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Amy Todisco B.A. in Psychology from Wheaton/Bowdoin College, Graduate of the Rockwood Leadership Program, Life/Health Coach training from Health Coach Training, and currently in the 4d Transformational Coaching Certificate Program
Amy Todisco Quick Facts
Main Areas: Build Your Best Life Coaching & Retreats, Nationally Recognized Green Living ExpertCareer Focus: Life Coach, Green Living Expert, Author, Speaker, Business owner of Catalyst for Change Coaching and Retreats. and Vermont Food & Farm Tours
Affiliation: Ken Krell's Safari Program
Amy is a catalyst for change for you!
Amy is a Build Your Best Life coach and retreat leader. She’s also a nationally recognized green living & wellness expert for about 25+ years.
She inspires and supports people in building their unique best life by helping them navigate the complexities of transition, and gain the courage, wisdom, and tools to think outside the box.
Today.
Amy leads organic farm based, “Build Your Best Life Retreats (3, 5 and 7 day retreats for 2022 season) and unique food and farm tours on her Vermont farm, offers one-on-one life coaching, and is about to launch into the world of corporate coaching with a corporate coach friend’s business.
Eventually, she envisions having large corporate retreats on the farm in what will be a beautiful large dedicated greenhouse space, with plants growing on the sides, conference room components, and even a kitchen setup. That’s the dream for the next few years.
Catalyst for Change Coaching & Retreats (she just changed the name from Your Turning Point Coaching & Retreats)
Amy helps people create lasting and ongoing transformation. With over 35 years of personal & spiritual growth experience and research, Amy has channeled her personal and professional learning to create a living change lab for personal transformation, housed at her organic farm in Vermont.
Amy's coaching, retreats, and even her unique farm tours (workshops) have profoundly impacted the lives of people seeking a turning point: busy female entrepreneurs and business women, empty nesters, those in career and relationship transitions, and even veterans dealing with PTSD, and the realities of readjusting to civilian life.
In her own words...
I was a former NYC girl who always wanted to live on a Vermont organic farm. I made that dream come true over 12 years ago.
Despite my city upbringing, I was living a green life long before it became trendy. Organic food was a staple in our house. I even worked at a couple of health food stores where I became well versed with vitamins, supplements, juice fasting, and more. I spent about 6 weeks at the famous Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA, learning a multitude of healing and psychic skills tools. I got certified as a Polarity Therapy and massage therapist, which I’ve done off and on for 30 years.
For the past 25+ years, I've advised, inspired, and encouraged clients to adopt a Green Living plan for their lives—eat organic whole foods; replace toxic cleaning, body care, and household products with safer, truly natural ones; become energy and water efficient; grow their own food, build their immune systems, and how to introduce children to this way of life too.
Green Living—spiritual growth—and personal development.
In addition to my passion for green living, I've also been on a spiritual and personal growth path beginning with the very popular 1970's personal growth program called est (I think I was the only young person in the adult training—and then took a large number of workshops on all aspects of life—money, health, relationships, etc.), where I realized my life purpose of making a difference in other people's lives as a Transformation Cataylst. I became a certified life coach and massage/energy healer. I've been gardening organically for most of my adult life and have lived on an organic farm in Vermont for the past almost 12 years.
Passion for Leadership.
I've always been naturally drawn into leadership positions, starting with being the team captain for two varsity sports in high school, and graduated from the Rockwood Leadership Institute as an adult. I’ve co-led leadership coaching workshops with horses and groups of adults, as well as with my kid’s farm camp over 3 seasons.
I was the Board Chair of my local Chamber of Commerce, where I played an integral role in transforming the Chamber into a much-needed direct marketing organization for the community. I also created and led the Mad River Valley Wellness Alliance (a nonprofit collaborative of business owners who were committed to helping residents and visitors invest in themselves and enhance their journey of health and well being.) I’ve been very focused on enhancing the economic vitality of the Mad River Valley.
On the other side of leadership—over the past two winters, I’ve worked for the Vermont Legislature as the support staff for the Committee on Commerce & Economic Development. A fascinating and rewarding experience. Great group of leaders doing important work.
I've distilled many of my life experiences into organic farm based, healing and wellness retreats for people seeking a profound shift in their lives. Sharing all of this is my passion! When I learn something that I feel is valuable for others, I can’t help but share it, but only after I’ve tried it myself.
See what others are saying about working with me- TESTIMONIALS.
Her early days in green living.
Amy founded and co-founded several nonprofits, was an Executive Director for two of them, made household toxic presentations to public and private schools, churches, community groups, local boards of health, the MA State Department of Public Health, wrote articles on this topic for newspapers, newsletters, web sites, and have been interviewed on TV, radio and Internet radio.
As a highly sought after Green Living & Wellness expert, Amy has frequently appeared in the media, including WCAX News, Vermont Public Television (VPT), Rachel Ray Every Day Magazine, Seven Days (Vermont’s Independent Voice Newspaper) Christian Science Monitor, and In With Skin, among others.
Amy’s early work in green living led to opportunities including acting as the technical editor for the Green Living for Dummies book, appearing in Vermont Life and Farm & Ranch magazines, authoring the Greener Life Guides ebook series, and co-authoring the Amazon best seller You Make A Difference: 50 Heart Centered Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories of Inspiration and Transformation. She even got a call from one of Oprah's producers some years ago.
Education:
B.A., Wheaton College, 1985, Major: Psychology
Twelve College Exchange Program, Bowdoin College, 1984
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4D Transformative Coaching Certification Program (currently completing)
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Life Coach Training Graduate, Health Coaching U, and Coaching From Spirit, 2007 & 2008
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Rockwood Leadership Training Graduate, Rhode Island, April 2002
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Community Based Social Marketing Training, Northampton, MA, 2001
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Trigger Point Therapy Certificate, 1991
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Polarity Therapy Certificate, 1990
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Esalen Institute Work Study Program (1 Month), Big Sur, CA 1989
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Wharton School “Finance for Executives” Week, UPenn, Philadelphia, PA, 1988
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Amy Todisco
"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of consciousness that created them."
-Albert Einstein
"You've got to stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone should be."
-Author, Elizabeth Gilbert's friend, Richard from Texas
"Its never too late to be what you might have been"
- George Elliott
"As is a tale, so is life; not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."
-Seneca (An ancient Roman. Quoted by J.K. Rowling from this year's Harvard graduation).
"Don't think in terms of comfort; think in terms of freedom.
Don't think in terms of safety, think in terms of being more alive. And the only way to be more alive is to live dangerously, is to risk, is to go on an adventure. And the greatest adventure is not going to the moon - the greatest adventure is going to your own innermost core."
- Osho
"There is something within you that will not let you alone until you move toward your highest and best!"
"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."
"If you don't have a planet, nothing else matters!"
"Emotion in itself is not unhappiness. Only emotion plus an unhappy story is unhappiness"-Eckhart Tolle in his book, A -New Earth.
"Sunshine is the best disinfectant."-Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis (whoever he is).
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all" -Helen Keller.
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result"- Benjamin Franklin
"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way."-Christopher Morley
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."-Abraham Lincoln
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." -Helen Keller
"Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it"
Getting Started With Amy Todisco
Begining in early 2022, I will be offering complimentary virtual vision board experiences montly.
I will also be launching a year long mastermind coaching program on How To Build Your Best Life for women in their 40's and 50's who want to make their vision board goals come to life.
Additionally, I'll have a one month virtual group coaching experience to get started on how to start creating your best life.
In the summer, I offer 3 and 5 day personal growth and wellness retreats on our organic farm in Vermont.
Contacting Amy Todisco
Build Your Best Life Coach and Retreat Leader
www.catalystforchangecoach.com
amy@catalystforchangecoach.com
(802) 922-1832
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Owner & Tour Operator at Vermont Food & Farm Tours
www.vtfoodtours.com
I inspire and support women in their 40's and 50's in building their unique best life by helping them navigate the complexities of transition, and gain the courage, wisdom, and tools to think outside the box. Bottom line: I help you make your vision board goals a reality.
