Testimonials
Executive Coaching
“Perhaps her greatest strength lies in her ability to personalize her services to the situation and to the person she is dealing with. Coaching seems to be a choice, not a chore; her heart and soul are present in every conversation...”
Christian Couturier, Director General
National Research Council – Institute for Information Technology
“Marcia is a natural in this field and has been easy to develop a productive working relationship with. She uses a good balance of listening and feedback, and has solid intuition when she senses there are more issues to talk through. She has used a number of tools to help me gain more self-awareness of my style of management and then helped me build on this in managing relationships and change.”
Kevin Scott, P. Eng., Senior Manager
Irving Oil Limited
“During the period when Marcia coached me, I was preparing for a major career change to a senior executive level position within my organization. Marcia’s skills were a significant asset not only in a practical way, but more importantly, she was a true motivator and ‘champion’ for me in the changes I wanted to make. Her energy and enthusiasm were contagious.”
Margaret Melanson, Vice-President, Clinical & Facility Support Services
Atlantic Health Services Corporation
“Marcia is an excellent listener. She is not afraid to push her clients to consider ”another perspective” to expand the range of possible responses to issues/situations, but she is sensitive to her client’s needs and will modify her approach to suit her client. Of particular importance to me, her coaching was accomplished with humour as well as skill.”
Alyson Townsend, President & CEO
Canadian Cable Systems Alliance
“I found Marcia to be both personal in approach and professional in delivery. She has a great ability to listen, identify the underlying issues, and to raise probing questions. She is an excellent sounding board – listening and guiding, but allowing me to find the right answers on my own. Our discussions allowed me to work through a number of significant issues relating to my transition, including helping me to deal with a myriad of emotions throughout this process. Frankly, I couldn’t have done it without her.”
Brian Trenholm, C.A.
Fredericton, New Brunswick
“She listens to my various issues without judgment or reservation and then discusses those issues with me. She asks me challenging and probative questions while still conveying that she’s on my side. That, in my opinion, is a difficult balance to accomplish and Marcia has successfully mastered that skill.”
Alison Renton, Lawyer
Toronto, Ontario
“I first met you at a time when I was faced with a very stressful work environment and a career changing one…. I had allowed people’s unhappiness to affect my own well being and how it impacted my day. Your passion for helping and understanding people and being able to bring their qualities, assets and strengths out is a testament to not only your professionalism but the caring person you are. ... Thank you for being who you are and caring so much. You have made a difference in my life.”
Susan Fitzpatrick, Operations Manager, Urban & Traffic Services
City of Saint John, NB
Career/Leadership Coaching
“Marcia’s background in organizational development and her significant management experience were invaluable to me as I developed my leadership style and responses to the scenarios that arose over the course of our working relationship. Not only are Marcia’s listening skills superlative—she has the ability to hear with intuition — but she has a gift of being able to paraphrase in a way that brings clarity and facilitates the development of next steps.”
Wendy Arnott, Corporate Facilitator
London, Ontario
“As a coach, Marcia conveys a refreshing balance of empathy and directness in her interactions which allowed me as an executive and a subsequent coach-in-training to feel understood and supported, and yet always challenged and stretched to grow professionally. In our coaching sessions, I have always felt ‘heard’ and ‘seen’ by Marcia, which has led to deep trust and honesty in our relationship.”
Margaret Totten, Coach in Training
Totten Life Coaching
“Professional Coaching really moved my confidence, self-awareness and belief in my own strengths to the next level. In consultation with Marcia, I developed effective coping strategies, improved my life balance skills and created a vision of where I’d like to be ten years from now. Coaching provided me with clarity, powerful professional and emotional support, and access to resourceful alternatives. Each session left me with a palpable sense of calmness and empowerment.”
Connie Sprague
Saint John, New Brunswick
“There are times we need to learn how to adjust our way of thinking in order to move on in a positive and forward direction. Through coaching, Marcia provided the guidance required in order for me to view things from another perspective by providing unbiased suggestions, patience, encouragement and support.”
Sharon Charters, Human Resources Professional
City of Fredericton, New Brunswick
Life Coaching
“I first sought Marcia as a life coach because I felt I was in a bit of a rut. In many ways, I was happy and content with my life. I had a rewarding and successful career, many friends, satisfying hobbies and interests. However, I often felt that my relationships were superficial and I avoided allowing people to get close to me. I felt like it was time to make a change, but wasn’t sure where to begin. Marcia, through her coaching, validated my feelings and concerns. That was the first step. For me, it was a very important one.
She asked me probing questions which led me to reflect on my values, my priorities and my aspirations. I soon learned that the answers came from within–I just needed someone to ask the right questions. Initially, I was skeptical that being coached over the phone was likely to be helpful. I couldn’t imagine establishing trust and speaking openly about sensitive issues without face to face communication. But my skepticism was dispelled after the first phone contact.
Sitting in the comfort and privacy of my kitchen, with a steaming cup of coffee, I found our conversations always left me feeling invigorated, challenged and hopeful. I have definitely benefited from the coaching experience. I have made new friends, deepened old friendships and honed long-dormant talents. I am clearer about my values and priorities. I am now facing the future with confidence and a sense of adventure.”
Martha Vowles, Speech Language Pathologist
“I worked with Marcia the last two years and have benefited greatly from her coaching. With Marcia’s encouragement, common sense advice, positive statements and coaching exercises, I have been able to turn my attitude, and life around. Starting from a sense of being ‘trapped’ and thinking of most things in negative terms, I now know what is important in my life, (family, friends, living) , and I’m enjoying and appreciating them. Where before all I could see in life were problems, now I look and see all kinds of opportunities, and possibilities, and live each day with faith. My decision to work with Marcia has been a very good one, and if you are looking for a helping hand, I would highly recommend her.”
Brian Smith
Saint John, New Brunswick
“If you’re like me and think this kind of a group is good for other women, but not me — you’re wrong. I met the most wonderful women of diverse backgrounds and I feel we grew together as well as individually. I feel I know myself better than ever before and like what I see. I see life so differently than when I started. ”
Linda McCall
Quispamsis, New Brunswick
“The energy and synergy of eight strangers becoming friends with themselves and each other was phenomenal. Marcia – You ROCK! Keeping doing what you are doing – you are single handedly helping women LIVE OUT LOUD! I love it!
These six sessions have taken me 6 steps closer to realizing my goal to be a ‘woman living out loud’, and continues to open doors for personal reflection.
I see now that a ‘woman living out loud’ is a woman who is comfortable in her own skin. Someone who is strong, confident and open to possibilities. Someone who is living life to the fullest by enjoying being herself!”