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Valerie has been an international personal and executive coach for more than 20 years. She has partnered with small consulting companies in delivering executive coaching, assessments, including Hogan personality inventories, and workshops. She works privately with individuals to help them feel empowered to live more joyful and balanced lives. Valerie also delivers public, small group, and after school-based workshops to help others learn about the stress response and how they can counteract this by using heart-based and contemplative tools to shift emotions and responses. Valerie has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, is a certified HeartMath trainer, Reikie Master, EmotionalEFT Master, and has extensively studied positive psychology, energy medicine, and energy psychology approaches whose perspectives and tools she employs in her coaching and workshops. Valerie is a co-author of First Impressions: What You Don't Know About How Others See You, Bantam, 2004. The book has been published in 17 languages and was a finalist for a Books for a Better Life Award. She has been a guest on The Today Show, NPR, the BBC, Good Morning America, MSNBC and other media outlets.