Education + Credentials

Author Photo: Carol Lollis

Photo: Carol Lollis

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Highlights:

  • Worked with hundreds of people, individually and in small groups, online and in person

  • Described by members of writing, coaching, spiritual, and social justice communities as bringing generosity, clarity, authenticity, grace, empathy, insight, intuition, honesty, and fierce acceptance to my clients and groups

  • Author of Fierce Encouragement: 201 Writing Prompts for Staying Grounded in Fragile Times, Don’t Miss This, The Inside of Out, and Why I Was Late for Our Meeting

  • Poet-in-Residence at the Jewish Community of Amherst

  • Jewish Studio Project Creative Facilitation Fellow

  • Extensive Publications of personal essays, poems, op-eds, and in anthologies

  • Proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community and advocate for trans youth

  • Published over 1,500 posts since I started my first blog, Bullseye, Baby! (2007-present)

  • Professional experience as a Hillel director, academic advisor, college writing instructor, and career counselor

  • Founder and Owner of Strong Coaching (2003-2010)

  • Advanced training with the Coaches Training Institute (2001-2003)

  • M.F.A. with Honors in Creative Writing from Emerson College (2000)

  • B.A. in Russian Studies from Barnard College, Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa (1995)

 

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