Dani Metz, M.A., CPC
Certified Life Coach, Leadership Coach, Parenting Coach, Academic Coach
Dani has been a leader in an urban school setting for the last 15 years. She developed an interest in coaching after co-founding a school for students who learn differently eight years ago (70% of the students have an identified special education need). In addition to students, parents, teachers and support staff often needed guidance and a reframing of their practices to move forward and hone their skills. This experience highlighted the importance of mentors in the lives of others, and further emphasized that strong leadership frequently hinges upon the relationships nurtured between people and within yourself. She informally mentored others within the context of education and has recently ventured into Life Coaching as a profession. As your Life Coach, she will guide you through several key areas of inquiry to help you open yourself to new ways of viewing others and the world around you in order to overcome obstacles that may be caused by your own thought patterns which may undermine your current ambitions. She will work to support you in establishing new patterns and ultimately achieve your personal and professional goals.
In addition to her career in education, she is also a parent, a teacher and an academic. As part of her role as a school leader, she frequently found herself working with parents to help them find healthy, responsible and effective ways of parenting that worked for them and their child’s unique needs. Similarly, she worked with teachers to improve their practice and approach to working with extremely challenging students. She was also a doctoral student for 10 years and juggled the demands of academia, running a school and parenting. She has first-hand knowledge of the demands of academia and can help you set reasonable, attainable goals, and hold you accountable, so that you finish your degree or certification.
You deserve the life of your dreams. Do you know what you want? Are you taking the actions necessary to live that life? Or, are you stuck in a rut, thinking someday you will have what you want? Someday isn’t a day of the week. You need to act to make it happen. It's up to you. Are you ready to make the changes necessary to live the life you really want?
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world... as in being able to remake ourselves. - Mahatma Gandhi
Life coaching is about empowering others to achieve their goals with balance and integrity. We frequently find ourselves in a state of disharmony in today’s increasingly busy world. Our personal, family and professional demands all pull at us from different directions, leaving us feeling emotionally and spiritually drained. There’s nothing left for ourselves, and even less for anyone else. We often find ourselves in discordant comfort zones, our predictable but often unhealthy patterns, in different areas of our lives. Dani’s approach to coaching will help you identify those places of comfortable chaos that prevent you from achieving your goals and move you into a place of harmony and balance in all areas of your life.
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else.” David P. Campbell
Sometimes we know where we want to go, but get lost on our journey, or realize we need to go a different direction but are unsure about how. Through Socratic questioning, Dani will ask the questions that help you unlock the answers that are within you. She will act as your guide and walk beside you as you move back onto your intended path, or as you forge a new path. Dani will motivate you to set and meet attainable goals, and hold you accountable for the needed action in the process. Together, you will renew your drive and determination to lead an empowered life of joy, peace and fulfillment, and celebrate the awesome accomplishments you made possible. Are you ready to live the life you desire?