Bill Baren Coaching is an organization that works with intelligent and conscious entrepreneurs who find either time, money or energy is missing from their work/life mix. Together we create prosperity by aligning their business and life so that there's more than enough money, time and energy for what's really meaningful to them.

Since 2001 we have coached hundreds of entrepreneurs, business owners and executives to success and prosperity.

Perhaps the best way to begin to describe what I do is to share the defining moment in my life that got me to where I am today. I woke up one morning in the summer of 2000 and simply couldn't get out of bed. I could no longer escape from acknowledging that I was depressed and that my life was no longer working. Though I had at one point enjoyed my career that looked incredible on paper, my heart was no longer in it. It wasn't enough that I was managing a music distribution company and was constantly around incredible music.

I'm from Texas, and moved to California in 1988. Texas A&M is my alma mater, granting me a degree is History; if you're familiar with the school you'll know it's not exactly known for it's Liberal Arts departments - it's more of a math and science school. Thus began the story I made up of not fitting in to the dominant culture; my working at the college radio station only emphasized this fact. How could I make it in the structured, corporate mainstream when what I was doing didn't quite fit?

My career path began like that of many people, born more out of practicality than passion. Not knowing precisely what I wanted to do, I chose to major in business management, deciding that it would likely provide a good foundation for whatever I would end up doing, once I really figured out what "it" was going to be.

My path to coaching started a few years ago when I signed up for a weekend life-coaching seminar and it completely changed my way of thinking. At the time I had reached a dead end in my career. I was working crazy long hours in the job I thought I wanted but I was stressed out and feeling horrible most of the time. Since I always wanted to do my best, I would give 100% and run myself to the ground. Stress and frustration got me my grinding my teeth at night or laying awake thinking about work. I'd have angry outburst every time I had to travel for work and then I'd come home with a cold. I couldn't understand why I was so unhappy - I was successful! I had a good job doing what I always wanted to do and I was rewarded for it. Shouldn't I be happy?

Do you ever wonder if your work is making a difference in the world? Or secretly admire people who create positive social or environmental impact through their business? I certainly do. After spending 10 incredible years living in Prague, Czech Republic in the 1990s, I came back to the US, and something about being in Europe for so long (and travels to Southeast Asia and the Middle East) had changed my perspective about life and business in the US.

For me life is about the journey, not the destination. Having grown up as the daughter of a career military man and a German mother, traveling to new places, meeting new people, and learning new things was a huge part of my life. In 26 years I’ve moved an average of about 20 times and attended 12 different schools – staying in one place is not my thing.

My story is a bit different from the others at Bill Baren Coaching. Their stories follow the route of "the path" to "the now, " but for me, the now is my path. I suppose you can chronicle this part of my life as the beginning of a journey where I have no idea where I might end up. This unknown destination seems a bit dark, mysterious and almost terrifying.