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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." -- Colin Powell

Karen's coaching process has helped me identify the roots of many mental challenges hindering me in my life. It has given me the ability to take charge of aspects of my current career. Taking control and becoming a leader of change has helped me become re-focused and strengthen my career goals. She has helped me gather the right information to make informed decisions regarding my career. Before, we starting the coaching sessions, I was angry, withdrawn and just on an emotional roller coaster from one day to the next. Today, I have a new focus and I am NOT going to live my life negative and defeated. Karen's step by step process has sent me on a path to restore my joy, restore my peace, restore my health, and restore my finances. Everyday I wake up hoping, expecting and believing that anything I set my mind too is achievable.

Thank you for guiding me back to the road of success.

Purchasing Program Manager - Medium Duty
International Truck & Engine Corporation

Having Karen as my professional coach has been a life-saving experience. Karen's style of coaching is most effective because she forces me to take charge of my development. Women are often conditioned by society from birth to put everyone else's needs and opinions ahead of who and what we want to be; to do otherwise is deemed "rocking the boat" and portrayed as selfish and destructive. So it's no surprise that despite my strong, unconditional upbringing, I easily retreat back into the old habits of allowing society and my environment to define what my ideal job or ideal life direction should be. Karen allows none of that! She guides the discussion, but never directs - I determine what needs to be discussed each session. This way I have full ownership of the conclusions reached. I enthusiastically recommend Karen as a professional-coach!

Project Management Engineer
Fortune 500 Company

Karen’s guidance and insight has a magical touch that has helped me transform my aspirations into actual proof. Her commitment to my success has sparked the drive inside of me that has revitalized my passion for both my Corporate role and my creative ambitions. The results have been more than I expected with increased productivity, clarity in vision for customer channel, and relationship development as well as becoming an agent for change in a stagnant environment. Karen’s open candor and thoughtful determination towards success has sculpted her a gem among stones and I would recommend her to anyone looking to uncover the infinite possibilities within themselves.

Fine Artist and Financial Compliance Manager
Navistar

Karen's coaching has made me look at myself like never before. She has a strong sense of self and a genuine kindness that you can not help but to open up too. It is amazing the progress I’ve made in 3 short months, my confidence is on a high level, I’m getting job interviews face to face out of the state which is BIG deal since I’ve NEVER lived out of the state of Indiana. Karen style is real, honest, and direct.
In my search for employment opportunities, Karen’s coaching has taught me that your current situation does not define who you are on the inside. Things happen for a reason learn from it, and MOVE ON. I am learning more to trust my instinct and my abilities.
Together, Karen and I have identified my gremlins and a plan of attack to fight back those negative strongholds that in the past would take my joy, but now I recognize them and can FIGHT. With Karen’s help I am learning to like my inner self and know now that it is the spirit within that makes the person and not the outside person.

Early Warning Coordinator
International Truck and Engine Corporation

Karen's coaching and insight created immediate benefits for me. When I first met with Karen, I was struggling with what to do next in my career. She helped me assess my career goals, take charge and develop a specific plan to reach these goals. This increased focus made me more effective at work and led directly to a promotional opportunity. Karen is an excellent coach and I would highly recommend her to anyone in need of work/life coaching!

HR Director
Exelon

Since working with Karen, I am beginning to consciously recognize what really makes me happy in life and I am beginning to work on how to translate that into a different career path. Previously, I did not understand why I would get bored with assignments quickly, I would only be interested in them for a few months, and then grow anxious for the next adventure to begin. This was not due to the amount of work I had my shoulders, but it was due to the fact that I was not paying attention to where and when I was happy, and (surprisingly over the last few years) it was rarely at work. After discussing these issues with Karen, I realized that I was compromising my life away by jumping at opportunities, and not sitting still long enough to plot the path to a joyful and more rewarding career. But, I would have to do things differently, to receive different results. Although I am still on my path for transitioning, I feel more confident that I will get there, quicker and more efficiently, than if I had no one urging me along to expect better things out of life than just to compromise it (my life) away. Thank you, Karen.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Ford Motor Company