ABOUT RACH

RELATIONSHIP COACH MOTHER & WIFE NEURODIVERGENT

Hi, I'm Rach.

I'm the founder of Rise Relationships and the human behind Sage — and I built both because I needed them myself, not because I read about it in a textbook.

I'm a relationship coach with 15+ years of experience, a Master NLP Practitioner, and the creator of the Source4Shift Healing Method and the C5 Relationship Method. I'm also a wife, a mum of four, and someone who has personally sat in the car in the middle of the night, wondering if my marriage was going to survive the week.

Both halves are true at the same time. That's kind of the whole point of me.

My story (the short version)

I've spent over $80,000 and 15+ years training in NLP, hypnosis, coaching and relationship transformation work. I know the theory backwards.

None of it prepared me for what we now call "Hell Year" — the year our world shrank down to driving around at all hours because it was the only thing that soothed our son through severe pain episodes, surviving on shift work between Kerry and me, and barely remembering how to talk to each other like partners instead of two exhausted people just trying to keep everyone alive until morning.

We made it through. Not because I had all the answers — I very much did not — but because we kept choosing each other, even on the days that felt impossible.

That's the story underneath everything I build now: courses, Sage, all of it. Not "I have it all figured out and I'll teach you." More like — "I've been further into the trenches than most people offering relationship advice, and I came out the other side with tools that actually work for a life like ours."

Why I'm qualified to help (the credentials bit)

I'll keep this section honest rather than just impressive — qualifications matter, but they're only half the story:

Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Hypnosis & Subconscious Re-Patterning, and Results Coaching (2005)
15+ years coaching couples and individuals through relationship breakdown and repair
Creator of the Source4Shift Healing Method — my own approach to rapid relationship healing
Creator of the C5 Relationship Method — Communication, Connection, Cooperation, Comprehension, Cultivation
$80,000+ personally invested in my own development, because I refuse to teach anything I haven't tested on myself first

And the credential no certificate can give you: I'm raising neurodivergent kids while in a neurodivergent marriage, in real time, right now. I'm not observing your life from the outside. I'm living a version of it right alongside you.

My Family

I've been married to Kerry — my neurotypical, deer-in-headlights-when-I'm-emotional, ride-or-die husband — for over two decades. We have four kids between us, ranging from young adults out in the world to two littles still very much in the thick of it at home.

Three of our children are neurodivergent, the youngest two with high support needs that shape pretty much every part of our daily life — from how we plan our weekends to how we talk to each other at the end of a brutal day. I'm also working out my own neurodivergence (ADHD confirmed, likely some ASD layers underneath that I'm still unpacking and exploring @ 50 *yiikes*).

Our house is loud, chaotic, occasionally hilarious, and never, ever boring. And while perimenopause and ongoing burnout are not exactly making this extra fun, I wouldn't trade it. I would, however, trade a few of the 2am wake-ups and a few hours of meltdown mental gymnastics if anyone's offering...

What I Actually Believe (values)

Every relationship can rise — no matter how deep the crisis, no matter how empty the tank feels right now.
It's not a relationship problem, it's a design problem. Generic relationship advice was built for neurotypical brains with neurotypical energy levels, raising kids with typical needs. That's not a personal failing on your part — it's a mismatched solution to a differently designed relationship with higher needs and a lot less energy to put into it.
Progress, not perfection. I'm not interested in "fixed." I'm interested in "better than last week" or "better than 5 minutes ago".
Real over polished. I swear sometimes. I get tired. I don't always communicate effectively. I don't have a perfectly curated life, and I'm not interested in pretending otherwise to seem more credible.
Support should meet you where you actually are — at 11 pm, mid-meltdown, not just in a scheduled session three weeks from now.
Anyone can do better with the right education, support and tools. Even exhausted, completely tapped-out ones.

What I'm Working Toward (the mission)

I want every couple raising a neurodivergent child — or navigating their own neurodivergence — to have access to relationship support that actually understands their life. Not therapy-lite. Not generic. Built for the reality of running on empty and still needing to function as a partner, a parent, and a person.

That's the C5 Method, in the courses I'm building. That's Sage, available in your pocket at the moment you actually need it. And that's this whole business, honestly — built by someone who needed exactly this and couldn't find it anywhere else.

One More Thing...

If you've read this far — hi, I see you. You're probably exhausted, probably wondering if anyone actually gets it, and possibly Googling this at 11 pm because that's the only quiet moment you've had all day.

I get it. I built all of this for you.