Holistic guidance for people in a season of change.

Abigail Bruce, MS, ANP-BC, APHN-BC, RN, PHN, CLC, CHT, ULCM

Integrative coaching that weaves together mind, body and spirit, for when you're navigating a transition, feeling off-balance, or ready to live more true to yourself.

With a background in nursing, integrative care, hypnotherapy and spiritual guidance, I offer thoughtful, personalized support as you navigate change, loss, new beginnings, or your next chapter.

Meet in person at my private Marin County office, through nature-based walking sessions, or from the comfort of your own space via secure Zoom.

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A Collaborative Approach to Healing, Empowerment & Growth

I offer a welcoming space to explore what matters most to you, consider new possibilities, and find greater meaning in everyday life. My approach is collaborative and grounded in your values. I offer honest reflection, accountability, and guidance to help you navigate challenges, reconnect with your strengths, and create meaningful change at your own pace.

As a double board-certified Nurse Practitioner with degrees from UC Berkeley and UCSF, including a Master of Science in Nursing, I also bring experience as a certified life coach, hypnotherapist, and intuitive spiritual guide. My background in integrative mental health informs the personal, thoughtful approach I bring to our work together.

Collaborating psychiatrist/MD available for psychiatric mental health consultations when appropriate.

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Expertise.com 2025 Best Life Coaches in San Francisco award
Expertise.com 2025 Best Life Coaches in San Francisco award

I’m honored to have been recognized by Expertise.com (FORBES) among the top life coaches in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2013 to 2025.

How I Work

MIND. BODY. SPIRIT. HEART

My approach is relational, intuitive, and deeply tailored to you. Rather than placing you into a single method or framework, I draw from holistic life coaching, hypnotherapy, somatic and mind-body practices, meditation, integrative mental health, functional medicine, and grounded spiritual guidance.

I help you find ways to center and meditate that work for you, while our work together can support greater intuition, self-trust, confidence, calm, and harmony amid challenge and pressure. Everything is woven together in alignment with who you are and what you're currently moving through.

I often support people through life transitions such as uncertainty, heartbreak, illness, separation, or change. But our work isn't focused on struggle alone. It can also be about rebirth, growth, expansion, reconnection, and stepping into a more meaningful, joyful, and aligned life.

‘‘Abigail helped me step back and see my life with more clarity and perspective than I had been able to access on my own. Through a blend of conversation, guided inner work, and practical tools, I felt more grounded, more confident in my decisions, and less caught in self-doubt. There was a sense of being supported without judgment, while also being gently guided toward what was true.”

‍ Sarah T., Executive, Biotech

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Sunlit forest path

Life Path & Transitions Coaching, Healing & Hypnotherapy

Sometimes change is chosen. Sometimes it chooses us.

Whether you're at a crossroads or feeling called toward something new, I can support you in finding clarity, navigating uncertainty, and embracing life's evolving possibilities.

Areas of focus include:

  • Career reinvention or meaningful work

  • Major life decisions and uncertain next steps

  • Identity shifts and changing roles

  • Grief, endings, and new beginnings of all kinds

  • Navigating separation and major relationship transitions

  • Questions of meaning, purpose, and values

  • Feeling that something in your life no longer feels aligned

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Relationships & Deepening Connection Coaching

Our relationships shape so much of how we experience ourselves and the world. I support individuals, couples, and families in cultivating more conscious, fulfilling connections, beginning with the relationship we have with ourselves.

In our work together, we can explore relationship patterns, navigate challenges, and develop greater clarity in how you relate to yourself and others. Areas of focus include:

  • Self-love, self-worth, and self-trust

  • Intimacy, partnership, and meaningful connection

  • Communication, healthy boundaries, and emotional awareness

  • Family relationships and changing dynamics

  • Dating, separation, divorce, and conscious uncoupling

  • Deepening existing relationships and creating healthier new ones

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Mind-Body-Spirit Wellness & Holistic Coaching

I offer integrative wellbeing coaching and mind-body support for people navigating complex health experiences, emotional stress, and significant life changes. Wellbeing is shaped by more than symptoms alone. Stress, emotional exhaustion, fertility journeys, new or serious diagnoses, chronic illness, terminal illness, and caregiving can all affect how grounded, resourced, and connected you feel within yourself.

I offer tailored, integrative support for:

  • Navigating complex health realities with greater steadiness and self-trust

  • Making sense of illness, stress, uncertainty, or change without losing yourself within it

  • Supporting loved ones and caregivers through advocacy, anticipatory grief, and evolving roles

  • Strengthening nervous system regulation, resilience, and inner steadiness

  • Deepening self-care, mind-body awareness, and compassionate adjustment

  • Reconnecting with body, spirit, meaning, and the parts of life that still feel alive

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Nature-Based, Deep Dive Coaching & Guidance

For those drawn to a more immersive experience, Deep Dive sessions offer extended, in-person coaching in Marin County. Time in nature creates space to slow down, walk, reflect, talk, and reconnect with what matters. Each experience is shaped around your needs and may include coaching, mindfulness, somatic awareness, and guided visualization.

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American Holistic Nurses Association member
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Begin Where You Are

Whether you're navigating change, seeking clarity, wanting greater self-trust, or simply ready to explore what comes next, you're warmly invited to begin with a discovery conversation.