For a meaningful goal that keeps slipping
Turn what matters into visible action.
The Finisher Method is an intake plus twelve weeks of individual coaching for one primary goal. It combines a real human relationship, direct accountability, practical behavior design, and brief digital check-ins that keep the facts visible between sessions.
Current coaching is offered without charge while the method is being piloted.
The problem
A repeated miss deserves a better explanation than a character verdict.
You know the cycle. A goal matters, the start is sincere, and then the plan gets crowded out, postponed, renegotiated, or quietly dropped.
The explanation may be structure, fear, readiness, environment, capacity, a values conflict, or something not yet clear. The same behavior can have different causes, which is why a worksheet or reminder alone is often not enough.
The app records commitments, check-ins, and repeated patterns. Coaching adds what software cannot safely decide: what those facts mean, where you may be rationalizing, when a goal no longer fits, and when a direct conversation or referral is needed.
A miss is data about the person, plan, and context together. The work is to learn from it, redesign what needs changing, and recommit without turning the miss into an identity.
The method
The Finisher Method
An evidence-informed coaching method that integrates motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based methods, implementation intentions, behavior design, and routine outcome review. The individual methods have research support. The complete packaged program is still being evaluated.
-
Get clear
What you actually want, not what you think you should want.
-
Find the break point
The specific place where your follow-through breaks down.
-
Build the structure
Small, repeatable actions that close the gap.
-
Make it hold
Track what works, adjust, and keep it after the coaching ends.
The engagement
What the 12 weeks look like
It starts with a free call
Thirty minutes, by video. You bring the goal that keeps slipping. We review the pattern, current capacity, safety, and whether coaching is an appropriate fit. There is no sales pitch. If another kind of support is more appropriate, I will say so and help identify a next step.
The weekly rhythm
After intake, the individual pilot runs for twelve weekly 60-minute sessions. The early weeks combine discovery with small real-world experiments. By Week 4, you choose one primary goal and define observable outcome and process measures. The middle weeks test structure, skills, environment, and recovery plans. The final weeks prepare for disruption and transfer ownership to you.
Between sessions, the app is the system of record. It supports brief daily check-ins, commitment logging, neutral pattern summaries, and a weekly summary you review and submit. The loop is simple: Commit, Check in, Detect drift, Human intervention, Recommit.
What you own at the end
Three things. A clearer account of what matters and what the pattern actually is. Visible movement on one primary goal, measured in behavior as well as reflection. And a personal system for planning, checking in, recovering from lapses, and knowing when to ask for help.
I am not accepting paying clients. Individual coaching is currently offered without charge in a limited pilot so I can evaluate the method, workload, app burden, and outcomes before any future paid offer.
Ask about the free pilotThe coach
About Taylor
I became a dentist, which takes years of exactly the kind of discipline most people never sustain. So it bothered me that I could not point that same drive at the rest of my life. The goals that mattered most to me outside of work kept slipping, and for a long time I could not work out why, because the discipline was clearly there.
The clearest example was coaching itself. I would coach people for a few months, then other obligations would crowd it out and it would go quiet again. It stayed in the back of my mind for years, something I cared about and never made consistent.
What finally changed things was the gym. I started going three days a week with a small version for difficult days. I prepared the environment, wrote if-then plans for predictable obstacles, and treated each miss as information about the plan. When a lapse happened, I returned with the smallest concrete repair and adjusted the system if the same obstacle repeated.
The lesson was not that one rule works for everyone. It was that action becomes more reliable when the goal fits, the behavior is specific, the context supports it, and someone is willing to examine the pattern honestly over time. I used those principles to make coaching, a goal that had repeatedly slipped, more consistent.
This practice turns that learning into a structured pilot. It is for adults who want an honest, collaborative look at the gap between intention and behavior without shame, slogans, or automated verdicts.
Over intake plus 12 weeks, we will test what helps one meaningful goal move and build a system you can explain and use for yourself.
Taylor Bivens, DMD. Trained in Motivational Interviewing and draws on cognitive-behavioral methods.
Proof
Results, when they are real
This practice is new. When testimonials appear in this space, they will be real, consented, and unpaid. That is the same standard the coaching itself runs on.
The Finisher Scorecard
Where might the plan be breaking?
The Finisher Scorecard is a five-minute private reflection tool. It compares five possible break-point hypotheses: values fit, structure, fear and perfectionism, readiness, and environment. It is not a validated test, diagnosis, or final explanation. Bring the result to a coaching conversation and test it against your actual behavior.
- Values fit whether the goal fits what matters and the life around it
- Missing structure no system that survives a bad week
- Fear and perfectionism avoidance near uncertainty, visibility, or judgment
- Readiness a change whose benefits and costs are still being weighed
- Environment a setup that makes the intended action harder
FAQ
Common questions
Is this therapy?
No. Coaching is forward-looking and focused on goals and action, not on treating mental health conditions. If something comes up that calls for clinical care, I will say so and help you find the right support.
Who is this for?
Adults who have a meaningful, self-chosen goal and keep seeing the same gap between intention and action. Coaching must also be a safe and appropriate level of support.
How do sessions work?
We start with a 30-minute fit and scope call. The individual pilot includes an intake plus twelve weekly 60-minute sessions. A future group format may use 90-minute sessions only after the individual pilot is reviewed.
What happens on the intro call?
Thirty minutes on the goal that keeps slipping. You talk, I ask questions, and together we find where your follow-through breaks down. You leave with a clearer read on your own pattern whether we work together or not. There is no sales pitch and no obligation either way.
How much time does this take each week?
One 60-minute session, the small actions you choose, brief daily check-ins when useful, and a short weekly summary. Tracking is intentionally light and the plan is adjusted when the burden becomes part of the problem.
Is what I share confidential?
The coaching agreement explains privacy, record access, safety exceptions, organizational requirements, and the limits that apply in any future group. We review those limits before coaching begins. The app stores each user's records separately and the AI assistant is not an emergency service.
What does the app or AI do?
The app records commitments, supports brief check-ins, organizes weekly behavior, and prepares a summary. The AI assistant may offer short Finisher Method reflection or recovery options. It does not choose your values, diagnose you, decide whether coaching is appropriate, or replace a difficult conversation with your coach.
What does the pilot cost?
Nothing. I am not accepting paying clients. Current coaching is offered without charge while the method and delivery system are being evaluated.
How do we start?
Ask about the free pilot, or use the Finisher Scorecard as a private reflection tool first.
Still weighing it? The fit and scope call is free, and there is no obligation to enroll.
Ask about the pilotFree pilot
Ask whether the pilot fits.
Book a free 30-minute fit and scope call. We will review the goal, the repeated pattern, current capacity, and whether coaching is the right level of support. Any explanation remains a working hypothesis until the behavior supports it.
No paid coaching is currently offered. Availability and eligibility may depend on the setting through which coaching is provided.
If the calendar does not load, book directly at cal.com/taylor-bivens-6rqkn9/30min, or email taylorbivenscoaching@gmail.com.