Taren and I connected at an optimal time in my career and life. As an accomplished business executive and mother, I was feeling underwhelmed with a fire in me to change. But how? Doing what? I felt rudderless, shackled to my own life, and unworthy to make a difference.
My first hurdle was saying yes to “am I worth my own investment?” In short order I said, “Hell YES!”
Next was regaining my thoughts and opening my aperture to welcome creativity and freedom back into my life. Two things I desperately desired and have incorporated into my daily routine. I love this.
And finally, accepting the big word I kept small. TRUST. Taren gave me the tools to trust myself, to choose confidence, to declare my gifts, and to take action to share them with others. Wow, this is Big Time and life changing!
I’m so glad I doubled down on investing in myself.
And I’m grateful for the return on my investment with Taren—an amazing coach who helped me reframe and experience the life I want to live.
Invest in yourself. Invest in Taren.
Jenn Cloutier
My first hurdle was saying yes to “am I worth my own investment?” In short order I said, “Hell YES!”
Next was regaining my thoughts and opening my aperture to welcome creativity and freedom back into my life. Two things I desperately desired and have incorporated into my daily routine. I love this.
And finally, accepting the big word I kept small. TRUST. Taren gave me the tools to trust myself, to choose confidence, to declare my gifts, and to take action to share them with others. Wow, this is Big Time and life changing!
I’m so glad I doubled down on investing in myself.
And I’m grateful for the return on my investment with Taren—an amazing coach who helped me reframe and experience the life I want to live.
Invest in yourself. Invest in Taren.
Jenn Cloutier
I came to Taren early in the pandemic finally willing to invest in myself for myself and looking for a coach who would challenge me to get out of my comfort zones. Taren's approach made me think deeply about myself and what I wanted, forced me to question how I saw myself, pushed me to reconsider my goals -- not just what I said, but which goals actually got my attention and which were just for show-- and offered me new methods of approach to make the progress I sought.
Taren created an atmosphere of respect, active listening, reflection and fun. I came to look forward to and value our conversations - even knowing I would get called to account as she would even push their with a spirit of empathy and compassion. Taren uses her quick wit as effectively as she uses long silence to push thinking. She encouraged me to move to a place of self-confidence with how I show up personally and professionally -- as a way of moving ahead -- and she (correctly) encouraged me to move beyond a lifetime of personal and professional psychological crutches that have stifled the gifts she happily celebrated at the end of every session.
As an investor, I've described working with Taren as a worthy one with high returns. More personally, I've described working with Taren as a gift I gave myself. Highly recommend.
Jason Goins, Equity Analyst, Wellington Management
Taren created an atmosphere of respect, active listening, reflection and fun. I came to look forward to and value our conversations - even knowing I would get called to account as she would even push their with a spirit of empathy and compassion. Taren uses her quick wit as effectively as she uses long silence to push thinking. She encouraged me to move to a place of self-confidence with how I show up personally and professionally -- as a way of moving ahead -- and she (correctly) encouraged me to move beyond a lifetime of personal and professional psychological crutches that have stifled the gifts she happily celebrated at the end of every session.
As an investor, I've described working with Taren as a worthy one with high returns. More personally, I've described working with Taren as a gift I gave myself. Highly recommend.
Jason Goins, Equity Analyst, Wellington Management
I started my relationship with Taren looking for more confidence in certain situations. After her Confidence Course, I had to continue. We did a group series and that’s where I really started doing the work and unpacking my garbage. Now we are working one on one and my satisfaction and participation in my life are at an all time high.
If you’re ready to break out of cyclical habits and challenge yourself on your BS so you can grow, Taren is your Coach. If you’re happy with what you have and don’t want more, if you don’t want to do the work, or you just want more of the same, then keep scrolling. Ready for something different? Want to break the cycle? You down to create your best way of being? Then you’re ready for the Big Time. Invest in yourself already. What are you waiting for?
Sarah Noble
If you’re ready to break out of cyclical habits and challenge yourself on your BS so you can grow, Taren is your Coach. If you’re happy with what you have and don’t want more, if you don’t want to do the work, or you just want more of the same, then keep scrolling. Ready for something different? Want to break the cycle? You down to create your best way of being? Then you’re ready for the Big Time. Invest in yourself already. What are you waiting for?
Sarah Noble
Big Time played a crucial role in getting me to the point where I had the courage, self-belief and direction to leave my job and start my masters in Game Design.
I remember my first call with Taren where she asked me what I wanted for my life. I had absolutely no idea.
It seems like it was 10 years ago that we had that conversation and I was confronted with the realization that I was rudderless and it couldn't be blamed on any outside factor anymore. I could take responsibility for making changes. And oh boy were there plenty of changes to make.
I can't put into words how much Taren’s coaching affected my experience of life. They allowed me to actually enjoy life which amazingly, for a long time, wasn't something I had even considered as a possibility.
Nick McKensie
I remember my first call with Taren where she asked me what I wanted for my life. I had absolutely no idea.
It seems like it was 10 years ago that we had that conversation and I was confronted with the realization that I was rudderless and it couldn't be blamed on any outside factor anymore. I could take responsibility for making changes. And oh boy were there plenty of changes to make.
I can't put into words how much Taren’s coaching affected my experience of life. They allowed me to actually enjoy life which amazingly, for a long time, wasn't something I had even considered as a possibility.
Nick McKensie
Before I started working with Taren and Big Time Coaching, my relationships were not thriving, my acting career felt stuck, I was struggling to bring in more money. I was searching for a feeling of control over my life, and burying my unhappiness deep inside.
I was constantly reading books about personal growth, but I wasn't feeling any movement. I knew I wanted to make changes, and I believed that more was possible, but I didn't know what that was or where to start.
And then I met Taren.
She was my very first improv teacher and she was phenomenal. Even inside her classes, I knew that she was someone who saw me. I felt safe with her and challenged at the same time.
Immediately after Taren and I started working together, I started booking more acting work. In fact, the day I signed our contract, I booked a commercial. (It's natural for me to write that off as coincidence, but it's astounding to me how many things like this keep happening.) I began saying yes to opportunities that were outside my comfort zone-- and then new opportunities just appeared out of thin air.
I still fall back into old patterns of worry and fear. As a freelancer, I become afraid that the money from my business will one day just stop coming in. But I keep having these breakthroughs in my coaching sessions about money and control, self-worth, self-care.
The relationship I've built with myself on the inside has had physical proof that it's working on the outside. I've booked five commercials to the day since signing with Taren. I take better care of myself. I invest more time into myself. And I feel more trust and deeper connections with my family and friends.
I feel more like myself, in the way that I did as a little kid. With WAY more agency, actually, so I'm having more fun as an adult, even with things like taxes...
I used to say that Taren changed my life. But really, she helped me identify the obstacles that I've been putting in my own way for years and years, that I was ready to see. And come up with my own way of dealing with them. And with that fresh new perspective, I changed my life. It feels like it's mine again. And I can't wait to see what's next.
Martha Harms
I was constantly reading books about personal growth, but I wasn't feeling any movement. I knew I wanted to make changes, and I believed that more was possible, but I didn't know what that was or where to start.
And then I met Taren.
She was my very first improv teacher and she was phenomenal. Even inside her classes, I knew that she was someone who saw me. I felt safe with her and challenged at the same time.
Immediately after Taren and I started working together, I started booking more acting work. In fact, the day I signed our contract, I booked a commercial. (It's natural for me to write that off as coincidence, but it's astounding to me how many things like this keep happening.) I began saying yes to opportunities that were outside my comfort zone-- and then new opportunities just appeared out of thin air.
I still fall back into old patterns of worry and fear. As a freelancer, I become afraid that the money from my business will one day just stop coming in. But I keep having these breakthroughs in my coaching sessions about money and control, self-worth, self-care.
The relationship I've built with myself on the inside has had physical proof that it's working on the outside. I've booked five commercials to the day since signing with Taren. I take better care of myself. I invest more time into myself. And I feel more trust and deeper connections with my family and friends.
I feel more like myself, in the way that I did as a little kid. With WAY more agency, actually, so I'm having more fun as an adult, even with things like taxes...
I used to say that Taren changed my life. But really, she helped me identify the obstacles that I've been putting in my own way for years and years, that I was ready to see. And come up with my own way of dealing with them. And with that fresh new perspective, I changed my life. It feels like it's mine again. And I can't wait to see what's next.
Martha Harms
When I started working with Taren, I was in a loving relationship, had an intellectually fulfilling job, a sweet dog, healthy parents, wonderful friends and lived in NYC, the city in which I had always dreamed of making my life. I had it all! I should feel whole!
But in all my striving and pushing to achieve various milestones of success, there were unhelpful patterns that regularly bogged me down and I had long unanswered questions that were begging for my attention. For years, probably even decades, I put my head down, and every time those unresolved issues reared their little heads, I would avoid them or shut them up by telling myself, “you have enough, you are so fortunate, why are you greedy instead of being grateful?”
In our first session together, Taren said, “so what if we use this time together to explore what you can create?” Wow. I had long thought that wanting more out of my professional and personal life were signs that I was an ungracious, grasping complainer. Shifting my thinking towards possibility was key. Working with Taren helped me to change those destructive thoughts and instead open my mind to new possibilities and ways of being. She helped me feel empowered and capable to confront any difficult situation.
Together, we explored so many tools that now feel like second nature because we talked about them, I practiced them and we checked in every week. We tackled many different projects – the role I play in professional situations, patterns of taking on other people’s emotions, breaking off codependence in relationships, how to be comfortable in the face of uncertainty, how to draw clear and decided lines about what I believe and want, ways to incorporate more humor and joy into every day, recognizing my relationship with control and power and taking responsibility to stop feeling sorry for myself for past tragedies and disappointment. I left those conversations with clarity, levity, perspective and hope. Taren challenged me and guided me in a way that a self-help book never could.
I now have a mental toolbox that I can use any time my old patterns crop up. And they do! But I feel confident that I know how to recognize them, and I also know how to try something different. Working with Taren is like giving yourself a lifelong inner resource so that whatever you face, you can use your hard-earned skillset to work your way through it. I am confident in my ability to navigate anything. I have a new job that I like even more than the last, my relationships are stronger than ever and I feel that there are limitless possibilities ahead. (I still have the same sweet adorable dog but also added a second pup – another enhancement!)
More important, I’m no longer waiting for an outside power to tell me that I have achieved, that I am enough. That is something that I feel within. I’m proud that I pushed the upper limits of possibility and was fortunate enough to experience Taren’s generosity, thoughtfulness and insight.
Julia Papastavridis
Managing Director, AON
But in all my striving and pushing to achieve various milestones of success, there were unhelpful patterns that regularly bogged me down and I had long unanswered questions that were begging for my attention. For years, probably even decades, I put my head down, and every time those unresolved issues reared their little heads, I would avoid them or shut them up by telling myself, “you have enough, you are so fortunate, why are you greedy instead of being grateful?”
In our first session together, Taren said, “so what if we use this time together to explore what you can create?” Wow. I had long thought that wanting more out of my professional and personal life were signs that I was an ungracious, grasping complainer. Shifting my thinking towards possibility was key. Working with Taren helped me to change those destructive thoughts and instead open my mind to new possibilities and ways of being. She helped me feel empowered and capable to confront any difficult situation.
Together, we explored so many tools that now feel like second nature because we talked about them, I practiced them and we checked in every week. We tackled many different projects – the role I play in professional situations, patterns of taking on other people’s emotions, breaking off codependence in relationships, how to be comfortable in the face of uncertainty, how to draw clear and decided lines about what I believe and want, ways to incorporate more humor and joy into every day, recognizing my relationship with control and power and taking responsibility to stop feeling sorry for myself for past tragedies and disappointment. I left those conversations with clarity, levity, perspective and hope. Taren challenged me and guided me in a way that a self-help book never could.
I now have a mental toolbox that I can use any time my old patterns crop up. And they do! But I feel confident that I know how to recognize them, and I also know how to try something different. Working with Taren is like giving yourself a lifelong inner resource so that whatever you face, you can use your hard-earned skillset to work your way through it. I am confident in my ability to navigate anything. I have a new job that I like even more than the last, my relationships are stronger than ever and I feel that there are limitless possibilities ahead. (I still have the same sweet adorable dog but also added a second pup – another enhancement!)
More important, I’m no longer waiting for an outside power to tell me that I have achieved, that I am enough. That is something that I feel within. I’m proud that I pushed the upper limits of possibility and was fortunate enough to experience Taren’s generosity, thoughtfulness and insight.
Julia Papastavridis
Managing Director, AON
The best advice I received and put to action was to invest in myself. To treat myself as the professional entity that I am and you are, and put the proper resources behind it.
The end of 2018 met me with a change in work and that to-do item I had on my list for so long had to be prioritized. Doing my due diligence of asking my network about various coaches that will help me meet professional and personal goals, led me to Taren. From the moment we spoke there was clarity, exploration and accountability. Just like that, I said yes to our partnership.
Over the course of a few months like anthropologists, we dug in and explored my current professional and personal framework, and from there determined the roadmap necessary to ensure goals were met.
Once the work was done I had clarity and an updated toolkit to make the necessary (and bold) career pivot I wanted. And to do so successfully. The tools are still sharp and leveraged on a regular basis to continue this amazing trajectory on a clear and exciting path.
Thank you Taren for being an investment that has continued to pay off in multiple ways!
Kaeisha O'Neal
Wellness Advisor, LinkedIn
The end of 2018 met me with a change in work and that to-do item I had on my list for so long had to be prioritized. Doing my due diligence of asking my network about various coaches that will help me meet professional and personal goals, led me to Taren. From the moment we spoke there was clarity, exploration and accountability. Just like that, I said yes to our partnership.
Over the course of a few months like anthropologists, we dug in and explored my current professional and personal framework, and from there determined the roadmap necessary to ensure goals were met.
Once the work was done I had clarity and an updated toolkit to make the necessary (and bold) career pivot I wanted. And to do so successfully. The tools are still sharp and leveraged on a regular basis to continue this amazing trajectory on a clear and exciting path.
Thank you Taren for being an investment that has continued to pay off in multiple ways!
Kaeisha O'Neal
Wellness Advisor, LinkedIn
I found Taren while searching for a Leadership Coach. Little did I know that she would challenge me in so many other ways. She has an uncanny ability to shed new light on my thoughts and feels and then help me move forward as my best self with more confidence. She's amazing!
Laura Dillon, CFP, UBS
Laura Dillon, CFP, UBS
Before I began coaching with Taren, I felt stuck in a seemingly insurmountable rut. I had lost my passion for pursuits that once brought me joy—acting and writing—and felt fresh out of ideas on how to move forward. I was burned out in every life category: professional, creative, social, and personal. I didn't know what to do, who I was, or where to go next.
My work with Taren felt like a spring clean for my entire life. Taren will not only help you haul out the gunk and clutter of your old assumptions to give you a clear view of what you genuinely want, she will also offer you an arsenal of nimble and creative tools to use along your way.
I can’t overstate the profundity of this experience. Taren is a master teacher in the oldest sense; she’s a true guide, whose insights challenge your foundational assumptions and wrench you free of whatever is holding you down. We talk all the time about “thinking outside of the box”; Taren shows you the box around your life you didn’t even realize existed, tears down its walls and invites you into the vast landscape of possibility beyond. And she does all of this with humor, precision, and (sometimes tough) love. It’s not an easy experience—but it’s one of the most rewarding mentorships and collaborations I’ve ever had.
Working with Taren helped me overhaul my entire life. I now live in a city I love and am reinvigorated in my pursuits, which have expanded to whole new areas—from writing and acting, to producing and directing films. If you’re in need of a serious life change and are not sure where to begin, I couldn’t recommend Big Time more highly.
Brough Hansen
My work with Taren felt like a spring clean for my entire life. Taren will not only help you haul out the gunk and clutter of your old assumptions to give you a clear view of what you genuinely want, she will also offer you an arsenal of nimble and creative tools to use along your way.
I can’t overstate the profundity of this experience. Taren is a master teacher in the oldest sense; she’s a true guide, whose insights challenge your foundational assumptions and wrench you free of whatever is holding you down. We talk all the time about “thinking outside of the box”; Taren shows you the box around your life you didn’t even realize existed, tears down its walls and invites you into the vast landscape of possibility beyond. And she does all of this with humor, precision, and (sometimes tough) love. It’s not an easy experience—but it’s one of the most rewarding mentorships and collaborations I’ve ever had.
Working with Taren helped me overhaul my entire life. I now live in a city I love and am reinvigorated in my pursuits, which have expanded to whole new areas—from writing and acting, to producing and directing films. If you’re in need of a serious life change and are not sure where to begin, I couldn’t recommend Big Time more highly.
Brough Hansen
When I first met Taren, I was trying to write a show and not meeting my own deadlines, feeling stuck in a job I hated, and also feeling trapped in a kind of funny kind of terrible toxic relationship.
I chose to work with Taren because I wasn’t being as accountable to myself as I wanted to be or as I knew I could be and I wanted to level up.
With Taren’s coaching, we reframed my life without actually changing externals (i.e job) rather shifting my relationship to them (the real game changer!). I left each coaching session with Taren with a mind altering revelation and tools to feel empowered and make empowered choices. I gained clarity and connectedness to myself and learned how to take the big picture and turn it into daily action.
I have coached with Taren on multiple projects and the benefits of working with Taren have lived on far after our coaching containers had ended. Through working with Taren, I did finish my show and am doing a live staged reading in June! I became a Reiki I and II healer and now an accountability and discipline coach myself. More importantly than the outcomes, I became a person who meets her own deadlines, a person who works on her projects every day, a person who shows up.
Coaching with Taren catalyzed me into becoming a person who is maximally accountable to herself.
Coaching with Taren has allowed me to take full responsibility for myself and the framework of my life and in turn gain freedom.
Working with Taren is one of the best investments you can make in yourself. She is a rare kind of magical person that is kind and challenging, safe and expansive, serious and light hearted, AND insanely smart, witty, and funny! We had the best times in our sessions, and always laughed, even and especially through the hard stuff. Taren helps you see yourself and your life differently and then act accordingly.
If you’d like to experience yourself and your life differently and close the gap between who you are and who you’d like to become—go see Taren.
Alexandra Petrullo
I chose to work with Taren because I wasn’t being as accountable to myself as I wanted to be or as I knew I could be and I wanted to level up.
With Taren’s coaching, we reframed my life without actually changing externals (i.e job) rather shifting my relationship to them (the real game changer!). I left each coaching session with Taren with a mind altering revelation and tools to feel empowered and make empowered choices. I gained clarity and connectedness to myself and learned how to take the big picture and turn it into daily action.
I have coached with Taren on multiple projects and the benefits of working with Taren have lived on far after our coaching containers had ended. Through working with Taren, I did finish my show and am doing a live staged reading in June! I became a Reiki I and II healer and now an accountability and discipline coach myself. More importantly than the outcomes, I became a person who meets her own deadlines, a person who works on her projects every day, a person who shows up.
Coaching with Taren catalyzed me into becoming a person who is maximally accountable to herself.
Coaching with Taren has allowed me to take full responsibility for myself and the framework of my life and in turn gain freedom.
Working with Taren is one of the best investments you can make in yourself. She is a rare kind of magical person that is kind and challenging, safe and expansive, serious and light hearted, AND insanely smart, witty, and funny! We had the best times in our sessions, and always laughed, even and especially through the hard stuff. Taren helps you see yourself and your life differently and then act accordingly.
If you’d like to experience yourself and your life differently and close the gap between who you are and who you’d like to become—go see Taren.
Alexandra Petrullo
Taren coached me through one of those transformative parts of my career - midlevel to Vice President - and then again last year when COVID was taking toll on my personal and professional life. Taren's style, passion and excellence in coaching comes through every session. I learned about holding myself accountable to my own goals with the same dedication and passion I had for my work, family, friends, etc.
When you are ready to make change - real change - in your professional and/or personal life, call Taren first.
Thea Linscott
When you are ready to make change - real change - in your professional and/or personal life, call Taren first.
Thea Linscott
I worked with Taren for two years. My experience with her leading up to this moment was pivotal for breaking through long held belief systems and barriers, for awakening me to my own potential and possibility, for allowing the full experience of joy.
To look at where I’m at now vs. where I was 2 years ago when we started our work together is astounding. Over those two years I re-invented my relationship to myself in multiple ways: in my self image, in my relationships, and as an entrepreneur and artist, especially within my photography business.
With Taren’s support, I made some major financial breakthroughs, including one where I earned a six-figure commission for a single project, which I was the lead creative. I also booked gigs in London, Italy and pursued passion projects that had previously stalled.
When I first started working with Taren, I told her I wanted to be a mother, which I now am. I have cultivated the most loving and nourishing friendships in my new community in Hudson. I have an incredible support system in the mama community both locally (and nationally through the support group that I am now deeply involved in), went through a long and very difficult birth (36 hours of labor, 2 failed epidurals and 4 hours of pushing) that I carried huge fears about but ultimately felt so empowered by (and was prepared for!), and my partner Sam and I have never been more aligned and supportive of each other.
The birth of my son, River, was a rebirth for me. The final piece of this evolution.
And now I’m a mother, thriving, exactly where and who I want to be.
Emily Winiker
I started coaching with Taren and although it was outside my comfort zone in many ways I'm so thankful I chose in! I've been on a journey of personal growth for many, many years and what I've learned from Taren has been some of the most impactful work I've done. A lot of the books, seminars and courses I've taken bring about an awareness of some disconnect or block I have.
Taren has a knack for getting underneath those old stories/beliefs kind of like using a crowbar to dislodge a boulder that has fallen and blocked the path. By myself I don't think I would have ever got what I've got from this experience. Life it meant to be lived but I wasn't living it... I was coasting and letting the wind blow me in various directions.
With Taren's help I have a renewed vision and can see and feel the difference from when I started working with her 10 months ago. Taren's passion and steadfast approach has helped me turn a 10 year old idea into something tangible, she helped me to find ways to treat myself with more kindness and compassion. It's been a bumpy year with everything that's happening in the world and I could have chosen to keep coasting through it and been "okay". But I would have missed out on so much if I had taken that familiar path... I wouldn't have written my story that's been rattling around in my idea pile for 10 years... I wouldn't have gone out and performed my stand up comedy... I wouldn't have a new relationship with me.
Thanks for the patience and wisdom you've shared. I'm beginning to be the person I've dreamed of.
Chris Baker
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I had the opportunity of working with Tim last year. This was the first time working with a coach.
I wanted to gain a better understanding about myself; my goals, my hopes, my fears, my disappointments and successes. With Tim I was able to uncover the false-truths I told myself, the excuses I manifested and the false beliefs I had conditioned myself to believe.
It was amazing to learn the joy and playfulness I craved in my career and to feel empowered to step into the fear instead of staying in my comfort zone. Our sessions were a wonderful experience and I eagerly awaited our sessions each week to share my breakthroughs and insights from the projects we created.
Thanks to Tim, the journey for me continues to get better, having a growth mindset and enjoying the beauty of being in the moment.
One of the powerful lessons I learned from my experience is: perfection doesn't exist, the road to our goals is never straightforward but keep moving forward.
Goziem Ononye
I wanted to gain a better understanding about myself; my goals, my hopes, my fears, my disappointments and successes. With Tim I was able to uncover the false-truths I told myself, the excuses I manifested and the false beliefs I had conditioned myself to believe.
It was amazing to learn the joy and playfulness I craved in my career and to feel empowered to step into the fear instead of staying in my comfort zone. Our sessions were a wonderful experience and I eagerly awaited our sessions each week to share my breakthroughs and insights from the projects we created.
Thanks to Tim, the journey for me continues to get better, having a growth mindset and enjoying the beauty of being in the moment.
One of the powerful lessons I learned from my experience is: perfection doesn't exist, the road to our goals is never straightforward but keep moving forward.
Goziem Ononye
Before I started working with Taren, I felt stuck. I was unhappy and couldn't figure out how to get myself out of that hole. After six months of coaching with Taren, I just landed my dream job at NYU, I've seen huge changes in my personal life, and most importantly, I'm happy to be me again. She changed my life.
Ali Lawrence
Ali Lawrence
I knew from the first class I took with Taren that she was blessed with a special gift. She has an unmatched ability to see through your outer shield and touch your soul.
When I first started working with Taren I was miserable – and I knew there was something wrong. I was in a toxic work environment, in a city I had grown to despise, finding ways to be “busy” so I didn’t have to sit with the hard stuff. Life was happening to me, and I was living in reaction to it.
During our work together, new opportunities kept appearing around every corner. Taren gave me the nudge I needed to take advantage of each of them. I left my toxic job, met the love of my life, moved to Cape Town, South Africa, was hired as the CEO of a growing women’s health startup in New York and I’m expecting our first child in summer 2020.
It’s tough to lead others, and make decisions necessary in business, without being able to lead, understand and make decisions for yourself first. This was an important lesson from Taren – a lesson that drove my own personal growth. It’s amazing to see my personal work now coming to life in my professional career.
Taren has a style unique to executive coaching. She’s comforting and challenging, compassionate yet firm. She won’t give you the answers, but she will support and guide you to find them on your own. Through her guidance I understood more about myself and my goals, got my confidence back, my self-worth back, recalibrated my measures of value and success and increased my awareness of choosing from a place of scarcity and fear.
Don’t be fooled. Working on yourself is hard work. It’s sometimes uncomfortable and happens at your pace. But Taren provides the leadership and guidance necessary to live the big bold life you know deep-down is possible.
Jodi Neuhauser
When I first started working with Taren I was miserable – and I knew there was something wrong. I was in a toxic work environment, in a city I had grown to despise, finding ways to be “busy” so I didn’t have to sit with the hard stuff. Life was happening to me, and I was living in reaction to it.
During our work together, new opportunities kept appearing around every corner. Taren gave me the nudge I needed to take advantage of each of them. I left my toxic job, met the love of my life, moved to Cape Town, South Africa, was hired as the CEO of a growing women’s health startup in New York and I’m expecting our first child in summer 2020.
It’s tough to lead others, and make decisions necessary in business, without being able to lead, understand and make decisions for yourself first. This was an important lesson from Taren – a lesson that drove my own personal growth. It’s amazing to see my personal work now coming to life in my professional career.
Taren has a style unique to executive coaching. She’s comforting and challenging, compassionate yet firm. She won’t give you the answers, but she will support and guide you to find them on your own. Through her guidance I understood more about myself and my goals, got my confidence back, my self-worth back, recalibrated my measures of value and success and increased my awareness of choosing from a place of scarcity and fear.
Don’t be fooled. Working on yourself is hard work. It’s sometimes uncomfortable and happens at your pace. But Taren provides the leadership and guidance necessary to live the big bold life you know deep-down is possible.
Jodi Neuhauser
By the time I hit middle age, I was accustomed to a certain stability in work, home and relationships. Always enough money in the bank and trips abroad for letting off steam. But there was still my one unfulfilled dream of being a screenwriter, something I picked up every few years and then put aside for whatever reason. Familiar, right?
To me, coaching was for over-ambitious, soulless people you see on a Peloton commercial. But deep down I knew I needed to stop thinking about my dreams and start living them. When would I move beyond good enough and do something bigger?
Which brings me to Taren, whom I first met in improv class. When the opportunity to work with her as a coach came up, it just felt right. Taren has a certain compassion and talent for seeing you for who you are — I knew my fear of being belittled or talked down to was not going to be part of the coaching experience with Taren.
Even before our first call it felt like a new project my life was screaming for. And it was fun! Scary stuff came up for sure, and the assignments sometimes seemed daunting. But what a rush you get when you’re doing the work and reflecting on the experience with Taren.
Things just started to happen weeks into it. Life at the office changed, as I found myself being more honest with colleagues; the honesty and trust came right back at me. Same for personal relationships. And the writing — I reached out to colleagues from past workshops and before long I was in a writers’ group that gave me regular structure. I finished my TV pilot script and had a reading with actors. I’m working on two more projects. I have a long way to go but finally understand that showing up every day is the key.
We’ll always have an excuse to fall back into our old ways, whether a bad hair day or a global pandemic. But the foundation I got from working with Taren pays off for me constantly.
Michael DeRose
To me, coaching was for over-ambitious, soulless people you see on a Peloton commercial. But deep down I knew I needed to stop thinking about my dreams and start living them. When would I move beyond good enough and do something bigger?
Which brings me to Taren, whom I first met in improv class. When the opportunity to work with her as a coach came up, it just felt right. Taren has a certain compassion and talent for seeing you for who you are — I knew my fear of being belittled or talked down to was not going to be part of the coaching experience with Taren.
Even before our first call it felt like a new project my life was screaming for. And it was fun! Scary stuff came up for sure, and the assignments sometimes seemed daunting. But what a rush you get when you’re doing the work and reflecting on the experience with Taren.
Things just started to happen weeks into it. Life at the office changed, as I found myself being more honest with colleagues; the honesty and trust came right back at me. Same for personal relationships. And the writing — I reached out to colleagues from past workshops and before long I was in a writers’ group that gave me regular structure. I finished my TV pilot script and had a reading with actors. I’m working on two more projects. I have a long way to go but finally understand that showing up every day is the key.
We’ll always have an excuse to fall back into our old ways, whether a bad hair day or a global pandemic. But the foundation I got from working with Taren pays off for me constantly.
Michael DeRose
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