Anna Scott
Through each other,
we discover who we are
and who we become.
Our lives happen in relationship.
The people who challenge us.
The people we work beside.
The people we raise, lose, misunderstand, forgive, leave, return to.
And through all of it, we are discovering something about ourselves.
How do we remain ourselves while allowing another person to be themselves?
Maybe there's someone in your life you don't know how to be with right now.
A partner.
A child.
A parent.
A friend.
Someone you work with.
Maybe you keep replaying what they said.
Maybe you're having the same argument.
Maybe there's something you need to say and you don't know how.
Maybe you're wondering whether to stay, leave, forgive, ask, wait — or let go.
We can begin here.
What happens when we sit together
You bring what's happening.
I listen.
Not for what's wrong with you. Not to diagnose the other person. Not to give you a formula for what to do next.
We become curious about what is happening in you — what you're seeing, believing, wanting, protecting, fearing.
And often, when the noise settles, something becomes visible that wasn't visible before.
You begin to hear yourself again.
From there, you may know what conversation you need to have. What boundary you need to set. What request you want to make. What belongs to you — and what doesn't.
Sometimes the relationship changes.
Sometimes the other person doesn't.
But the way you meet them can.
You may find yourself more at ease. More able to be yourself without needing the other person to be different. More able to navigate what is difficult without losing yourself in it.
And sometimes, you simply begin to enjoy the people in your life more.
There is you.
There is me.
And there is what happens between us.
Relationship is where so much of being human becomes visible.
Love. Fear. Control. Desire. Anger. Tenderness. Expectation. Disappointment. Curiosity. Repair.
The people in our lives don't simply give us relationships to manage.
They give us somewhere to discover ourselves.
This is the work that fascinates me.
Different ways into the conversation
Conversations
My Love of Life EnergyConversations with people about what they've lived, what they've discovered, and what it means to be human.
Writings
Personal reflections on love, relationship, motherhood, loss, discovery and being human.
The Book
Is It You or Is It Me?A book in progress about what we discover about ourselves through the people we love, fight with, raise, leave, disappoint, forgive and try to understand.
Explorations
Listen to YourselfSmall, intimate experiences devoted to one question or aspect of being human — an opportunity to explore and discover for yourself.I've spent much of my life fascinated by what happens between people.
Marriage. Motherhood. Friendship. Loss. Love. Coaching. Mistakes. Repair. Spiritual inquiry. Twenty-plus years sitting with people.
I haven't mastered relationships. I've allowed them to teach me.
What people have discovered
"From the moment I met Anna, I felt as if I had arrived home. She offered me an invitation to listen to myself in a new and deepening way. I have released many of the barriers to my success. You will be liberated.”
Molly Lynch
“Anna helps you get to the core of what is true and alive in you, and then claim that thing. I walked away with doors unlocked to the real dreams I was too afraid to admit to.”
Adriana Cerundolo
"After working with her, I discovered my confidence and felt empowered to have honest conversations in both my personal and professional life. She talks to you like a friend but isn't afraid to push back."
Elizabeth Garon
Bring me the relationship that's keeping you awake at night.
The conversation you're avoiding.
The person you can't stop thinking about.
The relationship you don't know whether to stay in.
The child you don't know how to reach.
The colleague you dread seeing.
The thing you wish you hadn't said.
The thing you desperately want to say.
You don't have to know what the answer is.
That's why we begin with a conversation.
30 minutes. No agenda. We meet. We listen. We see whether there's something here for us to explore together.