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Hi, I’m Tiesha.
I’m glad you’re here.
If we were meeting in person, there’s a good chance we’d be sitting somewhere with coffee between us and I’d be asking you questions.
I’m curious by nature. I love hearing people’s stories, making connections, noticing patterns, and having the kind of conversations that help us better understand ourselves, one another, and what we’re experiencing.
My Story
That curiosity has shaped much of my life and, eventually, my work.
I grew up in church, loving Jesus, loving the community, and wanting to participate in the transformation I saw happening around me. But as I grew older, I also noticed the distance that could exist between what we said we believed and how we actually lived. I watched that gap hurt people I loved. Eventually, I found it in my own life, too.
I didn’t begin my career with an impressive plan or a clear sense of where I was headed. I married my high school sweetheart, started a family, and spent much of my twenties first running from myself and then trying to find myself. Eventually, I reached a point where I was tired of trying to figure everything out on my own. My choices weren’t producing the life I wanted. In one of the most humbling and freeing seasons of my life, I looked up, and my insufficiency met God’s sufficiency.
Nothing has been quite the same since.
Coming back to God was a defining moment. Learning how to live with Him would take years (starting with an extended season of *RESToration that took place in my own living room). With room to heal and people who supported me along the way, I began learning what it meant to let my faith shape my everyday choices how I saw myself, loved others, received help, and understood what was mine to carry.
The question became deeply personal: How do I close the gap between what I believe and how I actually live?
The truth is, the seeds of what I do today had always been there. Even as a child, I was drawn to people. If there was a problem, I wanted to help solve it. I loved bringing order to chaos, encouraging others, teaching what I’d learned, and helping people get where they were trying to go. As my faith deepened and I gave myself more fully to the formation of the Holy Spirit, it felt less like I was discovering someone new and more like I was coming home to who I had always been created to be.
Through serving, I began recognizing my gifts and finding language for them. Over time, my courage grew, the vision matured, and when the opportunity came, I stepped into it and founded Right Standing Consulting Solutions (this transition was much more disruptive and chaotic than it sounds, but that’s a story for another day).
Today, whether I’m sitting with a woman wrestling with self-doubt, supporting a leader through a difficult decision, or helping a group find its way through complexity, that same question continues to shape my work: What would it look like for what we believe and value to become visible in how we live?
I care about more than solving the immediate problem. I care about what becomes possible for people on the other side of it.
Because beneath so many of the challenges we face is an invitation to grow, to understand ourselves, God, and one another more deeply, to recognize truths bigger than the circumstances in front of us, and to become more fully who we were created to be.
I’m still becoming, too. And I know how much it matters to have people who help us see clearly, encourage us to take the next step, and walk alongside us as we do.
That’s part of what I hope you find here.
Would you like to continue the conversation?
Recent Conversations is where I share the questions I'm sitting with, the connections I'm making, and what I'm learning along the way.
*The RESToration Framework™
The Work I’ve Been Privileged to Do
What began as an instinct to help people make sense of difficult things has grown into work across education, government, nonprofit, community, business, and faith-based spaces.
Facilitation & Speaking
Whether I’m speaking or guiding a conversation, I create space for people to feel welcomed, consider another perspective, and recognize the value of what they bring. Through stories, thoughtful questions, and shared reflection, I help people connect what they’re discovering to their own lives; and consider what becomes possible when they put that understanding into practice.
Consulting & Strategy
I begin by listening to the people closest to the work, asking questions that help us examine assumptions and understand what’s beneath the challenges they’re facing. Together, we turn that understanding into practical strategies that reflect their values, draw on their strengths, and build their capacity to shape and sustain the work.
Coaching & Formation
Who you’re becoming matters just as much as what you’re doing, so I make room to explore the beliefs and patterns shaping how you see God, yourself, and others. Grounded in Christian faith, I bring Scripture, compassionate inquiry, and practical action into our work together, supporting you in discerning your next faithful step at a pace that honors your growth and capacity.
Portfolio
How the work has taken shape.
"In It Together!"
Where service began opening doors.
My husband used to call me the “professional volunteer.” I was helping at our children’s schools and at church, growing in confidence and discovering what I could contribute. Those relationships eventually brought me to a table of community partners developing In It Together: Fostering Equity in Federal Way Public Schools, an initiative preparing parents to help other families navigate the school system and advocate for their children.
When the job description for the program coordinator came around the table, I felt my heart begin to race before I had even read it. I was learning to discern God’s voice, and I sensed an invitation to pay attention; this was for me. I applied and people at that table saw something in me that my résumé couldn’t fully explain.
Once hired, I began with questions. I asked principals about the parents already volunteering in their schools, called those parents personally, and invited them to meet over coffee or at the library. I wanted to hear what mattered to them and help them consider a next step.
One mother, who was also a teacher, admitted she had come to see whether this opportunity was “for real.” By the end of our conversation, she wanted to help build it. More than 20 families showed up and committed to training. We were only looking for 8.
Some of those parents later joined me in regional leadership, helping me build a parent leadership infrastructure and direct funding back into community-led work. Many remain in my life today and have gone on to build businesses and lead nonprofit organizations. They point to those early years of working together as part of the foundation for the leaders they’ve become and the impact they’re making today.
I had entered the work as a volunteer whose potential someone recognized. Now I was helping create space for other parents and caregivers to recognize and exercise their own.
The Confident Woman Café
An early expression of a vision I still carry.
The truth is, I wasn’t ready for everything I hoped would come next. But I was ready to say yes to what I could see.
Through my work with families, I had been mentored by Robin Higa and trained in the Community Café approach. I had experienced what thoughtful questions and a welcoming space could make possible. Eventually, I began wondering: What if I brought that approach into a gathering for women, centered on God and the healing and restoration I had experienced in my own living room?
After starting my business, I invited five women to consider the vision with me. They all said yes. Together, in partnership with my church, we brought the Confident Woman Café to life.
It was my birthday, and as a gift to myself, I wanted to give to everyone else. There were beautiful donated gifts, a panel of women, meaningful conversations, laughter, and joy. As we closed with insights and appreciations, someone called out, “Can we do this every quarter?”
I wanted to say yes. I just didn’t have the next step ready.
Looking back, I can see grace and covering in that wait. I continued learning, pursuing coaching education, facilitating, and gathering women in smaller spaces. The vision stayed with me while my capacity to carry it grew.
And that first gathering continued to bear fruit. One woman has pointed back to the Café as a catalyst in her journey toward fitness, confidence, and eventually competitive bodybuilding. One of the women who helped bring it to life carried its vision of working together into her own leadership and two of the women from that collaborative effort is helping me build toward it again today (stay tuned, something wonderful is coming!!).
The coaching, REST experiences, and community I’m developing now carry the seeds of that gathering. So do some of the relationships that continue to sustain me.
Training & Certifications
Life & Health Coaching
Health Coach Institute
HCI Certified Life Coach (HCI-CLC)
HCI Certified Health Coach (HCI-CHC)
ICF-accredited Continuing Coach Education (CCE)
Career & Leadership Coaching
The Academies, Inc.
Certificate of Achievement — Career and Leadership Coach Program with Neuroscience Foundation
ICF-accredited coaching education
Business Certifications
Right Standing Consulting Solutions LLC is a MWBE-certified business and holds Small Contractors and Suppliers (SCS) certification through King County’s Contracting Opportunities Program.
