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“Chuck is exceptionally gifted at helping adults realize that they can write, move beyond their blocks and enjoy
the process.”

Dr. John J.A. Parente, Professor & Artist, Chabot College

"Chuck is generous in guiding individuals to manifest and articulate what is in their imaginations.  He does this is a very relaxed and artistically creative way."

Dr. Ana Perez-Chisti, Professor & Counselor, Institute for Transpersonal Psychology


 

 

 

Individual Coaching

Are you yearning to unleash your innate powers of insight and expression?  Poised to produce work distinguished by creative excellence?  Ready to develop your talents as a visionary leader, innovative professional, or eloquent writer?  Committed to change direction and galvanize growth in your personal and professional life?   Four types of coaching are available:

1. Writing Coaching

2. Life/Work Coaching

3. Work Visioning

4. Creativity Coaching

1. Writing Coaching

Drawing on nearly thirty years of professional writing as well as fifteen years as a writing instructor and coach,  Chuck will share proven methods for planning, organizing, composing, and revising your written pieces, whether they be books and articles, memos and reports, or theses and dissertations.  You will learn techniques for: brainstorming topics;  focusing and structuring the overall piece; expressing the main idea with precision and power; outlining supporting points;  developing paragraphs that combine clear ideas with specific illustrations and convincing explanations; and composing lucid, compelling sentences.  Your writing will shine with intelligence and eloquence!

Fiction writers and poets will receive additional literary guidance.   Novelists and short story writers will  receive coaching on genre, narration, description, point of view, character, voice, theme, plot, symbol, and style.  Poets will receive coaching on diction, tone, voice, imagery, form (stanza, sonnet, ode, blank verse, free verse), sound (alliteration, assonance, consonance), and line (metre, rhyme, length, caesura).  Your novels, poems, and short stories will radiate orginality, insight, and artistry.

2. Life/Work Coaching

Are you ready to make a  change in your life or career but are unsure which direction to take?  Have you already decided on a new direction but need assistance in planning your course of action or navigating toward your goals?  Are you seeking tools to resolve a conflict, repair a relationship, or get out of a stuck place?  Want to energize your growth at work or at home?

As your life/work coach, Chuck will help you clarify your purpose and passions, define your values and goals, and manifest your unique life/work vision.  He will support you as you face challenges and encourage you to take thoughtful action.  He also provides advice and counsel when desired. Drawing on years of experience as a coach and counselor, he can share proven methods for enhancing personal and professional development.  These methods improve organization and time management, reduce stress, increase focus and concentration, boost productivity and creativity, and cultivate joy.

If your main goal is to discover or clarify your work vision, see the description of work visioning below.

3. Work Visioning

In 1999, Chuck developed a unique, experiential approach to help individuals discover and manifest their work visions.  Since then, this integrative approach has catalyzed major breakthroughs for hundreds of individuals in dozens of different fields and professions.

You will discover the work vision that taps your innate passion, wisdom, creativity, joy, and compassion, and builds on your skills, knowledge, and experience. You also have a chance to reflect on lessons gained from painful work experiences and to release blocks that keep you from wholeheartedly embracing and pursuing your new vision.   This potent visioning process simultaneously draws on and strengthens your powers of intuition, imagination, memory, and exploration.

Some clients have development entirely new careers.  Others have enhanced their current positions or achieved promotions by developing new initiatives, duties, programs, services, and cooperative relationships. 

Once you have clarified your work vision, Chuck can help you create a career plan, research job opportunities, conduct informational interviews, write compelling resumes and cover letters, rehearse for job interviews, and get a good job!

4. Creativity Coaching

Whatever your vocation or avocation,  Chuck will help you think, write and act with unbounded creativity.  In one-on-one exchanges, you learn ways to overcome creative blocks, let go of your inner critic, and access your limitless powers of thought, expression, and action.  You also learn practices for clearing and focusing your mind as well as techniques for elaborating and applying your creative intuitions.  These powerful approaches will optimize the quality of your work and your life!

If you want to take one Dr. Burack's workshops, click here for  descriptions.