Marcia Dorfman

Having spent most of my life discovering my authentic self and my own career path, I'm passionate about leading and encouraging others to do the same. I've been successful in many careers – communications specialist, senior manager, change consultant, university instructor, management trainer – but it was only nine years ago that I found my passion and my calling as a personal coach. And yet, there were many clues along the way.

As a manager and leader, what gave me the most satisfaction was developing my staff. During this time, I enrolled in and completed a master’s program in organization development. In my thesis on employee empowerment, I proved that employees could achieve fulfillment and enhance customer service through training and development and participating in decisions affecting them.

As a change consultant, facilitator and trainer, I derived immense satisfaction from helping others learn and discover mutual solutions in a collaborative environment. Yet when I first attended a personal growth workshop in my forties, an exercise to write my obituary reduced me to tears, thinking of what I hadn’t yet accomplished. I began to understand that we are here for a reason, that our time is precious, and that we are meant to use it well. I still have the tear-stained binder as a reminder of that preciousness and what I am here to do.

A heart health scare three years ago led me to appreciate not only my life and the importance of living every moment to its fullest, but my own gifts in helping others tune in, get clear and pay attention to what matters, so they can “lead with heart and live in balance”.

Believing strongly that it is important for women especially to speak their truth and be heard, I created and now run small, intimate women’s groups I call: Women Living Out Loud! I also co-lead a life-transforming women’s leadership program called: Courage to Act. And I am a certified coach of a 7-month coaching and business development program called A Better Way to Live and Work..

My bottom line offer for those I coach is that they be comfortable in their own skin, certain of what they are capable of, and more, and clear about the path they are meant to take – as I am now.