As a coach, I'm all about self discovery and crafting a deep, authentic understanding of personal values. In short, I mine for authenticity. It's important in a "what you see is what you get" kind of way. Imagine! If people were authentically themselves at work, at home, with friends, with strangers, in church, while socializing ... in short, 24/7. With authentic lives, we'd have meaningful connection with others. And that leads me to another passion: community. I believe as a society, we've lost our sense of community, and along with it, the meaningful connection of satisfying relationships. But I also believe that not all is lost. So imagine my excitement when I realized I could roll up my desire for authentic living, satisfying relationships and meaningful connection into Authentically You Coaching Circles. This group process creates supportive, vibrant communities where none existed. But you can read more about this concept on the pages here at Authentically You Coaching Circles, and I encourage you to do that. The Details I completed training in personal coaching through The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and training in relationship and systems coaching through the Center for Right Relationship's Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) program. I lead workshops and individual sessions for: - personality type (MBTI | Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the MMTIC / Murphy-Meiseger Type Indicator for Children), - relationship awareness (SDI | Strength Deployment Inventory), - emotional intelligence.(EQ-I 2.0), and - Jungian archetypes (PMAI | Pearson-Marr Archetype Inventory) The Fun Stuff My two top values in life are authenticity and humor, closely followed by integrity and honesty (which are all a part of authenticity, in my mind). My blog at jcrowcoaching.com allows me an outlet for that English degree from so many years ago, not to mention the Journalism degree that followed. The jury's still out on the history degree, however.