My name is Brenda Walker and my passion is being a Life Coach.  Although I started my training as a Life Coach in 2010, I have been preparing for life coaching all my life. 

My story is similar to that of a lot of people. Out of high school I went to college and then to university for a few years.  In the middle of my university training I decided to take a job in a law firm, which was only supposed to be "temporary".  Many years later, I woke up and found myself still doing that "temporary" job.  I have worked as a legal assistant for over 20 years and in that time "life happened”.  In an effort to make sense of my life experiences, I did a lot of reading and research.  I read everything I could get my hands on in order to figure out what the lessons in those experiences were for me and to determine what my true life purpose was.  I knew my life was more than being a legal assistant but I just couldn’t figure out what the “more” was.  In March of 2010, when I was finally ready, coaching came into my life.  Once I started my training to become a Life Coach, I knew immediately that I had found my true calling.  In an instant, all of my life experiences took on new meaning.  With my coach training I learned to turn my negative patterns of thoughts, words and actions into positive patterns and see each experience as an opportunity for growth and learning. 

I coach clients on a variety of issues, but my main area of focus is helping my clients to develop healthy lifestyles and loving relationship with themselves.  Like many of my clients, I too struggled for many years with emotional eating issues, being overweight and low self-esteem.  Finally, at the age of 44, I decided that there had to be a better way to live.  I was tired of being overweight, tired of feeling "less than", tired of dieting and, most days, just plain tired.  I realized that I needed to stop dieting, figure out why I held on to the extra weight in the first place, and develop a more loving and respectful relationship with myself.  And so began my most incredible journey!  I intuitively knew that if I was going to make permanent changes, the changes needed to happen slowly so they became a lifestyle, not a "diet".  Over a series of months, I started to develop healthier eating habits, began getting regular exercise, and worked on developing a more loving relationship with myself.  It certainly didn’t happen overnight.  It happened in small, manageable steps, or “baby steps”, as I tell my clients.  Eventually I reached my health goals and even started running!  For most of my life “run” was something that happened to my nylons, not something I did, but in 2009 I ran my first 5K race and in 2010 I ran my first 10K!  The feeling of accomplishment was incredible for me. 

As a result of my own experience in developing a healthier lifestyle for myself and my coaching expertise, I can now help my clients take their own “baby steps” towards creating healthier lifestyles and developing a loving and peaceful relationship with themselves. 

I have learned that absolutely nothing is impossible.  With baby steps we can all scale mountains.  It just takes that first step.