I've worked with Sam for over 6 months and would recommend her to anyone looking for communication…read moreand/or executive coaching. Originally I reached out to her to help with vocal presence at work. Her exceptional technical ability helped me be more comfortable with my voice. She also quickly determined why I was having a hard time and we shifted to the source of the issue instead. Her focused executive coaching resulted in much broader progress than just better presentations. I've improved in multiple areas at work. Sam is responsive, helpful, intuitive, authentic and bright. Go for it.

I reached out to Sam with the goal of improving my communication skills and to develop a stronger…read moreexecutive presence for some challenging scenarios. Over the course of a few months, we worked through various exercises and shifted focus as my work took a few twists and turns. Sam was always amazingly supportive and encouraging while offering spot-on advice and guidance. She helped me to break down challenges into specific takeaways to focus on each week, and was consistently supportive in following up. Sam is an excellent coach, and wonderful to work with.

my daughter has been attending ACW since she was 9 months old, she is now 4. ACW has become part of…read moreour extended family and my daughter has blossomed, flourished and is very happy. highly recommend.

The bad review from several years ago really hurts my heart as a teacher. When a parent enrolls…read moretheir child and tells us that the other parent doesn't want them in the center because it isn't the center the other parent wanted, we do our best to be understanding and make the child and both parents feel welcome. Then to have the disgruntled parent lash out every day at pickup over one thing or another is hard and it's unfair to the child who loves their new school and is adjusting wonderfully. Although this child wasn't in my class I do remember the situation well and wish we all could have worked together for the benefit and growth of the child.

love this team - so far taught 3 of my kids how to drive and they are great drivers! boys and…read moregirls will benefit from their expertise! we will be back for last kiddo!

Friendly and willing to answer any questions our daughter had. A great confidence builder for teen…read moredrivers. Taught a different way to approach parallel parking, which helped tremendously. Would highly recommend A Women's Way to anyone wishing to learn how to drive or simply to boost confidence before taking a driver's test.

I still remember what it was like to sit in this class a handful of years ago, and from the looks…read moreof the other meager reviews on this site, the experience has not changed. in fact, the single reason I am writing this review so long after the fact is because john rinko's name is the only one i consistently google every few years to check if the racist old loser has finally died yet. No luck so far. like, i said, i vividly remember so many horrible things this man said and did under the guise of "driving instruction." i was 18 years old and didnt say a word the whole class because i was so enraged. heres a small list, in no particular order: - a japanese woman walks in before the class officially starts. he stops what he's doing, points at her, and says, "let me guess! chinese?" when she, obviously stunned, politely corrects him (with a level of patience currently unparalleled in human history), he immediately starts going off on a rant about PEARL HARBOR. - there was also a pretty large woman in attendance that night. rinko loudly asked her if she wanted TWO CHAIRS. when she said no, he asked AGAIN and went off about how much of a "nice guy" he is, and how any woman is desperate for a guy like him. -this was in like january 2017 so he also went on an impromptu rant about how "the People voted trump" (the people did not vote trump. trump lost the popular vote.) the class has not even started yet, by the way. here's what he had to say about women: -he points to every man in the room (including me) (i am not a man) (well, i wasnt at the time) (anyway) he points to every man in the room, including me, and then he says "you all have one weakness when it comes to driving." and then he puts to every woman in the room (except the fat one. i was paying attention). he proceeds to spend a solid thirty-seconds mimicking an awestruck man staring out the window at, presumably, all the hotshot babes you find wandering the streets of rural upstate new york before getting into a violent crash, and then acts like this is the height of wisdom when it comes to teaching students how not to be distracted while driving -he said women had better not get into car crashes, because then they'll "never get a date again" -followed by him showing the infamous "women drivers" youtube clip -he described in graphic detail how facial injuries from windshield glass make women unattractive thirty years later, when those five hours finally came to an end, John Rinko proudly spent a good few minutes demonstrating his use of legible cursive writing when telling us how to do our signatures. He became vastly offended if anyone insinuated that he was maybe Polish instead of Russian. (I'm a quarter Polish and have to wonder just what's so wrong about that.) He took great pride in making sure that we all knew his name. So I will make sure to use it when I call John Rinko an extremely horrible man, and an even worse driving instructor. Also he sounded like patchy the pirate when he got worked up and i will keep googling his name every few years until i get to see the news article i long for

Mr Rinko bravely copiloted for my son, he stayed completely calm while I white knuckled an hour…read morelong tour of Saratoga Springs from the back seat. The man is a saint with nerves of steel.

5-1-8 breathing…read more 5-1-8 breathing is a method of relaxation to destress. The method is breathing in for 5 seconds, hold for 1 second, and breath out for 8 seconds, and repeat until calm. The method puts you in a calm mindset, pushing other problems out of your mind. I do this method on a daily basis, allowing me to take a timeout throughout my day and recharge. Yesterday I had back to back double period chemistry and trig. In between periods I went into the bathroom, and did 3 sets of 5-1-8 breathing before going to class. After the exercise, I was able to refocus and or productive. Love this method, 4/5