Author Archives for Alan Allard

About Alan Allard

Alan helps individuals and organizations to change, grow and thrive. He is a former psychotherapist and now an executive coach, consultant, speaker and life coach for individuals and couples. Alan has been quoted in medial outlets such as The New York Times, New York Post and The California Executive and CBS News.

Coach Yourself to Greatness

April 5, 2015 11:36 am Published by Comments Off on Coach Yourself to Greatness

Coach Yourself to Greatness Last year a large government agency related to health asked me to design and facilitate a [...]


Mastering Your Emotions

March 1, 2015 7:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Mastering Your Emotions

In the past two weeks, I’ve worked with a number of clients dealing with a crisis, going through a conflict [...]


The Magic of Looking Inside Yourself

February 23, 2015 1:52 pm Published by Comments Off on The Magic of Looking Inside Yourself

When things aren’t going so well, it’s easy to think the problem is “out there.” I know because I’ve been [...]


Why Your Happiness Matters

January 4, 2015 2:42 pm Published by Comments Off on Why Your Happiness Matters

During the twelve years I was a psychotherapist in private practice (and in the eight plus years I’ve been a [...]


How to Create What You Want in 2015

December 19, 2014 1:56 pm Published by Comments Off on How to Create What You Want in 2015

If you want to know what 2015 will be like for you, it’s not hard to predict. What will happen [...]


Getting Real About Leadership

October 10, 2014 3:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Getting Real About Leadership

I’m happy to feature a guest post from Bill Treasurer, Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting and author of [...]


Three Simple Truths About Happiness

October 7, 2014 12:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Three Simple Truths About Happiness

Three Simple Truths About Happiness   You likely know that the subject of happiness is a hot topic. There’s good reason [...]


Learning Happiness

August 24, 2014 1:40 pm Published by Comments Off on Learning Happiness

Recently I wrote a post about my new grand daughter, Isabella Rae Lerma. She is perfect, right now, as we [...]