me to go, yet by an inner knowing. For me that is when my heart is warm and giving me that approval.
Coaching gave me the tools to guide myself through hard seasons, to keep going when life didn’t make sense, and to uncover the real me underneath the stories I had been telling myself. It gave me new friendships, opened unexpected doors, and offered permission to live with purpose. Most importantly, it helped me love myself fully—including accepting my identity as a lesbian. That self-acceptance was something I had been quietly seeking my whole life, and coaching gave me the courage to finally claim it.
Now, I coach others to do the same: to love, embrace, and accept themselves for exactly who they are. That’s the part I do best—guiding people back to the parts of themselves they thought they had to hide, shut down, or run from.
As part of my coaching practice, I also weave in my skills as a music producer and DJ. I created a meditation app that features original healing soundscapes I’ve composed to help clients go deeper into stillness and self-reflection. At times, I’ll even DJ live sets for my clients during trance dance sessions—an ecstatic, somatic experience that allows them to move through stuck energy and reconnect with their authentic selves. Music isn’t just a background element; it’s an active part of the healing. It speaks where words can’t, moves what’s heavy, and invites a kind of freedom that’s hard to find elsewhere.
My name is Kristen Cooper. I’m a DJ, music producer, and life coach on a mission to create a transformational festival in Japan that blends healing, music, and authenticity. Through my coaching, I help people reconnect with their Authentic Identity—the part of them that may have been buried under survival, silence, or societal pressure. I focus on mental health, passion, and purpose because I believe when you return to your heart, you stop searching for answers outside yourself. Your Wubb Hub (heart) leads the way—because when we love ourselves, we wubb up the hub of our hearts.
Sometimes we grow up feeling disconnected from ourselves. There can be parts of us we’ve buried just to survive. I know what it’s like to feel cold inside—to not recognize yourself when life changes fast. I’ve lived that. I went from the electric energy of dance floors into a world of sound healing, breathwork, and somatic movement. That transition cracked me open. It made me softer, stronger, and more aligned than I’ve ever been.
That’s what coaching offers. Not just clarity, but transformation. Not just progress, but purpose. It’s a return to self. A remembrance. A way to rise after the fall—and to own every part of who you are.
