Workplace Wellness & Stress Mastery Certification (WWSMC)

Founder, life planner, coach

I was going along in life with a loving family, good friends, a home that filled me with peace, and a dog I adored. I had fulfilling work with a 20+ year career as a CPA financial planner where I had the pleasure of working with people from all walks of life. Then, something shocking happened. Without warning, someone I was deeply connected with passed away suddenly at the age of 53. My world was shaken apart.  

The shock of unexpected loss made me want to know more about my purpose and live a more meaningful life. The realization hit me that, for the most part, I had been working my life away; sometimes driven by passion and sometimes by a desire to meet the standards and expectations of others. Looking back, I realize that this gave me a great escape to avoid getting out of my comfort zone and taking risks in other areas of my life.

It was time for something more, so I embarked on a deep dive with enriching books, master teachers, and enlightening people who were seeking purpose, meaning, and intention in their lives. I found the Kinder Institute of Life Planning, where I learned how to create a compelling life plan for myself and others while earning the Registered Life Planner (RLP®) credential. I honed my coaching skills and received a credential through the Fearless Living Institute and continue my pursuit of lifelong learning with the Academy for Coaching Excellence. I have also studied with the Financial Transitionist Institute to support clients in transition, couples, and families.

As a result of my exploration and learning, I have more joy in my life and have learned to feel my fear and do it anyway, giving me the courage to take the leap to create my passion business. Self-care and health are now integrated into my daily life. I have deeper and closer relationships with the people important to me (including my dog), and I am more focused on enjoying the present moment.

Now, with clear and renewed meaning, I help my clients fulfill their own life goals by helping them align their money, time, and energy with their purpose. Often, this involves helping them overcome the things (sometimes themselves) that keep them from bringing their life’s vision to fruition. I walk the talk in my own life and alongside them in the coaching process.

About Us: Do you want to...

live life truer to yourself?

be more fulfilled in your relationships and your work?

create your day rather than letting it run you?

find peace regardless of the circumstances surrounding you?

We often have desires floating in our heads for months or years without pursuing them.

Imagine the joy of being fully awake to life and having the understanding for your life’s purpose and how to bring it alive.

With life planning and coaching, you get clear on your vision for all areas of your life and you have the support you need to take authentic action forward.

Bob McKenzie has over 40 years of human resources management experience. His background includes a wide range of hands-on HR practices including in all aspects of Human Resources. And is a variety of industries in with private sector, public sector and nonprofit employers.

Bob has been cited in a number of Human Resources trade publications. Among them are HR.com, HR Magazine, HR Florida Review, Vault.com, BNA and the Institute of Management and Administration and the Business Journals. He has been a speaker at a number of conferences as well as audio and web-based seminars. 

Bob is a graduate of Rider University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce Degree and double majored in Industrial Relations and Organizational Behavior and lives in Brunswick, GA.

Christopher Salem is an Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, and Professional Speaker mentors C-Suite, CPAs, Financial Advisors, Physicians, and other business leaders to build and protect their brands by raising their level of influence as trusted advisors to maximize their results.  He also works with companies to create an interdependent work environment and thriving culture through a growth mindset foundation, effective communication, transparent leadership, and higher engagement.  

His book Master Your Inner Critic / Resolve the Root Cause – Create Prosperity went international best seller in 2016. He also co-authored the recent edition to "Mastering the Art of Success" with Jack Canfield. His weekly radio show Sustainable Success is part of the Voice America Influencers Channel.  Chris is also an accomplished business & emotional intelligence strategist, award-winning author®, certified mindset expert, radio show host & media personality, and wellness advocate.  

He works with organizations such as such as JP Morgan – Chase, Ralph Lauren, GE Research, UTC - Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon, Microchip Technologies, Anthem, US Census Bureau, United Healthcare, Laticrete Corporation, Hubbell Corporation, Conning & Company, Foxwoods Casino, and NYPD Forensics Department including universities such as University of Hartford, Westchester Community College, Bay Path University, Worcester State University, and spoke on overcoming limited beliefs for peak performance at Harvard University’s Faculty Club and US Senate.

In 2018, Erica McBeth set out on a mission to talk to one stranger a week for a full year.  Her journey through that project is chronicled in her book, “52 New Friends” and her video series, “How to Make Friends & Beat Loneliness.”  In an effort to help people connect together in positive ways, Erica founded Erica McBeth Productions in 2020 and McBeth Marketing in 2021.  She sits on the Arizona Chapter Board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and educates people on the benefits of how human connection can transform their companies and their lives.  She is a speaker, a writer, a storyteller, an advocate for human connection and the self-proclaimed slayer of loneliness. 

Lauren Baptiste is an executive wellness coach, international speaker and corporate well-being consultant. After working 10+ years at a Big Four accounting firm and personally experiencing the effects of burnout, Lauren launched Acheloa Wellness, a wellness coaching firm that empowers women leaders and organizations to break-through the widespread effects of stress. As a practitioner of Ayurveda, hormonal health and other healing modalities, she brings a holistic approach to transform burnout to balance, joy and high-performing productivity.    

Lauren collaborates and co-creates with Fortune 500 companies, international organizations, not for profits and start-up organizations, covering a diverse background of industries and needs.