212-564-2073 sharon@goodlifecoaching.com

About Sharon  "Life to you is a dashing and bold adventure." ~ from a fortune cookie   Click here for Summary of Credentials Click here for Sharon in the Media   I am what the Life Purpose Institute calls a "Rainbow Person" – someone with lots of different interests. I decided at the age of 14 that I wanted to be an actress. I picked up singing and dancing along the way, majored in Theatre, with a minor in Music, at Hofstra University, and began my professional career. I performed in dinner theatre, summer stock, regional theatre, film, commercials, print modeling, and the highlight of my career – musical children's theatre with the wonderful Gingerbread Players & Jack. During that time, I became a professional photographer, doing headshots for actors and covering events for the Art Directors Club and the American Marketing Association. My photos appeared in several industry magazines, including the "Marketing Review," "Advertising Age" and "Print," and I was fortunate to have one of my "artistic" pieces chosen for the first "Best of Photography Annual." I also began honing my computer skills, which later blossomed into desktop publishing, graphics and web design. I began writing some short stories and articles, some of which appeared in magazines and local newspapers. In 1990, my friend, Maria Ciaccia, also a writer, suggested that we start our own publishing company to get our work into print, and Excalibur Publishing was born. Through 2006, we published and sold 14 titles, including some of our own books. My first book, "Alpha, Beta & Gamma," included illustrations that I did on my trusty Macintosh, and I contributed to our series of original monologues, "By Actors, For Actors." My second solo book, "Managing With A Heart: 222 Ways To Make Your Employees Feel Appreciated," was picked up by a fast-growing publisher called Sourcebooks, has been translated into several languages and is used as a resource in college business classes. The third edition is now available as an e-book. I also contributed to "My First Book Sale," published by Blue Island Publications, and more recently wrote and published three e-books, "The Tortoise Workbook: Strategies for Getting Ahead at Your Own Pace," "Self-Publishing Basics," and "Tips for Tortoises: Getting Ahead at Your Own Pace." My books and audios are now available through my new publishing company, Good Life Press, and my e-newsletter, "Living the Creative Life," continues to reach creative people all over the world. As a publisher, I also got to develop my editorial skills. One of the books I edited, "Practical Parenting for the 21st Century," was a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award. I went on to edit books and articles for Allworth Press, Heineman, Food Arts magazine and several corporate clients. As if I didn't have enough to do, I decided in 1997 that I wanted to become a Life Coach, so that I could make a direct positive contribution to people's lives, individually and in groups, and I began coaching and leading workshops and teleclasses. In 1999, I added to my skills by completing The Life Purpose Process© certification course with Fern Gorin, M.A. and the Life Purpose Institute. In 2005, I earned a certificate in Adult Career Planning and Development at New York University. As a workshop leader, I have led teleclasses for the Virtual Reality Self-Help Center, WriteDirections.com and Teleclass.com, and have been leading career, life skills and publishing workshops for the 92nd Street Y , Bronxville Adult School, Makor/Steinhardt Center, the Learning Annex, the Career Change Network, WorkTalk, Axxess Business Centers, the International Coach Federation/NYC Chapter, the Independent Business Womens Circle, the International Facility Management Association, Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Network of Enterprising Women, Manhattan Plaza Social Services and other venues, as well as leading monthly coaching groups. In the fall of 2004, I expanded my teaching to include training coaches for the Life Purpose Institute, and in fall of 2005 as an adjunct instructor in the Coaching certificate program at New York University - School of Continuing and Professional Studies. I have also been a guest lecturer at Columbia University and the Fashion Institute of Technology, and I've mentored college students through Hofstra's Career Alumni Advisor Network. And I am excited to be an Affiliated Coach with Vocation Vacations! I have enjoyed being interviewed for radio programs and magazine articles (see below) and have made two appearances on Manhattan Neighborhood Network cable TV, as host of "Access for All," where I interviewed Nancy Rubin Stuart, author of "American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post," and as guest coach on " Life Coach TV" and "Life Coach Radio" with Dr. Marianna Lead. I am honored to be a former Director of the New York City chapter of the International Coach Federation. I've also had the good fortune to be included in several Who's Who books, including "Great Women of the 21st Century," "2000 Notable American Women," "Empire Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry" and "Oxford Who's Who Annual Registry." That's it so far, but I have a feeling that a few more chapters will be added to this book! Top Summary of Credentials BA in Theatre, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY Certificate in Adult Career Planning and Development, New York University, New York, NY Certified as a Life, Life Purpose and Career Coach, The Life Purpose Institute, San Diego, CA President, Good Life Coaching Inc. and owner, Good Life Press Senior Coaching Instructor, The Life Purpose Institute, San Diego, CA Adjunct Instructor, Coaching Program, New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies, New York, NY Affiliated Coach, Vocation Vacations, www.vocationvacations.com Former co-owner and publisher, Excalibur Publishing, New York, NY Author, Managing With A Heart, The Tortoise Workbook and other books Member, International Coach Federation Founding Member, International Association of Coaching   Top Sharon in the Media TV Life Coach TV with Dr. Marianna Lead – Manhattan Neighborhood Network Access for All: An Interview with Author Nancy Rubin Stuart – Manhattan Neighborhood Network   Radio and Podcasts Career Talk with Maggie Mistal – Martha Stewart Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio Network Life Coach Radio with Dr. Marianna Lead – archived at www.progressiveradionetwork.org (Date: 9/6/06) Career Connections with Leslie Harris – Business Radio 1160, Atlanta Vocation Vacation Podcasts – http://feeds.feedburner.com/VocationvacationsPodcast (Podcast #6)   Print Click to read the following articles: Time Out New York: "Going for the Goal" ARTLINE magazine -- Delaware Division of the Arts: "Double Lives: Non-Career Artists Balance Jobs and Arts" New York Sun: "Getting Back on Track"   Top