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At a turning point, ready to uncork your awesome, ditch options overwhelm and get out of your own way.
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Career & Life Coach, energy tornado and creative thinker, focused totally on YOU.
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A powerful partnership, dedicated to leveling up your life, quickly.

Welcome to The Creative Giraffe!

I’m Ellen! A Career & Life Coach + Decision Making Expert.  You want me on your team. I’m dedicated to helping you uncork your awesome, get out of options overwhelm and get out of your own way to have the life you really want and deserve!

I am the queen of hearing unsaid things, making insightful, powerful connections, and shifting your focus so that you’re able to really see your life.  And learn from it. And then rock it.

I work with people who are at turning points in their lives – relationships starting or stopping, job searches, business launches. I especially love folks in their mid-20s/30s, in the midst of the ‘oh shit, what do I do next?’ phase. I also work with new coaches going through their certification journey to grow their businesses effectively.

I bring out your inner powerhouse.  Together we take you out of options overwhelm and help you understand how to make crisp, clear, quick decisions about the BIG (and small!) aspects of your life.  Are you wanting to launch your own business? Find a job that feeds your soul and bank account? Travel around the world? Start doing what you know you are supposed to be doing?   I specialize in helping you understand how all aspects of your life can work together. 

We start by fully discovering and clarifying your life purpose and then use it as a launching platform to dive into the rest of your life.  I believe to powerfully and intentionally move forward with our big purposes and dreams, we need to have clear, open hearts.  This means doing some emotional housekeeping. Heartkeeping, I call it.

Giraffes have the largest heart of any land animal, as well as a fabulous perspective on the world. This is what I bring to all of my clients.  I work with my clients to create a clear heart to super-charge their lives. The result of our work together is a life that lets your amazing self shine through.  It creates a life full of fun and ease instead of the headaches of trying to ‘fit in’ because you ‘should’. Want to learn more about me and why working with me is like fighting with a superhero? Click away.

Curious how I could change your life? Head on over to my contact page to set up a superhero session (gratis!) to discover what’s possible when you work with me. Wanna shortcut? See how other adoring fans have had their lives changed.

Still confused about what personal life coaching is?  Check out my ‘what is coaching page‘ or if you have specific questions, hit up the questions page!

I’m based in the San Francisco Bay Area but work with clients all over the world (thanks Skype!).  While California is my homeland, I love to roam South America and beyond.

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