Client Stories

Reports from Clients | Other Success Stories

Reports from Clients:

"Audrey was a godsend to Speaking Circles International. When she started, we were essentially a family-style organization. She built a solid foundation enabling us to grow into a thriving efficient business in a way that seemed effortless.  Audrey designed multiple systems to streamline our operations and marketing efforts, rebranded our business, rebuilt the website, and designed certification and continuing education programs for our facilitators.  She taught us how to handle challenging conversations and keep all the stakeholders engaged. As a result, we are well positioned to keep growing, and many of our courses are regularly waitlisted."

-- Lee Glickstein, Founder and President Speaking Circles International

“Ryan had a way of leading me through a labyrinth in which I discovered my unique purpose and a vision for my company.  With great patience, he kept giving me clues, breadcrumbs to follow.  Had he simply told me what he thought my purpose was, I believe I would still be lost in the center of the maze, holding a treasure without knowing what to do with it.  Instead, he let me discover the gold within myself so I could return to the world, owning the gifts I am here to offer others through my business and all other aspects of my life, and uncover how this world feels when my gift has been fully received.

"Additionally, throughout our program, Ryan created a safe space for us to explore my blocks, name them, and lighten their impact. Each time I come away from my time with Ryan, I feel able to move forward with confidence and authenticity.”

-- Matt Sloane, Founder AyurvedaFlow

“Business had been declining for several years and I was running in the red for the past two years.  After I hired Audrey, I immediately had my first profitable quarter since 2009!  For the first time I have a renewed sense of what I’m doing. I’m following a new business plan and marketing plan and all my creative resourcefulness is engaged. I’m excited about the future and the added advantage I can offer my customers.”
-- Dana Duesenberg, Owner Dana’s Decorating Studio   

"Audrey Seymour transformed my life. She exemplifies the radical power of coaching to change lives. Two years ago I was miserable at a startup company. My work/life balance was off, my pay was awful, and I was not living within my life's purpose. I turned to Audrey for help.

"Together, we mapped out what my perfect year would look like, to engineer a life of integrity and peak experiences. Today, thanks to Audrey's transformative work, I am now an inventor who is paid to do what I love. My peers respect me, I have ample room for spiritual reflection and travel, and I regularly meet with major companies to consult with them on invention and computers.

"I now live within my life's purpose. If you want to change your existence, I encourage you to contact Audrey without hesitation."

-- Brad Neuberg, Inventor and Software Engineer

“Audrey has an exceptional way of listening to the heart of whatever is being communicated. She can transform ideas into specific action plans and guide people to their desired goals. Her clarity, support, and enthusiasm add great value to anyone who has the good fortune to work with her.”

-- Doreen Hamilton PhD, Training Director Speaking Circles International

“Working with Ryan has provided an incredible blend of both profound insight and practical strategy.  He has an amazing ability to really see me and the deeper message I want to bring to the world.  Yet, he also has practical, real world skills that helped me to get my ideas out on paper and turn that into a compelling brand and marketing strategy that I’ve been able to execute on.  

I’ve worked with a few different branding and marketing specialists, but none of them really GOT me or what I was trying to say.  I left feeling like I was run through a cookie cutter mill.  Ryan really spent the time to get to know me and provide true insight but also worked with me to help me look within myself to find my own answers. 

Ryan is a complete package to help you through all the steps of finding a unique branding proposition for a business that combines real heart and a smart and differentiated strategy that reflects your true vision and essence.”

-- Sarah Kowalski, Alaya Coaching

"Audrey helped me find the focus and momentum I needed to launch my business in the midst of a major life transition.  Without her I never could have organized all the pieces that I needed in order to have systems and a plan in place.

"I was able to capture the perfect language for my brand in my business name, marketing copy for my website and one-sheet. Perhaps most importantly, I felt held by her deep listening -- she really "got" me and that made all the difference." 

-- Karen Solomon, Professional Speaker and Owner of Success Appeal Image Consulting

"Ryan has been an invaluable guide in helping me navigate the business and personal challenges of the entrepreneurial path. His unique approach is both structured and organic and has allowed me to turn my ideas into a comprehensive vision with action steps that have and continue to bring my business to life. Ryan’s expertise has helped me discover new approaches to expressing and marketing my work as well as new understandings of myself. His insight, creativity and commitment to helping social entrepreneurs like myself make a difference and have made the process both energizing and inspiring."

-- Cara Jones, CEO & Founder Storytellersforgood.com

“After working with Audrey, I have much more order, balance, and vibrancy in my life and work. Now I can set better boundaries with my teams and follow self-care practices which have become sustainable changes.  Ultimately I feel better prepared to do what I’m here to do, which is what matters most. I am so grateful!”

-- Diana Smith, President Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living

"Ryan encouraged and supported me in bringing forth my business as an expression of who I am. His skillful branding process, whole-hearted support, practical guidance and strategic capacity mobilized me to redesign my website, clarify my ideal audience, craft messages that express my approach. His work is both very deep and very skillful while being highly practical. His tools are sharp and he never wavers in his intention.

"It is a delight to experience his quick grasp of patterns and ability to translate miles of verbiage into succinct, powerful messages. Furthermore, his craft and his ability to bring forward the work of his clients are a wonderful expression of who he is."

-- Annette Segal, The Valiant Group

"Audrey really helped me to find my life purpose (at long last!). I've been self-employed for the last 25 years, but never knew or trusted if I was doing the right thing.  I've made some terrible decisions based on desired outcomes and monetary goals, because I rarely paid attention to the desires of my heart and spirit. That was the missing key to my life path.

"Audrey is patient and totally kept me 'on path' every step of the way. It was truly a journey to find out what I'm really here on this planet to do.  Her perseverance and guidance helped make the process easy and even fun through the really difficult, emotional stuff  that was in the way.

"I KNOW I am on my path now--my website is almost up, my ducks are all in a row, my business, legal, and creative partners are picked out, and I feel certain I am going in the perfect direction for ME, while beginning to help many other people as a by-product.  

"The process Audrey did with me in a matter of months could have taken me another 20 years of self-questioning and soul-searching on my own!  I can keep going on my path right now and not spend any more years trying to figure it out. I'm certain I have all the information I need to go forward, and swiftly. Audrey helped me discover what 'certain' was. It feels good."

-- Charylu Roberts, Music Publisher

"Ryan is a gifted listener and facilitator who combines a deep personal commitment to bringing out the authentic nature of every individual with a practical understanding of marketing and branding strategy.  He is creative, highly intuitive, dedicated to his work and delightful to work with.  Ryan helped me to clarity my message, let go of distractions that were not serving me, and help identify and articulate the unique value of my work…and to have fun while doing all of that.”

-- Tara Mohr, Writer, Professional Speaker and Coach

"Audrey’s intuitive wisdom and razor sharp inquiry helped me make sense of myself. She consistently and compassionately mirrored back to me my true nature. The clarity I found from working with Audrey has opened me up to a wealth of creativity.

"With Audrey’s steady guidance, I successfully launched a business using the Speaking Circles® approach to assist individuals in dissolving their fear of speaking in public. I have become part of a collective that facilitates earth-based programs. I am writing children’s books and currently learning how to make documentaries.

"Thanks to my work with Audrey, for the first time, I feel my life has begun to synthesize in such a way that I can make the most of my gifts.

"Then, my purpose work with Audrey was more like play than work. What was different from her methods and those I had already established for myself was the level of focus and formality involved with directly asking for my life purpose to be revealed from within me.

"Audrey showed me how to make peace with my fears and only then would my Soul respond clearly. And the answers keep coming! I've discovered what my essential gifts are and I feel my life is now aligned with my true purpose.

"I have much more vitality, joy, ease and flow. This work with Audrey has played an important role in transforming my whole life."

-- Sahara Chaldean, Vision Quest Guide and Speaking Circle® Facilitator

“I feel incredibly lucky to have worked with Ryan. He is a gifted and intuitive practitioner, and was able to guide me through a particularly dark period of my life. I have grown and flourished over the past six months and hope to continue working with Ryan for many years to come. I can’t recommend him highly enough.”

-- Writer and Business Owner

"Audrey is one of the best listeners I’ve ever met in my life, bar none. She was both supportive and non-judgmental. She helped me to think expansively and reminded me that by viewing obstacles and challenges differently they become opportunities. I was able to formulate concrete and measurable goals for my business, and to clarify what was most important to me in my brand, specialty, niches, and natural market."

-- Bob Love, Discovery Coach

"The work Audrey and I did together helped me gain clarity about my career direction. She gave me an excellent balance of both structure and support. I felt motivated by our work and decided to get a Masters in Organization Development from Pepperdine, which was a marvelous program. Working with Audrey greatly contributed to my growth and eased my transition from Marketing to OD."

-- David Callen, Organization Development Consultant

"Audrey's guidance has made a profound difference in my quest, this time around, for more meaning in my worklife. She is able to bring the focus of our sessions to the key question or issue that I need to explore more deeply in the moment, to find my truth. Through her compassionate and intuitive coaching—indeed through her full presence—I am learning to recognize and trust my inner voice. Her style of coaching is very empowering, and within four months some significant shifts are already taking place."

-- Joanie Boyle, Business Systems Analyst

"Through insightful inquiry, compassionate listening, and wise counsel, Audrey helped me find within myself the resources I needed to move forward in my life in new and exciting ways. I was tired of simply working for a paycheck and wanted to create a life where I am generating income doing work that I love.

"I knew I would need help in making this shift, and I was drawn to Audrey's unique integration of spiritual presence and practical career coaching expertise. Through my work with Audrey I have been able to clarify my goals and objectives, gain the courage and confidence to take new risks, and formulate a practical plan of action.

"In a few short months, my life has changed dramatically. I have a new part time job that fits my needs perfectly, is aligned with my purpose and passion, and that allows me the freedom to develop my new career path as a spiritual counselor and dreamwork facilitator. I have Audrey to thank for helping me cross this major threshhold in my life."

-- Joanne Lefferts, Science of Mind Practitioner

"At age 53 I was laid off from my job of 5 years. What I valued most was Audrey's ability to be deeply present, really listen & then to reframe my fears and confusion into more positive messages I could use to go forward. Audrey has the maturity, experience and wisdom to translate the language of the unknown into pathways to action. I would recommend her as a coach to anyone willing to explore the change they wish to make."

-- Linda Brosh, RN, Health Care Administrator

"I have worked with Audrey for several months and have found the experience exciting, rewarding, and practical. With her passion for project management and background in engineering, combined with a depth based on years of spiritual work, she has a lot to offer. I see her as a 'life engineer', helping her clients to see clearly what arises, and make dreams become real. She has found her path, and is helping me to find mine. I am delighted to recommend her as a coach."

-- Lee Brewster, Information Technology Consultant

"Audrey helped me to clarify and continually move toward my goals with ease, grace and compassion. Through our work, I started to include my whole self in my vision by staying true to my deepest values. Thank you Audrey for your divine wisdom and guidance."

-- Lorraine Platt, Psychotherapist

"I've really seen my life come together so much the last 3 years, and the groundwork that Audrey helped me build was definitely a spark that found some still-smoldering embers of what had always been burning--lighting other pieces of charcoal that I thought had burned out.  As a 66 year old therapist, I've truly discovered that so many disparate paths in my life--once seemingly disjointed, are now coming together.

"Although not 'religious'...Audrey respected and spoke the various languages I have used...to help me recapture the meaning I once heard in my childhood faith that reminded me of vocation--as in being called. 

"Audrey has helped me hear that Call."

-- Tina Alston PhD, Psychotherapist

You are welcome to contact us for more information or to schedule a complimentary initial consultation. Appointments are available by phone or at our offices in Marin County, San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Other Success Stories:

• A company founder was miserable after being fired by his own company. Through our work together he was able to improve his communication and anger management skills. He discovered his life purpose, and is now happily in the midst of launching a new company that expresses that purpose.
  
  
• An unfulfilled management consultant who wanted to reorient his business needed a new focus and brand identity. He uncovered his calling, developed a different line of services, and from that exploration created a new business name, logo and tagline. He then developed and executed a marketing plan that included a website, newsletter and blog. His schedule became fully booked for months ahead.
  
  
• A minister struggled to distinguish her pastoral care program for the public. She received detailed information about her higher purpose from her trusted source of inner guidance, and then translated that language into marketing copy that touches the soul of her intended audience.
  
  
• An executive director of a struggling non-profit learned time management and life balance skills. With this foundation plus the addition of a business plan, she was able to bring a new level of clarity, focus, and direction to her organization.
  
  
• An executive felt a calling to become a minister, but was torn at the thought of leaving her position. Through deep and detailed inquiry into her life purpose with her trusted source of guidance, she saw the way forward and developed a practical transition plan which is now in process.
  
  
• A small business owner knew he needed to delegate more so that he could focus on opportunities to grow the business. He learned how to communicate effectively as a leader and empower his staff to take on more responsibility. He hired an office manager who started systematizing the business in a new operations manual, so that he was no longer needed to supervise on a daily basis.
  
  
• A personal trainer with ADHD needed focus and follow-through to rebuild his practice and keep his sales pipeline full. With guidance he designed several customized systems that included the areas of time management, lead management, referral partnerships and client intake processing. With the addition of a new logo and tagline plus fresh marketing materials, his client load turned around within a few months.
  
  
• Burnout from a high-tech career led an engineer to re-evaluate his work choices. He developed a plan to start a consulting business that expressed his expertise yet allowed him to choose his own hours and projects that reflected his deepest values. He then was in the satisfying position of turning down job offers due to the success of his business.
  

You are welcome to contact us for more information or to schedule a complimentary initial consultation. Appointments are available by phone or at our offices in Marin County, San Francisco Bay Area, California.