Are you looking to engage a debriefing that leads to a dynamic renewal right where you are?

  •  Do you want a debriefing that leads to renewal right where you are, right when you need it?
  • Are you looking for a personalized debriefing process that takes place over time, giving you space to process re-entry as you live through it?
  • Do you want a professional debriefing experience, but find yourself constrained by time, finances, or an inability to travel?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, as a Master Certified Coach who is passionate about helping you thrive in re-entry, I, Melissa, would be greatly honored to serve as your Returning Well Companion as you journey through Returning Well.

“I landed back on American soil this past March, and quickly realized that the toll of living overseas for over a year had accumulated to much stress expressed in my physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.  Walking with Melissa through Returning Well helped take the whirlwind of experiences I had and process my responses into manageable, spirit-led decisions that have proven to be empowering now, and will be utilized in my future endeavors.” K. R. cross-cultural worker in transition from Asia

Returning Well Debriefing Coaching℠ Packages

Individual Package
For a six-session Returning Well Debriefing Coaching℠ package that follows the meeting plan as outlined in Returning Well, your financial investment would be $750. The length of each session/meeting is 75 to 90 minutes, depending on your agenda and energy. Meetings would take place over the phone or Zoom (or a similar service). Also included in this package is email communication between calls.

Couples Complete Package
If you are a couple and desire to have a debriefing experience complete with sessions as an individual as well as together as a couple, the Couples Complete package is for you.

A Returning Well Complete Debriefing Coaching℠ package for couples follows the meeting plan as outlined in Returning Well but also incorporates an additional three joint sessions as a couple for an optimal couple's debriefing that leads to renewal experience.
  • Meeting One: Joint meeting to discern desired outcomes and begin the debriefing process as outlined in Returning Well
  • Meeting Two, Three, and Four: Each spouse is given an individual meeting that follows the meeting plan as outlined in Returning Well with a primary focus of debriefing.
  • Joint Meeting: A joint meeting following engagement of the Married Life Chapter
  • to debrief the impact of cross-cultural living on you as a couple.
  • Meeting Five: Each spouse is given an individual meeting that follows the meeting plan as outlined in Returning Well with the primary focus of reaching renewal.
  • Meeting Six: A final joint meeting to celebrate and move forward as a couple
This package thus includes a total of eleven meetings, and your financial investment would be $1,375. The length of each meeting is 75 to 90 minutes, depending your agenda and energy. Meetings would take place over the phone or Zoom (or a similar service). Also included in this package are email communications between calls.

Couples Collaborative Package
If you are a couple that desires to have the majority of your debriefing and renewal sessions together with one additional call as an individual, the Couples Collaborative Package is for you.

A Returning Well Collaborative Debriefing Coaching℠ package for couples follows the meeting plan as outlined in Returning Well but also incorporates an additional two individual sessions for enhanced debriefing.
  • Meetings One through Four: Joint meetings as a couple with the primary focus of debriefing
  • Anytime between Meetings Three and Five: At a timing of his or her choosing, each spouse engages an individual meeting to enhance his or her debriefing experience.
  • Meetings Five and Six: Final joint renewal meetings to solidify next steps as well as celebrate and move forward as a couple
This package thus includes a total of eight meetings, and your financial investment would be $1,000. The length of each meeting is 75 to 90 minutes, depending your agenda and energy. Meetings would take place over the phone or Zoom (or a similar service). Also included in this package are email communications between calls.

Custom Package
If you would like a Returning Well Debriefing Coaching℠ package, but the above two options don't quite fit what you would like, let's discuss other options and find a well-fitting way forward!

Next step: Contact me, and let's talk about next steps
If any of these packages interest you, contact me and I’d be happy to have a conversation with you to answer your questions and see if we make a good sojourner-companion match.

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"Going through Returning Well with Melissa Chaplin was so powerful for me. I recently returned from 7 and a half years on the field, exhausted, burnt out and slightly bitter.  I knew I needed to debrief and process my time, work through some of the pain I was still carrying and move forward in a healthy way. 

Going through Returning Well was key for me in highlighting certain areas that I needed to work through and helping me identify certain patterns and issues that were affecting me.  I loved being able to talk through these issues with Melissa in our coaching sessions.  Her questions helped to guide me to dig deep and develop practical ways I could work through the past and take steps forward in wholeness and restoration.  Her gentleness and empathetic listening ministered to me in a profound way!

 A few months into this process and I could literally feel a shift.  I was getting breakthrough, gaining greater perspective of the past and feeling hope for my future.  I felt like I could look back on my field experience not just seeing the pain and hardships but also celebrating what God did in me and through me. 

When I first came back from the field I didn't know if I could ever go back... but now I feel differently.  Being able to effectively debrief and process this past season has left me better prepared to return to the field, rested, and restored with greater vision and excitement for the future.

I 'm so grateful to Melissa and her vision to help workers like me. I have been so deeply impacted by this experience and would recommend them to any of my fellow cross-cultural workers who are looking for the same transformation!”
- H.L. cross-cultural servant serving in Asia
Returning Well Coaching is a service of Melissa Chaplin Coaching, LLC.