Hi. Dori Fern here.
Welcome to my new-for-now home page
Hey you. Glad you’re here.
I’m an ICF-certified career and life transitions coach who supports aspiring and current women entrepreneurs at a pivotal juncture to get clear about their goals, aspirations and dreams, and then helps them to shape and build their new professional and personal future, one step at a time. NBD. These women — founders, investors, executives, community and social impact leaders and creatives — come to me cautiously ready to take a leap in a new direction, and seeking accountability and support.
My own big life change led me to become a professional coach and was the spark for my (on hiatus) podcast, also shared here on Substack, “Life Changing with Dori Fern.” It’s a bit offbeat and very personal and a good place to start if you’re curious to know me a bit better.
Before becoming a coach, I worked for 25+ years as an editorial leader, content strategist, brand storyteller and marketer building successful, out-of-the-box programs and platforms for media, consumer, and B2B brands including AOL, Martha Stewart, and Kraft Foods (I’m also a culinary school-trained cook specializing in all things food), tech companies like Neustar (now a TransUnion company), and pharma leader, Novartis.
In a lovely coming-together of all my skills and interests, I consult with clients on their business and content strategies, and help them launch content platforms — newsletters, keynote speeches, podcasts, and more — for their entrepreneurial ventures and startup businesses.
I’m currently offering:
1:1 coaching
Consulting services for my coaching clients, including business and content strategy and planning
Select, consulting-only content and communications strategy services
Let’s connect. Send me an email, tell me a bit about you if you like, and we can set up a time to meet. It’s free and, if nothing else comes from it, you’ll gain some insight — about me and my coaching practice, for sure, and very possibly about yourself, too.
At some point, I may grow this into a newsletter about topics that light me up, like life changing (duh); coaching and the personal development industrial complex; food: cooking it, eating it, and — for better and worse — how it makes us feel; being a lifelong New Yorker; and, experiencing Brooklyn nightlife as a post-menopausal, single empty-nester who still likes to go out and dance.
This site is intentionally simple for now.
If you’d like to stay in touch:
→ Email me at dori@dorifern.com to set up a time to talk
→ Connect and learn more about me on LinkedIn