What I’m doing now

(This is my now page, and if you have your own site, you should make one, too. It’s kind of a cool idea, so why not, I’m in!)

I’m sharing what I’m up to with the hopes that it will help you 1) stay connected and current with me; 2) help me with these project where possible; and 3) understand where my time and focus is (or at least should be) going these days.

  • Ta-Da!! TalentGrow Turns Twenty!! Since we started back in 2006, TalentGrow has supported the development of thousands of leaders and teams in hundreds of organizations around the world – developing leaders that people want to follow. We’ve facilitated leadership retreats, workshops, and webinars for clients in a myriad of industries, focused on developing leaders and teams. We’ve provided executives and leaders with 1:1 coaching support and consulting strategy services.

  • We continue to offer lots of virtual workshops as well as in-person workshops and retreats, all geared towards development leaders that people want to follow.

  • I’ve continued working with a global architecture firm’s leaders in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It’s been great to coach clients who are in a profession that I personally admire. I’ve also continued working with a global shipping and logistics company’s US leadership team, a cyber security firm’s leaders, a community hospital’s managers, and a golf equipment manufacturer’s leaders, among others. I love that I can have a positive impact on leaders of so many different kinds of industries.

  • I love to be a guest on podcasts to share actionable ideas on leadership, engaging communication, emotional intelligence, and authentic networking (without the ‘ick’ factor). Reporters and writers continue to reach out to interview or quote me for their articles, too. In fact, I’ve been keeping a list of those here, check them out.

  • Part of how I maintain my physical, mental, and emotional health is going to Precision CrossFit and lifting heavy sh*t :P every week. David and I still love hiking in our ‘backyard mountains’ and discovering other trails in our area, taking in the sunshine, wildflowers, and general awesomeness of Southern Cali. In 2022, I began taking latin ballroom dancing lessons, after a 30+ year break. And I’ve recently began studying Animal Flow (an exercise modality) in Burbank.

    • I am a WORLD SILVER MEDALIST and USA SILVER MEDALIST in Masters Weightlifting, woot woot!! In December 2025 I was a slightly-bent-elbow away from placing first in my age/weight class at the the UMWF World Championships in Daytona Beach, FL! And in April 2026 I tied for first at the U.S.A. Masters Weightlifting National Championships, where the tie-breaker rule got me a silver medal at the USA Weightlifting Masters National Championships.

    • I’ve competed and medaled in numerous ballroom competitions in the past couple of years, in places like California, Florida, New York, The Netherlands, and Las Vegas. I competed in the Ohio Star Ball in November 2025, the largest ballroom competition in the US.

  • I continue to be passionate about health and well-being via an ancestral approach. I’ve been living a protein-forward carnivore lifestyle for over six years now and thriving. Prioritizing protein works!!

  • I am certified as a USAW Level 1 Weightlifting Coach and a Primal Health Coach by the Primal Health Coach Institute. I sometimes coach weightlifting and CrossFit at my gym (for fun).

  • I’ve recently begun offering 1:1 success coaching for high-achieving humans who want to be even more badass in all aspects of life! (See more below.)

  • My podcast, the TalentGrow Show, remains on hiatus indefinitely — but there are 201 juicy incredible episodes for your listening pleasure.

    Updated October 4, 2026, from somewhere in the Santa Monica Mountains north of Malibu, CA.

About my newest offering:

I am pleased to announce that I now offer

Halelly's Whole Life Optimization Coaching
6-MONTH TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM

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Outcome

Even the most driven, high-achieving people usually have one area they haven't quite figured out yet. Something that keeps nagging at them no matter how much they've already accomplished everywhere else. In 6 months of working together, you'll have a working system for that one thing, measurable momentum you can actually see, and the confidence of knowing you finally cracked it.

I work with driven, high-achieving people who are already successful by every outside measure, but there's this one thing (maybe two) they haven't cracked. Maybe it's their health after years of prioritizing career. Maybe it's a career that stopped fitting them. Maybe it's finally starting the business they've been dreaming about, or realizing there's a "central purpose" they haven't yet defined. The area changes person to person. What doesn't change is the frustration underneath it: "I'm smart. Why can't I figure this out?"

Six months is enough time to move past the "why can't I figure this out" moment and into a system you trust, the same way every top performer relies on someone in their corner to get there.

Deliverables

Nothing here is off-the-shelf: no modules, no courses, no stiff and forced methodologies. My program is tailor-made for you, live, session by session, over six months.

1. The Deep-Dive Discovery (Month 1)

  • 90-minute intake call to surface your real challenge, not just the symptom you lead with

  • Space to say the quiet part out loud (the thing you may hesitate to admit to your team or your family)

  • Our early few conversations, along with deep introspection and input-seeking assignments, will help you uncover and synthesize what's actually going on beneath the surface, including any "gaping holes" around purpose, values, or direction you didn't realize were there

2. The Goal Architecture (Month 1–2)

  • We co-create a goal (or two) together (never handed to you off a template)

  • I help you refine it until it's measurable, achievable, and genuinely challenging yet magnetic

  • Every session for the rest of the 6 months anchors back to this goal

3. The Experimentation Engine (Ongoing, Months 2–5)

  • Weekly mini-experiments built specifically for you (what works for you won't be what works for anyone else)

  • Real feedback loops: you try it, report back, we adjust or double down

  • Along the way, clients often find themselves shedding old patterns entirely – perfectionism, limiting beliefs, harsh self-talk, stale mindsets – as new ones take root

4. Accountability & Momentum (Every week, for 6 months)

  • Weekly 50-minute private, confidential calls, troubleshooting obstacles as they show up, internal or external

  • Unlimited email support between calls (I don't disappear until next week)

  • Homework tailored to what you need next: reflection, reading, practice, or feedback-gathering

Coaching Structure

  • Program Length: 6 months

  • Call Structure: One 90-minute intake call + weekly 50-minute private, confidential sessions

  • Support Level: Unlimited email support between calls (included, not an upsell)

  • Resources: Initial Engagement Worksheet before session one, plus tools and frameworks introduced exactly when your specific goal and real-life challenges call for them

About Halelly

I'm 55, an executive coach, leadership trainer, published author and podcaster with 25+ years in the leader, team, and employee development industry. But I’m also a competitive weightlifter and ballroom dancer who started competing after 50, a certified Primal Health Coach and weightlifting coach, happily married 31 years, and I've run a successful 20-year business. I don't coach from theory; every "one nagging thing" I help clients work through is something I've personally wrestled with and worked through myself.

Testimonials

Real proof, in clients' own words:

  • A.F., a C-suite executive worked with me over 18 months and lost 75 lbs while moving from sporadic exercise to a disciplined 5x/week routine, while becoming a measurably more intentional, disciplined leader.

  • T.C. clarified his values hierarchy, uncovered a "gaping hole" around his central purpose he hadn't named before, and pushed past limiting beliefs to define exactly how he'd show up in a new, elevated role (a complete reversal from the strategy he walked in with, which was to quit his job). Shortly after our work ended, T.C. got a promotion and “an enormous raise”!

  • A.J. learned to quiet harsh self-talk, shed perfectionism, ask for help, savor small wins, and get sharper at solutioning, while gaining real clarity on and confidence to leverage her own strengths.

  • K.J. came in for fitness, life, and business goals and left with more energy, drive, and focus than she'd had in years. And then re-enrolled for another 6 months to keep the momentum going, aiming to call herself a "badass" by year's end.

Is this you? Message me!