After building and selling several multi-million dollar companies, I made what I thought was the next logical step: I took a job as a CEO of a national healthcare company. They loved me. But I was dying inside.
Then, in 1996, my world shattered. My mother, my best friend on the planet, was dying of emphysema. At the exact same time, my dear girlfriend Marni was dying of breast cancer at just 40 years old. A few days before she passed, Marni gave me the words that would change the course of my life:
“Terri, don’t make your life about work. Don’t make your life about to-dos. Make your life important.”
In the aftermath of this loss, I knew I couldn’t continue. With the help of a coach, I found the strength to quit the CEO job and dedicate my life to helping others build lives and businesses that are truly important.
I am not a guide who teaches from theory. I am a best-selling author of over 40 books who has worked with more than 6,000 clients, and I am here to share the tools that allowed me to navigate unimaginable loss and pain and come out stronger, more purposeful, and more joyful than ever before. I am here to help you do the same.