HELPING YOU NAVIGATE

Life's Transitions

Coaching • Consulting • Advocacy

Have You Organized Your Information
For Life's Changes?

CoachSmart Consulting provides you with a place to get started to sort through some of life’s expected and unexpected transitions.

Career

When engaged in any occupation undertaken for a significant period in a person’s life, making progress for better opportunities involves preparation and continued learning.

Caregiving

Caregivers assist in the support of another who, due to age, illness, disability, or some other factor, cannot care for themselves.

Stress Management

A wide spectrum of techniques and skills aimed at controlling a person’s level of stress, especially chronic stress, usually for the purpose of having positive effects on mind, body and spirit.

Relationships

Whether your entering into a relationship or leaving one, it takes vital skills for relating and working through conflict so each individual can have a successful outcome.

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ABOUT ME

Dr. Marla E. Jirak – Expert Consultant

Dr. Jirak has extensive experience with helping individuals who are feeling over-whelmed with life transitions—whether it be a career, relationships, or caregiving. She engages in kind and compassionate life coaching and consulting using stress management techniques and effective tools and resources.

Years

EXPERIANCE

CAREGIVING

Personal Care Guidebook

A multi-sectioned guidebook to help organize the important components for someone who receives care or wanting to plan their future care.

Personal

Documents for organizing your personal information like emergency contacts, family member names and addresses, friends, housekeeper, landscaper, passwords, burial wishes, etc., that is unique to the individual.

Legal

A place to indicate the location of your living will, trusts, client attorneys, DNR’s or other legal documents necessary if you become incapacitated.

Medical

List personal doctors and specialists, prescriptions, previous surgeries, hospitalizations, medical insurance, Medicare/Medicaid cards, and other information needed by medical facilities and doctors for health care.

Financial

Worksheets for monthly expenses/income sources, insurance policies, checking/saving accounts, investments, and other financial information.

NEWS & INFO

Latest Blog Posts

Take Hold of Stress for a Healthy Lifestyle

May 21, 2023

Understanding Stress Stress is a normal response to “stressors”— either internal or external circumstances that are difficult, upsetting or scary. Internal stressors: Distressing thoughts or …

Relationship Investment

April 5, 2023

Sustaining for the Long Haul Relationships are hard. We engage in the flutter and excitement when we meet someone. Sparks are flying; the relationship is …

Men’s Health: Know The Signs of Stress

February 28, 2023

3 Types of Stress Whether you are changing careers, caring for a family member, beginning or ending a relationship, these events can be stressful. Men, …

HOW WE WORK

Helping Individuals Navigate Life Transitions to Become Your Best Self!!

A Life Coach can provide tools, techniques and support that allows you to take control of your own life and deal with any life transition.

Book an Appointment

Schedule an appointment for your free 30-minute consultation to set up your life coaching or consulting sessions. Start your journey to your best self today!

Come Sit with Me

For your convenience, we provide online virtual appointments as well as in person appointments in the comfort of your own home.

Guest Lectures

Does your community organization need someone to provide information on careers, caregiving, relationships or stress management? Call today and get booked for an interactive presentation from a professional!

TOOLS & RESOURCES

Are You a Caregiver or Making Plans for Your Desires in the Future?

Through coaching and CoachSmart’s “Personal Care Guidebook,” Dr. Marla E. Jirak provides resources and tools for organizing your loved one’s care planning or your own future needs.