Through one-on-one or group conversations, life coaching helps people get to know themselves better and provides skills and tools they can use to change the way they think, feel and interact with others – in their personal lives and at work.

Life coaching is powerful, personal and empowering, and it leads to incredibly positive changes. It’s also very productive and quite quickly gets to the heart of whatever is making clients feel stuck, unhappy, frustrated or simply as if they’re not where they want to be in their lives or their careers.

If you’re aware that something feels not-quite-right – or even horribly wrong – in your life and you’re ready to tackle it and would like an ally to help you figure it out, life coaching with Kristen could be really helpful. A free 15-minute phone conversation could help you decide – click here to schedule either an initial call or a full coaching session.

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About Kristen

Kristen Carter is a certified Martha Beck life coach. She came to coaching after 25 years in the business world as a senior manager and consultant with blue-chip companies in South Africa and the United States. She is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her clients include CEOs, managers and work-based teams, as well as men and women who come to her outside a work context.

All her corporate experience was fine while it lasted, but coaching is Kristen’s passion. She loves helping other people find their own passions, untangle the thoughts and feelings that are holding them back, improve their relationships, learn to handle difficult situations or people with confidence, and generally feel more at peace with who they are and the choices they make.

About Martha Beck

Martha Beck is a writer and “life coach” pioneer who specialises in helping people design satisfying and meaningful life experiences.

Prior to uncovering and following her own path to life coaching, Martha was an accomplished academic, with a bachelor’s degree in East Asian studies and master’s and PhD degrees in sociology, all from Harvard University in the US. She taught sociology, social psychology, organisational behaviour and business management at Harvard and the American Graduate School of International Management. She has also published academic books and articles on a variety of social science and business topics.

However, it was her work as a research associate at Harvard Business School, studying career paths and life-course changes, that would eventually inspire her to develop her life coaching practice.

Martha’s non-academic books include New York Times bestsellers Expecting Adam, Leaving the Saints, The Four-Day Win, Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live and her latest book, Steering by Starlight. She has also been a contributing editor for many popular magazines, including Real Simple and Redbook, and is currently a columnist for O, the Oprah Magazine.

Martha has a passion for South Africa; she has taught coaches here, leads a Self-Transformation Adventure Retreat (STAR) at Londolozi game reserve once or twice a year and has become involved with philanthropic projects here as well. She says, “South Africa has become one of my favourite places on earth. Its people, their land, and their spirit have immeasurably blessed me.”

For information on Martha or her upcoming events in South Africa, go to www.marthabeck.com.