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"If you ask me what I have come to do in the world... I will reply: I'm here to live my life out loud." - Émile Zola
My vision is to be a light to my clients and support them in identifying and illuminating the unique gifts inside of them and to use those gifts to create and live an amazing life, and business, that they love!
I know what it means to make big changes, follow your heart and pursue your dreams because I have experienced it first hand! Including: going back to school, career transitions, relocations, life purpose search, spirituality exploration, building a strong personal foundation, learning a new language, and starting my own business in 2002!
My passion is to help small business owners grow their businesses into long-term sustainable enterprises and have a great life at the same time. I do this by combining my business and marketing background, my coaching skills, as well as my own personal experiences. As a business owner myself I understand what my clients are going through.
I am curious by nature and love to "find" new information, which makes me a great resource for my clients. I am an avid reader and a life-long learner. My background in business and marketing, with a strong focus on profit, gives me special insight to the challenges you may be facing in your professional life.
I attract clients who are entrepreneurial thinkers, creative, and willing to do what is needed to reach their goals. I believe each unique person has special gifts that they are meant to use and by doing so, create happiness and joy for themselves and the people they serve.
Being able to do work that I am passionate about, helping people, and make a living doing it is the most amazing gift of my life. I have never been happier and am so grateful to be able to spend my energy in a way that is meaningful to me. Life is short and it goes by quickly, much too fast to spend it doing something that isn’t authentically you.
To find out more about my perspective on creating a successful life, check out my blog, Success Tips for Life by clicking on this link: http://successtipsforlife.typepad.com/.
I am an American citizen who has lived in the Netherlands since 1999. I am originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma and lived in Texas (Houston and Dallas) and Ohio before I moved to the Netherlands. I have been informally coaching people my whole life, and have loved doing it professionally since I started my own business in April 2002.

University Education: Master's degree in Communication - 1994 University of Oklahoma (summa cum laude) Bachelor's degree in Business Management - 1988 University of Oklahoma
Coach Training: Coach U Graduate - 2002 www.coachinc.com is an accredited coach training program by the International Coach Federation ICF www.coachfederation.org

Articles Written About Stephanie Ward by Others: Simply click on the title of the article you want to read.
Wisdom Wildfire
Attract More Clients: Connecting Worlds Magazine
Strong in Business with the Personal Coach: De Ondernemer
You Cannot Teach a Man Anything: Network Netherlands Newsletter
Getting Focused: WIN Newsletter

Professional Experience: o 7 years experience working for International, profit-oriented companies in the following areas: Business Development Sales & Profit and Loss Responsibility Recruiting Marketing Management Consulting including designing training programs and giving workshops o 5 years Non-Profit work experience

Organizations: CoachU Dutch Chapter Co-Host ICF Member Coachville Member Network-Club.com Member Amsterdam American Business Club Member

What Some People Have Said About Working With Stephanie…….
"Your gift is your ability, being the intelligent mirror, to bring me from revelation mode into action mode."
"Stephanie has a true gift for listening, asking the right questions and presenting feedback from a point of view that I wouldn't have thought of. I always feel positive, full of ideas and totally supported after our conversations."
"It has been said that we can only be what we see. But what if our vision is not 20/20? Who will validate our perspective and assess if we are seeing accurately? More importantly who will encourage us to be something bigger than we can even imagine for ourselves in the moment? And when the dream enthusiasm ceases, who will be there as a coach to see you through the endless practices, failures and victories until the dream is fully realized? Ten years passed before I took action on my dreams because I was playing the game alone. In less than 12 months with Firefly coaching I was truly able to make huge strides down my personal path and the real value of this coaching experience is far from being over as it has an exponential effect on every aspect of life."
"Stephanie does not provide answers; she asks the right questions so that you can come up with your own answers. Stephanie gave me confidence and made me realise the importance of what I do. She helps me get the most out of my life and gives me inspiration. She is a real life example of how to follow your dreams."
"When I spend time with Stephanie I get the feeling that everything is possible. I feel energized and more confident about my creative skills and my ability to generate new ideas and plans. She asks questions that lead me to my own inspired answers!"
"Working with Stephanie gave me the ability to make the emotions and ideas in my life more concrete. Capturing my thoughts on paper helped me get focused and take action."
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