About Kim Kimball, Somatic Leadership Coach

Helping women in business leave behind people pleasing and perfectionism.

Hello, I’m Kim Kimball — a qualified Somatic Leadership Coach helping highly sensitive women coaches and leaders learn internal skills to support yourself through the challenges of entrepreneurship, so you can create a business and life that truly fits you.

Kim Kimball stands in a bright, white kitchen sipping a cup of tea
 

I bring 15+ years of experience plus doctorate-level knowledge in the nervous system, anatomy, physiology and psychology.

I have a deep understanding of how people heal — body, mind, and soul — due to a decade of Physical Therapy experience, years of formal study and hundreds of hours spent coaching women in business.

My high sensitivity and neurodivergence also help me pick up on subtleties and patterns that other coaches may miss.

This unique combination allows me to dive deep with you, helping you access tools to become more centered and connected to yourself, with joy and ease as your greatest teachers.

I believe everyone deserves to be equipped with tools that allow you to feel good in your body and life.

I know what it’s like to feel constantly overwhelmed and exhausted, moments from burnout. For 13 years I worked as a physical therapist and kept waiting to love it. But the jam-packed patient schedule, very few breaks and constant noise and stimulation were too much for my highly sensitive system.

So, I quit my job with no safety net and nothing else lined up, and backpacked around the world by myself for four months. Something clicked into place when I found somatic coaching — I could passionately serve others while honoring my specific makeup and limits. 

When I help businesswomen tune back into their bodies and themselves on a somatic and nervous system level, it’s like offering a powerful key. You become empowered to make more aligned decisions, creating your own unique path filled with ease and joy.

Kim Kimball sits in front of a arm chair as she works on her laptop
 

My qualifications, experience & mentors

Somatics, nervous system tools and parts work are the modalities I most frequently turn to when coaching women leaders. I also draw from a vast toolkit developed over the past 15 years, including:

  • ICF-accredited life coach training, Courageous Living Coach Certification, 2018.

  • Doctorate in Physical Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009.

  • Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences, James Madison University, 2005.

  • Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate, Embody Lab

  • Somatic Skills for Post Traumatic Growth with Rachael Maddox, Rebloom Foundations

  • UnShaming with David Bedrick

  • Rising Sovereign with Madison Morrigan 

  • The Thriving Solution with Dr Valerie Rein

Many mentors have also profoundly shaped my process, including Kate Swaboda, Madison Morrigan, Waller Thompson, Simone Seol, Rachael Maddox and Shane O’Neil Hart.

A little more about me…

  • Travel is my absolute favorite thing. I love experiencing new cultures, meeting locals and going off the beaten path. I’ve backpacked through 44 countries across South America, Southeast Asia and Europe. And, between college and my doctorate, I lived in southern Spain for a year. It’s now my home away from home — I’d love to move back someday!

  • I have such fond memories of the sounds of Spanish being spoken in my family home. And I always loved visiting my grandmother, who would cook ropa vieja, rice and beans, sometimes platanos too, and then make arroz con leche specifically for me for dessert. My ethnicity, roots, and preserving my culture are important to me.

  • I never envisioned becoming a mom over 35. The journey into matrescence stripped me of so many identities; adjusting to life as a mom of a highly sensitive boy (as a highly sensitive, neurodivergent person myself) felt like being ground down to the very foundation of my being. Yet I’ve enjoyed the wisdom I have to offer with a later start.

  • I’m a creative at heart — at times I’ve been moved to tears reading a beautiful poem or seeing a spectacular piece of art. My favorite poem is The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, which I feel conveys my heart, essence and what I stand for, both in my own life and my work with clients.

Ready to work together?

Learn how to align your physical, emotional and mental states to create a business and life that truly supports you. Choose from live 1:1 Somatic Leadership Coaching or group mentoring.