Understand Yourself.
Understand Each Other.
Communicate to prevent disconnection and restore unity.
Whether it's the relationship at your kitchen table or the team around your conference table, Illuminate Coaching helps you gain self-awareness, understand what drives the people around you, and address conflict with restorative communication.
Our unconscious patterns can cause miscommunication, weaken relationships, and limit professional impact
Most CHALLENGE isn't really about the dishes, the deadline, or the miscommunication — it's about two people (or two teams) operating from completely different, unconscious patterns and never having the language to name it. Left alone, the same misunderstandings keep repeating — at home and at work.
How it Works
Book a
discovery call
We talk about where you are and where you want to go.
Choose your path to transformation.
Get real, personalized insight into your patterns.
Begin sessions or workshops
With a roadmap built around you or your team, not a generic script.
Find your path
The same tools — self-awareness and restorative communication — show up differently depending on where you need them. Start with the one that fits you.
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For individuals & partners
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For professional teams
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For educators
Maurya Kay
Meet your guide
Maurya Kay has spent 20 years studying the Enneagram and five years in professional training as a Narrative Enneagram Certified Teacher and Typing Professional, an iEQ9 Certified Practitioner, and an International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) Certified Trainer. As the Restorative Practices Teacher Lead for her Birmingham Public Schools building (2023–2025), she's guided individuals and teacher teams through real, lasting communication change — not just theory.
“Learning about the Enneagram with Maurya helped me to adjust my expectations with people. I finally understood how differently I approach and view life as a 7 compared to others in my circle. Once I understood that our approaches were so different it helped me understand better how to be comfortable with myself in those relationships. I used to torment myself trying to figure out what I was doing wrong and how could I do better and now can better understand this is just the way they are, accept that, and to learn how to work within that perspective. It is worth the time and investment to better understand the various people and relationships in our lives.”
- Suzy Berschback
The Transformation
With the Enneagram and Restorative Practices, you finally have a shared language for your differences — when understanding turns conflict into a doorway instead of a wall, your team communicates directly, resolves friction fast, and trusts each other under pressure.