Betsy GuerraBilingual Keynote Speaker, Psychotherapist/Coach, Author, Leadership Training and Life Coach Certification

Faith Fueled My Calling

27 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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A first-person narrative by Betsy Guerra describing how her Jewish faith, family milestones (children's bat mitzvahs), close relationship with her rabbi, and mentorship from coach Carolyn Deposada influenced her informal coaching activities and decision to become a formal coach. The speaker emphasizes pursuing formal training despite coaching's informal norms.

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My faith kept giving me faith. My three children were bat mitzvahed. I became very, very close to my rabbi who was a great counselor and friend to me. Always been a part of my life. And so there I am coaching, coaching, coaching, coaching unofficially, unofficially, unofficially and through a whole crazy series of events. I did some keynote speeches. I joined the National Speakers Association. I met Carolyn Deposada, who is my coach and my friend and my colleague. And I decided that I had to become a coach because I already was a coach. But I decided even though you don't have to be accredited because part of coaching is like the Wild West. I was married to a man who had all kinds of diplomas on the wall and he was a doctor and all these things. And I, I believe in learning the most you can about something you're trying to do. I'm not in this to be just, okay, mediocre.