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What is FuturePathways?

FuturePathways is the Denver based “life coaching” team of Gail benEzra and Marilyn Winokur. They are transition experts. Using both formal group workshops and individual, personalized coaching sessions, FuturePathways helps people stuck in transitions related to business, personal growth or relationships get unstuck. Their mission is to help people create meaningful lives they are eager to live.

What is a life coach? Football coaches help make stars of talented quarterbacks. Chess coaches help make chess champions. Opera coaches help make divine divas. Life coaches are like personal trainers for the spirit. They are listeners, facilitators, translators, reality testers, and cheerleaders. They are teachers, guides, strategic planners, and creative thinkers. They can be a sounding board or a Board of Directors.

In the post-September 11 world, more and more people are searching for meaning in their lives. Gail benEzra and Marilyn Winokur are not therapists, but what they do is definitely therapeutic. They help clients use their talents, skills, and experience to create a new vision for the next phase of their lives.

Unlike other life coaches who often provide services over the phone, Future Pathways specializes in individualized, face to faceservices based on what the client wants to accomplish. Typical clients include:

• 30- and 40-somethings who want to take control of their lives, map their future and develop the skills to achieve their plans.
• Baby boomers who know the old model for aging won’t work for them and are eager to develop a new personal model for conscious aging based on wisdom and leaving a meaningful legacy
• People in mid-life who know they want to make a change even if they don’t know what that change is
• Small business entrepreneurs and professionals interested in taking their business to a new level

FuturePathways uses a team approach and a series of proven exercises to identify each person’s unique set of characteristic values, strengths, weaknesses, interests, desires and goals. They help clients envision new possibilities, remove roadblocks, set priorities, make choices, develop strategies, and achieve their goals.

Following each coaching session, clients receive a recap of the session which helps them remember their insights and track their progress. The recap also contains between-session assignments.

For people interested in what coaching has to offer them, FuturePathways provides a complimentary 45 minute session. In this meeting, prospective clients get an idea of how coaching works and whether it is a fit for them.

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Facts About FuturePathways

• FuturePathways was founded in 2001 by Gail benEzra and Marilyn Winokur.
• According to the International Coach Federation, there are 10,000 coaches practicing in the United States. The trend has grown increasingly popular with Baby Boomers, especially since September 11.
• The coaching movement began in 1992 when a financial planner named Thomas Leonard founded a two-year training program called Coach U in Colorado Springs.
• FuturePathways life coaches are transition experts rather than therapists or traditional counselors.
• Many coaches conduct sessions over the telephone. FuturePathways offers partial to full day group workshops or individualized, 1.5 hour coaching sessions.
• Fees range from $150-$350 depending on which workshops or services are provided.
• Clients are usually people who have achieved some level of success in their lives but who are now in transition.
• Typical clients include Baby Boomers, people in mid-life and small business entrepreneurs.
• Clients get assignments after each session. Their follow through is monitored to ensure success.

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