Spiritual coaching
Big questions deserve thoughtful conversation.
We help people in San Francisco explore questions of faith, meaning and purpose.
The Proxima Way
We meet curiosity with conversation.
We provide personalized coaching based on your unique journey. Attentive, responsive and grounded in relationship.
Listen first
We take time to understand your experience.
Respond personally
We offer thoughtful guidance and practical next steps.
Learn together
We learn together in community and benefit from shared wisdom.
Strengthen the City
We help individuals and communities in San Francisco flourish.
Who we are
Rooted in faith. Shaped by San Francisco.
Proxima Partners is a nonprofit that creates space for honest questions, meaningful conversations, and practical opportunities for growth in everyday life. We come alongside people across San Francisco inviting curiosity and deeper connection in the City we love.
What we do
Four connected ways of serving the City.
Individual Coaching
Personalized, one-to-one conversations that help people understand their unique wiring, explore their questions and find a path forward.
Individual Coaching
Personalized, one-to-one conversations that help people understand their unique wiring, explore their questions and find a path forward.
Learning Communities
Small groups and facilitated experiences that create space to learn in community, expand horizons and connect spiritual formation with daily life.
Learning Communities
Small groups and facilitated experiences that create space to learn in community, expand horizons and connect spiritual formation with daily life.
Insights and Resources
Practical tools, stories, and training informed by the realities of San Francisco to help Christians engage their communities with humility and care.
Insights and Resources
Practical tools, stories, and training informed by the realities of San Francisco to help Christians engage their communities with humility and care.
City Engagement
Partnerships and local initiatives that strengthen people, neighborhoods, the workplace and communities.
City Engagement
Partnerships and local initiatives that strengthen people, neighborhoods, the workplace and communities.
Who we serve
One city. Different starting points.
People exploring spirituality
For those asking questions about meaning, purpose and faith.
People seeking greater depth
For those who want to grow in spiritual life, community, and purpose.
People integrating spirituality into life
For those who want to live out faith with wisdom, humility and love in the City or workplace.
Founders
Experience to help a diverse city thrive.
Advanced degrees in theology and years of coaching in Europe make Proxima the natural choice to help people in San Francisco navigate spirituality.
Katie Dudgeon
Executive Director
Katie brings nearly 25 years of nonprofit and leadership experience to Proxima Partners. Across local, national, and international settings, she has coached leaders, cared for people in difficult moments, and brought people together around shared purpose. Katie provides Proxima’s strategic leadership and organizational oversight.
Mike Edwards
Program Director | CFO
Mike brings more than three decades of experience in cross-cultural leadership, team development, coaching, and organizational strategy. After fourteen years living and leading teams in Berlin, he brings a global perspective to San Francisco. An engineer by training with graduate study in urban studies, Mike leads Proxima’s program design, coaching methodology, and financial management.
A story from San Francisco
Ana’s journey of presence
Where she was
Life in the city felt rushed. Work, family and San Francisco’s pace left little room for stillness or deep friendship.
What changed
Weekly conversations with a Proxima coach, practicing presence: pause, breathe and notice what she had been rushing past.
Where it led
Neighbors opened up and friendships deepened. Now Ana and a friend meet monthly to compare what they are noticing.
“I began to see that presence isn’t about doing more. It’s about noticing who’s already around me.”
Big questions deserve thoughtful conversation. Help make the next one possible.
Your gift does thatLet’s talk about what you are seeing in San Francisco.
We’d love to hear from you, whether you’re wondering if coaching is a good fit for you, are interested in supporting our work, or just want to ask a question.