Hi! I’m Susan A Sutherland, a leadership and life coach for accomplished humans 45+ who are committed to bringing long-held dreams to fruition in THIS lifetime!

My work is focused on supporting you, as an “older” human, to integrate the full richness of your life, experience and wisdom, and to be your thought-partner as you make choices that are intentional and aligned so you feel most alive and at home in your life. 

For some, this is about figuring out how to navigate late-stage work or career more powerfully, so it is more personally satisfying and in keeping with who you want to be and how you want to see yourself. For others, it is about shifting focus and identity from career or work to life beyond – a second (or third) career, retirement, creativity, family, health, adventures, avocations and hobbies. For many, it is all of the above! 

For all my clients, it is about making peace with your life story, with aging, and recognizing that since life is short, the time is now to bring to fruition those long-held dreams and desires, to live in your full expression. 

My signature coaching framework, which anchors my approach to working with clients, has four ‘pillars’: 

• Compassionate Self-Awareness: so you have insight and self-compassion for the human you’ve been on your life’s journey, and how the stories of your life are both true AND changeable

• Bold Envisioning: so you can picture and intentionally choose the life you most want to live, and trust yourself as you move forward

• Deep Resourcing: so you can feel and know yourself from within as a grounded, supported and guided human, leveraging all that you have been and all your life experiences

• Powerful Action: so you can take tangible steps forward into your life with a spirit of experimentation and a learning mindset, and gather evidence to reinforce your self- belief and self-trust

A little bit more about my 'back story:'

I grew up living internationally, moving every few years, as the daughter of a US diplomat.  My childhood experience created, I believe, a certain restlessness that continues to show up and move me towards new things, towards my “growth edge.” 

What I’ve learned along the way is that when we are challenged by change, we sometimes discover how much personal agency we have. It can be also be incredibly helpful – powerful – to identify what doesn’t belong to us at all, and results from systemic and cultural narratives that keep us stuck.  

My first career was in corporate, where I rose up the ranks and retired (golly I hate that word!) after nearly 30 years in 2016 as a C-Suite executive. I'm now the leadership and life coach you know me as. Also: I'm co-owner and -manager of a 1330 acre ranch, lodge and retreat center on the Drakensberg escarpment in rural South Africa (with my husband (David)). Our US base is in San Francisco, California.

And here we are. 

Thank you for trusting me! I’m sending you wishes for all good things, always,
Susan

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website: www.SusanASutherland.com
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