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I AM. Daughter, sister, mother,
friend … woman. Loving life and living out loud!
Living from my heart and leading from my intuition.
An
ICF
certified leadership and retreat coach, author, radio
show host and community volunteer who is passionate
about blending ancient wisdom with modern practice to
create exceptional leaders.
Moving into right-brain and playing with light and
shadow (this may be the photographer in me).
My work and passion are about conscious living, i.e., the power of
intention, the law of attraction, and knowing that staying the path
of success is as much about being as doing. Groups and individuals
have expressed appreciation of my intuition, enthusiasm, and
practical strategy to illuminate their strengths, maximize their
human potential, and co-create their life of success and balance.
After obtaining my degree in psychology from
Vassar College, I spent two years in
commercial banking on Wall Street
then eight years successfully managing new product development and
merchandising for Avon International before I realized I wanted to
be independent.
(Several of the products I created more than twenty years ago are
still successful brands.)
Two years
as director of Public Relations and New Business for a large New
York real estate
marketing firm prepared me to run my own business. I did
just that as a Broker in NJ, until relocation to Chicago and the
birth of my daughter transformed my life.
The desire to start my daughter's philosophical
and spiritual education early on lead to the creation of LightYears
Children, Inc.- which successfully served parents, schools and
librarians with multicultural books and activities for young
children in Chicago and then North Carolina. I translated this desire for literacy and children into the position
as Director of the non-profit,
Reach Out and Read (ROR)
- fully funding and overseeing nineteen branches and countless
volunteers for this successful national non-profit organization.
My desire to serve was
strong, so I entered one of the oldest and largest ICF
accredited coach training programs,
Coach University (CoachU)
and begin to build my practice as
a professional coach and consultant.
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retreat coach. My desire to learn, grow and enhance my ability
to serve my clients has me back at CoachU in the advanced coaching
program pursuing higher ICF credentials, and, attaining my
retreat coach certification with the
Retreat Coach Network.
I am a
life-long-learner and learned to appreciate my struggles as
life-lessons and, with help, transformed them into personal
successes. For example: I grew through the anger and pain of my
parents' divorce; overcame discrimination and created a valuable
real estate investment; transformed my own divorce into positive
parenting with my ex, and continue to enjoy the joys and lessons of
an open adoption.
In addition to my
professional studies, for my thirty-fifth birthday I created a
vision to learn a new skill at each significant life
milestone.
Since then I have: progressed to level II Kripalu yoga, taught
myself FrontPage, earned membership in the A.C.C.S. Tai Chi lineage,
received American Red Cross First Aid Instructor certification, and
earned the SSI Master Scuba Diver certification.
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a Master Scuba Diver, I know that it is important to breathe, and
I do so by sharing gratitude for my personal success and
love for the environment with my community.
To maintain
my life balance
I enjoy reading, biking, hiking, yoga, scuba diving, photography and
creating success and balance for my daughter and myself.
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To support the
community in which I live and our world community I do
my best to give back and live a sustainable life.
Toward this end I, use green and recycled products
whenever available
(e.g., paper, ink,
packaging, compact bulbs, rechargeable batteries,
furnishings),
conduct mostly virtual meetings to
avoid driving, participate in our local CSA, hire
like-minded socially responsible vendors and give a
portion of our sales to non-profits supporting children
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