I wasn't sure what to expect before Lela and I started working together. My understanding of a…read morecoach came from my past experiences playing sports. I approached the experience of working with Lela without expectations and with an open mind. Wow, was I impressed. I never realized how genuinely impactful someone could be as a coach. Lela shifted my life path. I was 19 when I began working with her and would 100% recommend any other teen or young adult to work with her. Especially young people who are open to hearing new ideas, and accepting guidance. She can write like a magician. This fact was most helpful when I was in a situation in which I needed to write a professional biography. I had weekly sessions with her to collaborate, edit what I had to write, and understand where the most appropriate places might be to share my work. Together, we actually realized that I didn't just want to write a professional bio, I wanted to share a much bigger story about my past. Just two years ago, when I was 17, I was in a near fatal car accident. I broke multiple bones and I had a TBI (traumatic brain injury). I had to relearn how to walk, talk, read, and write. When I started working with Lela, I had healed and was in my first year of university in Madrid. I wanted to work on a professional bio to use for business venture ideas while I completed my studies. Then we dug deeper into my story. Lela helped me see that I wanted to share all that I had learned from this experience in a more impactful way. So, we took that bio and slowly transformed it into a Ted Talk. I'm now in conversation with a TEDx leader, with plans to share this talk on stage later this year. I cannot believe how synchronistic all of this is, going from a short bio to a profound Ted Talk. Working with Lela enabled me to write my story, and reflect on how my accident changed me. It helped me heal and grow. Then to be able to bring this story to a larger audience, it all feels like I'm building toward something powerful. I started working with her in October 2019 and I continue to work with her now, in May 2020, which reveals how highly I value her as a coach. She's been incredibly flexible, working with me digitally and internationally, while I study abroad. She's given me clarity I wasn't even aware I was in need of. I was able to focus on my path with her help, confidently seeing where my ideas could lead me if I committed to them. This was something I had not learned how to do before. There were opportunities in my life that I didn't even know were there until she made me realize they were actually present. I'm really thankful I became aware of these opportunities and got a more focused and concrete idea around my own life while still a teenager. If you need help telling your story, or you feel a little bit lost in life at the moment, she can help you clarify your goals, create the life path that feels most inspiring for you, and share your story with the world. Thank you, Lela!

Lela is amazing! I worked with her through some career and life challenges. She is incredibly…read moreintuitive and amazing at gracefully (no pun intended) delivering practical and feasible solutions to life's struggles. She is sincere, honest, funny as hell, and a great outside perspective to have in your life and on your side. I continue to take her advice and council with me as I move forward past our sessions, and have recommended her to others.

Working with Teresa was a real game-changer. I needed someone who could provide action-able…read moreresources and tools that could help me make a fairly major career pivot. I didn't know where to start, but I noticed that so many of Teresa's reviews had REAL results, like folks actually landing a new career after their time with her. Thankfully, I'm happy to report the same -- and wouldn't be able to say that without her. The Career Clarity Course is a great way to get your wheels turning on possible career changes, and it offers tons of great questions and quizzes to help open your mind to career paths you wouldn't have before. And when combined with in-person sessions with Teresa, it's an incredibly helpful set of tools, since she provides a ton of great, real-time feedback and support that's flexible to your situation. Basically, if you're on the fence like I was, just make the smart move and invest in Teresa's course. You definitely won't regret it!

Working with Teresa has brought me so much clarity about who I am and how I make decisions. I also…read morelearned a lot about what my values and passions are, and the ways I can use those things to guide my next career decision (and other life decisions too!) Teresa is such a fantastic listener and is super empathic. I very much value the sessions I had with her so far. And if ever in the future I would need to speak to a career coach again, I wouldn't hesitate to schedule another session with her. 10/10 I would highly recommend her to anyone seeking clarity or help around anything career related!

I learned and gained a great deal through Sara's Total Interview Program. From the valuable lessons…read moreabout the requirements to successfully interview for certain job levels, the valuable insights and feedback, access to a network of like-minded job seekers, and, perhaps most of all, to the confidence and understanding of my story, skills, and experience as they relate to the job I was searching for, I can easily recommend Sara and her offerings to anyone in need of assistance in their job search. Her knowledge, ability, and passion for delivering a high-value and results-driven service for her clients was exactly what I needed and yielded precisely what I was looking for.

Without doubt, Sara Camilo helped me land my latest position. She was thoughtful, caring, engaged…read moreand delivered on everything we talked about when I interviewed her as a career coach. By far, her resume rewrite and overhaul helped springboard my job search. To anyone who has not looked for work since before the pandemic, job hunting has changed! As a former recruiter, Sara is on top of all trends and provides sound advice and suggestions, backed by current metrics. She is an expert in personal branding and helping you stand out from the crowd. This is achieved through her LinkedIn optimization and Total Interview Program (TIP). Sara showed me how to customize each resume for job applications, quickly and efficiently. The group TIP coaching calls were also beneficial, to network with other job seekers and provide support for one another. Having an expert I could reach out to with questions (and there were many) was key -- this gave me confidence and focus with many of the action steps I did (or didn't) take. Sara makes herself very available, by phone, email and text! Most importantly, Sara helped me regain trust and confidence in myself after an abrupt layoff, the first of my career. I will not hesitate to recommend Sara Camilo to others!

Over the past decade, the coaches at Donna Schilder Coaching have worked with myself and several of…read moremy direct reports, and their coaching has been instrumental in the growth and development of the leadership team. My leadership coach helped me delegate more, hold my direct reports accountable, think more strategically, and step into a higher level position within our company. I still miss our talks and think of our conversations often! After so many years working together, I regularly get calls from the company owner/founder singing the praises of Donna Schilder Coaching and how much of an impact they continue to have on the leadership team.

As a small business owner, Donna's coaching has proven to be invaluable to me. She has supported me…read morein honing my vision for my business and helped me shift my vision as my business has evolved over the years. Donna has also helped me identify and leverage my strengths and has been a sounding board for me in making business decisions. I highly recommend Donna Schilder Coaching to any business owner who is looking for a coach

I met Elaine at a conference I was recently invited to speak at. She was the most fabulous MC and…read morepulled the whole event together. It was so nice to have her commentary and funny quips to help connect the moments of transition and silence. She reached out to me and all of the speakers before the conference to ask us a fun fact then shared these facts about us as we were walking out in stage. Not only was it an incredibly kind gesture that she went above and beyond to do. But it also allowed us to shine in that moment for something very different than what we were likely on stage to speak about. It was great for nerves and provided a great fun lead into my talk. Elaine Lou is an incredible value add to any event and couldn't recommend her more highly!

Mixed experience. Pros: coaching provides an opportunity to talk through things. Cons: Elaine's…read moreprocess lacks strategy and she was sometimes irritated during communications.

Joanne is the most amazing Career Counselor ever. She really helped me develop my skills and my…read moreresume to allow me to obtain my dream career. I researched so many other career counselors and I found her on Yelp. I even referred her to many different family and friends and she went above and beyond to help them as well. She was such a pleasure to work with. Her customer service, attention to detail, and professionalism were outstanding. 10/10 stars would recommend!!

When I found Julia, I was in complete despair. College application deadlines were around the…read morecorner, and my daughter hadn't even started the process. All of her UC prompts were just ideas at that point. Our first meeting with Julia was a long conversation, during which she helped extract a full list of extracurricular activities and developed ideas for the essays, personal statement, and Common App essay. Over the following weeks, I watched each essay come together and be finalized one by one. She created a list of schools and a structured calendar that kept my daughter on track. I'm happy to say this was the best investment we could have made. My daughter was accepted to UC Berkeley and several other colleges. The peace of mind I had knowing Julia was managing the college application process was priceless. She is knowledgeable and competent, and she brings so much compassion to her work. There were many times when I felt overwhelmed, and she was always able to calm me down. I only have one regret--not using her services for my oldest son during his college application journey. I am confident that Julia will continue to be a valuable part of my children's educational journeys, whether it's navigating college course enrollment, updating resumes and LinkedIn profiles, or applying to graduate school.

Ashley is fantastic! She was referred to me initially by a trusted advisor when I mentioned that I…read morewanted to remember more from my childhood as I had suppressed most memories from when I was young. During our sessions, Ashley took the time to get to know me and asked probing questions to help me unearth experiences and get to the root of what I was hoping to achieve. My wife commented that I was always on such a high after my sessions with Ashley and seemed calmer. I would highly recommend Ashley to tackle specific goals or even for general support, especially in these hectic COVID times. I think everyone can use a life coach and Ashley us such a caring and sincere person!

My sessions with Ashley have been very helpful! This was the first time I tried hypnotherapy and I…read moredidn't know what to expect, but Ashley was an expert guide. She helped me to sharpen my focus on positive improvements for my life. I walked away with tools I can use every day to keep myself relaxed, focused, and ready to maximize each day!

I was looking for the most efficient way to present myself and my career change, so I took to…read moreYelp(! like I do for everything lately it seems... now that I think about it). Which is how I found Alyson and thank goodness I did! She not only listened, but she heard me!! With her insight and guidance, I was able to manifest my career change in a way that reads succinctly, and with a rhythm that makes sense! She helped me hash out my career highlights, skill-sets and abilities that now has me in a position to market myself much more efficiently! The ONLY "thing" is it would have been nice to have a Cover Letter included , as a part of the service fee.

Alyson was extremely helpful in guiding me to my next professional step. She played such an…read moreimportant part in supporting and coaching me over the past couple of months. Providing referrals, coaching sessions, and amazing email communication always made it feel my time with her was so precious. Even though I'm done with her services, she has made it clear that she will be checking in with me and seeing how my progress goes. Thanks so much for your help Alyson!