Professional Background & Credentials

Antonio has spent nearly a decade working in coaching and mental health–adjacent roles, supporting individuals across diverse life circumstances and levels of need.

He received his Master Life Coach Certification from Transformation Academy, where he developed advanced training in life coaching methodologies, goal-setting frameworks, and client-centered change processes.

Antonio also received his Board Certified Master Mental Health Coaching certification from Light University and is credentialed by the International Board of Christian Care (IBCC). This training equips him to address emotional health concerns with a faith-informed, ethically grounded, and best-practice-oriented approach.

In addition to his coaching background, Antonio has professional experience as a Behavioral Therapist, working directly with individuals to improve emotional regulation, behavior patterns, communication, and daily functioning.

He is also a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP), giving him experience supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities while collaborating with families, care teams, and service providers.

Antonio is an ordained minister by the National Association of Christian Ministers, and his work reflects a deep respect for Scripture, discipleship, and the role of the local church. He integrates faith into coaching in a way that is practical, grounded, and emotionally healthy—without using spirituality to bypass real human struggles.

A Faith-Informed, Emotionally Healthy Approach

Antonio’s work is centered on a simple but powerful truth:

People don’t struggle because they are broken.
They struggle because they were never taught how to build emotional health from the inside out.

Many clients come to coaching loving God, valuing their relationships, and sincerely wanting to change—yet feeling stuck in patterns of anger, withdrawal, anxiety, people-pleasing, conflict, or emotional shutdown.

Antonio helps clients understand how:

• emotions influence behavior

• stress impacts communication

• past experiences shape present reactions

• beliefs and assumptions create patterns

• emotional regulation supports self-control

Rather than treating psychology and faith as opposing forces, Antonio views psychological insight as a tool for understanding, while Scripture remains the foundation for truth, meaning, and direction.

This integrated approach allows clients to grow without shame, without blame, and without spiritual pressure.

Areas of Focus

Antonio works primarily with:

• Individuals seeking emotional clarity and personal growth

• Couples and marriages desiring deeper connection, safety, and repair

• Men who want to lead, love, and live with integrity

• Christians who want faith-aligned emotional health support

Common areas of coaching include:

• Emotional awareness and regulation

• Identity and self-worth

• Boundaries and responsibility

• Relationship patterns and communication

• Anger and emotional shutdown

• Marriage and conflict resolution

• Purpose, values, and life direction

Antonio does not provide therapy or clinical diagnosis. His work is coaching-centered, growth-oriented, and focused on helping clients develop practical skills for everyday life.

Why Seven Rooted Exists

Antonio created Seven Rooted to offer a faith-informed emotional health pathway that complements discipleship, pastoral care, and spiritual formation.

Seven Rooted is built on seven foundational roots:

Identity, Emotional Awareness, Regulation, Beliefs & Meaning, Boundaries & Responsibility, Relationships, and Purpose & Integration.

These roots form the basis for helping people build stability from the inside out so they can live out their faith with consistency and integrity.

Antonio’s Heart for People

Antonio believes true growth happens in environments that are:

• honest

• respectful

• non-shaming

• responsibility-centered

• spiritually grounded

His desire is to walk alongside people as they develop the inner strength and emotional steadiness needed to live healthy, God-honoring lives.

In Short:
Antonio Taylor is a transformational life coach and board-certified mental health coach who helps individuals, couples, and men build emotionally healthy foundations through a faith-informed, psychologically grounded approach.