Spark positive change and growth in your life
If you’re ready for a more purposeful, pleasurable, and powerful life, I’m your coach.
My Mission
I am here to help you connect with your inner light; so you can be courageous & expansive as you move through life ~ with purpose, pleasure, and power.
I deeply care about co-creating a kinder, more peaceful and loving world, & helping you to live into your sense of possibility.
Make More Money, Shine Bright, Own Your Power, Experience More Pleasure & Ease, Be Luminous, Lead with your Heart
In my early thirties, I found myself at a crossroads. I was working at a nonprofit overseeing social justice and youth development programming. It was my dream job — or, at least, it had been. The truth was, I was overworked and exhausted.
My creativity felt lost under a never-ending pile of projects. I knew the work was important, but I was so unhappy. People who loved me pointed out that I was crying — a lot. I wasn’t making enough money to pay my bills, so I got a second job teaching night classes at a local university to make ends meet.
In the summer of 2011, I started learning about life coaching. I took a class with two prominent coaches that helped me identify fear I didn’t even realize I’d been holding onto in my life. I learned to acknowledge and feel my own power and creativity, two things I’d lost sight of in my exhausting job.
This shift ignited something in me. I started delving into my own personal growth in a very intentional way. I realized that even though my ego was telling me to stay in the nonprofit job, my heart was calling me elsewhere. I listened.
As I learned more about coaching, I felt destined to support other people in this way. So I started down the path of becoming a coach, and I discovered others in the industry who inspired me. In 2013, I became a Certified Professional Coach.
This all led me to start my business, Sol + Heart. This is my way of co-creating a more peaceful and loving world by serving an amazing community of smart, soulful people who want to listen to their hearts, tune into their inner light, and expand. People like you.
Community is important to me. I care about healing our relationships with one another so we can create a kinder, more empathetic world. I’m passionate about social justice and connecting with nature, and I enjoy mixing the practical with the spiritual in my coaching work.
I love what I do. Helping others thrive makes my life happy, meaningful, and free.
xo, Solveig
Kind Words
"Now I have so much more clarity (and practice) about what it looks like and feels like to be taking heart-centered courageous action. Solveig holds such a beautiful container for you to be able to explore deeper into your courage."
Karla Mejia, karlamejia.com
“Having Solveig as my coach has been an amazing experience. Talking with her always gives me new insights into my life, new perspectives regarding my self and new ways to share my authentic soul with the world. I have grown so much with her help, support and guidance. Working with her makes me feel as if I have my own personal cheerleader in this game of life.”
Hope Wallace, hopewallace.com
“Before working with Solveig, I was frustrated with a job that I loved and not sure what to do. Coaching with her helped me realize that I wanted to do more direct action and social justice work. I learned to trust and call upon my own power and empower others as well. With her support, I have taken a new leadership role and am excited about the future. Solveig is fabulous, and I recommend her to all who need a hand to get them where they want to be. Thank you, Solveig!”
Laura Carpenter, Executive Director of Identity Inc.
"One can feel Sol's warm and radiant energy just being around her. She is passionate about what she does as a coach, and during my coaching sessions with her, I felt that she created space that allowed me to feel seen and heard. Sol cares deeply about the well-being and livelihood of her clients and even the world at large. Working with her helped me step into my power and begin living a life I'm more passionate about, and she celebrated milestones with me the entire time!"
Kat Barron, Life Coach at Living Untethered
“Before I started coaching with Solveig, I was feeling stuck in my professional life and unsure about whether I should take a big risk to move things forward. Working with her truly helped me to understand what my heart was telling me, where my values lie, and how to better view my professional life as an evolving journey. After working with Solveig, I decided to take the leap I had been scared of, and it has been so gratifying to see now that it was the right choice for me. I wouldn't have been able to do it without her — or at least, it would have been much scarier and full of doubt, and taken way longer for me to figure out what to do. She helped me to open up my world in new ways, and I am forever grateful."
Annie Zak, Journalist & Writer
“Taking the Sovereign Goddess Summer workshop with Solveig has been, hands down one of the best things I have done for myself.
Solveig's coaching led to some amazing transformations and so much growth. She wasn't afraid to ask the hard questions, listen with compassion and patience, and help you dig deeper. I learned so much about myself and what's possible in my life. I look forward to working with Sol and Heart again in the future and recommend her highly for a soul changing experience.”
Cassidy DiRutigliano
If you are ready to uplevel your life - whether it be in business, your relationships with others, or the relationship with yourself - I would HIGHLY recommend Solveig’s programs. The insight and wisdom she shares is incredibly enlightening, and her warmth, kindness, and positivity are contagious. I will continue to invest in my life in the form of the communities she fosters, and I would encourage anyone else seeking this level of expansion to do the same.”
Stephanie Johnson, Founder & Creative Director of Abloom Creative
“I was immersed in a creative project that felt daunting, and Solveig's guidance helped me to gauge my commitment to the project and redirect my goals. Solveig is a thoughtful, encouraging, and knowledgable coach."
Lauren Nixon
"The best part of working together was truly the journey. My journey started as one of ideas and what-ifs and if-only's: excitement and apprehension. As our weeks unfolded together, I found myself leaping from ideas to action steps; from what-ifs to quieting my inner critic as I moved forward; from if-only's to I can/I am now.
The journey through vulnerability: voicing and acknowledging my ideas, my dreams, my fears in a judgment free space...AND THEN nurturing them and giving them space to emerge and grow courageously. And then the most beautiful transformation of self.
Coaching really helped me define my values and my intentions from the deepest vibrations of my soul. I finished this experience with you KNOWING who I am and what I must bring to this world. Now the next phase begins...action steps and leaps of faith. I'm ready."
Teresa Noon
"I love working with Solveig. She is a deeply intuitive and warm person who has been a rock for me over the last few months. She is both incredibly kind and nurturing, while also calling me out on my BS or spotting inconsistencies in the things I say about myself. With her, I've peeled back quite a few layers to reveal my inner knowing to myself, and feel stronger and more attuned than before. I would recommend her with absolutely and wholeheartedly!"
Camille Holden, Entrepreneur - Nuts & Bolts Speed Training
“I signed up on a whim and out of desperation. I felt like I was drowning in life and not doing anything I really wanted to. However, I had no clue where to start. I had no clue if my dreams were mere wishes or actually possible. I was totally and completely lost. I healed during these 4 months and, as a result of living each moment honestly, I’ve successfully launched phase 1 of my huge project! Face your fears and go for it!! You wont regret it!”
Keziah Liburd
“Before working with Solveig, I had anxieties & a harsh inner critic that came with new life decisions and at work. I was eager to find tools and examine ideas that would help me better navigate through it. After working with Solveig, I gained an appreciation for my unique self and capabilities. I was given major support and realized I needed to also provide it for myself.”
Allison Macanga
“Before starting my coaching with Solveig I often felt scattered and trapped in life's tasks. I needed a third party to help me sort out the minutiae that would keep me frozen in stress. After coaching with Solveig I feel clear eyed. I've replaced anxiety with a calm look ahead. I feel a centered joy around the humanness of my existence.”
Nick Carpenter, Medium Build
“As a creative entrepreneur, I really craved community & support. Working with Solveig allowed me to receive that through different group coaching programs. That has been so pivotal for me while learning to share my heart's work with the world. Since everyone's creative process is so different, hearing from other entrepreneurs about their journey is such an important thing that helps our community to thrive. I have gotten to practice stepping into my power more fully with Solveig's guidance. I didn't previously know this space existed. Sol's programs have influenced how I work with my own team. I am constantly learning how to lead through the growth of our Beauty Tech Start-Up. Working with Solveig as my coach and being involved in her group coaching programs, I've been able to lead my team to a place where we were ready to launch."
MaryAlice Turletes, CEO of Hair Voyage, Stylist & Owner at Ebb & Flow Hair Boutique, and Photographer
“When I started working with Solveig I was struggling with “imposter syndrome” and lots of self doubt. I knew I needed to make changes in my life. But, even with that strong desire for change, I struggled with where to start and the idea of spending time and money on myself was another spiral of negative thinking. With the pending decisions I needed to make about my career, challenges in my personal/home life and wanting to finally commit to taking care of me, I decided to at least start researching coaching and the idea of what it could mean for my life really resonated.
Then…I met Solveig! It was like I manifested her! She exuded an energy that felt like a hug of sunshine combined with an amazing ability to make you feel seen. Truly seen. She was just what I needed to get to my next level self.
Through working together, I have grown in ways I couldn’t imagine possible when I started my journey of self-care with Solveig as my trusted guide. I have learned to trust my heart, listen to my soul and rest assured in my intellect. The best part, I have learned to love and celebrate me…and that has helped me to be a better parent, partner and leader.
The discoveries are still coming. I am grateful for the framework that Solveig has given me to continue my growth. I value and cherish this work. I have discovered a life long practice of self care and love that I can continue to gift to myself, my family and community."
Codie Costello, President & CEO of Alaska Center for the Performing Arts & Professional Coach
" Working with Solveig in her Mastermind course was an absolute joy! Solveig’s objective support allowed me to feel safe in being vulnerable while providing the space for me to come to my own resolutions. The concrete structures of the course are a foundation for the new creative work I am now producing. Solveig is an amazing listener, and her feedback has been an invaluable resource especially in guiding me to next-level mastery of the work I love."
Jody Hassel, M.F.A., E-RYT, TCTSY-F, Executive Director of Blossom House Healing Arts
"I sought a coach because I was having trouble making decisions at work, getting paralyzed by doing the wrong thing or trying to figure out what other people wanted/expected of me instead of being the leader they hired me to be. Through coaching with Solveig, I grew my self-confidence and have hit my stride! Not only in the workplace, but in my personal life and romantic relationships as well. I feel greater contentment with and gratitude for everything I have in my life, and feel more motivated, capable and driven to pursue other goals rather than feeling anxious or unsure about what I want. Plus, I manifest goodness now! What a gift!"
Tiffany Hall, Executive Director of Recover Alaska
“Working with Solveig is a sheer delight. She’s an insightful, intuitive, empathetic, and exuberant guide. My coaching sessions with her were supportive and motivating, and I came away from each one feeling clearer, more focused, and more enthused about the goals I’d set for my work with her. She held my intentions with me and worked with me to manifest them. She is unrelentingly compassionate, and through modeling that compassion for me, she inspired me to be more compassionate with myself. And when she gathers and organizes a group, she creates a luminous and safe space that allows each of us to bring our true selves to the group and build strength within ourselves and within the community she’s set up through assembling us together. Working with her has been a real gift, and I can’t recommend her highly enough."
Kelsea Habecker, Writer Coach & Poet
“Working with Solveig helped me streamline my goals with a more reasonable timeline. I was able to incorporate more positive affirmations in my everyday self talk. Her upbeat supportive personality allowed a safe space for me to honestly in detailing what my needs and wants were during each session. I enjoyed my time working with Solveig and would not hesitate to work with her again.”
Michelle Moore - Jones
fun facts
I jump at every opportunity to travel, whether it’s a road trip, camping, or flying off to somewhere I’ve never been. South America has my heart these days (or really anywhere I can practice my Spanish).
Positivity is my superpower.
I love books + words — find me cuddled up with a Moroccan mint tea and a book or my journal and you know all is well.
I’m a hugger.
I love … love! And I cry easily, whether at romantic movies, courageous actions, or truth-telling — you know, the stuff of the heart.
I love growing a garden in the summer, and backcountry skiing in the winter.
I love Americanos with cream, malbecs, and find joy in cooking delicious, wholesome food.
I started Sol + Heart in 2012 and became a Certified Professional Coach in 2013.
I have my master’s degree in Professional Communication and have been teaching at a university for more than a decade, leading classes in interpersonal and relational communication, public speaking, and small group communication.
I’ve lived in Oslo and Tromso, Norway and studied Peace Studies, as well as Buenos Aires, Argentina where I taught English as a Second Language.
I lived in a cabin without running water for three years in my 20s.
I grew up in Fairbanks, a town in the middle of Alaska that’s known for its extreme winters and midnight sun in the summer. My Norwegian father had a dog mushing team. I find peace in the woods.
I have a dog named Luna and a cat named Stella.
My name, Solveig (soul-vay), refers to sunshine and strength in Old Norse. My ancestry includes Scandinavian adventurers and explorers, and I find this trait echoed in my own life and my exploration of love.
You are here for a reason.
Your desires are sacred.
You are luminous.
The world needs you more than ever before. It needs you to live, love, & lead with luminosity & heart. We need you feeling healthy, whole, expansive, and powerful. If you need a reminder and are ready to own your power, let’s explore together.