Bridge Builders: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things

"I want to be thoroughly used up when I die...life is no 'brief candle' to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
-George Bernard Shaw

Elaine Voci, Ph.D. shares Mr. Shaw's life philosophy and is an experienced workshop facilitator, the author of three other inspirational and educational books and four cookbooks, and a life skills coach. She holds advanced degrees in Behavioral Science, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Human Resource Management and is a graduate of the Indianapolis Gestalt Institute. She would admit how long she's been a career coach, except that would take you straight to her age – something she advises against sharing in a job interview.

Elaine maintains a private life coaching practice in Carmel, Indiana and works with individuals as well as groups; she specializes in career coaching, life skills workshops and writes a blog linked to her website, www.elainevoci.com. She leads workshops on the power of intention, forgiveness, and is a certified Life Cycle Celebrant trained at the Celebrant Foundation & Institute. She hosts monthly Death Cafes at her Carmel practice.

Elaine believes that service to others is the rent we pay for our life on earth. She is actively engaged in community service including hospice volunteer work and contributing to various charities. She attributes her life philosophy to the role models of her generous and loving Italian immigrant grandparents and parents who taught by example that we are, truly, our brothers' keepers.