Parachute Coaching

I was in two of Lauren’s 8 week group coaching series. Lauren covers every topic that you wish to cover. I had a great time in her group coaching series, I loved the camaraderie, it helped give a big picture of where I’m at and where I want to go, and every topic was informative and I was able to learn from. Lauren is warm, friendly, open, and really wants her clients to succeed. She spent extra time with me, showing me that she cares and pushed me to do my best, which I really appreciated.

Towards the end of my second maternity leave, I questioned how I could possibly return to Big Law as a mother of two (and a wife, friend, and lover of sleep!). With both panic and hope, I reached out to Lauren, who responded to my initial e-​mail (subject line: «Help!!!») with pow. Lauren was immediately validating, accepting, comforting, and inspiring. Her «homework assignments» enabled me to identify and meaningfully define my values; our counseling sessions helped me to think intelligently, honestly, and creatively about how to honor these values in both my professional and personal choices. Lauren led me through this process with patience and seemingly unconditional support, but also challenged me along the way to explore and understand how certain choices might impact my priority hierarchy. When I ultimately decided to return to the firm, I did so confidently and with an unwavering commitment to protecting what I learned through this Lauren-​driven self-​exploration that I need to be my happiest self. Thank you, Lauren!

I participated in Lauren’s 8 week group coaching series and I can honestly attest to how helpful it was!
Lauren is amazing at creating a positive space where all of us could be open about our career goals and current paths. Her advice is also succinct and she bounces between the big goals that we can envision for our future to keep us motivated, as well as the small goals that we can enable in our day-​to-​day job responsibilities. Each session was thoughtfully planned to reach each of us, and I left every session feeling lifted and optimistic. I also got to use some of the skills we practiced in my everyday work and career search, and got a new job offer in the process!
If you break down the cost of each session, it is very affordable. I do not regret any penny that I paid for these sessions, because it really was an investment on my career and personal happiness.

I began working with Lauren after hearing about her from a friend that was making a career transition. I could tell from our first phone call that she was not only very smart and eloquent but she understood where I wanted to go with my career and why I was frustrated with my current job. It took me about three minutes in to our conversation to know that I wanted to work with her.
I have been in the same industry for six years and have always felt that it was the wrong fit for me. However, it was lucrative, safe and respected by my family and friends so I stayed down the path a lot longer than I maybe should have. Lauren is coaching me through this process of understanding what I really want employment-​wise and allowing me to understand how I ended up in a place where I felt completely unfulfilled and stuck. While I’ve had many friends and family try to help me figure out what I wanted to do, Lauren is able to push me to open my mind and think outside the box. She is allowing me to see that the opportunities are endless!
I am at the beginning of my journey with Lauren but I am confident that I couldn’t have made these changes without her!

I found coaching with Lauren to be invaluable. I looked forward to each and every session. Parachute Coaching is not based on a «one-​size-​fits-​all» model. Because Lauren is a dynamic, thoughtful and incredibly bright individual, I would recommend Lauren and Parachute Coaching to anyone. As a young professional, Lauren helped me quell my various anxieties by helping me focus and giving me invaluable perspective. It may sound simple, but Lauren truly helped me organize my thoughts and my actions in order to accomplish my various goals. After our first couple sessions, I found that I wanted to talk to her about more than what I initially had in mind. I wanted Lauren’s perspective and guidance on just about everything. She’s positive, organized, composed, dynamic and very wise. Her professional and personal experiences allowed her to share thoughtful and particularly relevant advice that was targeted to my needs. As someone who never thought they would hire a life coach, I am thoroughly pleased with my decision to do so. Lauren is fantastic, and I am very grateful for her coaching services.

I found Parachute Coaching quite serendipitously and I feel incredibly fortunate that I did. When I started working with Lauren, I was miserable in my job. It was emotionally draining, and I felt trapped. I needed someone to help me focus my energy and get the work done well, and fast! Lauren did just that! She helped me identify the positive aspects of my current situation (however bad it seemed to me) and she skillfully guided me to pursue new career opportunities that more directly align with my values and goals. Just like an athletic coach, Lauren found my strengths and «trained» me to develop those, while being aware of potential weaknesses and obstacles I created for myself. It is a gift to be able to do that!
I am thrilled to say that within weeks (literally) I accepted an amazing position at a company I have been following for years. In addition, Lauren helped me discover ways in which I create my own obstacles and we developed strategies to prevent that in the future. Lauren is a true source of support — responding quickly to emails and making herself available as needed, recognizing the anxiety of career transitions. However, the most important thing for me is that we have trust, trust that she truly cares about my success, and is a true advocate for me. Trust does not come easy to me and having that with Lauren is invaluable. However, she keeps me on my toes and challenges me constantly. She definitely doesn’t let me get away with anything! I look forward to my sessions with Lauren and highly recommend Parachute Coaching to anyone needing help with a goal, career-​related or not.

After talking with Lauren, I am a believer in coaching. I always thought it was for people who didn’t know what they wanted to do with their lives and it turns out I think Lauren could help everyone in some way. Lauren has an easy manner that does not make me feel like I’m asking for help, I think that is a very valuable part of her process.
I was a bit of a skeptic, which is funny because I have spent money and time on Palm Readers, Astrologers, High End Astrologers (you heard me – $$$), Tea Leave Readers, Tarot Card Readers, Past LIfe Readers, and a damn straight Crystal Ball Psychic. While I love a little pageantry, it turns out none of these experiences offered any insight in to my fate. So buckle your seat belt Dorothy, it turns out I had it in me all along. Lauren was my Wizard of Oz, Oprah-​light-​bulb-​moment-​giver by talking me through a sticky situation that I could have let overtake me. She left me with a new perspective, and a plan.
I feel confident about how to proceed and I have clear steps on how to move forward.
I’m ready to bury the runes and ouija board and stop reading the star charts, I think coaching is illuminating and is what I needed to chart my own star.

I never really understood what professional coaching was for, but I found myself in a situation with my job that was causing me a lot of uncertainty. I talked to my family and friends but I felt like we were going around in circles — they always ended the conversations saying «Gee, I’m not really sure what to tell you.»
I heard about Lauren and Parachute Coaching through a friend, and figured I’d try it. I unloaded a lot of information about where I was coming from and what the problems I faced were, and she got it immediately. Lauren was able to sort out everything I was sharing, and present it back to me in a clear way, within the first 20 minutes of our session. The questions she asked were so elucidating, and she was able to hone in who the key players were and where/​why I was feeling conflict.
Most importantly, Lauren gave me a totally new lens to think about my situation. I left feeling like I had a lot of opportunities to choose from, rather than the heavy cons and negative feelings I had been stuck in for months prior.
Having someone smart and compassionate to talk specifically about career stuff was exactly what I needed — it would have taken many sessions with a regular therapist to actually parse out, and have real tools for moving forward, about career issues. I highly recommend.