Personal Development Coaching Courses

Buffie Williams is a former Navy spouse, author and service entrepreneur. She is the owner of AWAKEN Holistic Counseling & Psychotherapy Services, LLC and consulting agency in Troy, Alabama. She is also the creator of the World Knowledge Think Tank Enrichment Program, a comprehensive life program designed as a guide to life and career exploration.

Ms. Williams provides advice in the areas of project management and grant writing and has a B.S. in print journalism/advertising and an M.S in Counseling/Psychology from Troy University. She is seasoned in public relations, administration and higher education and has 17 years of experience in counseling as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC).

Buffie has authored several books and guides, including:

Our Family Tree Album, an African-American genealogy book; “My Baby Book”, a journal for grandparents to document and celebrate the lives of their grandchildren;

Things Every Sista Should Know, a pocket guide for women; Blackriver, a book and healing companion journal that allows the reader to process current and past traumas and/or mental health issues;

Find LOVE in the Darkness, a guidebook for communities; and “Real AWAKEN Men Pray (R.A.M.P.)”, a group template to provide a safe space in community groups for healing.

Buffie currently resides in Alabama with her husband, Henry.

Finding Love in the Darkness: blackriver Journal

Are you ready to discover what is holding you back from love and life after bouts of depression?

In the “Blackriver: Finding Love in the Darkness training”, you will journey through a fiction-novel-journal along with completing self-help expression and expressive writing exercises.

In today’s society, mental health issues and suicide are topics that are often misunderstood.

In this premium training, you’ll:

• Create awareness and healing simultaneously.
• Explore survival and how it has affected your life.
• Explore fictional scenarios that could very well be similar to the events and episodes people feel in a state of depression and suicidal thoughts.
• Complete reflective writings to provide a voice of understanding.
• Journal to assist in transitioning from your current position to one of joy and fulfillment.

Simple strategies to gain focus and clarity, so you can overcome limited beliefs and implement visualization, affirmation and meditation techniques to breakthrough and create your desired outcome.

Cost: $197 Book: Find LOVE  in Darkness: blackriver Journal

Blow the Whistle

Stop and reflect on what is most important to you!

Life career coaching is about helping people have more satisfying lives. Blow the Whistle life career coaches deliver their services in a variety of ways. Some coaches act as boot-camp sergeants, some as cheerleaders, and some as “salespeople” of a dream life. My coaching style is somewhat different. I provide a supportive atmosphere, using encouragement and focused attention to facilitate creativity, insight, and forward movement. While I clearly and unambiguously will give you the benefit of my perspective and experience, I will not be pushy, overwhelming, or aggressive. I will be your advocate as you discover and design a life that offers freedom, balance, opportunity and an open space to create possibilities. We are a team, and I’m committed that together we accomplish your future goals, dreams, and ambitions.

In this premium training, you’ll:

• Create awareness and review life skills.
• Explore how to create a life that is fulfilling and rewarding.
• Explore what powers and drives you to a successful career.
• Complete exercises for greater understanding of your desired life path.
• Journal to assist in transitioning from your current position to one of joy and fulfillment in the flowing areas that may impact your career: Relationship maintenance and strengthening; Life direction; Generating motivation and momentum; Decision-making; Life transitions; Effective communication; Navigating career changes; Managing multiple responsibilities; Opening up toward possibilities; Strengthening a sense of self or personal identity.

Simple strategies to gain focus and clarity, so you can overcome limited beliefs and implement visualization, affirmation and meditation techniques to breakthrough and create your desired outcome.

Cost: $197 Book:  Blow the Whistle: Career and Life Coaching

World Knowledge “Think Tank” Academic Enrichment

Looking for an alternative enrichment program designed for the nontraditional student? You found it!

The “curriculum academic enrichment program resource toolkit” is a collection of strategies for supporting schools, community/civic groups and after school programs planning. This guidebook augments best practices in school curriculum planning with the components of new age program design. In other words, it brings together the ideas of practice and exploration of curricula which is a learner-centered method. This four-week course is taught in the summer months of June and July.

The intent of this toolkit is to be a working resource for the program directors, instruction coordinators and program instructors. The toolkit focuses on instructional approaches and strategies that can be modified to and implemented in the classroom, community, civic groups or after school programs settings. Also, the tools and plans can be used separately or in conjunction with each of the other components.

In this premium training, you’ll have:

• One hr daily Group Coaching for four weeks
• Calls with exclusive training
• A step-by-step guide
• Coaching Feedback via email within 48 hrs
• Curricula Structures
• Curriculum Maps
• Education Strategies
• Instructional Framework: Emotional/Physical Health; Financial Efficacy; Technology; Creative Arts; Global Focus and Service Learning
• Key Vocabulary and recommended readings
• Video Presentations, Handouts, Exercises, Worksheets
• Vision Team Activities

You will learn my proven methods and framework for enrichment education. These are simple strategies to gain focus and clarity so you can overcome limited beliefs and implement visualization, affirmation and meditation techniques to breakthrough to create your desired outcome.

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Cost: $997

Books: World Knowledge: Facilitator’s Guide

World Knowledge: Academic Enrichment Organizer Workbook for Schools and Students