A message from our founder
Founder, Miriam Groom
I am proud and grateful to have founded Mindful Career in order to transform people's lives who are unfulfilled and suffering from anxiety, sadness, isolation and dread when it comes to their career. My passion has always been to make a true and long-lasting impact on peoples' lives, and I couldn't think of a better way to do so but to amalgamate my extensive experience in counselling, natural therapy, corporate recruitment & talent management and offer it to the people who need it most.
My own experience with severe burn-out prompted me to create a revolutionary behavioural career coaching process that unveils a person's ideal career (something I needed desperately at the time!). I used leading strategies from the preeminent corporations in the nation, and reverse engineered it to create Mindful Career's revolutionary behavioural career coaching process. This process allows us to uncover your unique strengths, abilities, interests, optimal work environment & finally your ideal career!
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Our Career counsellors
Jeffrey Silverstone (they,them,theirs), ACC
Jeffrey’s purpose is to help you discover yours! With over 20 years professional experience helping people learn and grow at work, coaching leaders to lead with authenticity and supporting organizations to transform in the face of change, Jeffrey has built a career based on the belief that we can find meaning and joy at work. They’ve been a Learning & Development Consultant, an Employee Experience Manager, and a Trusted Advisor on all things from leadership development to talent engagement and team effectiveness. Jeffrey has put in the years, discipline and devotion to understand how to successfully navigate the world of work.
In 2020, Jeffrey experienced a burn-out that woke them up to the fact that despite years of hard work, they were still not aligned to their true purpose. In the months that followed, Jeffrey transformed their reality by designing the life of his dreams. They studied, trained and earned certifications in: Personal & Professional Coaching, Energy Management, Memoir Writing and Healing from Trauma. They have obtained Associate Coach Certification from the International Coaching Federation, from the Morter Institute as a Certified Energy Codes Coach & Facilitator and is a certified Strong Interest Inventory practitioner.
Jeffrey is excited to share their expertise and experience with you, in service of your next great career moment!
· Location: Montreal, Quebec
· Languages: English & French (spoken)
· Cost: $149/session + tax
Lisa Petsinis, ACC CDCS
Lisa's aim is to help you create a career -- and life -- you'll love!
Skilled, ICF-credentialed career coach (ACC) who employs a holistic approach to career exploration, job searching, and career development. Demonstrated experience from 20+ years of corporate Human Resources, outplacement counselling, and private career and life coaching. Certified Career Development Coaching Specialist and certified MBTI® (Myers-Briggs Type I and II) and Strong Interest Inventory® Practitioner. Possesses an insider’s view of the workplace with extensive HR leadership experience in talent acquisition, performance and talent management, and employee relations. Has worked with professionals at all career stages and levels across diverse industries and roles, acting as a trusted guide, creating awareness, instilling confidence, building skills, and enabling them to carry out successful career transitions. In addition to credentials, experience, and knowing what employers want, it’s her thoughtfulness, care, and insight – as well as her ability to implement pragmatic solutions that fit the needs of the client, which sets her apart.
· Expertise/Focus: Job Search, Interview Coaching, Ideal Career Discovery & Career Change, Psychometrics, Career and Leadership Development, Burnout & Work/Life Balance, Personality Types, Visualization, Goal Setting
· 7 years in career coaching; 25+ years in leadership and professional development coaching
· Location: Toronto, Ontario
· Languages: English
· Cost: $149/session + tax
Joanne Weston, BA Hons, MEdTEch
With over 20 years of professional experience in a multinational setting, Joanne is from the UK, has lived in France, the Philippines, and is now based in Montreal, Canada.
Joanne’s sweet spot is using psychometrics and coaching to build deep self-awareness of natural preferences, interests, and values. From that critical starting point, career decisions can be made with authenticity which, in turn, paves the way to finding a role that sparks fascination and allows you to lean into natural strengths. Through supportive yet challenging conversations, Joanne helps explore options that create relevant, real-world change. Joanne helps her clients stretch themselves, unlock unused strengths, and realize true potential in purposeful careers.
She has worked with clients from various industries including technology, retail, finance, pharma and manufacturing.
Joanne received ACC ICF certification in 2012 and is a certified practitioner of assessments including MBTI, STRONG interest Inventory, FIRO-B/FIRO Business and Benchmarks for Managers. She is a certified Organizational Development Coach.
· Expertise / Focus: Self-awareness, authentic leadership, communication & influencing, emerging adults, high-potentials, leaders in tech, work/life balance, young adults, women leaders.
· 11 years in practice
· Location: Montreal
· Languages: English, French
· Cost: $164/session + tax
Joanne doesn't offer free intro calls
Candace MacLachlan, BA Psy
Candace is a highly empathetic and compassionate career coach, as well as life coach who is certified in both fields. She is very interested in offering job search help and enjoys sharing her tricks of the trade that come from her background in recruitment. Candace also knows first hand what it is like to struggle in one’s career and feeling stuck; this prompted her to really rediscover her true passions, strengths, values and what she wanted to do in her working life. She always loved helping others (a true INFP!) and counselling them to her best ability and it is for this reason she pursued coaching. She is trained in the Strong Interest Inventory, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Meditation Coaching and holds a degree in Psychology where she learned about personality types, specifically Myers Briggs, which she dives into during her sessions. She is always learning about best practices in career counselling and how to best serve her clients. One of Candace’s key skills is motivational, as she has volunteered for over 13 years now, to help others with motivation needs in pursuing their dreams. Furthermore, Candace enjoys helping others in stress management and understands that changing jobs or careers is a stressful time.
Currently, Candace also works as a Recruiter and has the necessary abilities to help her clients with job search, interviewing, and networking and understands what Hiring Managers are looking for. She loves connecting with and helping her clients and those in her life find their ideal career, purpose and be successful!
· Expertise / Focus: Job search, new grads / first career, optimizing your CV & Linked in, leading application techniques & channels, interview coaching, motivation & confidence building, government roles.
· Location: Montreal
· Languages: English
· Cost: $149/session + tax
Our Student Academic Advisors
Araxi Markarian, M.Ed, B.Ed, Cert.ESL, B.A. Dip.Family Life Education
Araxi’s goal is to help her students reach theirs! With over a decade of classroom teaching experience both general and resource, and one on one tutoring services, she has the experience and expertise to create a uniquely tailored service to meet all your advising & educational needs.
Araxi’s educational philosophy is completely child-centered with a differentiation approach, keeping in mind that every student is unique. She uses her students' interests, strengths and weaknesses to help guide them to overcome any obstacles that stand in their way. This process ultimately leads her clients to becoming more confident, and autonomous in their studies.
Araxi has worked with students of all ages through an online platform, tailoring her services to meet their specific needs. She has students who live with various challenges, including learning disabilities, and developmental delays, and those coded as “at risk”. She offers a full service of personalized academic aid, creating a rapport between teachers and parents, as well as providing appropriate guidance and support for transitioning to new educational settings, programs, and their overall academic career.
Araxi is eager to help you reach your full potential, using education as a tool for future success!
· Expertise/Focus: Academic advising support to students, academic tutoring, applying to colleges & universities, learning disabilities & delays.
· Languages: English
· Cost: $149/session + tax
