Golden Trout Rising

Professional and organizational coaching using body and nature to help you rise.

Golden Trout Rising is a coaching vessel for you and your organization to find new ways of working, leading, and planning that are infused with spirit.

Trout Rising is a fishing term describing the moment the water breaks when a trout moves: from a quiet dimple, to a sudden splash, to the flash of a tail. At its essence, it is about movement—visible signs of life breaking through the surface.

I am JJ Trout, based in Golden, Colorado. I adventure between the inner and outer worlds: from mountain biking across Europe, to a four-day vision fast in South Africa, to Moon Dances in Mexico, and through daily pilgrimages in my Colorado backyard.

My foundations include an undergraduate degree in psychology, a graduate degree in biomedical sciences, cultural immersion and certification in the Hawaiian practice of Lomi Lomi, professional training in coaching and wilderness first response, and thousands of hours in energetic and somatic practices (meditation, yoga, breathwork, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and Muay Thai). My lived experience spans leadership as an elected city councilor, chief of staff for a national outdoor industry nonprofit, professional mentor for women and people of color, board member for a suicide prevention nonprofit, volunteer victim advocate, and mountain bike coach.

Work is best when joy flows through the senses, in deep connection with others. Through Golden Trout Rising, I rise—and invite others to rise—with me, through personal, professional, spiritual, and organizational coaching.