TESTIMONIALS
"I will always be grateful to Ann Bracken for her wisdom and her ability to provide positive support through the 3 pillars program. I would highly recommend this program to anyone going through a transition in life, or anyone who is seeking motivation to make some significant life changes."
—Debra Smith
—Debra Smith
"Ann is fantastic. We had the pleasure of meeting her when she taught our oldest son at Jemicy School. Her expertise in the field of teaching Dsylexic children is like no other...she provided encouragement and personal attention to our son's learning issues... She also tutored our youngest son who has Dyslexia; again she was fantastic in building his self esteem, encouraging him, and assisting him in the areas of weakness. From both a business perspective as well as personal experience, we highly recommend her. She can help children as well as adults with transitions... definitely a prime example of the practices of "Go Giver" not only living it but doing it!"
—Tammy & Jeff Bowers
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Ann Bracken, owner of The Possibility Project, understands transition and what it means to you as a woman. Divorce, job loss, an empty nest, retirement... these watershed moments can mean excruciating pain... and can lead to incredible growth and success. As your life coach, Ann shows you how to turn pain into healing, stagnation into growth, and confusion into self-discovery.
Of course, Ann wasn’t born a life coach. Her long career path — more than 30 years in education, linguistics, writing, and small business development — has provided a solid foundation for the evolution of her programs.
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She’s certified in special education, poetry therapy, and journal facilitation.
Ann's in-depth studies of how the brain benefits from the expressive arts (creative writing, art, music, drama, and poetry, and other forms of personal expression) led her to develop The Three Pillars of Hope©, an original program for women in transition. Ann's natural talent for teaching, coupled with her expertise in brain learning theory, make her uniquely qualified as a life coach. In short, Ann knows how to survive change — and can teach you how to do it, too.
Ann’s experience in education ranges from work as a speech pathologist in schools to work with troubled adolescents in a psychiatric facility. She has taught English and reading in high school and reading strategies, composition, and professional writing at the college level.
Ann’s conference presentations include presentations on journaling for problem solving at Mindcamp Creativity Conference, Florida Creativity Conference, The Maryland Writers’ Association, and the Global Technology and Business Association. In addition, she has presented poetry workshops at Howard Community College, The World Bank, Charlestown Retirement Community, and a variety of schools throughout Maryland.
Ann’s original poetry has appeared in The Little Patuxent Review, Life in Me Like Grass on Fire Anthology, and Praxilla. In addition, her interviews with several renowned poets — Edward Hirsch, David Read Johnson, and Michael Collier — have appeared in "The Museletter," a publication of the National Association for Poetry Therapy. She has also published a personal essay and poetry in The Little Patuxent Review and the Baltimore Chronicle. Her series on women in transition recently appeared in On Purpose Woman magazine.
CREDENTIALS
Post-graduate Diploma: Drama in Education, Trinity College, Dublin, IR Certification in Journal Instruction, The Center for Journal Therapy Certification in Poetry Therapy, The National Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy Maryland State Department of Education: Special Education and Reading M.S. Ed., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland B.A., Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland | |