How often do you find yourself judging yourself or others? If you’re aware of that voice, you can learn to befriend it and use it for your greater good. Guest Joan-Clare Gilbert shares with host Meredith Bell strategies she’s used with herself and with clients to reduce the amount of time spent in judging and more in loving.

Joan-Claire shares her journey to becoming a coach and what’s she learned from her own coaches that she now applies with her clients. You’ll appreciate the loving, gentle approach she offers to being kind to yourself when faced with situations that could challenge you.

About the Guest: 

Joan-Claire Gilbert is The Ultimate Relationship Coach.  A formerly practicing attorney, she is now a trained mental fitness coach and leadership coach who helps attorneys and entrepreneurs create powerfully loving and mutually supportive relationships, both at home and in the workplace.

She works with law firm managing partners and other business leaders who want a competitive edge and also want to create a team of engaged, collaborative leaders who get the job done.

Joan-Claire grew up in the fertile Willamette Valley of Oregon, USA in a family wholesale tree nursery business, graduated from Princeton University (A.B., Economics) and Notre Dame Law School, and began her law career in Portland, Oregon at a boutique litigation firm.

​After struggling for many years with a debilitating autoimmune condition as a mother of young children and feeling like the problem was always "out there," Joan-Claire discovered a better way, and began her personal development journey in earnest.  

​Since becoming a professional coach in 2020, she has seen her clients have profound breakthroughs that have been hugely impactful on their professional work, on their relationships, and on their organizations.

​You can read more about Joan-Claire's journey from stuck and disempowered to powerful in her chapter "Finding Your True Power in Your Presence to Yourself" in the 2022 co-authored bestseller I Am Powerful, available on Amazon.  

Website: https://www.joanclairecoaching.com/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joanclairegilbert 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanclairecoaching/ 

About the Host:

Meredith Bell is the Co-founder and President of Grow Strong Leaders. Her company publishes software tools and books that help people build strong relationships at work and at home.

Meredith is an expert in leader and team communications, the author of three books, and the host of the Grow Strong Leaders Podcast. She co-authored her latest books, Connect with Your Team: Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills, and Peer Coaching Made Simple, with her business partner, Dr. Dennis Coates. In them, Meredith and Denny provide how-to guides for improving communication skills and serving as a peer coach to someone else.

Meredith is also The Heart-centered Connector. One of her favorite ways of BEING in the world is to introduce people who can benefit from knowing each other.

https://growstrongleaders.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmbell

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