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Inga Peterson

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Founder | Mental Fitness, Leadership & Resilience Coach | iPEC- & PQ-Certified at Sisu Coaching
📍 Durham, North Carolina, United States

Inga Peterson is the founder of Sisu Coaching, an iPEC- and PQ-certified transition coach specializing in mental fitness and leadership resilience. She leverages over 12 years of experience from Duke University and a Masters degree from the University of Chicago to guide high-achievers through significant career and life changes.

Drawing inspiration from her Finnish heritage, she lives in North Carolina and is a mother of two sons. She often writes about the intersection of personal energy and professional life, using her own experiences with significant family and health challenges to inform her coaching on resilience and navigating uncertainty.

Unique fact: Her coaching philosophy is deeply informed by her own experience navigating her sons brain surgery and her own major surgery in the same year.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Founder | Mental Fitness, Leadership & Resilience Coach | iPEC- & PQ-Certified
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Leadership Transitions
She coaches high-achievers through career shifts and new roles, focusing on deep identity recalibration and helping them redefine success.
Mental Fitness
As a certified Positive Intelligence (PQ) Coach, she integrates mental fitness principles to help clients build resilience and a positive mindset.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Founder | Mental Fitness, Leadership & Resilience Coach | iPEC- & PQ-Certified
Sisu Coaching
9-2023
PQ Coach™ member | Mental Fitness Coach
Positive Intelligence
Duke University
12 yrs 5 mos
10-2012 - 3-2013
Director, Career Development and International Programs
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
6-2007 - 9-2012
Assistant Director for Programs, DukeEngage
Duke University
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Education
2-2021 - 9-2021
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iPEC Coaching
1999 - 2000
Master of Arts in Religious Studies
University of Chicago
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