Meet Our Team
President| Seminar Facilitator| Value-Based Life Coach| Teacher & Mentor
Dean Nixon
Dean has a remarkable ability to connect with people and puts his heart and soul into making each session and event a life-enhancing journey. With more than 20 years of experience in the mental health and addiction industry, Dean guides individuals in a safe, non-judgmental environment. His attitude helps create balance, provides personal development, and serves as a catalyst for success, growth, and healing. He values helping people connect with their true selves, and giving people the tools they need in order to move forward. Dean’s down-to-earth attitude makes him easy to identify with, and his unconditional acceptance of people puts them at ease. Dean has been instrumental in the creation and success of several local treatment centers specializing in substance abuse recovery, emotional management, life coaching, and adolescent outpatient treatment. Dean’s desire to help others resulted in the creation of “The Value-Based Parenting” classes, workshops, and CDs, giving parents knowledge and tools to motivate their children by using love as a mindset; it is a positive and affirming way to teach healthy boundaries, which children will use to govern themselves as they get older. Visit our Seminars page to learn more about the TurningLeaf Seminars that he facilitates. Born and raised in Utah, Dean enjoys spending time with his children, rock climbing, fishing, camping, longboarding or just hanging in a hammock.
Kate Semmens
Value-Based Life Coach| Seminar Co-Facilitator & Coordinator| Teacher & Mentor
Kate has worked in the mental health industry for 15 years. Her career has included parent coaching, helping families manage crises in the home, facilitating youth groups, and teen mentor-ship. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications from Dixie State University. Kate has been a Life Coach with TurningLeaf since 2019. Striving to learn more, Kate has become an Integrative Process Technique facilitator to help people process behaviors and emotions. Kate is a vivacious, charismatic lover of life with a big heart. She loves connection and communication and holds space for everyone she comes in contact with. She is passionate about people and loves helping others see their light.
Jamie Lightner
Value-Based Life Coach, Based in Michigan
Jamie Lightner is a Life Coach certified through TurningLeaf Health and Wellness and has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Jamie is the co-author of "2 Sisters' Misguided Manual to Motherhood," and the co-founder of the female self-love movement: Girl, I Got You. For the past 12 years, Jamie has enjoyed working with clients personally and in group workshops. She works with individuals on self-confidence and seeing their true authenticity. Jamie helps parents navigate the waves of parenting giving them tools that promote relationships, communication, and accountability with their children. Jamie has also spent time working with students within the schools and in juvenile detention. She especially enjoys helping students discover their strengths and gifts as they develop their own self-confidence and moral compass. Jamie's motto is, "It's perfect not to be perfect!" She believes we are all amazing human beings and the only thing keeping us from seeing that, is ourselves.