Satisfied Clients
Allow me to live life to its fullest
"Be it issues of mid-life, empty nesting, marital status change, aging parents, career dissatisfaction, whatever! - Freda gets it. She listens and then gives me ideas to think about and assignments to challenge myself. These are the keys that open the doors that allow me to live life to its fullest."
From Rosanne in Minneapolis, Minnesota
I’ve found a job I really enjoy
"Over the years I’ve picked up books on changing careers with minimal results. What is so wonderfully different about working with Freda is the personal and insightful feedback I receive from someone who cares about the best career change specifically for me. I really appreciate everything she did to help me focus on finding something I would really enjoy. And now I’ve found it, and I’m doing it!”
From Kelly in Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Make my dream real: medical school at 50
"Imagine going to the basement, finding a box, dusting off the cobwebs. When I go there, I find the dream I had since I was 4 years old: to become a doctor. At 17, I told my father. He threw a huge stone on my dream, saying I could never go to medical school. My dream went back in the basement. Years later, I thought about applying again, but my ex-husband said we couldn’t afford it. Now I am almost 50, and that dream has always been there. Freda has helped me layer by layer to clear away the dust, bring my dream up to the sunshine, and make it real. I’m just at the beginning, but I know in my heart it will happen. And if it doesn’t, I will not regret it because I tried. No matter what happens, my life is full and rich and beautiful because I finally tried."
From Isabella in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
As a man . . .
"As a man, the 'old school' is: If I don’t have my career and sense of direction in place, I’m weak, I’m 'less than.' It’s humbling to confront the fear and admit I don’t have it all together without falling apart. Talking to Freda was comfortable and easy. She listened, she didn’t judge, and she really cared."
From Greg in St. Paul, Minnesota
I feel renewed
"It was great to meet with you today. I feel renewed. I have more energy. Thank you. I know that my communication most definitely did not move in a linear fashion, but at the end I saw connections, and it was useful for me."
From Susan in St Paul, Minnesota
I couldn’t have achieved that calm . . .
"Thank you for our session! It felt so good to talk about all of that with someone, and the next day, I was able to have that conversation about finances with my friend. Know what's funny? After the conversation, I had that calm feeling about money that I had at our appointment! It was so great to experience that. What I'm finding is that any time my stomach is acting up, if I can calm down enough to bring up that feeling, my stomach feels better. It's amazing because it's been bothering me for weeks now, and now I have a way to calm it. I couldn't have done that without your prompting at our session."
From Christine in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Freda understood what I was experiencing
"Freda is a superb listener. She combines insight and perception with a healthy amount of objectivity. She brings her client’s issues to the point and takes them a step further without ever taking charge or leading but leaving her client feeling empowered and enlightened. When I had my sessions with Freda I felt she understood what I was experiencing and at the same time made my own experiences, emotions and thoughts clearer to me so that I could look at them from a healthy distance. She made me see clearer and thus I was able to understand and change my patterns."
From Mona in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Positive direction
"Freda makes me think and re-think and always gets the thinking going in a positive direction."
From Lynn in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
Encouraging me to bask in and be proud of what I’ve done
"Freda asks me questions that allow me to bask in and be proud of what I’ve done. It always seemed arrogant or pretentious to allow myself to be in that place. I’ve never been able to relax in it, and drink it up. I can tell a difference now because I’ve talked about it out loud. I can even feel it in my body. I can soak it in up to the hilt. And then my wheels start going. And I get it."
From Teresa in Appleton, Wisconsin
Not cookie-cutter, but who I am at my core
"What I appreciate about Freda is her ability to ask the right questions and help me figure out for myself what the answers are. In a couple of other instances, I felt that I was being handed a script, a prescription, a 'do this my way and the jobs will come' sort of story line without too much delving in to who I am as a person, not just who I am on paper. Very cookie-cutter! Freda helps you figure out who you are at your core, and then can guide you to where the paths might be to match that core you to the you on paper that will lead to a fresh start in the world of work and job and career."
From Anna in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ability to hear the “heart of the matter”
"What is unique about Freda is her accessibility as a person and as a professional. She has the ability to hear the heart of the matter."
From Colleen in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The path I choose is really my own
"When I work with Freda, she listens carefully, asks invigorating questions, and suddenly I’m aware of ideas and choices I hadn’t even seen. There are new paths in front of me. Freda doesn’t push me down the paths, or even guide me. What she does is illuminate the paths. I see new options. I know I have her support, and what makes it so special is that the path I choose is really my own."
From Mary in St. Paul, Minnesota
“I CAN DO IT!”
"Freda is very professional, with a creative and playful approach. I enjoy meeting with her because of her warm and welcoming personality and the calming atmosphere she provides. She gears each session to MY personality and to where I am on the day that we meet. She has helped me to re-open my eyes to all my possibilities. 'I CAN DO IT!'"
From Karen in Eden Prairie, Minnesota
To find out how we might work together,
I invite you to schedule an introductory life or career coaching session.