Personal Coaching for Living and Recovery
WHY COACHING?
Can we be the best version of ourselves, living a serene life?
So many of us struggle with obstacles that stand in the way of our becoming the person we want to be. Why is change so difficult?
Tony Robbins says, " A coach can see what you can't see because you are in the forest, while they are outside of it."
The best of the best always have a coach to show them the way to get there. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Beyonce, Bill Gates, and Oprah Winfrey all use coaches.
Our coaches will give you the needed skills and knowledge for transformation and have the ability to motivate you to establish the willingness to use that information.
At Steps To Serene we will provide the vision for you to get to your destination of achieving your goal of living a serene life.
Transform Your Life Today
Who We Are:
Maria D'Ambrosio - Cofounder & Head Coach:
Maria raised four children and a stepdaughter while working on the hospitality side of the wine industry in Napa, California. Unfortunately, Maria experienced the grief of her husband dying from a bicycle accident, when her youngest daughter was only 11 years old. Like many of us, Maria used substances to change how she felt. Being in the wine industry, she was surrounded by great food and fine wine, and this is what she used, thinking it would fill up the emptiness she was feeling. Maria found herself 75 pounds overweight and drinking every day.
Knowing deep down that living this way was unsustainable and at the urging of her son to make a change, she decided to do something about it. In the spring of 2021, Maria decided to take a path that led towards living her best life. She joined a 12-step food recovery program, which as one of the major rules was no alcohol consumption, therefore she also joined Alcoholics Anonymous. She lost 75 pounds (and kept it off) and has not had a drink since.
Making these changes and being in recovery programs has changed her life so profoundly that she now wants to devote herself to helping others on their path to their best life. Maria is taking her years of management in hospitality that gave her the skill of teaching her teams how to elevate human experience and her natural ability of perception to determine the missing ingredients for success. These successes include the quintupling the profits of her employer and becoming the #1 travel destination on Trip Advisor. She wants to share what she has learned from business and her life experiences, which is why she cofounded this company.
Anthony J. D'Ambrosio - Cofounder & Head Coach
Anthony began his spiritual journey, almost 50 years ago. He had the privilege of taking four years off to go on a spiritual pilgrimage, traveling the world. Halfway through those travels, while living in the Sinai Desert, he learned how to make jewelry in order to finance the continuation of his travels. After his son, Shiloh was born, he stopped travelling to become a member of society to earn money to support his child. He joined the jewelry industry working for the best jewelry retailer in New Jersey (where he grew up) and proceeded to advance his career until he was the Executive Vice President of the largest watch retailer in the nation. That position then allowed him to open his own company, a "Brand and Business Management Company" located on Madison Avenue in New York City. Having too much money and too much time, allowed his many addictions to spiral out of control until his entire world (and health) came crashing down and he lost everything.
His son convinced him to come to California, where he could keep an eye on him, and he could rebuild his life. In 2006, that is exactly what he did, moving to Marin County, California. His life got better for a while, but without working any kind of program, it soon came crashing down again. In 2011, at his son's urging, he entered the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous and learned what was at the root of all his addictions and how to live a life free from them. He has been clean and serene ever since.
Anthony is taking his success in business coaching where he enhanced the skills and performance of company executives. He is also taking his talent development capabilities which were described on LinkedIn by his colleagues as "...someone who is consistently dedicated to elevating the performance of those around him...his training sessions are of the highest caliber and efficacy." Anthony was invited by a Fortune 100 company to conduct classes for some of their management on a variety of topics, including "Living in the Moment" and "How Gratitude Affects Us'. The transition from business coaching to personal coaching has been straightforward and seamless as many of the core principles apply to both areas.
Even though it had been 50 years since he started his spiritual journey, working his recovery program, reignited his desire to continue on this path. One of the key tenets of a spiritual path is to be of service and to give back what you have been given. This is the reason Anthony cofounded this company, because he wants to share his knowledge of living a serene life with others.
HOW WE DO IT
What makes "how we do this" unique? We're using the lessons of our success in the business world, our personal spiritual journeys, and our own experiences on the path to recovery. All this has been forged into knowledge, insight and compassion, enabling us to listen to you, connect with you and to travel through the transformation needed to live a serene existence.
We created our "Blueprint for Building a Serene Life" to find the starting point of the journey because we can't get to where we want to go unless we know where we are. This "Blueprint" is a diagnostic tool to determine the best steps for you. We will identify the areas for growth you have already worked on, those areas that haven't been started, and those in progress that need additional effort. After completing your assessment of where you are, we will prioritize your goals, create action plans of what steps to take to accomplish them, and do check-ins to ensure you remain on the path to a successful transformation.
We know people do not decide their futures just through the power of hope. However, they do have the capacity to decide on their habits and behaviors, therefore, we are going to focus on what habits and behaviors are in your life. Since, it is your current behaviors and habits that "will" determine your future.
Some clients may need to meet for an hour a day, a few times a week, others once a week or bi-weekly, and others only monthly. We can meet in-person or by video call.
The Definitions of the Words in our Name
STEPS:
1. a measure or action, especially one of a series taken in order to deal with or achieve a particular thing
2. to take a particular course of action
3. a program usually involving 12 steps that according to a 2020 study, approximately 45% of Americans who have recovered from substance addiction have used
SERENE:
1. calm, peaceful, and tranquil
2. worried by nothing
3. free from emotional or mental agitation
4. not disturbed or troubled
COACHING:
1. Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a coach, supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance.
2. Coaching is a process that enables learning and development to occur and thus performance to improve.
3. Coaching is defined as a process that aims to improve the performance, focus, and capacities of clients while unlocking their long-term potential for success and achieving immediate goals in business, relationships, and beyond.
RECOVERY:
1. a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength
2. the action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost
3. a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential
LIVING:
1. the act or condition of a person or thing that "lives"
2. all living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to the environment, growth and development, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing
3. having life; being alive; not dead; in actual existence or use; active or thriving; vigorous; strong