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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
To ensure confidentiality, we sign Reciprocal Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) when requested or required by our Executive Coaching and Consulting Clients and Third-Party Coach Contracting Companies. We are, therefore, delighted when our clients voluntarily provide testimonials that we can publish!
I've had the pleasure of working with Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills of Purpose-Filled Solutions & Evolutions for coming up on a year now, and I can confidently say that they've been instrumental in my business's growth and success.
Their guidance, expertise, and support have been invaluable to me. With their help, I've been able to clarify my vision, develop a clear strategy, and take actionable steps toward achieving my goals. Barbara Anne’s coaching style is approachable, informative, and tailored to my specific needs.
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One of the most significant impacts they've had is helping me overcome obstacles and stay focused on what's truly important. Her encouragement and accountability have pushed me to reach new heights, and I'm grateful for their presence in my entrepreneurial journey.
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If you're looking for a business coach who genuinely cares about your success and has the expertise to help you achieve it, look no further. I highly recommend Purpose-Filled Solutions & Evolutions and can't wait to see the continued growth and success they'll help me achieve. Thanks again for everything!
2024 Update - Barbara Anne is an outstanding coach who truly makes a difference. She creates a comfortable environment where you can share openly, and her attentive listening skills ensure that you feel heard.
Barbara Anne asks insightful, thought-provoking questions that challenge you to see situations from new angles. Her unique blend of empathy and firm encouragement is invaluable for anyone committed to personal development. I wholeheartedly recommend Barbara Anne to anyone ready to grow.
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2022 - I highly recommend Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills as a coach. Her patience and listening skills are superhuman.
Barbara Anne poses questions that are challenging and require introspection. Her approach is respectfully on point and moves you toward resolution. I always feel energized and re-focused at the end of our sessions.
Before I met Barbara Anne, I felt like I was un-hirable because of an old interview experience. I was starting a new small business in publishing my own graphic novels, but I still needed to have a steady paycheck while developing the brand.
I was upfront about it and a company rejected me because I was, “too passionate about it.” In later interviews, I consciously tried to hide my small business.... Once my first book was published, I didn’t know how I was going to hide it anymore.... Barbara Anne showed me that I didn’t need to hide my graphic novels to get a full-time job and instead made my budding small business my shining asset on my resume.
Thanks to her, I was able to book four job interviews in 2021 and I received all four offers. I was able to pick the full-time job that worked best for me and my small business and I'm still there.
Because I am high-functioning Autistic and I work in a field that is somewhat of a niche area, my circumstances regarding my career can be unique at times. As such, the career advice I get tends to be limited in its utility. Sometimes, it is further hampered by people who either do not understand or appreciate that they do not know what they do not know or simply aren't good at asking me questions that are helpful. Being Autistic can exacerbate that last issue, as I am literally wired differently than most people.
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Barbara Anne's extensive experience in multiple sectors and with the Neurodiverse population has made her an exception. She has been advising me since 2017. While I rarely feel she is restricting herself by being narrow-minded, she also is good at steering the focus to the proper essential elements.
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On the rare occasion that she is off base, she is very receptive to feedback and suggestions and asks questions to get back on track. It helps that the questions that she asks, whether to get back on track or figure out a pathway forward, are stated and followed up on in a way that both forces me to think things through but, also gently keeps me in the right direction.
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If she needs to give negative feedback, she is rarely anything other than constructive and non-judgemental. As a person on the Autism spectrum, this can be an issue, as I have had trained therapists go off on me and/or ask inappropriate questions.
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I also have been openly discriminated against by people who have extensive supervisory civil rights experience and, in many cases, are a member of at least one protected class. To simply be treated with basic respect and listened to, then helped in a constructive manner tends to be the exception, not the rule for people on the Autism Spectrum. Rarer still is advice that is useful beyond a very general level. Forget working in a niche field.
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A lot of people with my disability are unemployed, not because they cannot do the work, but because of the attitude/behavior of interviewers or the behavior of employers when hired. Ignorance is understandable, but a lot of this ignorance is coupled with an inflexibility.
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It has been helpful on both a career level, and on a personal level in general, to have someone who is the antithesis of that.
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S.P., PA
The "Paving the Way to Civility, Inclusion, Equity & Diversity" training provided by Purpose-Filled Solutions and Evolutions was a truly transformative experience. The insightful sessions and practical strategies shared by Barbara Anne and Saraí empowered me with tools to create a more inclusive and equitable environment in both my personal and professional life. The training not only expanded my understanding of civility and diversity but also connected me with a network of like-minded individuals who are passionate about driving positive change. I highly recommend this training to anyone seeking to make a meaningful impact and pave the way towards a more inclusive world.
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- S.P., 2023
Jo Colontonio, NJ
The CEID program was not just "another check the box" DEI program. In fact it was not a DEI program at all. It was an educational program about people, cultures, history and current topics that each and eveyone of us consciously and unconsciously face everyday. Knowedge is power and if you want to be both a powerful and empowering leader you must understand your most important asset..your people. Barbrara Anne's program deliver all this and more.
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- J.C., 2023
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