Meet Cole Baker-Bagwell

Professional Mindset Coach

Hi, I’m Cole Baker-Bagwell: An ICF Certified Coach specializing in mindset coaching and life coaching in Raleigh, NC. I’m also a Certified MBSR Workplace Facilitator, speaker, podcast host, and the writer of the Substack publications, Of Human Importance and Minds Meet Machines .

Helping and healing is baked into my DNA. My great, great grandmother Cora, was a medicine woman. My great grandmother Sally, nurtured her community. My mother was a nurse practitioner who healed thousands of people across her career. I became a coach to help people understand themselves and their minds.

I help people transcend the mental, emotional, and energetic sludge that keeps us stuck and optimize the mind-body connection to live happier, healthier, more intentional lives.

My methodology integrates mind-body science, somatic practice, and meditation with 30+ years of applied mindfulness. If you’re ready to change your life from the inside out, I’d love to meet you.

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Hi, I’m Cole Baker-Bagwell: An ICF Certified Coach specializing in mindset coaching and life coaching in Raleigh, NC. I’m also a Certified MBSR Workplace Facilitator, speaker, podcast host, and the writer of the Substack publications, Of Human Importance and Minds Meet Machines .

Helping and healing is baked into my DNA. My great, great grandmother Cora, was a medicine woman. My great grandmother Sally, nurtured her community. My mother was a nurse practitioner who healed thousands of people across her career. I became a coach to help people understand themselves and their minds.

I help people transcend the mental, emotional, and energetic sludge that keeps us stuck and optimize the mind-body connection to live happier, healthier, more intentional lives.

My methodology integrates mind-body science, somatic practice, and meditation with 30+ years of applied mindfulness. If you’re ready to change your life from the inside out, I’d love to meet you.

Start Your Reset

Explore My Methodology

I’m Betting On The Humans

Algorithms are changing how we feel, think, live, and relate to ourselves, our world, and to one another. Agency is our best defense. Here’s the rub. We’re slowly surrendering more of our agency due to our habits and choices. My work is about helping people understand themselves and their minds to reclaim their agency. At the start and end of every day, I’m betting on the humans.

My Life’s Work
I’ve been unapologetically obsessed with mindset, mindfulness, and mind-body science for three decades. Today, I share my knowledge through coaching, speaking, podcasting, writing, and lecturing to help people change their lives from the inside out.
My Methodology
My methodology integrates mind-body science, somatic practice, meditation, and 30+ years of applied mindfulness, with a healthy dose of human soul.
My Belief
I approach my work with an unwavering belief in human agency—our power to change our reality by understanding ourselves, our minds, and optimizing our mind-body connection.
My Values
Five values have been a through-line across my career: Kindness, integrity, curiosity, patience, and persistence. I call them my “high five”. I embody them in my own life. They inform every aspect of my work as a mindset coach.

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My Through-Line Is Human

Before launching my coaching practice in 2023, I founded an equine therapy practice, a mindfulness consultancy, and spent two decades in corporate sales and strategy. I held leadership roles at Red Hat and Pega, coached go-to-market teams, and served as a trusted advisor to F100 and F500 leaders.

I’ve had the joy of healing Olympic horses. I’ve had the privilege of strategizing with tech teams at Apple, Google, and most every Wall Street bank. I launched a mindfulness initiative at Red Hat that transformed people and how they worked together. Across every chapter of my career and every role I’ve held, my through-line has been helping —leaving everyone and everything just a little bit better.

My Life Is A Testament to Mindset

I’ve taken big swings and bumped my bum more times than I can count. I’ve wrestled imposter syndrome, met hardships, and learned that thriving is a choice.

I’ve held many titles. My most favorite is “Mom.” My son Luke is the joy of my life. I’m married to my best friend who supports me at every turn and I’m fortunate to be loved by a close-knit circle of family and friends.

When I’m Not Coaching…

I’m speaking, guest lecturing at a university, writing, podcasting, or volunteering for organizations like Blood Cancer United that are near and dear to my heart.

I’m also a plant fanatic, avid reader, and dog butler. My gypsy soul loves traveling. Cooking is my therapy. I’m vigilant about my daily meditation.

I live in Raleigh, NC and in The Blue Ridge mountains with my husband Andrew, our cute as hell little ‘Deagle’, Marty Byrd, and a very wise tortoise named Bear.

Recording my podcast, She Grabs the Mic, is my passion project where I share the power of mindfulness with a global audience of humans.

How I Coach

We have a family mantra: “If you can see it, you can make it real.” Understanding the truth of those words is the first step in changing what’s not working in your life and supercharging everything that is.

I Take A Human-to-Human Approach.

I take a personalized, human-to-human approach. I believe everyone deserves that quality of attention and depth of connection. I coach the whole person—mind, body, and soul because we are all three, all the time.

“From our very first conversation, Cole brought wisdom, kindness, and a rare ability to truly listen. -Suraj V., VP, Technology

I’m Well-Skilled and Wildly Intuitive.

I’m committed to life-long learning. I lead with curiosity, unwavering empathy, and I listen like my life depends on it. I take notes with a pen on paper. I love metaphors. I coach from deep practice, experience, and laser sharp intuition that rarely steers me wrong.

I Challenge With Good Intention.

My job is to help my clients develop the skills, tools, and insight that strengthen their personal agency, clarity, and confidence. My goal is for everyone I coach to leave our conversations fiercely empowered and self-directed.

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My Mission Is Human

I'm here to help us remember how damn powerful we really are.

We’re outsourcing our thinking to algorithms, over-relying on technology, and surrendering more of our agency on a daily basis.

We’re battling distraction and spiraling in illusion. Stress, loneliness, and anxiety have reached epidemic levels. Millions of souls are feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and burned out. Exhaustion, disconnection, and stress have become defining baselines of 21st Century life. I’m on a mission to remind us that we hold the power to change the paradigm.

Join My Mission. Tune into my podcast, She Grabs the Mic where I translate mind-body science into mindset fuel. Listen On Apple podcasts and Spotify.

Subscribe to my Substack, Minds Meet Machines where I explore the mindset, motivation, and illusion of technology to help us meet our brave new world with fierce personal agency.

Let’s change the paradigm together. We’ve got this.

“Our greatest human source of limitation and liberation is the stories our minds believe.”

-Cole Baker-Bagwell

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