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 "I absolutely love to help people create a life they love and step into their brilliance!" (Photo by Nathan DeHart)
JoAnn is available for private compassion-based mindfulness instruction, inspirational mindfulness-based coaching, Reiki sessions and courses, and organizational training in mindfulness, stress reduction, resiliency and disaster recovery. With over 20 years of mindfulness practice and 15 years as a Reiki Master/Teacher, JoAnn incorporates spiritual, energetic, recovery and psychological values and principles into a graciously integrated practice. Whether in person, via online conferencing or over the phone, heart-centered mindfulness-based coaching packages are designed to meet you where you are and help you bridge the gap to where you want to be. |
"My future became a possibility..." "Just hearing your voice I know everything is okay..." |
What is coaching?
Coaching is an investment in you, your purpose, your vision, values and way of life. A coach is a collaborator in the embodiment of your life’s vision.
Coaching is an empowerment process where the coach uses inquiry and other tools to help you discover and clarify a vision and direction for your life. The coach then provides structure, support, accountability, inspiration and guidance for you to reach your most heart-felt goals--to step fully into your vision. Knowing you are the expert for your life, a coach oftentimes provides a sounding board and guides you to strategize actions. Coaching also creates an opportunity for powerful breakthroughs to any blocks (doubts, fears, limiting beliefs) that may be keeping you from living your vision.
Why mindfulness-based coaching?
Mindfulness increases our capacity to experience life more fully in the present moment. From this perspective, mindfulness-based coaching empowers an awakened presence on our journey, allowing for deeper insights, growth and strength to emerge. And, as JoAnn notes, "There's no point in reaching our desired vision if we aren't present to experience it."
Coaching is an investment in you, your purpose, your vision, values and way of life. A coach is a collaborator in the embodiment of your life’s vision.
Coaching is an empowerment process where the coach uses inquiry and other tools to help you discover and clarify a vision and direction for your life. The coach then provides structure, support, accountability, inspiration and guidance for you to reach your most heart-felt goals--to step fully into your vision. Knowing you are the expert for your life, a coach oftentimes provides a sounding board and guides you to strategize actions. Coaching also creates an opportunity for powerful breakthroughs to any blocks (doubts, fears, limiting beliefs) that may be keeping you from living your vision.
Why mindfulness-based coaching?
Mindfulness increases our capacity to experience life more fully in the present moment. From this perspective, mindfulness-based coaching empowers an awakened presence on our journey, allowing for deeper insights, growth and strength to emerge. And, as JoAnn notes, "There's no point in reaching our desired vision if we aren't present to experience it."
Discover if coaching is right for you with a free 45-minute Exploratory Session
What others say about working with JoAnn...
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...an experience of mindfulness...[to] access a deeper well of presence and unconditional support...
Working with JoAnn as a life coach and mindfulness teacher has allowed me to shift some long held, self-defeating patterns. JoAnn is a graceful witness who embodies a wonderful balance of compassionate listening and the ability to support the practical steps necessary in fulfilling one’s gifts and heartfelt desires. JoAnn facilitates an experience of mindfulness that has the power to shift one's self-limiting stories, in order access a deeper well of presence and unconditional support. ~Casey Carney, Lake County Poet Laureate 2014-2016, Artist and Photographer. http://caseycarneyphotography.weebly.com/ |
(Photo courtesy of Laurie Ann Martin)
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Our work together created a significant momentum for moving my work into the world
I really appreciated working with JoAnn. It felt very comfortable, as I was met from a common shared realm of experience and language. Our work together created a significant momentum for moving my work into the world by putting an important foundation in place that has really taken hold. I highly recommend working with JoAnn. ~Gene McHugh, Artist |
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A path towards wholeness...
...She is wonderful! During the course of this past year working with JoAnn I faced serious health challenges and at times had lost complete focus of where I was going and what I still wanted to do in this lifetime. Her coaching and teaching taught me to “pay kind attention to my life,” and in the process I learned how to grow into and accept the practice of being in my life while attempting, to the best of my ability, to live my life in the present. I am still a work in progress, but some miracles I now believe just take a little more time than others. Fortunately, I have JoAnn to gently encourage me down the path toward wholeness. ~ Anita Swanson-Speake, Author, Slow Hope: The Long Journey Home, www.anitaswanson.com |
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...let go of limiting beliefs and create space for nurturing, expansive practices
Growth, authenticity, compassion, gratitude. These are just some of the qualities that I more fully incorporate into my being and my life as a result of working with JoAnn. Her gentle guidance has allowed me to let go of limiting beliefs and create space for nurturing, expansive practices. Where I had once tended to judge myself very harshly and listen to defeatist “stories” in my head, I now feel much more at ease with myself-- able to see and appreciate that I am exactly who and where I am supposed to be. JoAnn provides a warm, peaceful, lovely environment that shines out from her soul!!! ~ Melissa Kinsel, Co-founder of Tri-Uplifting; Lake County Board of Education Governing Board Member |
JoAnn beautifully blends theory with application.
JoAnn's coaching and mindfulness course have been amazing for me! I figure the best person I can be starts with me. Some questions I had prior to working with JoAnn were: 'What are my past beliefs and habits that may no longer be serving me?' 'What are some new habits and beliefs that might enable me to thrive and enjoy life more?' 'How can I strengthen my relationships and the work that is my unique purpose?'
JoAnn's work with me using the tools of mindfulness has helped me answer these questions and we've developed individualized practices that work for me. JoAnn beautifully blends theory with application. I get enough 'why' and bunch of 'doing' for me to give stuff a try, along with the continued support to incorporate these tools into my life. The experience and the results are both fantastic for me! I am taking better care of myself and feeling even better about how I am experiencing life and manifesting my dreams.
~ Terry Daniels, Social Architect, Co-founder of hOurworld
JoAnn's coaching and mindfulness course have been amazing for me! I figure the best person I can be starts with me. Some questions I had prior to working with JoAnn were: 'What are my past beliefs and habits that may no longer be serving me?' 'What are some new habits and beliefs that might enable me to thrive and enjoy life more?' 'How can I strengthen my relationships and the work that is my unique purpose?'
JoAnn's work with me using the tools of mindfulness has helped me answer these questions and we've developed individualized practices that work for me. JoAnn beautifully blends theory with application. I get enough 'why' and bunch of 'doing' for me to give stuff a try, along with the continued support to incorporate these tools into my life. The experience and the results are both fantastic for me! I am taking better care of myself and feeling even better about how I am experiencing life and manifesting my dreams.
~ Terry Daniels, Social Architect, Co-founder of hOurworld
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...how to comfortably weather the set-backs and difficulties that we all experience
Through mindfulness practices and coaching, JoAnn showed me how to appreciate and celebrate the good things in my life, as well as how to comfortably weather the set-backs and difficulties that we all experience. JoAnn did great job of bringing consistency to our work and addressing the important issues. She is very skilled at bringing awareness to underlying values and helping utilize those in setting appropriate and attainable goals. With her help, I have opened up new doors for myself and improved my relationship with my husband, co-workers and friends. As a long time seeker of personal and universal meaning, I came to work with JoAnn to remember, explore, and solidify my dreams and aspirations. She helped me navigate my way through some difficult times, selling my business, and starting a new chapter in my life. As a result of having worked with JoAnn, I have a better grasp on what is really important to me and how to have a life that reflects those values. ~ Debra Sally, DVM, Ret. |
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...clarity...to define and prioritize the things I want in this new phase of my life
Working with JoAnn has given me clarity and helped me to define and prioritize the things I want in this new phase of my life. She gently held me accountable for the commitments I made during our sessions and emphasized how they were actually commitments to myself. JoAnn's collaborative approach to coaching made the experience very inclusive instead of simply a teacher--student relationship. I never really knew how to set goals or create a vision for myself and not only do I now know, I also know they are possible to achieve. I just fumbled through life and now I know how to formulate a vision and take strategic steps toward that vision. I feel empowered! ~ Ron Barber, Executive Chef (Ret.) |
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...a motivating and perspective shifting process...
Working with JoAnn has been a motivating and perspective shifting process following my total loss in the Lake County Valley Fire. JoAnn keeps me focused on the positive gains I am making, and supports me in meeting the challenges still manifesting, with compassion for self and those close to me. Beginning our sessions with accomplishments and celebrations and ending them with goal setting and identifying greatest takeaways provides a deep level of hope and inner strength. I have been able to move forward in my career and personal goals with a greater sense of clarity and confidence. As a soon to be ‘empty nester’ with no nest as of yet, my approach to life in a more mindful manner will provide the center and awareness that I need and which I have learned from JoAnn. ~Robin Fogel-Shrive, Educator, Author. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/learning/21RILN-Fogel-Shrive.html |
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As part of my healing from the Valley Fire of 2015, I started an amazing journey with JoAnn after hearing her talk about the difference between intention and expectation at Tri-Uplifting: Lake County, 2016.
I reached out to learn more from her as a life coach and then as a teacher in her mindfulness classes. Everything from the positive oriented celebrations, visioning, setting intentions and accountability to the mindfulness practices and “compassionate container” was new for me. I was inspired with JoAnn’s openness about her own struggles and how she created an amazing life for herself. I am a different person than when I first attended the Tri Uplifting event—I am stronger, more authentic and passionate—and I am extremely grateful JoAnn is a part of my life! ~Claire Carter-Houston |
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