About • Golder Goldstein

Golder Goldstein

Helping You Live A Better Life. One Conversation At A Time.

My Story

…To borrow from the Talking Heads…

“Well, How Did I Get Here?”

I had reached the end of my career road. I had worked my way up the rungs of my chosen career ladder. I had the job I had thought I wanted. I worked with great people doing important work. And yet…inside something irked me: I wasn’t fulfilled; I wasn’t happy.

I was stalked and nagged by a question, a notion, an intuition: there is more to life than this, a greater calling, a bolder contribution waiting to be made.

My bookshelf was littered with half-read self-help books on career change and abandoned notebooks scribbled with the possibilities of my choose-your-own-adventure life. I felt stuck, frustrated.

I yearned for clarity. I was confused, lost and riddled with self doubt.

Yet thru the haze and frustration, I had a quiet curiosity, little more than an inkling whispered in the wind. A slight magnetic draw toward the then unknown world of coaching.

In a moment of clarity, I decided to find a coach for myself to help me explore the daunting question of career change, and learn more about what coaching was while I was at it.

With a bit of diligence and a stroke of luck, I found an amazing coach who helped me clear my way thru the fog, gaining self-knowledge, and replacing confusion and frustration with clarity, confidence, and a palpable sense of purpose.

Since then, I’ve learned to trust myself and the process. I confidently took the leap down the rabbit hole, knowing that I was walking the right path. What started out as a desperate search for career fulfillment revealed not just a new career, but new way of living and being in the world.

I’ve learned how to powerfully focus the ever-evolving sum of my skills, passions, creativity and life experience in a way that helps people transform their own lives, and by extension, their communities.

I’m no longer waiting for a future someday when everything will be just so to feel fulfilled and in the flow. I live, work and serve aligned with my values and sense of purpose, and I help other entrepreneurs and service minded people do the same.

Golderisms – aka My Values & Beliefs

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Connection, Growth & Passion

My work is deeply rooted in these core values.
Having a dozen priorities is like having none. Honing in on your values brings clarity in facing life’s uncertainties and provides a North Star to orient and chart your course.

When aligned your own unique core values, life becomes effortlessly infused with purpose and passion. Your creativity, individuality, and unique genius flows

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Transformation happens little by little...and all at once

Change is constant. Our stuckness moves us forward, even if you can’t always see it.

Embracing change with commitment and intent sets things in motion, opens doors, and creates opportunities.

Coaching helps you choose, create and hone the mindset necessary to bring the best you have to offer to face life’s changes.

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Inside you is a unique gift working its way to the surface

Each of us carries a unique gift that is patiently yet eagerly waiting to be uncovered and shared with the world.

Your genius, your magic, your super power lives in your inherent youness.: the intersection point of your passions, talents, life experience, dreams and desires.

Your brilliance is there, waiting to be uncovered.

Get in touch and let’s see where your own path is yearning to take you!

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Beyond Coaching

I am multi-passionate and I strive to being multi-talented. I love learning and challenging myself. I seek the excitement and flow of life at edge of my comfort zone.

I am a voracious outdoor enthusiast. When I’m not indoors coaching or writing brilliant and slightly humorous web copy, you can probably find me outside.

There is an old saying from surfing that the best surfer is the one having the most fun. I try to live by that notion, being a shameless funhog, squeezing the most enjoyment out of my time outside.

I am most at home in myself when skiing in the trees, paddling whitewater, rock climbing, or walking through the woods. In nature I find connection: to myself, the natural world, and my companions.

I love sharing my passion for the outdoors by teaching and guiding others, helping them explore parts of their inner and outer worlds.

At home and around town, my passion for cooking, music, reading & writing, travel, comedy, and more keeps me more than occupied.

Y’all get the picture… that’e enough about me. I’m going outside!

Featured Publications

An Adventure Sports Take on Coronavirus Risk Assessment - NOLI
Your Beatering is Not Cool - Blue Ridge Outdoors

Podcasts Appearances

Vision Quests—with Ronit LeMon and Golder Goldstein | Heart-Shaped Eyes Podcast
Ep 24: Article review 'Your Beatering is not cool' featuring Golder Goldstein | Questions You Never Thought to Ask Podcast
Navigating the Unknown with Golder Goldstein | Wisdom Keeper Series, Episode 6.

Recent Blog Post

I am not a Business Person

Jan 13, 2022

It took a minute, but I’m clear about it now: I am not a business person. For a while I was frustrated and stuck in how to manage my work. I was attempting to manage my coaching practice as a business. It didn’t feel right, and -- not surprisingly...