Columnist: Doc Penny Kowal, PhD, Resiliency Coach

Doc Penny KowalPenny Kowal PhD is a seasoned leader, known for having a vision and living that vision minute by minute, as well as continually bringing out the best in people. With a background in school administration, program development and implementation as well as personal growth and professional development, she loves helping clients create greater coherence in their lives. She explains, “Coherence is the optimal state when the heart, mind and emotions are in sync, when we naturally experience meaning, joy, satisfaction and fulfillment.”

DocPenny is a master at helping people “Re-Invent Their Life”. If you are a person who sees that your “life-battery” is running on empty because of life’s unpredictability, uncertainty or overwhelm and your experience has become frustration, resignation or cynicism, DocPenny supports you to take action by equipping you with tools with which you can create a “Life You Will Love to Live”.

Penny Kowal, PhD, ACC has been a Certified Life Coach and Organizational Development Coach since 2008 and currently serves as a Licensed Academy Trainer for the Academy for Coaching Excellence, bringing a coaching model with life-changing impact to many people. She is also fully certified as a HeartMath Coach and Trainer, offering powerful skillsets and engaging technology to prepare you to thrive in a world of flux, challenge and opportunity. HeartMath is a best-in-class program that is used by the US Navy, hospital systems and Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

Learn more about DocPenny in our feature article in the August 2017 issue.

What Makes You Come Alive?

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There is much suffering in the world, and we see it daily in the news reports: wars, political conflict, hate crimes, brutality, immigration challenges, global warming and more. None of these complex situations have easy or quick solutions. Our responses to these situations are usually stress-filled, fear responses: anger, anxiety, worry, frustration, resignation, even cynicism. […]

2 Simple Ways to Have a Better Tomorrow

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Stop worrying your life away. DocPenny’s coaching is “you can’t have a better tomorrow by worrying about yesterday; you don’t get a better tomorrow by thinking about tomorrow”. Watch more episodes from DocPenny’s series, Re-Invent Your Life: Tools to Create a Life You’ll Love to Live

Expect the Unexpected

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Life is unpredictable. We never know exactly how everything is going to turn out. There’s nothing you can do to stop it. You may have a detailed plan for taking a vacation in Hawaii, making a garden, remodeling your home, or giving birth to a child. But your mental picture about how you want the […]

3 Practical Tips to Get in Touch With Your Own Creativity

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We often undervalue our creative abilities because they come so naturally to us. DocPenny suggests: Become conscious about your own creative energy using three tips. Watch more episodes from DocPenny’s series, Re-Invent Your Life: Tools to Create a Life You’ll Love to Live

Curiosity is the Key

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Life can hand us uncomfortable situations. However, when life hands us lemons; we can choose to make lemonade! I have a suggestion for you. My suggestion for you today is “Get Curious about life”, about uncomfortable situations in life. Pema Chodron, the well-known Buddhist nun said, “A much more interesting, kind and joyful approach to […]

Ease Up On Your Life

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Everything in today’s world seems to evolve faster and faster; it’s easy to get stuck feeling we need to hurry…all the time. DocPenny suggests: Pause and connect with your heart’s intuitive feelings and suggestions; Speed may appear to quicken our steps but pausing to review can make the effective difference in where our steps land […]

It’s High Time for Self-Care

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Self-care is not a luxury; it’s a necessity and it’s important for maintaining balance and well-being all the time, every minute of every day. High-Speed polarizing change is everywhere in the world today and it drains our energy and produces stress. It’s high time to take care of yourself, to stop the energy drain and […]

3 Suggestions to Re-New Your Inner Battery

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There are days when life pushes us out of balance and our inner battery gets depleted. DocPenny has three simple suggestions to help you wisely renew and replenish yourself. Watch more episodes from DocPenny’s series, Re-Invent Your Life: Tools to Create a Life You’ll Love to Live

Speech is Silver; Silence is Golden

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My Mother would sometimes say to me, “Speech is silver; silence is golden”. She needed some “Quiet Time”. Many of us need more Quiet Time in today’s noisy world; because the noise is ever present. In today’s busy, noisy world, silence is truly golden. As with many, it’s also a practical gift… to give to […]

Four Easy Steps to “Up Your Attitude”

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Most people have attitudes, ideas or outlooks on life they want to change; like frustration, impatience, irritations, judgments, or resentments. Resilience Coach, DocPenny Kowal has four easy steps to “Up Your Attitude” and replace the depleting attitude habit with a new more renewing attitude. Watch more episodes from DocPenny’s series, Re-Invent Your Life: Tools to […]
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