"She's like a Marie Kondo for your mind! Declutters all those messy thoughts."- J.L.
Brain-Based CERTIFIED leadership coaching
where clarity & insight
inspire action
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Whether you’re exploring a career change, developing your leadership, growing your team, or simply trying to build confidence, your goals set the direction. Coaching can help you move toward them with clarity and intention.
At Create Brainspace, I do this through brain-based leadership coaching - where neuroscience is a useful base for understanding how our thoughts and actions shape our outcomes. Together, we create the mental space, insight, and direction you need to move forward with purpose.
Or, as one of my clients put it: “She’s like a Marie Kondo for your mind—declutters all those messy thoughts.”
Each coaching session will be a focused conversation that leads to insight and actionable commitments:
1. Define the focus
Each session begins by identifying what the priority is of the conversation, to ensure a purposeful session aligned with your goals.
2. Build awareness
With the focus established, we will explore the situation from multiple angles, to help you see yourself and your context more clearly.
3. Explore
Next, we uncover things like underlying belief systems, assumptions, and thought patterns. This deeper reflection often reveals key insights and meaningful shifts in understanding.
4. Commit and Take Action
A session closes by translating insights into practical next steps, so that you can leave the session with a clear commitment that drives momentum and measurable change.
What Clients say
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"I can honestly say I feel a 180' shift in my life after spending just 3 hours with Dorien. As a sole-proprietor and new mom, my mind and physical space was clouded and cluttered. I found it hard to make sense of my current life situation and how to move forth.
Not only did her tips vastly improve my office space, my mind now has way more "brain space" to focus on what really matters in my life. She helped me define my core values. I cannot underestimate how important this is. I can now live life with more intention and focus on how to best spend my precious time.
Her warm and non-judgemental personality makes it easy to chat openly about all facets of my life. She's like a Marie Kondo for your mind! Declutters all those messy thoughts.
Thank you Dorien."
- J.L., Designer, Entrepreneur
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"Dorien brings a deep and insightful knowledge to her facilitation practice, grounded in a strong understanding of adult learning principles and the ability to convey messages with clarity and impact. Through her calm, grounded presence, she creates a space that invites reflection, thoughtful consideration, and exploration, all while bringing forward a mastery of her subject matter that elevates learning and growth for every participant."
- Donna Forde, Principal Partner Peopledynamics Learning Group, MCC
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"A few members of our leadership team worked with Dorien through much of 2019 and it was great to see the growth of their contribution to business, as well as our client's business, especially through a period of rapid change. For any company going through a transformation and in need of helping guide their leaders through it, I would highly recommend working with Dorien."
- Matt Di Paola, Managing Director Huge Inc.
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"I had been suffering from Analysis Paralysis for months when I reached out to Dorien. Within a few consultations Dorien helped me find the courage I needed to get moving. Through our conversations I was able to focus, clarify my ideas and establish a realistic plan to reach my goals. She kept me accountable and taught me to celebrate the small wins along the way. Her method is extremely efficient and uplifting! "
- Kimberly Laferriere, Actor
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"I have had the great pleasure of co-facilitating with Dorien on several occasions, in her role as a faculty member for PDLG's Business Coaching Advantage: Core Skills Course™. She has the capacity to distill complex teaching content into accessible and relatable learning experiences for participants, building on her deep knowledge around neuroscience and learning. She holds space for questions, comments and reactions and supportively calls participants into the conversation. Dorien is also adept at knowing when and how to add experiential or knowledge-based flavour to the dialogue that supports increased understanding and connection to the material."
- Maggie Coulter, Principal Partner Peopledynamics Learning Group, ACC
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“Working with Dorien was exactly what I needed. Being a sole-proprietor, it can be overwhelming when making decisions regarding change and growth. Dorien helped me realize where my priorities lie and she also helped me to weigh the options. Making decisions for change is something I often put off until the future but meeting with Dorien helped me prioritize decision making and change. I was also able to clear my mind from all the noise that is the stress I get from putting things off. I am so thankful to have found a coach in Dorien. Looking forward to meeting with her again - she makes me feel empowered and inspired! “
- Christine, Photographer
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“Dorien is very human, extremely kind and even if I did not know her when we first started our coaching sessions, she made me feel comfortable right away. She is a great listener, and always asks the right questions. She made me reflect on a lot of things, and always connected the dots. She has a very interesting background, and she always brings great knowledge and relevant advice to every issue discussed. I took away a lot from our conversations. I strongly recommend her as a coach! “
- HR Professional
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"Dorien has a special quality not seen in many coaches. She listens well and is very understanding of the client's situation. However, she is able to balance empathy with directness when it's clear that the client needs to move forward with possible solutions. Clarity and honesty is what many coaching clients need at some point in the relationship and Dorien is very good at providing both as needed".
- Peer coach, Business Coaching AdvantageTM Program