“My path was windy and disorienting at times.
I always went astray when I ignored my intuition, that quiet little voice that always has the wisdom to guide me in the right direction.
I was an artist, a mural painter, an art teacher, a mother, a divorcée, a student of art therapy and positive psychology, a small business owner. There were so many times that I felt like a failure.
It was only after several stops and starts, like a living-breathing game of hotter-colder, that I finally found my calling as a life coach.
And I use everything that I learned along the way in my work. I needed those experiences, the joys and hardships, the gifts and challenges, to know myself fully and to truly understand the gift of purpose and intuition. ”
SIMONE CLEARY
Life Coach
An Inside Look
Simone Cleary is based in Carmel-by-the-Sea, a picturesque beach town on the Pacific Coast of California. Here she offers private and remote session to clients. Simone specializes in helping people uncover their life purpose and cultivate the relationships that fully support them.
Simone is a trained Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach. In addition, Simone draws from her studies in art therapy and positive psychology to offer a creative and intuitive approach to coaching. Simone practices an effective coaching method that helps people pursue and attain what makes them happy. As a life coach, Simone’s intention is to share her knowledge to help others get the clarity they need to reach their full potential.
“Coaching feels like my ultimate life purpose. For all the years that I struggled to figure out why I am here and how to use my gifts, it only makes sense to share my knowledge with everyone else who has struggled or who is struggling the same way.”
Led by her curiosity and determination to break cycles of generational dysfunction and learn a better way of living and relating, Simone learned how to face the challenges of life with an empowering perspective and use those experiences to her advantage as opportunities to grow stronger, wiser and more compassionate.
Simone is contentedly married with two beautiful children. Painting, gardening, running, practicing yoga and meditation, studying astrology, traveling, volunteering and habitat restoration, round out Simone’s happiest pursuits.
The Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach program, designed by Dr. Martha Beck, incorporates the top current research in psychology and neuroscience. Beck’s work is internationally recognized and she is widely known and celebrated for her New York Times best-selling books and columns in O, Oprah Magazine.
CREDENTIALS
INVITE CHANGE COACHING DEVELOPMENT
2020. ICF Mentor Coaching. Rigorous practice, observation and feedback program designed to up level coaching capabilities and fully align with ICF core competences in order to apply for ICF credentialing. Application in-process for ICF ACC level certification.
MARTHA BECK WAYFINDER LIFE COACH TRAINING
2018 - 2019. Professional Life Coach. Extensive instruction and practicum work in coaching techniques, ethical practices, core coaching competencies, active listening, non-verbal communication techniques and intuition development to support clients in goal definition and attainment.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
2018. Certificate in Positive Psychology. Coursework led by professor Martin E. P. Seligman exploring the past, present and future of Positive Psychology, the scientific foundations of Positive Psychology, the science and practice of nurturing resilience and the skills of well-being.
NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR
2015 - 2017. Master of Arts in Art Therapy. Rigorous studies in psychology, marriage and family counseling methods, treatment plans, art therapy intervention techniques, psychopathology and psychological assessment. 38 out of 63 units of study completed.