Career Coach • Author • Speaker
In the spirit of beautiful networking, Sheila was referred to me by Mary McManus, an amazing woman featured in my book. She shared that Sheila was a woman on a mission with an incredible story and she was right.
When Sheila and I first connected by phone, her fabulous Massachusetts accent brought a smile to my face. As a transplanted east coaster now in the Midwest, I often long for the delicious east coast dialects and Sheila has one I love. [Read more...]
Barbara Ann Radnofsky’s campaign website describes her as a proud mother, a loving wife, a dedicated teacher, a patient mediator, and a top attorney. Her fans describe her as Texas Tough. With an impressive 30 year legal career, Barbara Ann served as lead counsel in jury trials ranging from commercial disputes, medical malpractice, and malicious prosecution to assault and worker’s compensation matters, to name just a few. She has argued successfully before the Fifth Circuit on pro bono prisoner’s rights and torts matters; conducted appeals there, and in Texas state appellate courts and represented clients in Congressional hearings and administrative tribunals.
But Barbara Ann left her thriving legal career to pursue political office. First, an unsuccessful run for a Senate seat, she is now in the midst of a campaign for Texas Attorney General. This unflappable career woman has a call to serve and is determined to make a difference as part of her Texas career legacy. [Read more...]
At age 53, Sue Heltzel made a major career change that took her 1,000 miles away from home and into a new profession she knew nothing about. A successful car saleswoman for 10+ years in South Dakota, Sue left the comfort of her secure job and surroundings to join her two sons as co-owner of a remodeling company – Putting on the Fix. [Read more...]
Many people look for new careers because they are unsatisfied with their jobs, not in touch with their passion, or completely burnt out. Rebecca Carlson was very happy with her career as an Art & Creative Director in the advertising world. She was playing to her strengths but feeling extremely run down, depressed and often unable to get out of bed which was unusual for this active, athletic and vibrant woman. Following a trip to Jamaica, her symptoms rapidly progressed to the point where she lost the feeling in her legs and found it difficult to grasp a pencil with her hand. She decided it was time to visit her doctor to see what was wrong – thinking she had pinched a nerve or something of that nature. After weeks of medical testing, countless MRIs, and two spinal taps, her doctors revealed the heartbreaking diagnosis… Multiple Sclerosis. [Read more...]
