As a certified personal and professional life coach, I have 25 years of experience in education and career consulting. Whether I was teaching students new concepts or helping adults recreate their career paths, my mission has always been to support people to stretch and grow so they can reach their potential and dreams. I feel it is a waste of human spirit when people hold back and live life small and contained. It's a lot like rowing a boat with one oar ... it's slow going, takes a lot of energy, the scenery gets a little boring .. and quite frankly, it doesn't get you that far.
I earned my master's degree in counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and am a certified Global Career Development Facilitator. I am qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator profile, and am a member of the Minnesota Coaches Association and International Coaching Federation (ICF).My training as a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach was completed at the Coaching Training Institute (CTI). I am also on the Adjunct Faculty of Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Through my coaching, I help clients gain personal growth with clarity and focus, redesign their lives, and create life purpose with intention, clarity and action.
After working in the career development area for several years (which I loved), I often felt like a piece was missing in our career exploration or redirection. I started becoming more and more curious about the missing piece, the "what else" is needed. It seemed there was more than just the assessment tools, the resume updates and the job search strategies.
Often the lyrics of that old Peggy Lee song would run through my head, "Is that all there is?" She goes on to sing, "... if that's all there is .. then let's keep dancing." I knew I did not want to keep dancing to the same tune, I wanted a change of music, a new rhythm .. in fact, I wanted to write the song. Something started to stir in me. I was searching, on a quest. Where else could I take my career? How could I take it to the next level?
My life mantra is, Make a Difference. If I don't feel I am fulfilling this mission, I start to live in the status quo and eventually feel stressed, underachieving and flat. It doesn't serve me to fake it because I know I lose in the end. I knew I had reached that plateau in my work and was ready to act on it.
That's when the universe delivered. As I completed a yearlong class to expand my career development savvy, I met a coach who was the guest presenter at our class. Not just a coach, a life coach, personal coach. That meeting has made all the difference! I talked with her to learn more about the process of coaching, did research, attended a sample weekend coaching training workshop, had some coaching sample sessions ... in other words, did my homework. I was hooked on pursuing coaching training and eventually hired a coach for myself!
Eventually, I decided to quit my job and launch my coaching practice with the name, . I believe we are called to certain types of work in life. We are attracted to certain people, places, clothes, sports and entertainment. Likewise, we are attracted to certain scents; find certain sounds appealing; aesthetically, we enjoy certain visuals, and embrace certain types of touch. All of these attractions start at the surface and move inward to awaken our senses. Something inside of us pulls us like a giant magnet, a calling ... then we know we are listening to not only our head, but more deeply, to our heart and soul.
What is waiting for you? What needs attending? Where is your life's work taking you? Are you in charge of your life, in the driver's seat of your life, or merely a passenger being driven around? Quietly access your senses. What is your body telling you? Have you been too busy to notice?
The process of coaching helps us to slow down and to be with ourselves. That's where truth is revealed. Clarity is found. Focus comes into sharper view. Start the journey to seek out your beckon call through life coaching.
If not now, when?
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