Client Comments

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“I was preparing to leave a job after 9 years. I felt that everything was up for discussion – my industry, my role, the hours I worked, etc. I knew I needed guidance to navigate my next steps. Debra was my first call, and with her background and experience, she had the tools and insights to get me where I needed to go, wherever that might be.

The concept of the Unique Definition of Success, the process for articulating it, and the development of systems to achieve it is the most obvious benefit of Debra’s coaching. It gave me the ability to articulate my skills, interests, and passions. Beyond that, I have better clarity about what is important to me in life, how I want to live my life, and how I want to apply my skills. I am better equipped to align how I spend my time with what goals I hope to achieve. I have articulated a personal mission, which gives me a sense of purpose whether I am working, volunteering, taking care of my house and family, or focusing on being a parent, spouse, or daughter. I have answered the question of what I want to be doing professionally at this moment, and I have learned how to be comfortable with the fact that the answer will change over time.

A valuable tool from Debra’s services is the network and community, which she leverages to help her clients connect and grow. Whether it was a specific introduction to help me explore a particular topic or opportunity, or participation in Debra’s learning community, I have learned a great deal from and been inspired by everyone I have met through Debra. And, because I care deeply about my friends, and want to see them happy, and want the world to benefit from their gifts, I recommend they contact Debra.

Overall, I am living much more intentionally and purposefully, and while I am not yet exactly where I want to be, I am well-equipped with the tools to keep me moving on the right path. “

Devra Weiss
Private Mentoring Client, Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon participant, Advanced Brilliant Learning Community

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“I decided to hire Debra as my coach because of her experience as both a career coach and MBA admissions consultant. I needed someone who had a background in both. The first time we spoke, she was very intuitive and really seemed to ‘get’ me, unlike other MBA consultants to whom I had spoken.

The most important benefit I got out of our coaching was far less anxiety. I feel like I have better perspective on my decision-making process and have a better sense of who I am. And the process I valued the most was definitely the SIQ. It’s useful for thinking about positioning myself for business school and has helped me enormously in job interviews. The SIQ process was incredibly valuable and I liked the pre-call forms – they really did help me focus on what I wanted to talk about it and get a lot more out of the process

I recommend Debra to my friends because I think she has a great sense of what I needed and really delivered on that – namely helping me control my anxiety and stress while accomplishing what needed to get done to move forward.

Overall, I am living much more intentionally and purposefully, and while I am not yet exactly where I want to be, I am well-equipped with the tools to keep me moving on the right path. “

Rebecca Offensend
Private Mentoring Client, Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon participant, Advanced Brilliant Learning Community, MBA Coaching

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“I ordered the online Independent Study Program and went through it very quickly. It helped to clarify some things as to what is important to me and what I need for my next business.  I sold my business about a year and half ago at this point and have been struggling with what to do next.  The first few sessions were great at helping me to get some clarity…The best part of the program for me was getting my priorities straight as I move forward and realizing that they have changed as my life has changed (now have children, shifted focus).  Thanks for your program. I look forward to working together in the future. ”

Purchaser, The Brilliance-Based Businesswoman’s Success System™ Independent Study Program

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“Working with Debra showed me how to commit to sitting down to think about things so my days don’t disappear; built my confidence about how I can transfer the knowledge and skills I’ve developed and a way to articulate them. It was great to get my resume together to clarify for myself and others what I’m interested in doing. The priorities exercise feels useful now and will be even more useful later when I have to choose among opportunities. I did not even know what I needed to know. It’s has been reaffirming to know I’m taking steps to resolve any issues I have.  Being proactive with first steps is empowering and casts me in the light in which I want other people to see me.”

Kathleen Mortimer
Private Mentoring Client, Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon participant, Advanced Brilliant Learning Community

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“I have really enjoyed connecting with you. One thing I have really learned is that I need verbal coaching. I spend so much of my time researching, reading, and writing, which is completely isolating, I need to talk to people — on the phone or in person.  Ten minutes on the phone with you, even five, is completely transformational!”

Private Mentoring Client

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“Wow. After all these years of just wishing someone would sit down with me and help me get really clear on what’s most important to me and how to fit it into my schedule, Debra Woog just did. She is astounding – patient, supportive, and smart as a whip. If anyone out there is trying to locate her brilliance and figure out how to live her life from there, go talk to Debra.“

Jennifer Zwiebel, A Place of Joy
http://www.jenniferzwiebel.com/#
Private Mentoring Client, Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon participant, Advanced Brilliant Learning Community

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“Debra, in a short time frame and with great sensitivity and compassion, was able to assist me in clarifying the action steps I needed to take to get unstuck in my career transition.””

Kim Daly
Private Mentoring Client, Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon participant

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“Working with Debra Woog has truly heightened my business. She has helped me achieve my goals which has increased my client base and has helped me format a truly wonderful team for Virtual Bookkeeping. Not only has she helped in the growth of my business but personally as well. She helps me keep on track with my personal goals. She is wonderful to work with, has an amazing personality and is very easy to talk to. I would recommend Debra to anyone as a part of their team for their business and personal lives. She has certainly changed mine and motivated me to achieve my potential.”

Monica Ross, Virtual Bookkeeping
http://www.virtualbookkeeping.ca
Private Mentoring Client

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“Debra’s coaching has been invaluable as I’ve founded and crafted my business.  She has helped me articulate and stay focused on my goals and values.

The impact of Debra’s coaching reaches far beyond our sessions, carrying me through weeks and months with the clarity and confidence that I have the most important action items on my to-do list and I can let the rest go.

She is an incredible resource and support for an entrepreneur, and an absolute pleasure to work with.”

Lily MacLean Bennani, Lily Bennani Design
http://lilybennani.com
Private Mentoring Client and  Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon participant

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“Thanks for EVERYTHING yesterday, you’re amazing. I went to bed earlier than usual, was rested enough to play with the kids in the morning, and have already felt what it means to value my time and work when I’m working. Awesome.”

Private Mentoring Client

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 “I want you to know that as I was updating my resume this weekend I realized how much I have learned over the past couple of years  and I just wanted to say THANK YOU because
(1) you inspired me to learn a lot of these new skills;
(2) you have been a huge supporter; and
(3) the work we did in the Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon (particularly the SIQ, Needs & Values and Priorities) was instrumental in helping me to take this step.  

Thank you so much, Debra!”

Jessica Zambarano
Participant, Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon

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“Debra Woog has been my business coach and she is phenomenal.  She’s helped me to:

• manage my virtual staff
   
• restructure my business so that I’m only doing the tasks that I  love to do and am happy doing and

   

• communicate effectively with my staff!”

Margelit Hoffman, Hoffman Productions
http://hoffmanproductions.net
Private Mentoring Client

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“Before I started the Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon, I still felt like there were some missing elements, that things were not coming together as I would have liked or as quickly as I would have desired. I had this major, major shift as a result of your program.Since I’ve let go of certain expectations I had of myself, now I feel I have a better relationship with time.  I see time as more precious now.   I protect it and my schedule more than I did before, instead of allowing things to interfere, instead of allowing intrusions.  It’s actually making me feel like I am in more of a power position.  I get to choose what comes onto my calendar.  I get to choose what I do with my day.  I have to say, it was one of the biggest shifts I have made this year.  It was quite profound.”

Lynn Smith, Health Coach Team
http://healthcoachteam.com
Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon participant

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“It’s the exact way you teach, Debra, and it’s your background that attracted me to want to be in the Salon.  You have, for lack of a better way to say it, a hardcore, evidence-based business background that I, as a lawyer, am really attracted to.  You have that combined with all of your expertise in mindset stuff.  You just care so much that I could not resist that combination to work with you in the Salon.

My business is about two and a half years old.  In some ways, it still feels like a startup.  When I came to the Salon, I was struggling a little bit with: What is the reality of these huge income goals that I have?  Is this realistic?

In the Salon, one of the many tools that you gave us just let us so easily plug in all of the factors that we need to see if we’re on track with our money.  This tool now, going forward, really gives me the confidence that (A) yes, the income projections that I have for this year are realistic, and (B) I can take this to my accountant when we go over my tax stuff.  That’s just the example of the practical tools that you give, combined with everything else, that just let all of us who work with you skyrocket on our way to success.  I’m not even kidding.  That one tool took a lot of stress off me.  Thank you!”

Stefanie Frank, Initiative Based Writing
http://initiativebasedwriting.com
Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon participant

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“Before I started working through the first two phases of the Brilliance-Based Businesswoman’s Success System, I felt depressed, anxious, worried, hopeless.  I did not know what I wanted to be doing with my life.  I only knew that the things that I’ve been doing are taking a big toll on me.

In the Salon, I learned that I have needs and values and skills and interests and qualities.  Prior to that, I don’t know that I would have said that I actually had any of those things.  Just thinking differently about all of these things has made a big difference.  The needs and values tool has actually proved to be an extremely important tool to help me understand myself, to the point that I actually typed it up and posted it on the wall next to my bed!

I totally recommend the Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon for anyone who is considering it!  Trust Debra to lead you, guide you, shine the light into the places that you need. Trust me when I tell you that Debra is an outstanding guide through this process.”

Cindy Nacson-Schecter
Brilliance-Based Businesswomen’s Salon participant

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