About

Hi my name is Erin Suess (Coach Erin) creator of Life Coaching Designs. I am a life and career coach who helps people improve their personal and professional lives. My passion is to help guide individuals through a process of self-discovery that will un-lock their full potential and provide an environment for professional and personal development. Being that so much of what we do in our professional lives overlaps into our personal lives I address the WHOLE person. Although many of my clients seek me out to help make positive changes professionally we often work on other areas in their personal lives as well.

I have been working on improving people’s lives for over 12 years. I worked as an employment specialist for several years designing plans to help overcome employment difficulties and getting people’s lives back on track. I then moved into educational counseling and worked with individuals going back to school due to career changes. It was there in the higher education setting that I moved into management. I developed teams to produce at their highest potential by overcoming challenges and obstacles. As a manager I not only addressed professional development but worked with individuals on a personal level. As mentioned earlier, I found out long ago that you cannot address professional issues without dealing with the personal aspects as well.

During my time as a manager I went back to school to obtain my masters degree in Organizational Management. The information gained from my schooling was instrumental in leading productive teams and developing people both professionally and personally.

After having my first child I took a break from managing and decided to stay home for a year. It was during this time that I did a little soul searching and realized that I still wanted to continue helping people grow personally and professionally. However, I did not want to go back to working full-time for someone else-I wanted to help people on THEIR terms without specific guidelines from someone else. So I chose to work part-time back in higher education and went back to school (yet again) to get my masters degree in Counseling. I absolutely loved the program and worked with many clients on their personal and professional development.

While pregnant with my second child I decided I needed to make my life work in a way that was going to allow me to spend time with my children while also pursuing a career that I loved. This is how Life Coaching Designs was born. I figured what better way than to take my education and work experience and create a forum that would allow me to help improve people’s lives while improving mine at the same time.

So today, I am at home with two beautiful little girls while helping people change their lives. I could not be any happier and I feel so fortunate to be able to currently live the life I only dreamt about.

I hope many of the topics I write about on this blog will help you in some way shape or form. I appreciate any and all of your feedback and hope that many of my posts will resonate with you and help you to live your best life!