I’ll teach you how to release fearful and negative thinking and make decisions from a place of clarity and confidence.
You want to succeed in your career, be fully present to your family, and stay aware and engaged with your community and the larger world. You’re running as fast as you can and yet there’s a voice in your head telling you it’s not enough, you must do better. Despite it’s relentless negativity you might actually believe that without that nagging, doubting, judging voice you’d be a failure.
You’re wrong about that. The truth is your spirit will eventually be crushed by that voice. Criticizing you is its sole purpose and no amount of success will ever satisfy it.
Using an inquiry process, I ask questions that help you identify the beliefs that create barriers, I challenge you to let go of those beliefs, and support you through that process. I provide one-on-one coaching where I listen deeply, offer clear feedback, and provide new perspectives.
Working with me you will
1. Identify the key beliefs that block your progress to a rewarding life.
2. Develop practices that increase calmness, clarity, and self-acceptance.
3. Maintain a level of self-awareness that allows you to accept change and make decisions, from a place of confidence and not fear.
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I truly believe you can alter the way you see your life and the way you live your everyday life. By examining and changing the way you talk to yourself about yourself and about others you can transform your life. I believe this in my bones and I’ve seen countless people succeed.
I earned a Ph.D. in communication studies and I taught courses in interpersonal communication for over 20 years. I was 18 when I found a home in communication studies. The courses I took gave me a vocabulary for making sense of my feelings and experiences. With words and concepts to help me understand the world around me, I felt less alone. Studying communication changed how I saw my life and gave me tools to help others. Recently, I became a Martha Beck certified life coach in order to more fully meet my clients’ needs.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Communication Coach, Teacher, & Facilitator 1994-present
Martha Beck Certified Life Coach 2017-present
Director, Gerald & Carol Vovis Center for Research & Advanced Study, Knox College 2013-2017
Associate Director, Center for High Achievement & Scholarly Engagement, Butler University 2009-2013
Academic Dean, Gustavus Adolphus College 2005-2009
Faculty member in Communication Studies, Gustavus Adolphus College 1994-2009
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Philosophy of Communication, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
M.A. in Communication Theory, California State University, Chico
B.A. in Speech Communication, San Francisco State University
General Education, Santa Rosa Junior College

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