Notice before you react
Short reflection and journaling work that turns automatic reactions into choices you actually make on purpose.
Marigold Street · est. 2014
Steadier feelings, handled gently, one week at a time.
The Hollis Practice is a small studio for emotional growth and accessible wellbeing - quiet, evidence-led coaching for people who carry a lot and want to carry it lighter.
“I left every session feeling like I had a little more room to breathe.”
- Client, two-year member
Trusted in our community
- ICF-credentialled coaches
- Trauma-informed practice
- Accessible, low-barrier intake
- Sliding-scale places held
Why people come to us
We don’t fix you. We help you build the muscles that carry you.
Most of the people we meet are competent, kind, and quietly exhausted. Our work is unhurried and practical: small repeatable practices, honest feedback, and a relationship steady enough to lean on while things change.
Recover a little faster
Breath, movement and stress-management routines that make setbacks less destabilising and easier to come back from.
Support that fits real life
Flexible formats, clear paperwork and accommodation-aware intake so the help is actually reachable, not just available.
The method
Evidence first. Then the part that’s just about you.
We pair research-backed coaching with goals that actually fit your values. You’ll leave the first month with a plan you understand and can keep doing on your own - not a dependency on us.
- One clear SMART goal per cycle, reviewed every 90 days
- Five-to-ten-minute daily practices, not homework piles
- Specific, kind feedback you can actually act on
- Self-compassion built in, so trying never means shame
11
Years at Marigold Street
340+
People walked alongside
8.6
Avg. wellbeing gain (1-10)
4
Practitioners on the team
What we offer
Four ways to work with us
Start wherever the pressure is loudest. Most people begin with a single conversation and decide from there.
01
from $90 / session
One-to-one emotional coaching
A steady fortnightly relationship to build self-awareness, resilience and emotional control around the things that actually matter to you.
02
$640 / cycle
The Resilience Cycle
A focused 12-week container with one SMART goal, daily micro-practices and a 90-day review. Best for a specific season of change.
03
sliding scale
Accessible intake & advocacy
Low-barrier onboarding and help organising the documentation and accommodations that make support reachable when life is already heavy.
04
$40 / month
Small-group practice rooms
Six-person peer circles for accountability and empathy - somewhere to practise being honest out loud with people who get it.
In their words
The change is quiet, then it’s everywhere
★★★★★
“I came in able to perform and barely able to feel. Rena helped me close that gap without ever making me feel broken. I react less and choose more now.”
Operations lead
★★★★★
“The accessible intake mattered more than I can say. For once the paperwork didn’t defeat me before the help even started.”
Returning client
★★★★★
“The 12-week cycle gave me one goal and a plan I could actually keep. Three months on I’m still doing the ten-minute practice every morning.”
Resilience Cycle, 2025
From the journal
Notes on growth, access & everyday wellbeing
A few longer reads from the practice - written plainly, for the people we work with.
Emotional growth · 7 min
Emotional Growth: Unlock Your Full Potential
Small daily steps - reflection, one SMART goal, a little mindfulness - that compound into lasting change.
Read the note →
Access · 7 min
Disability ID Card: Essential Guide for Access
How a single card can quietly remove friction from travel, transport and everyday accommodations.
Read the note →
Access · 5 min
Apply for Your Disability ID Card Today
A plain, step-by-step walk-through of the application - documents, forms and what to expect.
Read the note →
Resources we trust
Where we send people next
Good wellbeing work doesn’t happen in one room. These are the partners and tools we point our community toward when their needs reach beyond ours.
A gentle first step
One conversation is enough to begin.
No assessment, no pressure. Tell us a little about your situation and we’ll suggest a way in that fits.
Book a first conversation →