Nathan
Soule-Hill

I’m Nathan Soule-Hill, a desert-dwelling mystic who has dedicated my professional life to helping people connect with their values, beliefs, and deepest sources of meaning—so they can live with greater purpose, presence, and vitality.

The meaning in my name

My name carries three elements that, together, express something of my sense of calling.

Nathan comes from a Hebrew name rooted in the meaning “gift” or “God gives.” I understand my gift to be the offering of presence: practicing the sacred art of human connection and creating space for others to explore, grow, and heal.

Soule (pronounced “soul”) is my family surname. Though we don’t know its precise origin, I’ve come to associate it with the spiritual dimension of life—the part of us that reaches toward what is deepest, truest, and most enduring.

Hill is the surname I took when I married my wife, Jennifer, in 2008. Like an earthen hill, our relationship offers me both grounding and elevation: a place to be rooted while reaching toward a wider horizon.

Together, I’ve come to understand my name as the gift of a grounded, elevated soul—an aspiration for how I hope to be in the world and what I strive to offer others through my work.

When I founded SOULΞHILL Coaching in 2026, I recognized that the name held a powerful image of what becomes possible through intentional, introspective care. I imagine SOULΞHILL as a place where I can sit with clients: grounded in the earth, elevated toward the fullest expression of who they are, and alive to the life force moving within and all around them. It is an image of what coaching can make possible—a way of living that is grounded, elevated, and soulful.

A life shaped by service, spirituality, and the desert

I live in Tucson, Arizona, with Jennifer, our two sons, two dogs, and a desert tortoise. The beauty and mystique of the Sonoran Desert, along with the distinctive culture of Southern Arizona, drew us to make our home in this borderlands region. We recognize that this is the ancestral homeland of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui peoples.

We moved here in 2018, when I joined Donor Network of Arizona to support families whose hospitalized loved ones had the possibility of saving and transforming lives through organ donation. This beautiful, intense work brought me into some of life’s most intimate and heartbreaking moments. My role was to guide and support families as they faced an extraordinary decision in the midst of profound uncertainty and grief.

The gift of donation extends far beyond the lives transformed through transplantation. For me, the sacredness of this work also lies in helping grieving families find their voice, reclaim their humanity, and make decisions that honor their deepest values—even in the worst moments of their lives.

The path to coaching

Over time, I began to recognize a common thread running through my work in ministry and organ donation: a desire to create space for people to listen more deeply, reconnect with what matters most, and find their way forward in moments of possibility and change. I was drawn to coaching as a way to carry this calling into a new form of relationship—one that supports people not only through life’s most difficult moments, but also in the ongoing work of becoming more fully themselves.

I studied at New Ventures West in San Francisco, a school known for its Integral Coaching® approach, and became a certified Integral Coach in 2026. This training deepened my understanding of how lasting change emerges—not simply through insight or effort, but through cultivating new ways of seeing, relating, and being in the world.

A spiritual foundation

Before moving into the world of organ donation, I spent eight years in pastoral ministry, serving a socially justice-minded Presbyterian congregation in Greeley, Colorado. It was a formative season of guiding a community in spiritual exploration and working together to create meaningful change. I became especially interested in liberation theologies, Celtic spirituality, and process theology.

I studied at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, where I earned a Master of Divinity. I also completed Clinical Pastoral Education through my work as a hospital chaplain at Rush University Medical Center.

Across these different chapters of my life, I’ve remained drawn to the places where spirituality, human connection, and the search for meaning meet. Today, that thread continues through my work as a coach: helping people listen more deeply to themselves, explore what they believe, and discover new ways of being in relationship with their lives.

I also serve as a Spiritual Wellness Provider at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, a pioneering space for evidence-based wellness, where I continue to bring a whole-person approach to my work every day.

A few things that make me me

My life has been enriched by experiences beyond my professional work, including time living in Havana, Cuba, and Chiapas, Mexico. I studied Spanish at the University of Kansas and am a fluent Spanish speaker, and I remain a devoted fan of the Kansas Jayhawks. I’m an avid tennis player and try to get on the court several times a week. Musically, I’m drawn to the seemingly opposite worlds of meditative music and electronic dance music—one inviting stillness, the other movement and abandon. Both, in their own way, remind me of the many ways we can feel alive.