Hi, you! I’m Tese Mascari, artist, Mindfulness coach and fellow human being. I want to live in a world where women are kinder to themselves. A world where women support other women.

I’m drawn to work with women who are ready to transform some aspect of their life. They find themselves seeking change, or change has been thrust upon them. The common theme among my clients is they have lost touch with who they are, what they want, and where they wish to go because they've been tending to other people's needs.

Here are just a few things my clients have been able to create:

• Cultivating Self-love, Self-understanding, and Self-compassion

• Understanding, building and maintaining boundaries

• Shifting a negative or self-limiting mindset

• Getting clarity around a next step in a job or relationship

• Strategizing a life change/transition

• Navigating parenthood and boundaries

• Self-structure or practices which contribute to well being

Most of my life I was treading in emotion soup.

I didn’t realize I was in a perpetually anxious state until at the end of an 8 week meditation class I found myself feeling an unfamiliar sensation; I felt at ease. Meditation had disrupted my thoughts, put space between my emotions and my reality. Ever since that 2006 class, I’ve been exploring how to change my mind and encourage my spirit to grow & evolve. Along the way I have been able to cultivate a more loving relationship with myself. Something I wasn’t aware was possible or necessary for me to do. When we do this work, we benefit ourselves, as well as each person we come into contact with on our paths. The health of the connection we create with ourselves is what informs our connection with others.

When I’m not supporting women to create more loving relationships with themselves, you can find me in my backyard studio creating soulful ceramics, or wielding a torch, slinging a hammer and forming metal to make earthy, elegant jewelry. And if I’m not there, I’m probably with my dog, Kitty, hiking in the redwood forest!

Relevant Training and Credentials:

I’m currently pursuing my BS in psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), my interest and research is focused on the impact of emotional regulation on individuals and their relationships.

Certified ICF PCC - (International Coaching Federation Professional Coach Certification)

Compassionate Inquiry Training, I completed a year long training program in trauma in October 2022. Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world. Compassionate Inquiry gently uncovers and releases the layers of childhood trauma, constriction and suppressed emotion embedded in the body, that are at the root of illness and addiction.

Mindfulness Coaching School, 2021 Graduate, PCC certification. MCS was founded by Master Certified Coach, Psychotherapist, and Buddhist Chaplain Ann-Marie McKelvey, LPCC, MCC. Mindfulness Coaching School was created to offer the integration of: Engaged Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Right Speech, Wellness Practices, EMDR, and Somatic Coaching Skills.

Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) training. Cultivating Emotional Balance is a 42 hour, secular, emotion and mindfulness skills training program designed to help participants improve emotional life through the cultivation of constructive emotional experiences, decrease destructive emotional experiences and developing mental balance.

CLCC I am a 2019 graduate of Courageous Living Coach Certification program, it’s a rigorous life coach training program modeled after all of the International Coaching Federation core competencies, developed by author and coach, Kate Swoboda, aka Kate Courageous.

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) with Stanford University’s Center for Compassion And Altruism Research And Education.

Teacher training with Creating Compassionate Cultures