About Anna

When I look back I am amazed to see how long I have been coaching people through life’s obstacles. I can remember coaching people in high school (only it wasn’t named “coaching” yet). I came to the realization that coaching is what I love to do, and something that comes naturally to me. Helping others has been a core value for me my entire life.

I started coaching in 1999. I was a partner in a small company that coached high tech startups to ready themselves to appear as a good investment to venture capitalists and angel investors. We wrote business plans, created PowerPoint presentations, and generally helped them "look the part". My partner and I thoroughly enjoyed working with people as they learned all the things that entrepreneurs need to learn (or hire out!). It’s fun to continue to watch their success today.

Times changed and I started working in other specialties, I discovered that I was always doing coaching – even more than “my specialty”. Once a coach, always a coach!

My coaching training was done through the Coach Training Alliance in Boulder, Colorado. I continue my education through them and other associated federations and associations. I am also an ordained minister and enjoy offering non-denominational spiritual guidance to my clients.

My professional background also includes a B.S. in Accounting and eight years working in the field. My accounting career includes local experience in profit and not-for-profit businesses. I spent another six years working and studying marketing, advertising, writing copy, and graphic design. I am pleased to use this experience to help you if you need business coaching.

As a volunteer, I especially enjoyed working with Disaster Child Care, a disaster response organization that specializes in taking care of traumatized children at Red Cross service centers. One of my proudest achievements is working for more than two weeks after Hurricane Andrew (September 1992) managing a team of 22-25 volunteers. We worked across five different Red Cross service centers, caring for more than 2,000 children in the Miami/Homestead, Florida area. To learn more about this wonderful organization click here.

On a more personal level, I have journeyed through being overweight for all my remembered life. I lived with obesity for many years, and finally permanently lost 155 pounds with the help of a gastric bypass. It has not only been a physical journey, but an emotional and spiritual one, too. My insights have helped others and I’m happy to say my weight loss has inspired others. I’m so proud of them all! I am also proud of those who knew to say they weren’t ready for weight loss yet and chose to wait until the timing felt right. There is great value in learning to listen to your intuition. There are so many answers to the weight loss problem. Truly, life is NOT one-size-fits-all!

I especially enjoy helping people who have made the choice to have weight loss surgery and are waiting (which feel like it will last forever!), and those after the surgery who have questions, concerns, or find that the emotional reasons for keeping the weight have not magically disappeared. For the first few years after weight loss surgery, the journey can be a rocky road. I can help.

My husband, son, parents, sisters and extended family are the most wonderful people in the world (and yes, I am biased!). My husband is an electrical engineer working for a small company in Longmont, Colorado. My son is in the Air Force and has aspirations of working in space someday.

I have been graced with so much love and support that it’s only natural that I spread it around! Welcome to Coaching with Anna. I look forward to talking with you!

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