These are hard times to be a college professor, let alone a human with many interests. The pandemic has hit us all hard, and its ramifications on educational circles are still being felt. Indeed, some of the after-affects are yet to be felt. At a time when I found myself floundering at mid-life in a job that has changed dramatically at an institution of higher learning where I have been for over twenty years, Heather was remarkably adept at helping me see my own personal mission of education. She was able to help me see that my different interests, which I saw as disparate and isolated from each other, were in fact all related to my educational vision for students. Heather helped me see the innate connections between my love of knowledge creation, personal creativity, and engagement with my discipline. Heather has helped me articulate and embrace my emphasis on access as the first aspect of engagement. This acknowledgement has helped me to continue to hone my teaching practice in the classroom, expand my scholarship, and develop creative projects in line with my educational mission. I am indebted to Heather for her guidance. She listens. She observes. And she will help you make the connections you need to see your road forward.

Heather’s insight-to-action approach is to help uncover opportunity, recognize strengths and expertise, and then frame action steps to make goals a reality! Heather’s ‘been there, done that’ is revelatory in making one see talents that I forgot I had. Her insights, academic navigation expertise, and commitment to uphold colleagues are evident in her preparation, insight, and supreme optimistic roadmap setting.

Even cooler is her help in framing what/how to talk to academic colleagues with whom there have been quagmires, to accelerate excellence delivered, already. Thanks to her, my course content has been streamlined for value, gone from good to great evaluations, with additional publications. I hired Heather repeatedly, to help me boost course content, optimize my teaching opportunities and consulting practice. I too will be back for more.

Heather has unlocked superpowers and pulled magic moments and words from ratings to create a breakthrough syllabus. She has magical ways in opening doors, pulling thru expertise and areas of passion to light up work and classroom experiences to deliver dreams come true.
Talk to her! Talk to me if you have questions!

Being coached by Heather Fryer is like going on a journey of self-discovery with a trusted guide who is an expert on “discovery” helping you re-connect to your inner “expert” on YOU! A historian at her core, Heather stands on the shoulders of past travelers while reaching for the stars to help illuminate your unique path forward. With Heather as my coach, I found a devoted listener who knew just the right “how” and “when” to probe deeper, enabling me to expand my awareness of more possibilities than I could have ever imagined on my own. Her abiding trust in my ability to live a life in greater alignment with my values and desires gave me the confidence to stay the course, knowing that I will eventually find my way home.

Heather’s promise is to help you clarify your desires and then set up an action plan to move forward. Heather delivers on this promise and more! This proactive and collaborative approach is successful due to Heather’s broad and deep range of experiences, expertise, training, and professional insight, not to mention her patience, incisive questions, and enthusiastic support.
I have repeatedly hired Heather: for problem-solving with courses, for reframing my professional expectations to end paralysis and instead move forward, and for navigating obstacles in a writing project.
Heather has unlocked much that was stuck, hidden, and counterproductive. She is truly instrumental in effective self-reflection and finding a solution to your professional dilemma. Call her!