How I Will Support You I bring a strong educational background, life skills and and experience to help your goal for positive self esteem. In my first career as a registered nurse, I helped heal people’s bodies and minds. Then, for twenty-five years as a high school journalism and English teacher, sports and leadership coach, I supported my students’ self-esteem building. Now as a personal coach for more than ten years, I have supported my clients through self-esteem growth and career changes. I have a Bachelor in Education from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, a Master of Arts from the University of Toronto, a Diplome d'Etude from the University of Strasbourg, France. I am a qualified coach with the Coaches Training Institute of California and graduate of the Humber School of Writers. My educational background along with decades of experience give me the grounding and integrity with which to support you in your self esteem building. This site’s material is for you. All the guides, quotations selection, self-esteem activities and worksheets come from my experiences in nursing, teaching and coaching. But, what has fueled my passion for working with you on self esteem development are the personal battles I’ve waged and won over the years. I feared heights and flying, but earned my pilot's license and trekked to Everest Base Camp. I feared public speaking and became a motivational speaker. I feared the blank white canvas and am finally painting. I know from life experience that grit and determination get us through the hard patches in life. Look for my upcoming books titled Finding Nepal and Come Fly with Me. I believe that when we develop a habit of personal growth and skill renewal, we position ourselves for opportunities to come our way -- we are ripe for the opening of new life avenues. As we accomplish more and more, along with changes in our habits of thinking, we develop higher and higher self esteem. I live in Ontario, Canada with my husband, Bob. We have three children and six grandchildren. They have all taught me how rich life can be. I am honored to share this important journey with you. P.S. On its own, accomplishing things in life doesn’t guarantee self-esteem. There are lots of people walking around with a gazillion degrees and armfuls of talent and yet they don't have self-esteem. The opinion we have of ourselves comes from deep within. Inside our heads, we have a voice that tells us our “story.” We imagine who we are. I always say to my clients, “We are directors in our life drama and as directors we assign our own roles and write the script." That script, that story is the opinion we have of ourselves. This is where our journey towards self-esteem begins – with that story. Lynda Noppe Publisher/Editor live with intention. walk to the edge. listen hard. practice wellness. play with abandon. laugh. choose with no regret. continue to learn. appreciate your friends. do what you love. live as if this is all there is. To explore this site, use the navigation buttons at the top left or the text links at the bottom of this page. Self Esteem Exercises Self Esteem Activities Emotional Intelligence Journal Writing Prompts Public Speaking Journal Writing Self Esteem Quotes Setting a Goal Vision Boards Body Language Go from About to Self Esteem ExercisesGo to Self Esteem Home Page |
