Real Stories of Transformation
Read how coaching with Alison Carroll has empowered leaders, founders, and high achievers to navigate change, break limiting patterns, and redefine success.
“In brief, she changed my life…”
“I arrived at Alison’s coaching doorstep after a multi-year startup I had been running had suddenly and painfully ended. I was exhausted, discouraged and angry.
Through a series of frank and forthright conversations, Alison helped me to look more deeply at the burnout I felt and to understand what lay beneath all my negative feelings, such as the way I perceived the role of work in my life, and unreasonable pressures I placed on myself to constantly take on too much and find ways to prove myself.
With her as a willing and highly able partner, I began to much more clearly understand the inner forces that helped me succeed as an executive, as well as the unconscious weights I was placing around my own neck that were dragging me down. In brief, she changed my life.”
— J.W., CEO and Executive Coach
“You have helped me break the chains of my past…”
“Thank you again for everything Alison. I really can not imagine doing this without you and more importantly I am happy and feel blessed to be on this journey of discovery for internal peace and joy. You have made an impact on my life that I can never put in words.
You have helped me break the chains of my past that have held me hostage to who I thought I had to be to be loved, wanted and accepted. You have shown me that trying to control every outcome or feel responsible for the feelings or behaviors of others is not mine to own. And actually is manifested out of insecurities and fear.
I have told you that my girls say they notice a difference in me, and I am much more vulnerable, not as guarded and want them to be able to live life differently and have balance and not allow their career to define who they are and their self worth. I just wanted to simply say THANK YOU for allowing me to find ME for the first time. It feels good.”
— A.K., Executive Vice President within Clinical Development Industry
“A transformative experience that has had a profound impact on my personal and professional life…”
“Working with Alison Carroll is a transformative experience that has had a profound impact on my personal and professional life. Through Alison’s guidance, I am gaining invaluable insights into my own behavior and coping mechanisms, allowing me to understand and address deep-rooted issues.
Additionally, I am leveraging the insights I have gained from my work with Alison to better understand others’ behavior, which is enhancing my experiences at home and at work. I cannot speak highly enough of Alison and her incredible coaching skills.
Coaching with Alison is a deep, insightful, and authentic ongoing conversation with someone who truly sees you. Alison understands why and how you became the way you are, appreciates you exactly as you are, listens to what you might want to change about the way you show up in the world, and provides suggestions for different ways of thinking and acting that can help you achieve your goals.
Alison has a gift for hearing both what is said and unsaid and respectfully challenges ideas and beliefs in a way that helps clients open their minds to new possibilities. Her approach is warm, encouraging, affirming, and optimistic, helping you believe that the changes you want to make are possible and that you are the person who can (and will!) make them.”
— K.C., Clinical Research Executive
“Each session realigns your thinking and leaves you energized about what's next…”
“When I sold my company, what should have felt like success left me feeling disjointed. Despite a decade of single-minded focus, I was suddenly uncertain about the path ahead.
Alison's unique gift is her ability to put words to feelings I struggled to express. She helped me identify patterns that no longer served me, redefine my relationship with my career, and rediscover curiosity about life beyond work. Her structured approach builds momentum, while her ability to clarify new perspectives creates breakthroughs.
Working with Alison is like having a chiropractor for your mind—each session realigns your thinking and leaves you energized about what's next.”
— M.D., Co-Founder and Head of Data Science
“Working with Alison has helped me navigate major life transitions…”
“Alison’s unique gift lies in her ability to listen with extraordinary precision and discern what she calls "The Hidden Narrative," offering subtle reflections that fundamentally change how one sees the world.
Through dozens of conversations spanning nearly a decade, Alison’s guidance and thoughtful synthesis returned in email form serve as a mirror, pointing me to answers and insights I could have never found in years of self-reflection alone. Working with Alison has helped me navigate major life transitions — from leaving the military to the dissolution of my marriage — and find my footing amid uncertainty through loss, change, and grief, all while offering the kind of wisdom that requires months to fully process and integrate.
I have sent about a dozen people to Alison over the years — wildly accomplished professionals with nearly unlimited resources. In every case, they come back to me astonished at her capacity and how profound her work has been — pushing them beyond the reason they thought they needed a coach into far more profound layers of life. She is truly a diamond in the rough.”
— B.F., Former Navy Seal and Founder/CEO in Global Human Performance Company
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