Feedback from my clients

Spinorb Coaching clients span 3 continents and include nonprofit leaders, social entrepeneurs, and fellow coaches. I help people who try to make the world better starting with themselves.

Greg Murray, General Manager (Middel East and Africa), Templeton Galt, says

Conscious, powerful, energetic, nurturing, and challenging.

I first came across Jean Russell on the Omidyar Network and followed her postings around for some time, trying to figure out what kind of linguistic uplift voodoo she was practicing and why. Through subsequent conversations it emerged that she is a life coach, with a particular focus on social entrepreneurs and nonprofit sector leadership development.

Over the last year or so there have been a range of ideas and plans for social ventures that I have been developing whilst working and travelling in the Middle East & Africa. The development of some of these has been sporadic, competing with a range of other demands on my personal time and energy. Working on not much more than intuition, I decided to hire Jean as a coach, without a clear plan as to what that involved.

After having worked with Jean for many months, I can say without hesitation that my work with her has enabled me to break through or navigate around a range of mental roadblocks. It has involved a combination of brainstorming, challenging assumptions and beliefs, and the drawing out of spaghetti-scattered thought patterns and re-arranging them into something that I can more clearly visualise and act upon.

Additionally, she is extremely well read and keyed into all sorts of emerging patterns in the world. She has mental tentacles out in some very interesting areas - elements she brings to the table and interweaves with subtlety and skill.

I would recommend this woman as a coach of serious ability and integrity, an authentic individual who radiates positive energy and who has become a firm friend.

Theresa Williamson, Founder, Catalytic Communities, says:

Jean Russell helped me clear my hurdles to developing strategies for my professional and personal life. With each coaching session my path became clearer, and I discovered the best ways to align my talents with my natural passions. Instead of advising, Jean asked the right questions that got me processing the events of my life differently, so that the path became clear to me, naturally.

She has a natural gift for coaching -- tailoring it to an individual's unique situation with a delivery unburdened by jargon or canned 'best practices.' Jean's coaching was directly responsible for helping me stabilize my work and personal life during the hardest time in both those lives. Without her, Catalytic Communities would be nowhere near where it is today. And without her, I would still be a longshot away from achieving balance in my personal life. I can't say enough to illustrate her impact.

Jill Palermo, CEO, I'm Organic, Inc. says:

Jean is really an amazingly sensitive coach. After our calls, I'm struck by how deeply Jean sees me. Working with Jean is like taking a deep breath. I always leave each call with more appreciation for myself and all that is happening in my world and with a renewed commitment to what is really important to me. Jean not only helps me to focus and create strategies for success, she also helps me know WHAT to focus on and what success means for me. Thanks, Jean, for your 100% total commitment to helping me create an immensely satisfying life that has a real impact on the world.

I enthusiastically recommend her services to anyone who wants to operate with more awareness in their life.

Anne Marie Bellevance, Professor of Play, Sufolla, says:

Jean is a gift. Her active listening and reflective questioning so often create harmonious flow from my out of balance chaos. Her positive soul helps me to visualize my passionate future and explore the journey of moving from reflection to action. She opens her heart and mind which leads me from self discovery to self leadership. Thank you Jean for connecting me to creative clarity!

Jack Klemeyer says:

Jean's curiosity helped me discover how I was limiting my own options. In talking with Jean, I realized I could achieve my goals using my own processes. Within two calls, one of my goals went from a dream to a reality. I made it happen. Jean's questions made room for the possibility. She rocks!

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