— ABOUT ALIGNMENT COACHING & CONSULTING —
Creating Impact and Igniting Change By Putting People First
Grounded Guidance for Meaningful Growth
No matter the format — training, coaching, or counseling — Holly’s work is grounded in deep clinical expertise, lived experience, and a truly human approach. The result is practical, empathetic guidance that creates meaningful change for individuals, teams, and organizations.
Best-Self Living
Internal alignment is the foundation for everything else. By understanding your emotions, values, and needs, you build healthier relationships, navigate tough conversations with confidence, and show up more grounded — at work, at home, and in life.
Connection
Because people are always part of the work. You’ll learn how to navigate personal and professional relationships with clarity, collaboration, and trust — while also setting and honoring boundaries that protect your wellbeing and support healthier, more effective communication.
Lasting Impact
Gain tools to better manage your emotions, reactions, and stress — tools that are easy to use and built to last. Mental health isn’t a destination; it’s a practice. Facing challenges head-on strengthens resilience and expands your ability to lead, influence, and create meaningful impact.
Holly Schneider, LCSW
Meet Your Coach
Blending deep clinical expertise with practical, real-world tools, Holly helps individuals, leaders, and teams strengthen relationships, improve wellbeing, and build healthier workplace cultures. With over 30 years as a clinician, she brings an empathetic, grounded approach that turns insight into action. Her work empowers people to become the best version of themselves — no matter what they carry — and equips organizations with skills that create lasting impact.
30+
Years of Experience
as a licensed clinician
Moral Courage Award
2020 award winner, Wellness Council of Wisconsin
Bestselling Author
of Carry Your Own Backpack: Simple Tools to Help You Live Peacefully
6
Years of Service
as a full-time life coach at Delta Defense
Carry Your Own Backpack
Simple Tools to Help You Live Peacefully
This book is a self help guide to emotional wellbeing. With its metaphor of carrying a backpack, it uncovers healthy emotional boundaries helping the reader understand and apply what belongs to them, others, and God.
This work clarifies the struggle that so many have about when and how to set boundaries, particularly in difficult situations. By unpacking her own backpack, the author helps you skillfully unpack your own experience so that you can mindfully be the best version of yourself, regardless of your past finding your path to peaceful living. The book comes with a clinical toolbox for emotional, cognitive and behavioral skills that can be practically applied.
"If you think you need help, this book is for you. If you don't think you need help, this book is still for you."
Community Impact
In addition to the many ways Holly serves her clients and her community, she is also on the board of directors for The LOVE>hate Project. As part of her volunteer position, she contributes the weekly video series, "Forgiveness Fridays".
L>h Executive Director shares his thoughts on Holly's impact on the organization's mission.