Meet Barb Garrison

Barb Garrison is a Certified Life and Career Coach. She is a graduate and former faculty member of the Life Purpose Institute, a coach training school accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications. Barb has even trained personally with Julia Ross, renowned author of The Mood Cure in Amino Acid Therapy.

Barb has had successes in every type of career model from starting two of her own businesses, climbing the ladder at a worldwide corporation, managing a team at a national public company to consulting with fast-growing start-ups and family-owned businesses.

She is an excellent planner, brainstorming partner and creative problem-solver with two decades of experience as a corporate manager, mentor, business owner and marketer.

So what does Barb know about your daily life and problems, like career burnout, hating your job, changing careers or finding a new career? Plenty!

But let Barb tell you herself:

I know what it’s like to walk into my office listening to the cadence of my sensible pumps while my inner voice repeats “I hate this. I hate this.” At the tail end of my very successful 18-year career in marketing, I was exhausted down to my bones.

I thought I was doing all the right things – drinking plenty of water, eating my vegetables and even exercising if I could even get myself out of the office. But true wellness was out of my reach, no matter how hard I tried. My body was literally screaming at me with migraine headaches, stomach issues and challenges sleeping, not to mention my regular relationship with antibiotics.

Passion and purpose were completely missing from my life. Plus, without time freedom, creative freedom, and freedom to be who I am, my soul was withering away. I needed to figure out what would motivate me to leap out of bed every day. And once I did, doors seemed to start opening magically.

It was a natural progression from there into coaching. I had already been mentoring, training and counselling my staff, associates and fellow business owners. But an even bigger clue was the fact that people have been coming to me for insight, support and problem-solving since I was a teenager.

I am now the career coach I wish I’d had

I have created a life I love, and am passionately committed to helping my clients do the same. With my thriving career coaching business, I found my purpose. I am tapping into my passions and what comes naturally to me every day. With a balanced life and a marriage with my husband, Robert, I am happier and healthier than I ever thought possible.