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Keri Nail is a Life Coach dedicated to helping individuals and groups achieve their fullest potential, fostering a more peaceful and connected world. With over 20 years of experience, Keri inspires her clients to live abundantly by setting goals, improving relationships, and exploring their next steps. She also teaches mindfulness, breath work, and strategies for effective communication and leadership. Her diverse career spans working with a broad spectrum of clients in various industries, including entrepreneurs, government services, consumer products, airlines, finance, arts, education, healthcare, and community service. Keri’s impact extends internationally, having worked in the United States, Canada, and Singapore. Keri runs her coaching practice through Keri Nail Life Coaching [email protected] and the Find Your WHEN® find your when ®com program, offering coaching services to both individuals and groups. She also created and facilitated Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness courses and workshops on Effective Communication.
Her work and life are deeply informed by a belief in the power of personal growth and self-awareness. Keri resides in Phoenix, Boston, and Kansas with her husband,and has one adult child, three adult stepchildren, and two grandchildren. Keri, tell me your name, title, location, anything you want to say, your business name, anything like that.
00:11 Keri Nail Okay. My name is Carrie Neil. I'm a life coach and I have my own coaching business which is Carrie Neal. Life coaching, pretty simple. And I'm, uh, I'm located in Phoenix. But of course, you know we can do this wherever we're at, which I do a lot says because I travel a lot. So. Yeah. Um, and I've been a life coach since I graduated the, from the institute. I started my own life coaching business. How long ago did you answer the call to coach? 00:55 Keri Nail Well, interesting. I was just, you know, looking at what I wrote down, um, and I'm like, oh wow. It was before that, um, in the early 90s I think, because I was working for a big corporation in Chicago and they brought in, um, high performing organizations. So I was assigned to be a team leader and they sent us to all this training to be a team leader and leadership development and things like that. And so I love that idea of um, instead of a manager telling an employee what to do, that you're actually helping them and guiding them to figure out the answers for themselves. And so I think it started there. And then in the late 90s I went back to school and got my master's in organization development. And coaching was a part of that executive coaching. And so it's just kind of led up to there. And then I've lived in a couple of different countries other than the United States and did some training and development and leadership, um, and team building workshops and things like that. And uh, when I moved to Phoenix about seven years ago, um, I joined the International Coaching Federation and the Organization Development Network here. And um, just to see what I wanted to do, did I want to be more strategic, big picture, um, with organization development, or did I want to do more one on one coaching? So I bought, volunteered for a couple of projects with both organizations and that's when I decided I like the one on one. And then I realized I wasn't really coaching, was more advising and consulting. And so I was referred by icf, International Coaching Federation, uh, to investigate a couple different coaching certification programs, one of which is the Institute for Integrative Intelligence. And I am so happy that I did that and started my own life coaching business. How did your training at the institute help shape your success? 04:11 Keri Nail Oh, well, just, um, learning how to be a coach, asking thoughtful and insightful questions. Um, what. And first of all, what coaching is and coaching isn't. And, um, the materials that the institute provided. Not only the, uh, written materials, hands on, um, practice, practice, practice. With questions that the ICF International Coaching Federation uses. Um, and also learning how to integrate our personal and professional lives, our whole person, which is what my life coaching business is about. And I'm like, I need. It was the perfect fit for what I wanted to do as a life coach. How does it feel to be a successful coach? 05:23 Keri Nail Oh, I finally feel like my purpose and passion are in line, and I'm using my favorite way to bring those together. My passion is helping people be their best selves. I met my. This is my tagline. I'm at my best when I'm helping others be their best. And then my purpose is to create a more peaceful, friendlier world to be in. And I. Sounds like Miss America. I just want peace in the world. But it's true. I. I. Like I said, I've lived abroad. I've lived in a couple different other countries, and I know what I do cuts across all nationalities, all countries, religions, whatever. And, um. And so, yeah, it's, um, yeah, so. And, And. And so it's bringing that passion, my passion and my purpose together in the favorite way that I like to do. Do you have any advice for someone considering entering the coaching profession? 06:43 Keri Nail Absolutely. I would first recommend, um, joining the International Coaching Federation if there's a chapter in your area and joining it anyway just to really understand what coaching is. And then, um. And then, like, what. What I did was I asked for references to coaching program programs. Um, and, you know, talk to several of them and see what fits best for you. Just like I did with Laurel. Um, just looking through the program and then actually speaking to her about it with it was, you know, that the institute itself, the information, Laurel, all of it just cemented what I was trying to do. So, yeah, join icf, uh, first, because as we know, the Institute for Integrative Intelligence is ICF approved. And so, yeah, go to ICF first. Make sure, you know, if it, if the shoe fits, do it, and then do it with the institute, uh, for Integrative Intelligence. What is one word that describes your experience as a successful coach? 08:13 Keri Nail Positivity. Absolutely. I not only, um, not only do. Part of my coaching with a, with a company is teaching people how to be mindful and turn our thoughts, neuroplasticity, rewiring our brains from negative to positive. And when I went through that, I did it for myself. So the full self awareness about that. And as an alumni of, uh, the institute, I've sat on, um, many of Laurel's, um, webinars. And one of them was about mindfulness. And I'm like, oh my gosh. This aligns with what I do for this organization I work for. And so, um, yeah, it's just when I, as, as a coach, when I learn something that works for me out of all the years and experiences I've had, I want to share it and I want other people to grow from it and learn from it and have the same or similar experience. That positive experience that I personally had. What concerns did you have to overcome when deciding whether or not to invest in your coaching education? 10:14 Keri Nail Yeah, so when I moved to Phoenix, I was just newly divorced and was getting a real handle on my finances. And so I just really wanted to make sure I was investing well. And, um, so I just once, I just once I knew this was it and this was the program I wanted to join. Um, it didn't take me long to decide, yeah, let's do this. And, um, I. I haven't looked back. I've been. That was one of the best decisions I could have made and I'm very happy that I did it. What would you tell someone who is watching this and unsure about taking the next step? 11:15 Keri Nail Uh, contact Laurel. Laurel Elders, who created and designed and, um, runs the Program for Integrative intel, the Institute for Integrative Intelligence. Call. Call her. Talk to her or, or probably anybody in, you know, um, that works for Laurel. Um, but she's, as you know, she's awesome. And so that I just remember that conversation was the best conversation I had. It just. It Made me go, yeah, okay, let's do it. Any programs that you're currently offering or aspects of your coaching practice that you'd love to share? 12:26 Keri Nail Yeah, a couple things. So, um, I get most of my clients through this organization called Find your win. You can look find your win dot com. Um, so there's a little bit of, like I said, mindfulness, uh, teaching along with coaching. Um, and so it's. It just brings both of those aspects together for me. M. That are both so important to me. Um, and then, um, I also, like I said, I started my own life coaching business about four years ago. And when I just. When I do it on my own like that. Depending on what, on the presenting issue. Right. A lot of times I also like to share the personal, uh, preferences from the Myers Briggs type indicator dichotomies. Um, because I've been trained and certified in the United States, in Canada and Singapore, and um, I. It's. For me, it's a simple assessment that I can share, um, that helps people understand their natural preferences, where they get their energy. Is it more inward or outward? Uh, how they, how they see things? Is it more big picture, future oriented, all possibilities? Or is it more learning through your, your senses, your five senses. Touch it, feel it, smell it, in the moment and very sequential. And then. And again, these are preferences. We start with the preference, but that doesn't. I mean, um, we do both. It's just where do we start? And, uh, what's our natural tendencies and, and how does that impact our relationships with people and the work we do? Um, the
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