Jeannie

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I  am deeply interested in sparking the hearts of every person to experience inner confidence - the wholeness, aliveness, and serenity that comes from deeply knowing yourself, fully accepting the lightness and darkness of being human, and feeling free to be your true self.

Born a girl in a family that was hoping for a boy was the start for me to be very sensitive about the value and worth of myself and the other females in my family. I noticed how people emotionally suffered when they didn't see, accept, and honor all of who they were and identified with their challenge to feel self-love and acceptance. Through my own experience, I realized that the consequence of feeling unworthy was losing a sense of myself.

A journey to develop my inner confidence and support others in developing theirs.

Showing appreciation and respect, accepting each person's humanness, being inclusive, and giving that 'extra' attention were all practices that were very important to me. I learned that when I followed these practices for myself, giving to others came from a natural, free-flowing place.

In my career, I went into teaching and found that my heart went out to those children who had the most difficulty. In the classroom, my greatest satisfaction came from nurturing them to feel good. I watched them blossom in all aspects of their lives when they developed the foundation of inner confidence.

As a teacher and later as a consultant, counselor, and university lecturer (I was working within the educational system and in private practice), I became an expert in working with children who had special behavioral needs. I supported parents, teachers and student teachers in bringing out their best. I counseled children one-on-one, as well as their parents. I also led parent-training seminars and conducted workshops with teaching staffs.

The central element of all of this work was self-esteem: I knew its power.

The passion for helping people create change in their lives.

I decided to return to school to pursue the field of counseling.  Everything fell into place for me to be accepted by the University of Toronto for a doctoral program in applied psychology. A natural focus was human development and change, because it had already become a passion. My work at the university gave me a broader view of my work, allowed me to meet interesting people, and face the challenges of a grueling program. These experiences continued to build my sense of value within myself and what I felt I could offer others.

Open to any technique that I felt would support my work.

Simultaneously, I attended many experiential workshops and training seminars. I was particularly interested in Transactional Analysis, Psychodrama, and Reiki. I read hundreds of books about self-development and took numerous courses on such topics as Psychosynthesis, Educational Kinesthology, and Focusing. During this time of personal growth, I met many like-minded friends along the way. They have supported me in supporting myself.

Marriage taught me more about my relationship with myself.

I also married and experienced the challenges of staying self-connected within an intimate relationship. I learned at a deeper level about self-betrayal, disenchantment, and a sense of losing myself. Even with all the awareness and skills that I had acquired from my personal growth work and educational background, I realized that there were greater depths for me in the path to claiming my life as my own.

My discovery of coaching in 2000 brought everything together for me in a structure that fit my values like a glove.

I loved the wholeness, aliveness, passion, and optimism of coaching. A health-based model, clients were the expert on their own lives, not the coach. Within this model, I saw how people stretched and expanded and set out to acquire this set of skills to integrate with the rest of what I knew both professionally and personally.

I became certified by the Coaches Training Institute, which teaches a co-active coaching model  that is very experiential and process-based. I started a private practice. Simultaneously, I became a participant in the Co-Active Space Leadership program, a year-long, intensive personal and professional growth program based in California.

Claiming my life as my own, I got a divorce.

During this time, I made a major life transition by leaving my marriage. On one of the experiential activities in the leadership program, I was requested to jump from a 25-foot redwood tree (harnessed :)) while declaring a goal for myself. I shouted, "It's MY life!" The commitment was made and another level of the journey to wholeness began.

I made a fresh start in all aspects of my life - financially, geographically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

My expanded practice includes International clientele, publishing and leading workshops and retreats.

Now I lead groups and work one-on-one with an international clientele. I created "The Inner Confidence Workbook: A Guide to Claiming Your Life as Your Own" and the e-book, "Loving Yourself First: Awakening Inner Confidence".  I have also been interviewed by national magazines like Homemaker's, have been published in Esteem Magazine, and am a contributing author of '101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life' along with such luminaries as Byron Katie, Mark Victor Hansen ("Chicken Soup of the Soul" series), and Ken Blanchard.

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What People Say

Here is what some people say about my coaching and the Claim Your Life Process:

Coaching really helps to provide balance and insight in my life. Your thoughts and encouragement really help to allow me to understand that my life is exactly what I make it. Through coaching, I have been enlightened and reassured that I can strive for excellence - and can reach it., because I am worthy of it. I love the empowering aspect of really owning who I am; it makes me feel like achievement is easily within my grasp.
Communications writer/small business owner (female)
Jeannie was strongly recommended to me when it became clear that a number of challenges from my early years were increasingly holding me back from accomplishing my life goals. Through her sound advice, excellent listening skills, and our work together on identifying and nuturing my core values, I have made enormous progress on all fronts. I am not only much happier in my personal life, but I am a much more effective leader in my management position at a financial institution.
Financial Executive (male)