Elizabeth Lynley Wentzel is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her expertise and vast skillset.

She emerges as a seasoned guide with a career spanning over a decade. Rooted in a rich background in human resources and training, she embarked on her coaching odyssey in 2010, leveraging 25 years of expertise. Armed with a Doctorate in Workforce and Human Resource Development and a Master’s in Leadership and Organizational Development, her journey is marked by not just professional milestones but personal triumphs, overcoming an auditory processing disorder to attain her Doctorate.

She is an innovator. Her coaching style seamlessly blends traditional methodologies with a holistic approach. From mindfulness and positive intelligence to life coaching and happiness, she goes beyond the ordinary to guide individuals through career transitions, mergers, acquisitions, and personal growth.

Her tailored approach, integrating the Wheel of Life and creative techniques like guided meditation, role playing, and continuous learning, reflects a commitment to not just meet but exceed her clients’ evolving needs. Here is what she said.

Meet Life Coach Elizabeth Lynley Wentzel:

Name: Elizabeth Lynley Wentzel

Pillar: The Mind

Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to achieve clarity, discover their self dabotaging thoughts and beliefs, find support in overcoming them and accountability to reach their goals.

How they can help: By using various tools and techniques like the Wheel of Life, Positive Intelligence training, Mindfulness, empowering positive beliefs, and SWOT analysis, just to name a few.

First of all, how are you and your family doing after these Pandemic times?

We are doing well and were able to work the entire time as we were predominately remote employees.

How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?

Honestly not really.

But it allowed me to focus on the next chapter of my journey.

Most of my clients were displaced from their employment and needed a coach to support them through their career transitions.

Many struggled being thrown into remote work, but through coaching, altered their mindsets to embrace and love remote life.

What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?

The biggest lesson I learned was not to wait for anything.

Embrace your dreams and work toward those as you do not have a set time in which to accomplish your dreams.

Fight for them and work on them at all times.

The Origin:

Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?

I started my coaching business in 2010 but have been coaching for 25 years in Career Coaching through my human resource career.

I have worked in human resources and training and development since 1996.

I received my Doctor of Education, Workforce and Human Resource Development in 2020, and I hold my Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Development from 2008.

I honed my abilities creating a strategic people frameworks and leadership overseeing multiple functions including Talent Management and development, Organizational effectiveness, and Organizational Change.

My HR experience spans numerous industries and geographic locations.

I started coaching to help people transition in their careers, work through job loss during mergers and acquisitions and redundancies, before migrating into a more holistic approach in corporating mindfulness, positive intelligence, life coaching and happiness.

What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?

I do not see them as obstacles because I learned and grew from all my experiences.

I was born with an auditory processing disorder that made written and verbal language more challenging to learn, however I focused improving every chance I could and eventually graduated with my Doctorate.

The Coaching Style:

How do you innovate with coaching your clients?

I innovation in coaching by exploring new and effective ways to help my clients achieve their goals and overcome challenges.

Here are some strategies I use:

1. Tailored approach, once the first consultation is completed, I have a clear understanding on the clients needs and direction to take them. The next sessions explore different aspects of the Wheel of life including overcoming fear, gaining positive intelligence, and focusing on the root causes of their concerns.
2. I focus on mindfulness and use guided meditation, and stress reducing techniques.
3. I use creative techniques such as visualization and role playing.
4. I value continuous learning and always research ways to support my clients unique needs.

What’s unique about your coaching approach?

Offering a range of services and guidance to individuals seeking to navigate their lives more effectively.

These offerings are designed to help individuals identify and achieve their personal and career goals, enhance their professional skills, and make informed decisions about their paths in life.

What benefits do your clients get after working with you?

1. My coaching offers a wide range of benefits for clients, supporting them in various aspects of their personal and professional lives.
2. Clarity of goal settings, we start with the wheel of life and explore the areas most needed to be improved by the clients’ desires and focus on setting clear goals towards achieving them.
3. I focus on helping my client achieve self awareness and limiting beliefs, negative thoughts and saboteurs that hold them back.
4. I hold them accountable to their goals and dreams. I encourage and support them through change and building their personal growth and development.

Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?

I use many tools based on the persons needs and goals.

I use the Wheel of Life, Positive Intelligence training, Mindfulness techniques, Empowering positive beliefs, SWOT analysis, Smart Goals, GROW model, Vision statements, Journaling, Wheel of Awareness, Ikigai Framework.

The Impact:

If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?

In a world facing various challenges, let’s remember our shared humanity.

Every person is navigating their own journey, encountering struggles, triumphs, and moments of joy.

By fostering empathy and understanding, we can build bridges of connection.

Together, we can create a world where compassion prevails over judgment, where kindness transcends borders, and where unity becomes our greatest strength.

Let’s face the future with courage, resilience, and a collective commitment to creating positive change for ourselves and generations to come.

What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?

We are our own worse enemies.

We are the voice in our heads that tells us what we THINK people are saying, but that is our inner saboteur.

That is the lies it tells us.

Only we can silence that negative voice and focus on improving ourselves.

Everything else will fall into place once we learn to ignore that voice of negativity.

Everything in life is a gift.

Your final thoughts?

Nothing to add.

Where Can You Find Elizabeth Lynley Wentzel?

If you liked this interview and if you would love to see how coach Elizabeth can help you, go to https://www.larkincareerconsulting.com/ and find out how to start this journey.

If you’d like to capture a glimpse of her coaching, you can do that here.

If you’d like to connect with her more persionally, you can do that through Facebook, LinkedIn, or by sending her a message on her Email [email protected]. It was an honor having this interview with her.