Susie Schumacher Life Coaching

LOVE WHAT YOU DO AGAIN.

Reconnect with your values, speak up with confidence, and create a career that finally feels like yours.

Own your space.
Keep your peace.

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I’m a Career Coach and retired Human Resources Manager with 27 years of public-sector experience, including more than two decades in Human Resources.

Throughout my career, I partnered with employees, supervisors, managers, executives, and labor organizations to navigate career decisions, workplace challenges, difficult conversations, and organizational change.

Today, as a Certified Coach, trained through an ICF-accredited program, I combine that real-world experience with coaching to help professionals understand what they need now, communicate more effectively, and make decisions that reflect who they are—not just what they’ve achieved.





Hi, I’m Susie.

Seantea Stewart, HR Manager

"I have been working with Susie since I became an HR Manager one year ago, and her  coaching has been transformative. In that time, I’ve faced numerous high-stress, high-stakes situations, both with executives and the staff I manage.
Susie has guided me through my own triggers and responses, helping me develop the awareness to ‘read the room’ and get to the heart of complex issues.
She’s also been instrumental in helping me prioritize what truly matters, coaching me through difficult conversations with confidence and clarity.
Most importantly, Susie always ensures that my personal core values serve as the foundation for my decision-making. Her deep, insightful guidance has been invaluable in my professional and personal growth."

✦ Struggling to say what you need at work, then replaying the conversation afterward

✦ Difficult relationships with a coworker, manager, or someone you supervise

✦ Still feeling the sting of a promotion that went to someone else

✦ Being "voluntold" into more responsibility, without the title or pay to match

✦ Reaching the title or salary you worked for, and wondering, Is this really what I wanted?

✦ Still liking the work, but the leadership or culture no longer feels right

✦ Knowing you want something different, but your mind goes blank when you try to picture it

Do any of these sound familiar?

You don't have to keep pushing through, or make a big decision from exhaustion, fear, or frustration.

Together, we'll figure out what you need now and choose your next step from there.

1. FIND YOUR SPECIAL SAUCE.
Not everything needs to change. We'll start with what you bring that you may have stopped noticing: the strengths, instincts, and parts of your personality that got you here. Most people are surprised by how much they've already accomplished.

2.  CURIOSITY OVER CONFLICT
We'll look at your values and what pushes your buttons, so when something at work stings, you can stay grounded and get curious about what's really going on, instead of shutting down or firing back.

3. SEPARATE THE WORK FROM THE WORKPLACE.
We'll pinpoint what's really draining you. Sometimes it's the work itself. Sometimes it's new leadership, a promotion that went to someone else, or duties you were handed without the title or pay. And sometimes it's work you're good at but no longer enjoy.

4.FIND THE WORDS.
Together, we'll build a communication strategy for your specific situation, whether you need to address a conflict, advocate for yourself, set a boundary, or speak with someone in a position of power. We'll also put your contributions in writing, so what you do doesn't go unseen. Own your space. Keep your peace.

5. DEFINE SUCCESS AND PLAN YOUR NEXT MOVE
We'll look beyond titles and salary, reconnect with your values, strengths, and needs, and build a plan to stay well where you are, or to leave on your own terms when the time is right.







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Your career reflects what you’ve accomplished.
Now let it reflect who you are.

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