Biography
Support for Meaningful Midlife Transitions: career, empty nest, relationships, and pre-retirement
Life isn’t done — the part you’ve been waiting for is just beginning.
Hi, I’m Sue Keller, DMD, ACC, a certified life coach specializing in midlife transformations. I help people who have spent years taking care of everyone else finally make space for their own dreams — and take courageous steps to bring those dreams to life.
Whether you’re navigating a major career shift, redefining identity after a long relationship, or simply hearing that quiet inner voice that says there’s more, coaching can help you move forward with clarity, purpose, and confidence.
✨ What we do together
• Rediscover what lights you up — and what’s been missing
• Clear internal blocks and old narratives
• Build a life aligned with your core values
• Take real, supported action toward a future you’re excited about
I coach using a powerful blend of:
✔ ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) standards
✔ Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed parts work
✔ Evidence-based behavior change and accountability
✔ Deep presence, humor, and compassion
💫 How I got here
I earned my undergraduate degree at Harvard University and my DMD at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, followed by a 25-year career as a dentist and business owner.
After navigating significant personal and professional transformations of my own, I discovered the deep fulfillment of supporting others through intentional change. Now I help people make bold decisions, rewrite old stories, and create lives that feel fully their own.
I also serve on the Board of Directors for the International Coaching Federation — New England Chapter, helping shape ongoing professional development for coaches across the region.
🌱 Your next chapter starts here.
If you’re feeling stuck, restless, or ready for something new — even if you can’t name it yet — coaching can help you step into a future you can’t wait to live.
📅 Schedule a complimentary 60-minute session:
https://calendly.com/coachdrsuekeller
Are you ready for your next chapter? Move from “stuck” to living your best life!
Niches:
Harvard AB; UConn DMD: retired from 25 years as private practice general dentist, with a focus on compassionate care for anxious adults and family prevention of oral disease starting with pregnancy and baby’s first year
Oral Health Coaching (prevention and care resources coaching for Brushing IS for Babies, How to Raise a Cavity-Free Kid, Young Adults, and Seniors),
and
Healthcare Advocacy and Consulting (second opinions on dental treatment plans, helping clients find a dentist they love and trust, patient care advocacy with healthcare providers, and oral health advice and empowerment).
More about me:
I am a graduate of Harvard University and earned my doctor of dental medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. I completed a general practice residency in clinical dentistry at Hartford (CT) Hospital. I have 25 years experience in private practice general dentistry (24 as solo practice owner). I am a member of the American Dental Association’s Institute for Diversity in Leadership Class of 2019-2020. Now retired from clinical dentistry, I have served as the MA Grassroots Representative for OPEN Oral Health Progress and Equity Network (https://openoralhealth.org) and on the advisory board with the American Heart Association’s Voices for Healthy Kids: https://voicesforhealthykids.org/
National Collaborative for Infants & Toddlers (NCIT) Committee/Peer Groups: www.NCIT.org.
I travelled all over MA from 2021 to 2024 as a professional vaccinator for Northampton Department of Health and Human Services, and Cataldo Ambulance Service, providing Covid, flu, and childhood vaccines to diverse populations in their home communities, and sometimes in their homes. I continue to work with the NDHHS each fall to protect our most vulnerable people with vaccines.
I am an expert in oral health prevention/care/treatment, dental wellness coaching, and healthcare advocacy coaching and consulting.
I live in Deerfield, MA, with my spouse and 4 cats, and we have two young adult children who have flown the coop! When not pursuing my passions as a life coach, oral health prevention champion, and community vaccinator, I enjoy rowing/sculling, kayaking, hiking, playing symphonic double bass, performing musical improv, just learned to sail, am a certified wilderness first responder, and have jumped out of a perfectly good airplane-twice!