About me

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Hello! I’m Kimberly Stredney — lifelong explorer, adventure seeker, and travel enthusiast. I’m also an experienced Career + Life Coach and the founder of North Fork Coaching.

I’ve always been fascinated by what drives people to reinvent themselves and rediscover meaning in their work and lives — perhaps because my own life path has never followed a straight line. My academic and professional pursuits have taken me from anthropology to journalism to executive coaching. And along my journey, I’ve found myself writing grants for an education nonprofit in a remote Ghanaian village, co-leading a team travel expedition on horseback through the mountains of Ecuador, and coaching the most senior leaders at Google on communications strategy in New York and California. Each chapter has profoundly deepened my understanding of human motivation, resilience, and transformation.

At North Fork Coaching, I help motivated professionals and entrepreneurs chart their next chapter with clarity, confidence, and purpose. My work is about reconnection—helping you realign with your values, your vision, and your voice so that what you do in the world reflects who you truly are. Whether you’re pivoting careers, launching a new venture, or redefining what success means to you, we’ll uncover what’s next, create a roadmap, and move from idea to action to impact.

Through guided self-reflection, practical tools, and ongoing support, my clients gain:

  • Courage to dream boldly and trust their instincts

  • Clarity about what their next chapter looks like

  • Confidence to release an old identity and step into the new

  • Strategy to turn ideas into action

  • Accountability to keep moving forward

I don’t believe reinvention is only about changing direction — it’s about rediscovering YOU and aligning your career and life choices with your deeper purpose.

Let’s chart your next chapter, together.

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