Throughout the years, Sharon has woven her diverse educational,
vocational, and personal background to realize her life-long
passion toward helping others achieve thriving and purposeful
lives. Today, as a certified Professional Life Coach she has
combined her unique abilities in Life Skills, Wellness, and
Creative Arts/Crafts. Sharon also provides consulting services
as needed in these specialties.
During her childhood years, Sharon's father was a division administrator for Paramont Studios, and she was always curious to see and meet the performers and actors whenever she got a chance. Her own creative bent shadowed her whenever she would be drawing profiles of students in her class instead of learning her math tables or the physiology of a frog.
By the time Sharon was a young adult, she was already actively involved in the creative arts, crafts, and poetry. She also developed her business skills along the way, just in case "art" didn't provide enough income to live on. Yet, Sharon was fortunate to be hired as a program manager of a university arts/crafts center after achieving her BA degree in art and minor in business.
Sharon’s
arts/crafts and business skills helped organize and direct the
many activities of the University of California, Davis
Craft Center. According
to David Hertz, former Union & Recreation Services Director,
she “was almost singularly responsible for the development
of a new, expanded Crafts program in what has to be one of the
finest craft facilities in all of California.” By the
opening day of the new facility, the center was staffed with
20 instructors, 30 student workers, as well as the same number
of volunteers. The center became debt free through Sharon’s
excellent management skills, the hard work and commitment of
the staff, as well as the university's student union directors.
After her tenure in California, it was then time to move to
South Texas. As Sharon was adjusting to friendly South Texas
life, she was also having a growing desire to share her skills
with others, whose lives may be limited in some way. . .to experience
the joy in creative expression all their own. After she finished
her masters degree in art, she completed a wellness seminar
and was then trained as an Activity Director Instructor for
nursing homes. Sharon was able to share her joy and expertise
in the crafts as an instructor and consultant.
Her longing was
to help raise the bar of skill for activity director trainees
and provide a range of creative ideas within a nursing home
setting. Throughout her experience, she came away with a profound
respect for the profession. For not a few nursing home facilities,
activity directors are often times not supported with staff,
supplies or adequate compensation for the degree of love and
sacrifice they give their residents. Sharon’s ultimate
hope is this noble profession will be given a higher place of
honor in our nation’s health care community.
Unaware at the time, Sharon’s encounter with our nation’s
healthcare system as an Activity Director Instructor was just
a preamble to her own personal journey toward wellness. As life
always has its twists and turns, Sharon entered a whole new
adventure. During the course of moving from California to Texas,
various ailments began to surface but were initially ignored.
During the next two years, she found her health progressively
deteriorating for inexplicable reasons. The pain was continuous,
and life was becoming a seemingly unsolvable mystery. Sharon
came to a stop!
As she journeyed to solve her many “medical mysteries”,
Sharon began to discover a whole new life of faith and hope.
Every day became a brand new day filled with challenges and
opportunities...and a deeper passion entering her life. Sharon’s
new journey took her through a cascading list of infirmities,
the shadows and secrets of childhood abuse, and the meandering
maze of conventional and alternative medicine.
As she looks
back on her odyssey to solve those medical mysteries, Sharon
was challenged to look at life’s horizon with a broader
stroke—one life forever changed by her faith, the impact
of family on her physical, emotional, spiritual well being,
and the healing miracle of forgiveness.
From
her own personal odyssey, Sharon sought to more deeply understand
our spiritual nature and its impact on people’s lives
and relationships. She pursued an extensive two-year training
program at Elijah House to be certified as a Prayer Ministry
Counselor. Combined with her proficient business skills, she
then pursued training at the Therapon Institute and board certification
with the American Society of Christian Therapists. Sharon established
herself as a Life Skills Consultant/Belief Therapist helping
people bring order out of chaos in their personal lives. Sharon
also came away with an even more profound respect and understanding
of our nation’s healthcare system in the midst of transformation.
Conventional
and complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) have had a long
and illustrious history tempered by generations of sibling rivalry.
Today, Integrative Healthcare represents a merging of these
two giant industries. However, our nation’s private and
public entities have many complex, crosscurrent political, economic,
societal, public health dilemmas yet to resolve. Yet, patients
and practitioners are joining together to create real answers
for real people. Patients are demanding it—professionals
are struggling to provide it.
The critical answers for our nation
are right before us. Each will play a key role in the destiny
of our nation's healthcare. Each of us will seek answers to
these questions, “Will integrative healthcare meet the
critical issues of the 21st century? Will our nation’s
public and private healthcare entities form a workable consensus
before we are halfway into the 21st century?
With
her diverse educational, vocational, and personal background,
Sharon desires to significantly contribute to our nation’s
healthcare vision. Building on her special areas of expertise,
she completed an extensive training program with the Institute
for Life Coach Training. As an active credentialed member of the International
Coach Federation, she continues to work toward a higher level of international certification.
As a certified Professional Life & Wellness Coach, she has combined
her uniquely designed skill sets to help make real-life changes
in our nation’s critical healthcare future and people’s
lives. Transformation of our healthcare happens one person at
a time taking forward action and living their life purpose.
Prevention
and Wellness are key aspirations within our nation’s healthcare
journey. As part of the team, Sharon is committed to
providing the level of excellence needed for the 21st century.
She serves her clients toward the highest quality of wellness.
A winning team emerges and lasting lifestyle changes are sustained
through the client’s focused commitment and forward action.
Sharon’s contributions are teamed with a collaborative
referral system that works for the client.
As
part of her ongoing endeavors, Sharon writes for an integrative journal, Integrative Medicine, A Clinician's Journal from a wellness coach's perspective. She is also currently writing an
extensive book on the transformation of our nation’s healthcare
into an integrative healthcare system. Her book will
provide readers with a personal and practical navigating resource
for our nation’s healthcare transition. Her own story,
In Daddy’s Eyes, also offers a chronicle of her
wellness journey --available at any local bookstore or online
at Amazon (www.amazon.com)
or Barnes & Noble (www.barnesnoble.com). Visit Sharon's Store regularly for a variety of helps available for Celebrating Your Journey!™
Sharon
continues her enduring passion to help people seek, reach, and
achieve their life purpose, both professionally and personally.
Professional Life Coaching has given her that opportunity. Sharon
and her husband, John, have been married forty-five years.
They thoroughly enjoy the South Texas life and spending time
with family and friends along the beautiful coastlands of California.
Sharon also enjoys listening to ole swing band music, reading
Clive Cussler mystery/adventure books, as well as shopping with
her daughters, of course. Her own personal goals are:
To celebrate life and have those experiences in her life become
“a door of hope” for others, professionally and
personally.
To be her husband’s life partner...enjoying together
the opportunities and challenges life brings our way.
To delight in seeing her lovely daughters experience life
at its fullest...to offer friendship each day, counsel when
asked, and her unconditional love throughout their lives.
To leave a legacy of hope, faith, and love.
(Sharon’s resume)
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