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Colleen Phillips was honored by State Farm Insurance Company® for Embracing the Future Instead of Mourning the Past. She was united with celebrity psychologist, Dr. Joy Browne, as one of only 13 men and women out of 200 nominees in the United States and Canada who have inspired others by their courage and positive approaches to handling critical junctures in their lives. The ceremony and awards took place in Chicago on August 26, 2008 and kicked off the company’s efforts for September’s Life Insurance Awareness Month to raise public consciousness for the value and need of life insurance.

Colleen was chosen as a ‘Remarkable Person and Inspiration to All’ through an essay contest sponsored by State Farm about empowerment and overcoming loss. Bradenton/Sarasota’s Colleen Phillips’s powerful essay described her gallantry and dignity in overcoming great loss. In addition, her unparalleled strength and undeniable will to move on provided a heroic story of perseverance which bettered her family and her community.

Colleen found inspiration to help others through their pain when she lost her beloved 39-year-old husband and father to her 3 year old son, to lung cancer just one day shy of their 10-year anniversary. Following his death, she returned to her corporate leadership position only to find she was often depleted. With the help of life insurance proceeds she was able to take a leap of faith and leave her career of 19 years, return to school, become an ICF Certified Coach, (CPCC, ACC) and started a coaching business focused on helping widows and women in business move forward. As Colleen puts it, “This life transition, as difficult as it has been, has made me stronger, wiser, more compassionate and alive and with greater purpose.”

What separates Colleen apart is her ability to combine her outstanding business background and this tough life issue. Phillips Coaching provides one-on-one coaching either in person or over the phone combined with an online client management system. Phillips Coaching uses processes to identify individual strategies and goals, and appropriate resources and assessments to add value to the coaching experience. She is passionate in her client work to support and challenge individuals so that they are successful in making positive and notable progress toward their desired results.