I'm Kara, and I support women in business and STEM to thrive.
I'm Kara, and I support women in business and STEM to thrive.
Once upon a time, I built a career as an engineer and business owner...
I was smart, hard-working, and I exceeded every expectation of the people around me. I became known as a brilliant engineer and project manager. I got married and had kids. I became an owner and partner at my firm. I bought a vacation home. On the outside, I looked like a successful wonder-woman who had it all.
But something wasn't right. I felt lost.
I felt ashamed and confused that despite everything being so full and wonderful in my life, I wasn’t happy. I felt like a failure as a mother and a wife. I wondered if I was in the right career. I didn’t know how to get unstuck, but I knew something needed to change, big-time.
For once, I put my logical engineer's brain on hold and took a leap of faith into coach training that would put me on a completely different path.
I continued my engineering and business career while both coaching others and being coached myself; it was one of the most challenging and rewarding times of my life. The curiosity, wonder, and openness I experienced marked the beginning of an entirely new way of being.
The shifts I made helped me to see life from a radical new perspective and move into leadership in a whole new way.
Today I am known as a leader in my community and my work. I have a fulfilling career and my freedom and happiness.
Now it's my mission to inspire you and support you in your business and life. Let's talk!
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Kara Diane Festa, PE is an engineer and the founder/CEO of Kara Diane Coaching & Consulting, a firm dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and business owners/leaders to thrive personally and build healthy companies.
Kara is has been working in STEM for more than 25 years. She's a mom of two, wife, and life-long learner.
Kara believes that the old ways of "doing" life and business need to make way for a more compassionate, conscious, connected way of being. Her mission is to bring about this change in the world through her work with women in business and STEM.
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