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Andrea gave me the practical support I
needed to make critical choices in my work that allowed me to move
forward. As a direct outgrowth of our
collaboration, I tackled and completed projects that had been
languishing. Additionally, through her fine-tuned
listening, she helped me unearth core areas in my personal life that had
been
gnawing away at me; she supported me to become more empowered and clear.
Andrea
embodies the playful feminine! She is
curious, insightful, and she knows how to question and nudge with
intuition and
intelligence. My feminine soul felt
deeply nourished being in her company and from her counsel.
Ann Greene, Yoga Teacher & Trainer
West Stockbridge, MA
Thank you, Andrea! You have helped me identify what I love and need in
my life to be happy. With your warm and personable style you have
gently yet powerfully invited me to listen to my heart and follow it.
Your supportive ideas and language that have helped me soooo much in
remaining true to my core. Your suggestions have ignited my desire to
move ahead with my home, my relationships and my life.
You are a gentle, talented soul. Thank you so much for your guidance and wisdom...YOU are great!!!
Peacefully, Chris
School teacher, New York
In a culture that values financial success and has little focus on happiness its no wonder we go through life feeling disconnected. As a forty-something veterinarian with a busy practice, I had begun to see some of the results of chronic stress on my body and on my relationships. I had joined the ranks of forty-somethings that tried to keep all the balls in the air without a lot of time to breathe.
I was referred to Andrea as a life coach and we started our work together eliminating things that were draining my energy, and focusing on goals that were important to me. I thought I would accomplish losing a few pounds and maybe a few other things as well.
My wife thought I was nuts at first, hiring someone to coach you at life, but as she watched the inner me return she wanted what I was having.
After a few months of working together, it was obvious to me that the goal was so much larger than what I’d originally thought. We start life with enthusiasm, creativity and magic. As life piles more responsibility and throws us a few curveballs its easy to lose touch with that. What attracted me to life coaching is that it is results oriented, but Andrea’s background and vast experience in therapy ended up being a welcome bonus.
Working with Andrea has been a turning point. Her approach is honest, insightful, keenly supportive, and results-oriented.
Today’s fast pace encourages us to burn the candle at both ends and what we give up sometimes is our health and wellbeing. My work with Andrea put my relationship with myself at center stage. I have been amazed at how different my life looks after a few months of work.
Mark J. Hanks DVM, Orrington, ME
www.kindredvet.com
I started working with Andrea at a difficult time in my life. I didn’t like my habits of thought and behavior, but didn’t know how to change them. I had vague goals of getting “unstuck” and “being happier.” I thought I’d give it a try, but I wasn’t certain much would change.
Boy, was I wrong. It’s been a revelation, as if Andrea opened a door to a whole language of thought and behavior that I didn’t know existed. In the past there were people and situations that were impossible for me to deal with. But now I see that I simply didn’t have the skills to handle them. Andrea is helping me develop those skills. In each session she asks questions (What’s one little thing you might do? How might you make this easier for yourself? What might you say? What can you do if you feel uncomfortable?); she suggests techniques and literature; and she helps me think of ways to move forward that work specifically for me. Andrea draws on a vast body of knowledge, both traditional and nontraditional, and years of experience working with all kinds of people to help me think of very practical ways to improve the quality of my life.
Like someone in the gym for the first time, I’m still learning how to use these new thought and behavior muscles. But I don’t feel helpless anymore. I am confident that with practice, I can master these skills to deal more successfully with difficult situations and people, enjoy my life more every day, and achieve whatever I want.
Elizabeth Friend, columnist & author, Moscow, Russia
After working with her for a year, the words that come to my mind when I think of Andrea are perceptive, experienced and visionary. Working with her as a coach has enabled me to come to know myself better in a profound way.
She is a skillful listener who has been able to help me to sift through the wheat and the chaff in my mind and thus to help me recognize what is and what is not important for me. Using her experience and insight, she guided me to and through professional resources, knowledge, books, movies, web sites, quotes - even jokes. She made it possible for me, a 44 year old mother of two, to clarify a new career path, as well as embark on deepening self-discovery, in a manner both careful and joyous. Of the many gifts that I received through her coaching, the one that I use daily, is my ability to find the visionary within myself. Thanks to Andrea, I've found a home within myself. I feel I've gained and can tap into a very grounded perspective, that is now continually evolving, when making life's many decisions.
Thank you, Andrea!
Mary Norton, New Jersey
I would like to share my deepest gratitude to you, Andrea. At the time I met you, I knew I wanted a change, but I wasn’t clear what kind of change I needed. You helped me on my path of discovery, in more ways than I expected.
You clearly have a gift of helping people. Your non-judgmental and caring attitude clears away the confusion and the clutter. The path is there, but if you can’t see it you are lost. You are like a beacon that moves ahead showing what you are going to step on if you keep going the way you are, and then gently guiding to a clearer route.
Thanks to you, I am on my way to making the life I want. I firmly believe we get what we ask for, and I am thankful I was asking for you, Andrea.
Georgiann Voissem,
Battle Creek, MI
www.rippleeffect-inc.com
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