Paul Cohen
Website: http://beyondtheshell.com.au
About Paul Cohen
Hello I am Paul Cohen.
I have worked in the pathology sector as a biomedical scientist, in the corporate, pharmaceutical world and with multiple medical device start up companies. I’ve been coaching and mentoring people for over 40 years.
In fact it turned out to be the most satisfying part of the job, so eventually I decided to become a full time, fully qualified life coach.
And then, as is the way with life, the universe, whatever you want to call it, I was stopped in my tracks by the death of my sister, and a family member’s cancer diagnosis.
I just couldn’t go on. With anything. However over time, I knew I had to honour my sister’s belief in me. She had been a counsellor herself, and was incredibly supportive of my move into that realm. I couldn’t let her down, and so I finished the course, got the qualifications and got down to the business of helping other people overcome their challenges. And in doing so I managed to incorporate some of her spirit into the business too. She gave me a little glass turtle just before she died – that became the logo, and then the name just fell into place. It made sense, it felt right, and I haven’t looked back since.
Over the years I’ve coached and mentored top executives and PhD students. Managed change in large organisations, and helped people handle change in their own personal situations. And it was a pleasure to learn, during my studies, that the methodologies I’ve been putting into practice for decades, were fully underlined by cold, hard, scientific fact. As a biomedical scientist at heart, those are the kind of facts that I like. So if you feel stuck. Or you’re not sure what’s next, maybe you need a bit of help from a life coach, with plenty of life experience.