A Culmination

Coaching, along with writing and speaking,
has become the sum total and vital part of a life
lived. My current calling as a Life Coach has
blossomed from a steady building of experience,
based on choice and circumstance.

My brothers, sister and I were blessed to have
acquired the adaptability that comes with living all
over the U.S. and Canada, due to my parents’ military
career. They were good parents and strong teachers.

My mother, Eileen, lives in her own condo near D.C.

Upon earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from an Eastern Women’s College, Dunbarton of Holy Cross, I took a position in copy-editing for medical journals and did graduate work in Communications and Tech. Writing.

It was a natural progression to another 30 years of writing and speaking: producing and writing for community television; developing newsletters; writing promotional copy for newspapers; grant writing, 3 years of technical writing. My experience led me to an opportunity in the corporate search industry—recruiting and career coaching IT professionals for 16 years.

Over these years, I served on numerous boards of directors: from our bank and our church to president of the Littleton Communications Corp. And our family established a bookstore in Littleton, Brandywine Bookshop, from the ground up as Joseph and I dedicated ourselves to raising our family.

This is the one gift I am most proud and thankful for: our children, who are now happy, responsible professionals who are helping to build their communities with life, love, energy and vision. They contribute in the fields of software Engineering, Medicine, Ecology, Law, Veterinary Medicine and business. Some have started their own families.

The Big Turnaround—coming about—at sea… In late 1997, life was going well for us. Joseph, a book addict and lover of classical music taught himself and me to sail. He had sailed to Hawaii and to Tahiti after reading 600 sailing books—twice. He was loving sailing and his retirement.

After returning from a restaurant one evening, we both noticed he had major jaundice. Two weeks later we finally heard the news-- he had pancreatic cancer. Joseph was immediately reading every book he could find on the subject.

By now he knew he had a 1% chance of surviving even two years.

Final Passage

I wanted him to be out on the ocean again-he loved it. But now he could not sail a boat ! I talked him into taking a 2-week cruise together from Tahiti to Costa Rica. He enjoyed the first half of the trip, then slept through the rest. I worried about getting him home. The ship arrived late to Costa Rica because of diverting for a storm, so we missed our plane and spent the night there. After calling the home, we lifted off in the morning and flew into Denver to our welcoming family. Twelve days later he had passed on --he was gone from us.

It had only been 5 months since we first knew Joe was sick.

We were devastated. More details.

A New Chapter

I stayed with corporate career coaching and recruiting for only one more year. I retired from corporate America in December of 2000. Although I had gained valuable experience, this was not enough for me now.

It was time for a career of my own making. I did not know what it looked like yet; but I was confident that with more than 30 years of personal and professional development, all I had to do was to look within . It would take time…and I had lots of that! However, I had so many interests that it would be 6 years before my decision formulated.

The Big Aha!

For five years I build my own health and wellness business. Then, following months of advanced study and personal growth with PSI Seminars and soul-searching, my call to Coaching was loud and clear!

Helping Women Who Have Lost a Spouse, to find their way, and to build a New and Important Life.

“When she is not Coaching or Writing, Patricia can be found: working out, enjoying the beautiful Colorado outdoors, enjoying her family or dancing tango!”

Patricia Counseled and Coached Career-Search Professionals for 16 years.

Certified in Life Coaching with Coach Training Alliance (CTA).

Her Specialty is Women Who Have Lost A Spouse.

Boards of Directors; American Telecom. Corp., United Bank, Church Council, LWV, AUW,