Karen Lynch

  • She/Her/Hers

My personal biography/journey...

A defining moment.
We all have them.
It’s that moment in time when we seem to just ‘wake up’, almost as if we have been sleep walking through life up until that point in time when we realize all that came before that very moment was purposeful and deliberate. Sort of a cosmic alarm clock goes off and we can’t ignore it any longer. It happened to me when I was at a point in my life where many things had been ‘cleared’ out such as relationships, job, kids off to college. It was when I went on a trip with my son to Poland and Hungary. We had just toured the Auschwitz/Birkenau concentration camp for the past six hours and were riding on a bus going back to our hotel in Krakow Poland. It was such a heavy feeling reflecting on what I saw, heard, and felt from that day of walking through the history of the camp. It’s as if snippets of my life were unfolding in flashes before me. An awakening allowing me to see that the pain, the losses and the difficult decisions of the past, that all of those life experiences ‘I got to do’. They didn’t happen to me. They happened for me.
This is where my coaching journey began, turning point in deciding what was really important in my life and how could use this awareness to assist others on their personal journey?
It’s all in how we choose to look at it. Did it happen to me (fear) or for me (love)? We ‘get to’ choose how we look at it. Every choice is a dance. Every dance is a discovery. What would you like to discover?

My professional/coaching journey...

As a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Karen is passionate about the total well-being of a person. Working with executives, professionals and emerging leaders inside and outside of organizations she provides guidance on what really matters to a person and fully explore their genius, creativity and innovation which generates a positive mindset for the work and lifestyle they crave. With 20+ years of deep corporate and consulting experience, Karen brings this expertise to her clients as a point of reference and big picture strategies and collaboration as insights to her client.

Using compassion, humor, pragmatism, and a holistic mind-body-spirit approach, the coaching experience will bring to light:
Clarity on personal values
Build confidence, strengthening a positive sense of self
Explore emotional intelligence and energetic output
Identify and leverage natural talents and strengths
Overcome negative mindsets that block dreams and goals
Create a sense of inner peace and wisdom in their life - Zen

Karen is an individual who is passionate about helping people develop and succeed, getting below the surface with a client to uncover what might be blocking them from moving forward. Getting past the challenges is what enables a client to achieve their goals and have more satisfaction in their life. Creating a pathway to achieve their goals and to maximum potential Karen utilizes a variety of assessments, coaching tools & techniques and workshops.

Four succinct words or statements that describe my strengths, engagement with my clients, or passions as a coach...

Building a partnership with my clients that uses compassion, humor, pragmatism, and a holistic mind-body-spirit approach that brings discovery and enlightenment into one's life

Four words or succinct statements that describe my unique approach to life or recreation...

Life happens for us, not to us, we get to choose how we want to look at it!

My education and certifications...

  • International Coaching Federation ICF: PCC -Professional Coach Certification
  • Governance Alliance: Sociocracy Facilitator Certification
  • OKA/MHS: EQ-i-2.0, EQ360 Certification Emotional Intelligence
  • PROSCI: Change Management Practitioner Certification
  • ToP Technology of Participation: Certificate Workshop Facilitator
  • Certificate Strategic Design Workshop Facilitator
  • Certificate Consensus Building Workshop Facilitator
  • GetFive: Career Coach Certification
  • Project Management Institute (PMI): Project Management Certification Process
  • Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) -Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner Certification, ELI-MP
  • Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) -Certified Professional Coach, CPC
  • Cornell University: Certificate in Change Management
  • Women Enterprise Business National Council: WBENC Certification
  • Yoga Alliance 200CYTT: Certified Yoga Teacher

My community involvement...

  • Since moving to Colorado my passion and interest have been with environmental causes.
  • Learning for Living, Nonprofit Professional Coach, Workshop Facilitator
  • Colorado Sierra Club Volunteer Committee
  • Planetary C.A.R.E Meeting Facilitator
  • Heartland Hospice Milwaukee, Volunteer
  • Best Buddies Organization, Board Member