HHope Along the Way Coaching

About

About Me

Hi, I'm Sharris Loewen, founder of Hope Along the Way Coaching. 🌿

My Story

I'm an Oklahoma girl at heart. I was born and raised in Watonga, Oklahoma, and graduated from Watonga High School in 1989. After high school, I graduated from Ozark Christian College and later from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri.

For more than three decades, I called southwest Missouri home. I spent 25 years as a middle school educator, teaching English Language Arts and Social Studies to students in grades 6–8. I began my teaching career in Madison, Missouri, taught in Joplin for several years, and spent the final 20 years of my career serving students and families in Neosho.

After retiring from education, I returned home to Oklahoma to be closer to my mother and extended family. Along the way, I tutored students, worked in a local flower shop, and eventually entered the behavioral health field. Most recently, I served as a Care Coordinator with Red Rock Behavioral Health Services, working with children and families through Oklahoma's Systems of Care program.

That experience gave me the privilege of walking alongside families navigating behavioral and emotional challenges, connecting them with resources, helping them identify strengths, and reminding them that progress is possible even when life feels overwhelming.

A Heart for Encouragement

But my desire to encourage others didn't begin with a job title.

Throughout my life, one thing has remained constant: I love helping people recognize their strengths, find hope, and take their next step.

I'm also a proud mom to my adult daughter, who is married and lives in Oklahoma City. Motherhood has been one of the greatest blessings—and greatest learning experiences—of my life. It has taught me about love, worry, letting go, resilience, grace, boundaries, prayer, and the importance of having people beside us during difficult seasons.

Why Coaching Matters to Me

My passion for coaching is rooted not only in my professional experience, but also in my own story.

I have walked through seasons of grief, loss, recovery, major life transitions, starting over, and wondering what comes next. I know what it feels like when life doesn't look the way you thought it would. I also know what it means to discover that a difficult chapter does not mean your story is over.

My faith in Jesus Christ has been the foundation of my healing and growth. Through my own recovery journey, including working the 12 steps through Celebrate Recovery, I learned the importance of honesty, surrender, accountability, healthy support, and taking life one day—and sometimes one small step—at a time.

Those lessons reached far beyond recovery.

They taught me that we don't have to have everything figured out before we begin moving forward.

They taught me that asking for help is not weakness.

They taught me that our past does not have to define our future.

And they taught me that God can bring purpose from seasons we never would have chosen.

Hope for Your Next Step

That is part of why Hope Along the Way Coaching exists.

Today, I have the opportunity to bring together so many pieces of my story—education, behavioral health, mentoring, recovery, faith, encouragement, and life experience—to support women who may be navigating life transitions, grief, recovery, relationship challenges, stress and overwhelm, questions of identity or purpose, or simply that uncomfortable feeling of being stuck.

I don't believe coaching is about someone else having all the answers for your life. It's about having a safe, compassionate person walk alongside you as you sort through what matters, recognize what is within your control, identify your strengths, and take meaningful steps toward where you want to go.

Through Hope Along the Way Coaching, my goal is to provide a confidential, compassionate, faith-centered space where women feel heard, encouraged, supported, and empowered to move forward.

Because sometimes we don't need to see the whole path.

Sometimes we simply need enough hope to take the next faithful step.

There is hope along the way. 🌿

With love and encouragement,
Sharris