MARTHA BECK
(Expert # 86)Martha Beck Quick Facts
Main Areas: Life Design; Career Change; Listening to Your Heart
NY Times Best-Sellers: “Expecting Adam”; “Finding Your Own North Star”
Profile: Author; Life Coach; Magazine Columnist
Corporate Affiliation: Martha Beck, Inc.
Martha Beck Biography
Martha Beck, Ph.D., is an innovator in life design and a monthly columnist at O:
The Oprah Magazine. She is the founder of Martha Beck, Inc., a life coaching
firm that helps clients redirect their careers and lifestyles. Martha was a business
consultant, a researcher at the Harvard Business School, and a professor at
nternational School of Business before bec
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oming a life coach.Martha left the academic environment and embraced change with the birth of her
son Adam, who has Down’s syndrome. This experience inspired her New York
Times best-selling book, Expecting Adam. She also authored the New York Times
best-seller Finding Your Own North Star. In her writing, Martha says that your
heart is trying to tell you what you need, and listening makes a difference.
ciology from Harvard University. By
e Adam was born, aware of his disability, she says she “had to unlearn
virtually everything Harvard taught [her] about what is precious and what is
garbage.” The mother of three children, Martha lectures and conducts seminars for
a diverse clientele that includes medical professionals, magazine sales forces,
boards of education, and business executives.
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Martha earned a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in so
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D Riklan’s favorite Martha Beck Quotes and Thoughts
s us- Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible.
eing open as you have been hurt by
remaining closed.- Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that let
see each other with the remotest accuracy. - You’ll never be hurt as much by b