Gail Barker
B.A., C.P.C.C.
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Life Balance Expert
Gail Barker Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Life Balance, Fulfillment, Career Transition
- Best Sellers
- The Control Freak's Guide to Living Lightly: Manifesting a Life of Total Trust
- Career Focus
- Professional Life Coach, Author, Visionary
- Affiliation
- Stellar Coaching & Consulting, ICF, CoachesCanada
Gail Barker is a Certified Professional Life Coach, inspirational speaker, author and principal of her own company, Stellar Coaching & Consulting. She has been coaching since 2002, and over the years has developed an expertise in supporting working women who are overwhelmed to discover the joys of living a life of EASE through conscious choice. That's right, Gail Barker helps working women lose the overwhelm and reclaim fun, joy, fulfillment and life on their terms, all while bringing their vision and passion to life in the world.
Gail received her training through the Coaches Training Institute, and holds the professional designation of CPCC. She is also a member of the International Coach Federation, and a founding member of CoachesCanada. She has a background inpPsychology, and worked for several years in the not-for-profit sector before launching her coaching practice. Gail's philosophy is best summarized by her tagline: Life by design or life by default; what will you choose today?"
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You Always Have a Choice
"The Choice is Yours." The previous statement is one that is so often forgotten, especially when it comes to the business of living life. In the midst of the daily grind that most people move through, with the competing demands of work schedules, family commitments, personal needs and perceived wants, it's easy to abdicate responsibility, simply allowing "life" to dictate how things unfold.
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Honesty in Relationships: Is It Really the Best Policy?
For this article I'm going to do things a little differently and just start with the bottom line. The answer to the title question is, "yes, honesty is the best policy when it comes to relationships."
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Is Anyone Really Winning? Competition in Relationships
"I win!!!"
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Hard Work & Sacrifice: Are These Really Necessary to Achieve Goals?
As someone who's got some pretty big goals that I'm working towards, I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately. My focus has been on some of the traditionally great thinkers in the area of law of attraction, success, positive thinking and goal achievement — you know, Napolean Hill, James Allen, Bob Proctor and the like.
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How is "Knowing Your Limits" Limiting You?
I’ll bet the title question has you just a little stumped. Maybe perplexed. And maybe not. Regardless, the idea of limits is what we’re going to explore in this article. More specifically, we’re going to look at limits in the context of how you create your life. One of the things that is important when you set about to create the life that you want for yourself, life on your terms, is for you to know your capabilities, your passions, your talents, and your limits.
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Have You Figured Out Your Reality? Are You SURE?
“The reality is…” Years ago, when I was first engaged in my training to be a professional life coach, I learned in a pretty dramatic way how the use of this simple and fairly pervasive statement was a sure-fire way to keep me from creating life as I actually want it. The phrase itself is brilliantly seductive; I mean, who wants to argue with reality? Well, in the interest of serving what I believe to be my purpose, I’m going to give it a valiant effort. How often do you find yourself using the phrase, “The reality is…”? And what’s it generally in reference to?
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Creating Space for MORE in Your Life
One of the words that is used a lot in everyday conversation is the word “but.” Usually, it’s considered to be a pretty benign word, or at least that’s my impression given the way in which it’s carelessly bandied about. I mean it’s a fairly small word, seemingly innocuous enough. I think, grammatically-speaking, it would be a conjunction, although I’m not really sure of that, so don’t quote me. All this being said, what I want you to think about for a moment is the inherent meaning of the word “but”. When you use this word.
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Re-Writing Your LIfe's Story, Part 1: From Should to Could to Will
We're 4 weeks into a new year, and many of you have likely given up on whatever new year's resolutions you set. Don't beat yourself up; new year's resolutions are inherently fraught with barriers to success -- but that's not what this article is about. Instead, this is the first in a series ...
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Excuse Me, Who Made You What?
This article is all about personal responsibility. When it comes to living your life in alignment with who you are and what's important to you, it is imperative that you take responsibility for all aspects of your life. Feelings, responses, actions, reactions, choices -- these all fall under ...
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The Truth About Optimists – From an Optimist’s Point of View
For as long as I can remember – I have been called an optimist. This is a term that I embrace and love. When somebody calls me an optimist, I feel truly seen and understood. I feel like my habitual way of showing up in the world is spot-on with how I wish to be experienced – I feel like I’m making choices that represent what I really want for myself – yay me!
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The Secret to Dealing with Crazy-Busy Schedules
The last couple of weeks have been a little nutty – time-wise – in my world. This isn’t overly surprising; every year at this time things get a little hairy as my family and I adjust to everyone’s post summer schedules, and try to coordinate all of them with as much ease as possible.
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Life: Why Doesn’t It Always Make Sense?
I’m so confused; it just doesn’t make sense; something doesn’t add up. These phrases, or ones similar to them, are ones which I hear often. Whether I’m working with colleagues, chatting with friends, conversing with my family or just being in the vicinity of a conversation in a restaurant, at some point someone, somewhere is bound to utter these words. Why is that? Well, here’s my take on it, after observing and experiencing a wide variety of confusing scenarios over the years
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Gail Barker
"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but doesn't feel good in your heart, then it is not success at all." ~ Anna Quindlen
"The degree to which you honour your core values, the amount of effort you put into being authentically YOU, ultimately determines the level of balance you have in your life." ~ Gail Barker
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Gail Barker, B.A., C.P.C.C.
Stellar Coaching & Consulting
519-245-8928
How to get started
Want to get a feel for what coaching with Gail is like? Contact her at info@stellarcc.com or by phone at 519-245-8928 and claim your 30-minute, complimentary coaching consultation! Bring whatever issue you're feeling challenged by and discover new perspectives and insights into moving into possibility!
Looking for a copy of The Control Freak's Guide to Living Lightly: Manifesting a Life of Total Trust? Visit www.controlfreakseries.com
Feeling stressed and needing immediate relief? Check out The Breathing Space at www.stellarcc.com, right on the front page. A 3-minute, guided breathing exercise that will leave you feeling grounded, centred and ready for whatever's next in your day.
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