About — Ser Entero

Welcome to
Ser Entero!

I am Monika L. Son Ph.D, Higher Education Organization Consultant, Embodied Leadership Coach, Life Transitions Guide, Contemplative Practice & Justice Centered Facilitator and Educator and Buddhist Chaplain.

I am a native New Yorker, daughter of Dominican immigrants, former college professor and a lover of trees, flowers and gardens. I have had many roles in my life and career, but those that have invited me to serve, support and share wisdom with others, have been the most cherished.

One of the greatest harms in my professional work, I have experienced and witnessed is the devaluing and exclusion of who and what is different. Although I deeply cared for the individuals that crossed my path throughout the years in my teaching and leadership, I experienced rejection, invisibility and othering. I also internalized that “othering” onto myself. With healing, practice and support from others who walked alongside me, I found the courage to choose wholeness.

Step Into Your Wholeness with Ser Entero

At Ser Entero, we believe in the power of choosing wholeness—welcoming every part of yourself with compassion and intention. Our whole-being coaching is designed to support women, women of color (BIWOC), and those who serve communities, organizations, and institutions—especially those in leadership or transition—who are ready to reclaim the parts of themselves that have been unseen, rejected, or lost.

This is for you if you're ready to step into your full power, deepen your sense of agency, and unlock the resources within you. Ser Entero is more than coaching; it's a movement toward radical love, deep connection, and transformational healing—for yourself and the spaces you impact.

Are you ready to embrace your whole being? Let's walk this journey together.

Education and Training

✓ PhD in Developmental Psychology

✓Group / Relational Facilitator

✓ Embodied Leadership Coach

✓ Meditation facilitator

✓ Licensed Mental Health Counselor

✓ FORMER Professor and Administrator in Higher Education

✓ Chaplain

✓ Zen practitioner and student

Philosophy / Framework

**Ser Entero: Embrace Your Wholeness**
Ser Entero, meaning **“to be whole” or “whole being”** in Spanish, is rooted in the belief that **you are already whole**—there is nothing to fix, nothing missing. While growth and transformation are part of life, you are not incomplete. Everything you need is already within you.
If you’re seeking **greater clarity, deeper self-trust, and a stronger connection to your power**, Ser Entero provides a space for you to **uncover, embrace, and fully step into your wholeness**. This isn’t about fixing—it’s about remembering who you are.
Are you ready to step into your full self with confidence and ease? Let’s begin.

The work is to sift through, uncover, reveal and reclaim more of what is already there. Part of our reclamation is also to accompany our grief ,anger and helplessness. To be whole is to befriend these strong emotions as well. We also reclaim wholeness by coming back into the body.

My role in this work is to accompany you on the journey, as a guide, facilitator, and doula on your path of emergence into more of who you want to be. This work is ultimately a lifelong journey for all of us; but I hope that with some support, you develop the capacity to continue forward with some practices that support your continued growth and development.

My work is also grounded in uplifting access and opportunity for those who live in the bodies and come from the communities that have experienced deep marginalization due to systems of power and oppression. I believe that a form of justice is also about resourcing those who have been/ and or continue to be at the margins, and build their capacity to be future leaders of change.

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My FAMILY

Jonathan and Nicolas are in high school. Jonathan has a boundless mind and free spirit, with vast interests including writing for his school paper. Nicolas has a heart of generosity, is a double athlete and honor student, and loves to annoy his younger brother. John, their dad and my husband, loves to cook, attend Nicolas’ sports games and laugh at Jonathan’s jokes. When he is not tending to us or his work, he coaches kids’ basketball.