Carol Goldsmith, The Discovery Coach, walks the talk of personal transformation.

After working with Tony Robbins in the 1990s and hiring her first coach, she put her mind to overcoming the phobias and limiting beliefs that often hold people back. She broke through a lifelong fear of the water and swam with the dolphins in the Florida Keys. She walked barefoot across a bed of 2,000 degree burning coals (twice),  jumped off a 60-foot telephone pole toward a flying trapeze,  and calmed a knee-knocking fear of public speaking to the point that she regularly speaks with ease on national television and global radio.

Now she helps others transform themselves.

Carol works with an international clientele of individuals, organizations, and fellow coaches who want rapid, lasting results. Her client roster includes leaders and executives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Department of Education, International Monetary Fund, Arlington County (VA) government, Sprint/Nextel, Cisco Systems, EDS, Bearing Point, Pearson Performance Group, Heidrick & Struggles, Keller-Williams Realty,  and McDonalds Corp., among others.

A graduate of the Coaches Training Institute, Carol holds designations as a Professional Certified Coach from the International Coach Federation, certified practitioner of Ericksonian hypnosis, and certified trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).

While studying NLP–which teaches people how to run their own brains–Carol witnessed the regenerative power of the brain firsthand as she helped her mother (now 90) recover her memory and faculties after suffering three aneurysm ruptures. Carol’s observations from that time confirm what neuroscientists have since discovered about neuroplasticity. You can teach an old brain new tricks–once you discover how.

Her coaching approach fuses elements of neuroscience, positive psychology, and Eastern meditative practice together into a  peak performance methodology that facilitates rapid, lasting change. She shares her approach widely through workshops and webinars at coaching conferences, universities, and business groups  such as Vistage International, the world’s largest CEO organization.

From upper life: Carol at the pyramids of Giza; with a young friend in China; with her mom after the 60-mile Avon Breast cancer walk; with Anthony Robbins in Hawaii; swimming with dolphins in the Florida Keys.

Prior to entering the coaching profession, Carol worked as a reporter, magazine editor,  marketing executive, and non-profit leader in the China travel  industry.

She is the author of five books on tourism and coaching. Her latest is entitled Return on Experience: Turning Past Performance into  Future Success.

Call 703-860-6178 or email Carol.