My
name is Jenny Ryan. I am what has been described by Margaret Lobenstine as a “Renaissance
Soul”. I am interested in everything. I have been a pianist, a
professional student, a Spanish teacher, a bookseller, and a data
entry specialist, to name just a few of my professions.
Throughout my varied career the one aspect I have enjoyed the most has been getting to know people, connecting with them, and helping them find ways to feel better about themselves and their life. That could mean something as simple as helping them find the perfect book, or something as involved as helping them pass Spanish.
I am very excited to have found personal coaching and the LEAP process which have given me new, powerful tools to assist people in creating the changes they want to make in their life. I love to share the truth I’ve learned, which is that we can have inner peace and be happy in our lives.
I spent so many years in pain, unhappy, and feeling powerless to do anything about it. I kept frantically looking for “The One Thing”-class, book, idea, person-that would magically fix all of my problems, bring me inner peace, and deliver to me a perfect life. Not surprisingly, that magic bullet never did show up. But through my honest desire to feel better I was led to a new path where I could begin creating all of these things for myself.
I began working with a life coach in February 2002. It was at that time that I was introduced to the idea that, not only do I have the power to create my own life my own way, but that no one else was coming to do it for me. After beginning to change my outer life, including creating my own Spanish tutoring business, I was led to the next step of my journey. Through participation in such programs as the Prosperity Partnership Program, A Course In Miracles, and groups facilitated by Julie Henderling, founder of LEAP, I began to change inside. I cleared out old beliefs and behaviors that no longer served me, and created space inside myself for a new way of life.
That is where I am today. I have participated in the “Quantum LEAP” program, as well as the Level 1 Practitioner training, and am now a certified Level 2 LEAP Practitioner. I have also completed Parts One and Two of Coach for Life's Coach Training Program, and in the fall I will begin their certification process. Coaching and LEAP have given me systems that empower me to create my life in a way that feels good, as well as a structure that allows me to integrate all the aspects of who I am as I live out my spiritual insights in my everyday life.