About Raz Mason
Clarity, steadiness, and actions aligned with your values—in complex times
I’m a coach, facilitator, and systems thinker whose path has moved through grassroots domestic violence work, mathematics and education, civic leadership, and security-focused work.
My path hasn’t been linear. It has included deep study, public-facing service and leadership, periods of burnout and recalibration, and an ongoing commitment to understanding how people stay grounded and act with integrity under pressure.
I’m especially drawn to helping people navigate:
- Inner life and real-world demands
- Moral clarity and uncertainty
- Resilience that is both practical and humane
This coaching work grew out of both professional experience and lived experience—not theory alone.
Working with me is:
- Calm but direct
- Thoughtful, not rushed
- Grounded in real decisions, not only reflection
- Tuned in to both your thinking and your nervous system
I will listen carefully—and with care—and ask precise questions. When needed, I will gently challenge what doesn’t quite serve you.
Raz (“Roz”) Mason
I’ve been coaching since 2012, working with people navigating complex decisions, internal pulls in different directions, and moments where familiar strategies no longer serve.
Over time, I’ve drawn from disciplines including Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness and somatic resilience, Family Systems work, and interfaith chaplaincy (including 2,800 clinical hours with veterans).
My approach is warm, calm, practical, and grounded in real life. I pay attention to both how you think and how your nervous system responds—because clarity isn’t just in the mind, and change isn’t just willpower.
That’s where many approaches fall short—and where our work can become more focused and effective.
I don’t see people as broken. I see patterns—often intelligent ones—that can be understood and reshaped to pursue the goals that matter to you.
If you’re looking for someone who can meet you with both depth and practicality, this approach may fit.
We can start with a simple 30-minute conversation.
Training & Foundations
My background blends multiple disciplines, including:
- Motivational Interviewing
- Mindfulness and somatic resilience practices
- Family Systems Theory
- Co-Active Coaching
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Interfaith chaplaincy (including 2,800 clinical hours with veterans)
- Participant-centered education (MDiv, Harvard teacher training)
- Crisis counseling
I also draw on personality frameworks such as MBTI and the Enneagram when useful.
Outside of coaching, I’m drawn to practices that build steadiness and awareness over time—things like time in the wide spaces of Eastern Oregon and on the water, meditation, martial arts, and slow skill-building disciplines.
I’m based in the Pacific Northwest, and the landscapes here—water, distance, weather—have shaped how I think about resilience and navigation, both literal and metaphorical.
A FEW REFLECTIONS FROM PEOPLE I’VE WORKED WITH
In Their Words
“She has a gentle, insightful way of helping me come into full awareness of who I am and what I want to be… I don’t have to apologize for who I am.”
— Kathryn Tidyman, Writer, Vienna, VA
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As a writer, I should be able to testify to Raz Mason’s gifts easily. And yet I find myself searching for ways to describe her supportive, insightful, gentle ability to lead me out of myself into full consciousness of who I am and what I want to be.
Sometimes I wonder if she is somehow tuned in to parts of my subconscious mind that I have tuned out. She often makes a quiet suggestion or rephrases something I’ve said about myself in terms so positive I have to think, “Yes, she’s right. That’s really me. I don’t have to apologize for who I am!”
I love it when she gives me a homework assignment because it always involves doing something good and positive for myself. You would think that having lived two-thirds of my life already, I would be in the habit of doing this all the time. But I’m not. Thanks to Raz, I’m getting in the habit of it.
Often she comments on how animated my eyes and face have become when I start talking about something I love more than I knew I loved, and I think, “That’s right! I love that! Why am I not allowing myself to pursue it?”
In just the few months I have been working with Raz, I have experienced great inner change. Good things are flowing my way—people, opportunities, challenges, achievements—that I never would have imagined. I wake up eager to consume the goodness of my day. Thank you, Raz.
“She is skilled at getting to the root of the issue and addressing it—sharp and direct in a way that allows us to go deep quickly.”
— A.R., Entrepreneur, San Francisco
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first started working with Raz Mason one year ago, before I took the plunge and went full-time on my start-up. Raz has coached me through difficult decision-making, role played with me to prepare for courageous conversations, and helped me navigate the dynamics of my relationship with my co-founder.
I am a quick thinker and prolific. She is skilled at getting to the root of the issue and addressing it. She is sharp and direct, in a way that allows us to go deep quickly.
I am learning to navigate new waters as a startup founder. Being able to work with Raz is a true gift—someone who is able to guide and empower me and make the path feel a bit less unknown.
When we first started working together, Raz suggested a resource to address a family dynamic that had been affecting me for years. That work significantly changed my life for the better.
Raz is empathic, warm, and a true pleasure to work with—someone I highly recommend, particularly to young entrepreneurs.
“Raz helped me step back, understand the root of what was happening, and find a way to calm the storms inside me.”
— J.B., Educator, Virginia
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I felt like a mess before I began working with Raz Mason. So many things in my life felt like they were unraveling, and I didn’t know how to step back, gain perspective, and learn how to pull it together—to get off the treadmill I felt I was on.
Raz had a wonderful way of helping me stop and see the root cause of some of the issues, put things in perspective, and make sense out of the chaos I was creating in myself.
I feel I handle the challenges of everyday life with much less panic and freneticism than before. Thank you, Raz, for helping me find peace and understand how to calm the storms inside me.
These are a few reflections—you can explore many more. See all testimonials →
If this resonates with you, please reach out for a free 30-minute conversation.