“What it has given me is the ability to define my life’s purpose and the ability to make sure that I am always operating from the central point of that purpose…has transformed the way I think about how I spend my time and energy. In the past decade, with the birth of my human babies and the FMA baby, I have been given countless unexpected gifts. Joys I never would have known had I not jumped in. I often worry that the choices I’ve made have gotten in the way, but I see now that the choices I’ve made ARE the way. Working with Douglas Dickerman helped me see and accept that. He’s a good friend, a fellow artist, and an incredible and insightful support to me. If you think you could benefit from having him in your life, he has my highest recommendation.”

“Working with Douglas has catalyzed a real paradigm shift in how I see myself in relation to the things I want to do. He has encouraged me to think beyond my dogged pursuit of goals to consider how I want to be and how I want to experience my life. The work is at once big-picture and specific doable actions, both informing and advancing a path I’ve created for myself and a way of being I’m discovering for myself. Douglas has fostered a kindness in me toward myself that have rarely shown. I always feel invigorated and after a meeting with Douglas. I definitely recommend working with him.”

“Not only is he delightfully insightful in the moment, picking up on words, subtle expressions and body language, but something I believe is even more valuable… he builds on progress from week to week with creative suggestions of simple action plans.”

“Douglas has an uncanny ability to pick up on the subtleties of your underlining issue and help you begin the process of facing your saboteur, so that you can achieve your objective. During one of my sessions with Douglas he pointed out something that in all my years I had never consider was blocking me. It was a huge epiphany and now it has put me on road of healing a childhood wound and finding my passion again. Thanks to DouglasI’m facing my saboteur and getting things done.” –

“Working with you as a coach has changed the way I look at myself and the world around me. I had heard about Life Coaches and thought little of them, having been in therapy and 12-step programs for over 25 years. Thinking I knew the sharpest shortcuts to clear away emotional clutter, my contempt for Life Coaches was palpable. Then, I met you. First as a writer during our retreat in Maine then as the extraordinary empathic person you truly are. As a Life Coach, you have shown  the uncanny ability to help me explore unseen vistas that landscape my soul. Your exercises, words of encouragement and genuine dedication to this vocation combined with your natural abilities to hone in on the authentic nature of the creative spirit within have changed my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you do. Any one who works with you as a Life Coach is lucky indeed.”