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Life By Design Coaching Agency Empowering you to discover your talents within Article & Photos by Margaret Pennock
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natural born leader, Carolyn Schroeder has always found herself helping others. Throughout her career she has used that gift to be an uplifting resource for those around her. Carolyn’s new business, Life by Design Coaching Agency LLC, is a culmination of her education, life experiences and specialized training as a certified life coach through the Life Purpose Institute in San Diego, California. “Growing up as an older sibling in a large family, I had the opportunity to support, guide and encourage the younger children in my family by being a personal cheerleader, a loyal confidant and a reliable encourager. It was where the strong desire to serve others
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by listening, empowering, facilitating, inquiring and honoring a person’s individualism was born,” Carolyn shares. “Over the years, I incorporated my gifts and interests into teaching elementary and special education, coordinating gifted programs, designing recreational programs for exceptional children, recruiting mentors for at-risk youth, and my most personally rewarding position as a mother of two wonderful sons. All of these enriching experiences have led me to the privilege of starting Life By Design Coaching Agency where I am able to coach, support, encourage and walk beside my clients as they face challenges, set and achieve goals, realize dreams and find the answers to the questions from within.”