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Life becomes more meaningful and achieving your dreams possible when you understand
who you are at your core, what you're being called to, and how to say "Yes!" to what matters most.
No matter your season, how old or young you are, or the questions rising before you, you will gain clarity, confidence and the ability to move forward when you realize your innate value, discover your unique strengths, and find the right path to your better life today.
This is certainly true for those just starting out on the adult journey trying to find their anchors and abilities; but honestly, it's true for all of us. Whether we're going through a life transition, struggling to figure out our "next", or trying to find our way to the life we want sooner rather than later, knowing our 'true north' and how to get there makes all the difference.
I founded Éclairity to help you do just that:
To be inspired to live your fullest, most meaningful life.
To ask the deeper questions that will enlighten and guide you to it.
To forge the path and take the steps to get you there,
making a difference for you,
and for those you're called to impact and inspire, as well.
Not 'one day' or 'some day', but now. Finally. Today.
Doing this brings joy and meaning to my life as I use
my own strengths and follow my calling to help you do the same.
Because every time I am graced with the opportunity to help you
find your spark, gain clarity, and walk from darkness into light...
we are, together,
renewed, illuminated, and lit up from the inside out
as we live our best, truest lives now.
And the world is made more beautiful and bright every day that we do.
/ éclair (n) / French / "lightning"; "spark", from esclairare, "to illuminate";
and Latin clarus, "to make clear; find clarity."
EDUCATION
Certified Coach Practitioner, Certified Coaches Federation, 2011
Real Estate License, Florida DBPR, 2005
MA, Religious Studies, La Sierra University, CA, 1999
Certified in 16PF Personality Assessment, 1996
BA, Interpersonal Communications, University of Central Florida, 1993
LEADERSHIP
Owner | Publisher, The Apopka Voice, 2017-present
Founder, Éclairity, Inc., nonprofit, 2012-present
Executive Director, Insp!re, nonprofit, 2013-2018
Managing Partner | Realtor, Derenthal Realty Group, 2005-2011
Director, Community Partnerships, FLC, FL Conference, 2000-2004
Statewide Assoc. Director, Youth Dept, FL Conference 1995-2000
I help you imagine, or re-imagine your life. Whether through my writing, a coaching session, or group-meet, you will be inspired and encouraged to unearth your fullest potential and live authentically into your creativity and calling. My personalized coaching and research-based approach will help you see new possibilities and right directions to step into the life you want.
Professionally trained and with over 20 years of experience leading, teaching, and coaching youth and adults, I have enjoyed helping my clients thrive. Whether working with individuals or groups, with community nonprofits or business teams, I have the tools, wisdom and understanding to help you sort through, design, and step into the life you want to lead.
Making a commitment to create the life you want takes courage, action, and dedication. My commitment to you is to be the safe space, intuitive questioner, guiding hand, and the visionary you need to go deeper, see possibilities, and discover your true calling. I will help you unearth your strengths, clarify your dreams and map the path to your fulfilling future.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love hearing people's origin stories - whether the origin of their name, their dream job, what got them to where they are today - you name it, I love to learn about it. So, for those of you who share my curiosity for curious beginnings, here's how I came to the meaning of éclair, and how it became essential to the name of my nonprofit dream.
Once upon a time (in 2010) in a land far away (Orlando, FL), I was eating a melt-in-your-mouth chocolate éclair at my local pastry shop, when the French chef unexpectedly popped from behind the counter to ask, "Mademoiselle, do you know the meaning of the word 'éclair'?"
I paused, caught off-guard and, quickly trying to swallow my mouth full of creamy decadence, I cleverly quipped, "Delicious?!" "Non!" he replied sharply, his French impatience with my American humor tempered only by the fast twinkle I caught lighting his eyes. And then, with a lowered voice weighted in the reverence of ancients, and eyes that were clearly sparkling, he put his hand on my arm and stepped closer, revealing, "It means... lightning!" My eyes widened immediately as I comprehended its meaning, my insides sparking and surging to greater life:
I was eating lightning!!
My unquenchable love for these little bolts of blessing made so much more sense now:
Each and every bite of sweetness was lighting me up,
from the inside out,
with immeasurable power!
I would never eat another éclair again without remembering and feeling the magnitude of possibilities now at my disposal... unlocked in one ordinary afternoon, by one
extraordinary chef who chose to share a moment of insight and joy.
That experience hung with me for days, making me think
what-if thoughts and why-not wonderments.
What if that could really happen?
What if we could eat lightning and be powered up from the inside out?
Why couldn't there be some soul-fueling, heart-starting, spirit-igniting something that could change our perspective and charge up our lives?
And why couldn't it be as sweet and satisfying as a chocolate éclair?
A week or so later I was putting the final touches on my business/nonprofit idea, trying to think of the perfect name that would capture what I hoped to bring to my readers and clients.
And just like that, in a whisper from Synchronicity and confirmation from Destiny,
the name came to me:
Éclairity.
I jumped online to look up the etymology and confirm that what I'd been told was true...
and what I found was so much more than gone-in-a-second 'lightning'.
I found affirmation that this name, and the work I would do, was meant to be,
given to me for all who want to see their brightest truth
and possibilities come to life now, and for eternity.
/ éclair (n) / French / "lightning"; "spark", from esclairare, "to illuminate", and Latin clarus, "to make clear; find clarity."
It is my hope that as you read my writings, or we share in group-meets, or work together to discover the treasures of you and of a life lived fully, that you will indeed find your spark - your passion, purpose & strengths, and an embracing of all life has waiting for you - so that your world, and the possibilities for which you are wired, will light up like lightning in the sky,
making your path forward clear and bright with clarity, purpose, power, and light.
For life today, and always.
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