Carrie Bowman

Having achieved a high level of success by the end of my twenties with prestigious degrees, a defined and successful career, and the freedom to create what she believed to be true happiness, her life was set; or at least she thought so. Despite Carrie's accomplishments in career and financial freedom, she felt a severe disconnect deep inside of her. This disconnection just could not be filled with any of my attainments. Carrie was raised in an environment and in a society that spoke to external solutions only. Like so many of her peers, we believed that external solutions will bring us happiness, fulfilment, lasting joy. So many of us are raised to believe if we work hard and manage to make the outsides of our life as perfect and successful as possible, then happiness will be the result. However, that joy is temporal and not a long-term solution. Carrie spent the first 3 decades of her life seeking external solutions to correct an internal problem. The equation she had relied upon was faulty. And when she came to see that living from the outside/in was not going to work, she realized she had better start living from the inside/out. Now, her journey was figuring out how to do that. As a natural reflex action, she tried filling the void with material pursuits, chasing after more money and stacking up on glimmering accomplishments in academia through degrees. Carrie even thought that getting married; having babies and being in the best shape of her life would present the answer. But she was severely wrong.The search and struggle lead her to a discovery. Vodka. Carrie's life took a drastic turn from thereon forth, where untreated alcoholism took over every aspect of her very existence. She was in the last year of her Ph.D program, completing her doctorate in clinical psychology and her days took on a façade she desperately tried to continue, as her world began to crumble all around her. Looking back, it is clear the very shattering of her world was the necessary step in her personal evolution. She gradually began to lose everything that meant something to her in life. She came to a place where she was no longer employable, her finances had run out, family and friends had distanced themselves, she was in and out of hospitals, and the future,if any at all, was severely bleak. Just when she had thought she had no way out and her spirit was slowly succumbing to its demise, two comprehensive rehab visits brought her hope. Carrie realized that the answers lay not outside of her, but they resided inside all along. A place she neglected reaching out to – until now. She realized that she actually desperately wanted to live but she could not go back to the place she had been. She had to begin to live in a different way and she was determined to discover how this could be. It was either destruction or change. There was no other choice. Eventually, Carrie embarked on her journey in recovery and started witnessing the changes before her. The journey was now that of self-discovery and inner manifestation, heightened consciousness, self-empowerment and realignment of vision and purpose. Giving up alcohol in search for devising her own path to inner tranquillity, she searched for the fertile ‘space’ within that enabled me to create and prosper. She found it and have built magnificent monuments of ‘the-self’ on it – ever since! If she could find this space, well, then so can anyone else that was willing to do the work. Through chaos came consciousness. Since then, Carrie's passion has been to help others, assist in the realignment of their purpose and the everlasting manifestation of their own higher-selves.

Carrie is passionate about working with people in a way that facilitates their inward and outward growth, while enhancing and rewarding them in their true untapped potential, hidden gifts, career, relationships, the pursuit of happiness and overall purpose in life. She does not believe in feel-good philosophies and positive-thinking fluff that most self-help books and unqualified ‘gurus’ seem to sadly rely on these days. They are only good for a temporary high, built on the gratification of an “Ah-ha moment”. However, the consequence is that an overwhelming majority of people fail to achieve real, tangible, practical and lasting results. Her goal is to establish an authentic and trusting connection with you, keep you accountable and give you the support and encouragement that you need to attain the best version of yourself, and consequentially, the highest quality of life that you truly deserve. Enabling you to take charge of your life, where you come out on the other side far happier, successful and fulfilled – in more ways than you initially thought possible. Individuals are attracted to Carrie's experience and coaching style as it dramatically raises their awareness, quickly increases options and choices through life, and delivers tangible results in a positive and exciting direction.

Carrie posseses many years of proactive experience in clinical psychology, counselling and knowledge in personal therapy. Though life coaching and therapy are distinctly different fields, her extensive background allows her to uniquely bring forth various resources, knowledge and tools in assisting individuals in a variety of circumstances. Her academic qualifications entail the following: BA, Psychology, University of Texas at Austin MA, Clinical Psychology, Columbia University ABD, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program University of Vermont Graduate of one of the most esteemed Life Coaching Training Programs -Coach for Life liInternational Coaching Federation (ICF) – A universal and singular method that demonstrates a coach’s superb knowledge, skill, ethics and competencies. ICF is the hallmark and gold standard in the coaching industry.