Coach Carla Wilcox

Mind Wide Open

Coach Carla Wilcox, a dear friend and boxing coach of Lily's, teaches us how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. One of the most difficult things about processing grief, trauma, or change of any kind can be being present with the emotions that arise. Coach Carla, a professional boxer, public speaker, and founder of Seattle Boxing Gym, is a shining example of sticking with yourself in times of immense hardship. She shares her thoughts on spirituality, staying next to your heartbeat, and centering and externalizing through movement.

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Coach Carla Wilcox is a heart-centered coach that utilizes the art and practice of boxing to help clients tap into their unique greatness. She started her boxing career in 1996 and turned professional in 2000 and competed for the International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) World Flyweight Title in Seoul, Korea in 2003.

Coach Carla is the founder of the Seattle Boxing Gym and presented at the TEDxRainier in Seattle in 2010. After an auto accident in 2011, she entered into a three-year rehabilitative sabbatical. The short film of her healing journey was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network's Super Soul Sunday in 2014.

In 2016 she co-created HEARTBEAT X, and in 2019 appeared in Nate Gowdy’s portrait and storytelling series, “The American Superhero Project”. She has been featured on NPR, New Day Northwest, Pacific Northwest Magazine, the Seattle Times and is certified in Lifestretch and Thai Yoga Stretch.

Coach Carla’s private client list includes musicians, artists, business and community leaders as well as families. She is a motivational speaker and has provided team-building sessions for leadership teams at Nike, Amazon, Hedgebrook, the Seattle Girls School, the Midwest Transplant Network, the Maniilaq Association of Northwest Alaska and Morgan Stanley.

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