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Helping leaders and businesses elevate performance by offering executive coaching and strategic advising services.

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From Bozeman and beyond, Northstar Unplugged explores rest, unplugging, transitions, and finding what fuels you.
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Harness the Power of Sleep to Elevate Performance

How you sleep determines how you perform, play, learn, and lead

Redefine your approach to rest with Northstar Sleep School’s game-changing, science-backed sleep strategies. We’ll grow your sleep awareness, expand your toolkit, and help you get the most out of every minute you spend sleeping — skyrocketing your performance and potential in every area of life.

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WHO WE WORK WITH

  • Executive teams facing strategic inflection points
  • Health and wellbeing innovators
  • Founder-led companies navigating growth
  • Mission-driven organizations needing operational clarity
  • Organizations undergoing transformation or repositioning
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Welcome to the Northstar Unplugged Podcast

Stories From Bozeman and Beyond

The Northstar Unplugged podcast, hosted by Kristen Rainey and brought to you from Bozeman, Montana, explores rest, unplugging, transitions and finding what fuels you.

With guests from all backgrounds and walks of life, we explore personal journeys and collective experiences. Unplugged is dedicated to conversations about rest, unplugging, transitions, and finding what fuels you.

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Episode #100 - John Mcphee On Writing, Teaching and Exploring​

After seven years at Time magazine, he moved to The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. A Fellow of the Geological Society of America and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was awarded in 1999 the Pulitzer Prize.

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CHIP CONLEY

Modern Elder Academy founder, Airbnb Strategic Advisor, Joie de Vivre founder

ANNIE FENN, MD​

Food’s role in promoting brain health & prevention of Alzheimer’s

DR. JUD BREWER​

conquering our addictions through mindfulness​

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John Mcphee
on writing, teaching, exploring
Resources: Tabula Rosa: Volume 1 (Jan 2020) | Volume 2 (April 2021) | Volume 3 (Jan 31, 2022) John’s book recommendations: Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3  (Mark Twain) Every Day the River Changes (Jordan Salama)

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For us, the sessions were incredibly helpful... I found and continue to find that there are little things that more than half the team are utilizing that are life changing. I’d recommend her very highly.
Mitch Henderson
Mitch HendersonHead Coach, Princeton Men’s Basketball
I have worked with Kristen on multiple executive coaching engagements. I’ve benefited not only from her support with time management, organization, decision-making and leadership, but also from the advanced business insight she brings to financial and strategic challenges.
Katherine Dayton
Katherine DaytonExecutive Director & Owner, VISIONS Service Adventures
I highly recommend this program for anyone who seeks to maximize their sleep to optimize their performance as our sleep directly impacts almost every aspect of our lives.
Commander Garry HUnited States Navy, Retired (SEAL)
We engaged Kristen Rainey to work with our Executive Director and Board during a critical period of transition. From the outset she listened carefully and designed a process that fit our mission and goals. Kristen also provided useful tools for tracking progress and improving Board governance going forward. Thanks to her guidance, our leadership is better aligned, meetings are more effective, and we have a clear path to implementation. We strongly recommend Kristen to any organization seeking a skilled, professional consultant who delivers measurable results.
Sandy Newton
Sandy NewtonExecutive Director, SPAY Montana
Kristen is first and foremost a great, great listener. During her consultations, she is 100 per cent focused on the client. No question or problem is beyond her understanding, and if she does not have an exact answer, she immediately does the research to find it. For those who are at their wits end, Kristen helps give you the confidence to take more control of your sleep and life.
Julie HitchcockBozeman, MT
Kristen has helped keep me accountable, pushed me to follow through and get things to the finish line, and combines a strong, determined drive with compassion and understanding. I’ve recommended her to many others for both professional and personal coaching, and I hope to work with her again
Katherine Dayton
Katherine DaytonExecutive Director & Owner, VISIONS Service Adventures
The workshop provided information that can and will help us be our best selves.
Gail Ramsay
Gail RamsayHead Coach, Princeton Women’s Squash
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