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When Life Gets Hard You Could Be At A Turning Point.
Every individual's life is a mosaic of moments, experiences, and decisions that shape their path. Among these, there are pivotal turning points that define our journey and steer us toward the life we desire. Recognizing and embracing these moments of change is crucial for personal growth and fulfillment.
What are Turning Points?
Turning points are significant events or decisions that alter the course of our lives. They can be triggered by various factors such as:
Challenging circumstances: Encountering troubling hardship, adversity or opposition.
Personal experiences: A life-changing event like overcoming a health challenge or losing a loved one.
Career shifts: Deciding to pursue a different profession or starting your own business.
Educational milestones: Completing a degree, attending a transformative workshop, or acquiring new skills.
Relationships: Forming meaningful connections or making the tough decision to part ways.
Self-discovery: Realizing your passions, values, and true aspirations.
Turning Points matter because they cause you to make decisions that can alter your life journey, enabling you to live a life you’ll love.
A Turning Point Conversation: Direction for Your Life So You Can Create a Life You’ll Love
How One Moment Can Change Everything!
In the vast tapestry of life, certain moments stand out as pivotal, often altering the course of our existence in profound and unexpected ways. Among these transformative experiences, conversations hold a unique power to shape our destiny. They can be the catalyst for change, the spark of inspiration, or the nudge towards a new direction - the turning point of a lifetime.
A Turning Point Conversation is a profound dialogue that can radically alter the trajectory of your life. It involves deep reflection, honest self-assessment, and the courage to envision a future that aligns with your true desires and values. By engaging in this conversation, you can uncover the underlying motivations driving your current actions, recognize patterns that may be holding you back, and identify opportunities for growth and transformation.
This journey of self-discovery allows you to set clear and meaningful goals, develop actionable plans, and cultivate the mindset needed to achieve them. It empowers you to take control of your destiny, make informed decisions, and embrace change with confidence. Ultimately, a turning point conversation serves as a catalyst for creating the life you genuinely want, enriching your sense of fulfillment, purpose, and joy.
I invite you to schedule your Turning Point Conversation here.
“A wise elder”
About Eric Owen Russell
I’m Eric Owen Russell — a Wayfinding Architect, organizational behaviorist, and leadership guide. I help people and organizations get oriented when the path ahead feels uncertain or overwhelming. For more than forty years, I’ve been the person others turn to when they need steadiness, perspective, and a way of understanding what’s really going on.
My work is shaped by my Tuareg and Kru ancestry — traditions rooted in navigation, resilience, and communal wisdom. I carry forward a lineage of reading the terrain, sensing what’s shifting, and helping others move through uncertainty with integrity and purpose.
Whether I’m working with an individual in the middle of a life transition or a leadership team navigating organizational complexity, my focus is the same: helping you become oriented in your situation so you can move forward with confidence. I pay attention to the architecture of human connection — safety, predictability, agency, and knowing — because these are the conditions that allow people and groups to function well.
People often describe me as a wise elder — someone who brings a grounded, unhurried presence and a way of seeing that helps them notice what they couldn’t see before. My approach is plainspoken, relational, and built for real life, not theory.
If you’re looking for more than advice — if you want orientation, alignment, and a path that actually holds — you’re in good hands with me.
Foundation Approach Qualification (FAQ)
Coaching. I’ve been coaching for over 40 years. More than just my certified coach training, my coaching education is my Brown University BA in Organizational Behavior (human growth, development and behavior, in organized systems). I’m a C.O.R.E. Practices* Master Coach. Get the full FAQ!
Sharing Wisdom. I’ve given a TEDx Talk at University of Paderborn Germany, been a featured speaker for National Education Association NH, Clinical Lab Managers Association, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Community College of Vermont, and Banknorth Group on these signature topics: Foundations of Well-Being; Dealing with Difficulty; and The Practice of Stillness. Get the full FAQ!
Lived Experience. In addition to being a master coach, the lived professional experience I have also plays a key role in what I offer to clients. And that’s a lot, in case you missed it above, here’s the recap: a dad of 4 adult children, a grandfather, an adjunct college educator, a writer, a nonprofit board member, an athlete, arts advocate, recovering french hornist, former senior financial services executive, former minister, an entrepreneur, and world traveler. Get the full FAQ!
Let me help you
I’d love to work with you! You can achieve how you want change, and find the inner strength and serenity you need. If you’re ready or just curious, click the button below and let’s set up a Turning Point Conversation and begin your journey back to a life you’ll love.
Eric
*C.O.R.E. Practices is a systematic approach to coaching that I created. It’s based in my 40 years of coaching, proven science, research, wisdom traditions and spiritual practices. I’m proud to use it as my modality to help clients achieve the lives they need and show up in life as their best selves.
Changing Lives
Dr. Jaih Jackson, DDS
“My experience with Eric Russell as my life coach has been incredibly rewarding and transformative. From the moment I started my journey with him, I knew I was in good hands.
The catalyst that led me to seek coaching was the loss of my mother, and Eric has been an invaluable source of support throughout this challenging time. He has shown unwavering empathy and understanding, helping me navigate the complex emotions that arise from grief.
What sets Eric apart is his approach to coaching. His words are always thoughtful and insightful, offering me valuable perspectives that I hadn’t considered before.
Eric is an exceptional life coach who possesses a remarkable ability to connect with me on a deep level. His kind and caring nature, combined with his commitment to establishing healthy routines and providing the tools, make him a true asset in the field. I am grateful for the positive impact Eric has had on my life, and I wholeheartedly recommend him to anyone seeking compassionate support and guidance on their personal journey of growth and healing.”
“Eric is a wonderful coach. He guides his clients gently and joyfully into a new and better direction for their lives.”
Ryan M. Weisgerber, Stories and Tips for Evolving on Purpose
“I love working with Eric. It can be so hard to see new solutions after I’ve sat with a problem for a long time, and Eric’s ability to highlight subtleties in my approaches that aren’t working for me and offer alternatives is invaluable.
Essentially, what Eric does is help construct a path from where you are to where you’re going. He’s helped me identify a group of mentors and helpers who’ve already achieved pieces of what I’m building so I can learn from them and hasten my arrival; he’s highlighted a new audience I can serve with what I’m creating; and he’s repeatedly helped me reframe the questions I’m asking myself to make sure that the questions I’m asking can produce the answers I need.”
“Thank you for giving me the tools and courage to set off on this new course. Things have been moving very quickly over the past two weeks. It’s not lost on me the role you’ve played in my trajectory.”