live life on
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| " Working with Lynn has been a FANTASTIC experience. She’s warm, funny and intuitive. She gets right to the 'core' of your issues and comes up with wonderful, concrete, creative ideas to get you going in the direction of your passion. I literally would have spent years trying to discover these ideas on my own." ~ Stevie Grayson, Calgary, Alberta |
Kate Fessler is a recent corporate escapee who knows how hard it can be to leave behind a “velvet rut” and take the leap from employee to entrepreneur. Following years of feeling that there had to be more to life and exploring different alternatives to her “job-job,” Kate finally found her calling as an Outside the Job Box Career Consultant and Coach. She specializes in helping people who are inspired to define their own success and who are seeking more meaningful and rewarding work. Kate will be your guide on all or part of this exciting journey, brainstorming ideas and recommending next steps, providing resources, and keeping you on track through your transition. Kate is now living the life of her dreams, and through her consulting and coaching practice is thrilled to be able to help others Awaken to the possibilities, Aspire to create work they love, and Achieve the life of their dreams! To find out more about Kate and her philosophy, see her website at www.Inspiration4Success.com or blog at www.AwakenAspireAchieve.com, email her at kate@inspiration4success.com, or give her a call at 206-579-4562. She’s waiting to help you make your dreams a reality!
| " Kate gave me some really good ideas and different ways to look at possible income from my new business venture. She had obviously really taken the time to read through my homework assignments (including my very lengthy text about my situation and dreams) and also put a lot of thought into what might work for me. I got the feeling she really cares about whether I succeed or not." ~ Cattie Coyle, Boston, MA |
Eileen Hebert believes that you are most successful when you follow your heart, discover your true calling and work at what you love. Eileen specialized in inspiring and empowering her clients through the discovery, launch and marketing of their new business venture. Eileen provides you with step by step resources and personal support because your success is her business! Visit www.TrueCallingCareers.com for a Free report today or call Eileen at (360) 299-9800.
| " Eileen was pleasant, professional and thorough andshe listened to where I was coming from and what I want in life. ” ~ Kate, Boise, ID |
Karen Heck is retired from the United States Air Force (USAF) and working on other's jobs and is happily working for herself doing what she loves. Karen is a graduate of Valerie Young's Outside-The-Job-Box Career Certification Course and she's here to be of service to you! Her goal is to help you start the path of finding what you truly love, encouraging you to take the necessary steps, and giving you the right information, direction, guidance, and support to work at what you love and are gifted at and make money through various income streams.
So what's holding you back from having the life you long for? Maybe the idea of stepping out on your own is scary. Maybe you just don't know where to start. Or maybe you really don't know what would make your heart sing. If this is you then you can go to her website at www.GiveYourselfPower.com to read more about her, her services, and find out how to schedule a free 15 minute intake to see if she is the right creative career consultant for you.
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Jane Kirsch, M.Ed and certified creative career consultant, can help you discover your passions, and design goals that will create a meaningful, rewarding life and career. Her clients share a desire to design a life around their passions and values. As an active, single, Baby Boomer, she has special interest in helping other older adults re-invent themselves with an encore career. Thirty years of small business and self-employment experience make her advice practical and realistic. Her philosophy is positive and her enthusiasm for clients to have the life of their dreams is contagious.
If you’ve ever said,” I wish I could ... contact Jane for a free 30 minute consultation at Jane@LifeAndWorkByDesign.com or call (610) 695-0738. You can also find out more at www.LifeAndWorkByDesign.com
| "Jane has re-framed the interests and passions in my life into realistic avenues of potential revenue - generating activities. I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I have a new found confidence that I am totally capable of finally making positive changes in my life!" ~ Tom Boshell, Perkasie, PA |
Rosalyn Lang is a mother, Idea Transformer and a Outside the Job Box Career Consultant that enjoys hearing her clients answer the question “What do you want your life to look like”?. This question along with the Changing Course Formula helps clients first to envision their ideal life, identify their skills and interests, and then to analyze the feasibility of various business opportunities.This process has proven to be highly effective (and even inspiring) for individuals who want their own business but are unsure of the type of business to start. When her clients clarify their ideal life first, they automatically eliminate many potential business missteps and ensure that the business they do choose not only meets the needs of the marketplace but is also a good fit for their temperament, working style, skills and interests.
You can learn more about Rosalyn's consulting services at www.CreativeCareerLab.com or give her a call at (919) 286-4347.
| " The suggestions and references (online resources) that Rosalyn provided were fabulous! As the call progressed, ideas took shape in my own mind for how some of the interests could be tied together into a specific niche that would work for me." ~ Shannon, Alberta, Canada |
Debbi Macfarlane-Clayton unlocks your passion for life again. Understanding the source to finding zeal in every day Debbi shares with you the difference between just surviving and living a life filled with joy, peace and purpose. Since escaping her cradle, Debbi has been an avid student of potentiality. She continual looks for, listens to and studies some of the greatest mentors in leadership, sales, customer service and personal growth. While trapped in a Dilbert world for a worldwide training organization, Debbi completed Valerie Young’s Out Of The Box Career Consultant program, which inspired Debbi to ignite reKindle U.
Debbi has an authentic passion to inspire audiences to take charge of their lives, provide them with transformational ideas and design for their success, and motivate them to create the life of their dreams. From planning a dream vacation to helping people live every day with purpose and passion, Debbi is dedicated to reminding people what it feels like to make the best mud pies at any age. Learn more about Debbi at www.reKindleU.com or contact her directly via phone at 801/647-3527.
| " Having someone else believe that you can do something - whether or not you've considered it before - really helps. Support is very hard to come by and I really appreciated the feeling that Debbi believed I could actually do something and be good at it." ~ Donna, Shreveport, LA |
As a graduate of Valerie Young's Out of the Job Box training, Michèle M. Meagher is an idea sparker who works with “now it's my time women” - women in their 40s-60s - who wish to explore how they can live lives they love. Michèle starts them on their next quest, the journey to where they want to be. Her clients may have fledged children and now want to fledge themselves. They may be contemplating leaving a “job job” to engage with the world in a different, more meaningful way. Or, they may be eager to draw on their passions to financially fuel their dreams. It's all possible! Together she and her clients delve into the possibilities and figure out what next steps to take to make that happen. Learn more at www.YourNextQuest.com. You can reach her at (781) 718-5703 or at mmm@YourNextQuest.com
Michele is professional in her approach, communicates clearly, writes well, is organized and is an an excellent listener. She is able to: connect in a personal way with her client, accommodate emotional content that may arise during a consult, be flexible and yet stay focused.
| " Michele tuned deeply into the things I love to do, and got a really accurate sense of some of the things that are most intrinsic about me and important to me - things that are so much a part of me, I don't necessarily even perceive them." ~ L Edwards, Michigan |
Sue Newell has been a problem solver for her entire career. After 20 years solving problems in the software development world, she was delighted to make the change to helping people discover ways to make money doing what they love as an Outside the Job Box Consultant. Sue primarily works with people wanting to escape from the corporate world, but she has recently begun to meet with people coming up on retirement who know they are way too young to retire and are looking for options.
In addition to one or two session telephone sessions, Sue also offers a 4-week seminar series for people who want work through the process at a slightly slower pace. For more details, visit www.LifeFirstWork.com or call (866) 281-2368.
| "Sue invited me to think differently about career planning. I was encouraged to envision the life I want, and what kind or kinds of work would support that. She offered realistic ways to move forward, and offered websites, books and other sources of information to give me the background knowledge I might need to pursue various paths."~ Marg, Ontario, Canada |
Sherrie has a passion for sharing with others how they can take steps toward realizing their dreams, and escape the traditional cubicle world of work. She loves helping people find freedom and flexibility to be able to do the things they love. She particularly enjoys helping women who are in mid-life who are looking for creative ways to make a difference in their world. She also has a passion for helping young moms find creative career paths to supplement the family income so they can stay at home with their children.
You can contact Sherrie at Sherrie@CreativeCareerPaths.com or visit her website at
www.CreativeCareerPaths.com| "Sherrie is positive, focused, and has excellent listening skills. She came prepared to talk about options for my generating income as opposed to working. I plan to pursue all of her leads. I feel like I just got permission to go ahead and explore options in my life and to take more chances. I'd highly recommend this approach and Sherrie. "~ Toni Sims, Evanston, IL |
Passionate about life and its possibilities, Gail Reed enjoys working with people who want to earn fantastic money doing work they love. She loves showing people how to create new realities, visualize their optimal path, and unlock their creative potential to bring their vision to life – sliding past obstacles that seem to be blocking the way.
Visit Gail online at www.PutYourTalentsToWork.com or contact her at Gail@GailReed.com or at (916) 222-0638
| " Gail’s ideas and suggestions are life changing. It seems like every other book out there talks about doing what you love and the money will follow, but getting to 'the what to do' was never made clearer to me." ~ Suzanne Shaw, Toluca Lake, CA |
Patricia is the Dream Detective at TheVirtualCareerDetective.com, where she is constantly thinking of ingenious ways for clients to turn what they love into a livelihood. While she has worked extensively as a conventional career coach, her real joy is helping people find “perfect fit” businesses that allow them to creatively express all that they are. Patricia loves working with clients who have multiple interests, those who have been recently “downsized” and those who simply don’t thrive in the traditional 9-to-5.
If you’re ready to follow the clues to your own dream business, contact Patricia@TheVirtualCareerDetective.com.
| "Patricia quickly identified patterns and pulled like-things together. She prioritized and clarified what was relevant. She described how I could put the pieces together in several novel and very appealing ways." ~ Susan Fraser, Abilene, Texas |
If you’re a woman over forty asking yourself “what’s next? and having a hard time coming up with the answer, then you’ll want to work with Kim Soskin. Kim offers a unique discovery process that works from the inside out, using simple artmaking techniques that tap your intuition and imagination to explore what’s next in your life – giving you answers you just can’t find any other way. Once you have more clarity about the direction you’re going, Kim will help you look Outside The Job Box to the world of possibilities the exist for creating the life that fits you best.
Kim has been coaching women in business for over twenty years, and loves helping people bring their dreams into focus so that they can make them real. You can contact Kim at Kim@HeartwayCareers.com or by phone at 510-521-6523, and visit her website at www.HeartwayCareers.com.
| “I'm a typical, female baby boomer in that I've had a lot of personal changes, and a long successful career which is now over. Kim encouraged me to do some artwork...4 different pieces!...which really helped me see where I had come from, and what types of things I was moving towards. Kim is a wonderful, supportive consultant with a solid approach that definitely helped me.” ~ Nancy Julibar, San Francisco, California |
Lisa Tarrant thrives by helping others. She first started Help Me Lisa! in 2003 with a focus on the small business owner or entrepreneur who simply didn’t have the time, resources, knowledge or energy to get everything done.
Now, she has taken her business to the next level in wanting to help others learn how they, too, can quit their job and live a life they love. You can learn more about Lisa and her services by visiting her website at www.HelpMeLisa.com or contact her directly by calling (413) 219-5088 or emailing her at Lisa@HelpMeLisa.com
| " Lisa was able to give not only advice on exploring different alternatives, but some specific ideas. I found this more helpful than the wishy-washy 'how does this make you feel' I expected and that Lisa avoided.” ~ Greg L, Florida |
Barb van Wickland
Barbara van Wickland is a creative career consultant, certified personal trainer, communicator and entrepreneur. She has learned that personal fulfillment comes from a balance of doing work you love and living a healthy and fit lifestyle. Her holistic approach helped her arrive at a balanced life after years of trying numerous career paths.
What life are YOU meant to live? Barb helps her clients to imagine it, to dream big, to explore new ways to go and to define actions you need to get you there. Anyone ready to live life to the fullest should call (860) 434-1659.
| " Barbara is a smooth voice that was full of advice, questions, interest and curiosity. She charted our discussion and she was very helpful. She made me excited to get started when I hung up the phone." ~ Freida Battise, Avondale, AZ |
Suzie’s 26 years as a Coast Guard spouse gives her a unique perspective on the military family life. She is fully aware that dragging kids, pets, tons of household good, and a job around the country is tough work.
Graduating from Valerie Young’s Outside the Job Creative Career Consulting course as a certified expert in 2007, Suzie now works with those military spouses to teach them how to make money without a job. She knows that a portable career is key to not having to go back to square one when job hunting with each PCS (permanent change of station) move. Suzie finds working with young adults as they try to find out, “what do I want to be when I grow up?” appealing. Her easy-going personality sets her clients at ease and this allows for a fun, creative, and productive session. You can find her at (775) 722-2688 or online at www.NewIdeasCareerConsulting.com.
| "Suzie was friendly, nice, laid back, helpful, and knowledgeable on all the different income streams. She had an idea or resource to refer to for each of them. It was like she was magic or a never ending fountain of knowledge.”~ Tina, St. Paul, MN |
Karen Winkelman is The Life Crafting Coach. She specializes in helping people discover or rediscover their path and reawaken their dreams. Karen encourages you to live your life with purpose and passion. With her background in corporate marketing and life long experience mentoring and coaching people – both inside and outside traditional career roles – Karen not only presents realistic ideas, identifies resources, and explores possibilities, she can also help you create an action plan to move you forward, or a transition plan from your current job to your new life.
Do you want to jump off the corporate hamster wheel and escape the “8-whenever” job world? Do you want to pursue a more rewarding and fulfilling career? Or are you finally ready to dust off the dream you put on a shelf years ago (you know the one; it keeps nagging at the back of your mind)? If so, then Karen can help you to begin crafting the life of your dreams so that you can be working at what you love and enjoying your life more fully… Karen@LifeCraftingCoach.com
| " Karen did an outstanding job providing clear direction and offering new ideas. She provided validation and encouragement and offered realistic, reasonable suggestions as well as numerous resources to check out. I appreciate the guidance and support she provided. I really believe I have a plan I can succeed with and I am already engaged in pursuing my plan.” ~ Bonnie, Texas |
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Inspiring Quotes on Changing Your Career and Finding Work You Love
"To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could
anything else be more fun?"
"Whenever we
dream out loud, we’re criticized for being foolish by people who
really have no idea how special we are.”
"The big break for
me was deciding that this is my life."
"Your entire life has been getting you ready for this moment. Use everything you’ve got to create a future that is your dream.” ~ Barbara Winter Author of Making a Living Without a Job "Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes "When you love what you do you’ll never have to work a day in your life." ~ Harvey McKay
"If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it." ~ Jonathan Winter
"Indecision is the thief of opportunity. You cannot change your
destination overnight but you can change your direction overnight."
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Susan
M. Baker is the Escape Hatcher who helps her clients figure out what they
really want to be doing and then how to do it by hatching their Escape Plans
one dream at a time! She is a 2006 graduate of Valerie Young’s Creative
Career Consultant program and believes that the third of your life you
dedicate to supporting yourself should energize, not drain you and never
feel like work. 
Lynn Burkholder is The Corporate Escape Coach. Her specialty is helping women free themselves from corporate mediocrity and become fully expressed in their career and their life. She is a 2006 graduate of Valerie Young's Creative Career Consultant program and she is also a Coach and a Certified Yoga Instructor.