I help people to realize the skills and talents they innately have and how to apply those traits to the work they do. I also have deep expertise in entrepreneurship.
As a career educator and mentor with a PhD in innovative education from the University of Colorado, I had many students who returned to college after several years in the workforce. They returned because they wanted to advance professionally but they had no idea what to do once they earned their degree. The only thing they were sure of is that they didn’t want to continue to do what they were doing, day after day, with limited success.
The courses I taught were in my area of expertise and research regarding self-identity and how modern media and society shapes how we see ourselves. I have always considered myself more of a guide to my students, encouraging them to think critically and to apply what they were learning to their own lives, rather than merely earning a grade. Seeing how passionate I was about my students and their successes, many of them began to ask me to meet apart from class. They wanted to more deeply apply what they were learning to their own situation and I realized I had found an even more rewarding career path than teaching, as I saw how my guidance helped them navigate life and career choices.
Another aspect of my teaching and research that has carried over to WiseGuides relates to what happens in our brain when we receive and process new information (as we do in learning). This study has lead to my work in play in learning, brain learning preferences, and overall brain health. While we all have genetic pre-dispositions to certain preferences, how we mentally see ourselves has a huge impact on how we perform and what we become. We can train our brains to be our best friend or our worst enemy. In order to offer you my best, I have partnered with the following organizations as a certified practitioner: Amen Clinics Brain Health, NeuroLink Learning Receptiveness Profile, and LEGO Serious Play strategic problem solving.
Work Terms
Everything is negotiable. You have a problem to solve; if I can help solve it in a way that is mutually beneficial, then we both have made a strong business alliance. My only desire it to be able to work remotely and travel to a business site when it makes sense.