Astrid Baumgardner

Astrid Baumgardner Coaching + Training in New York, NY

Career Coach, Life Coach, Personal Coach, Personal Coach, Values Coach

Astrid Baumgardner

iPEC Certified Coach

International Coach Federation Member

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I bring more than 30 years of varied experience as an attorney, non-profit executive, musician, arts advocate, Board Chair, wife and mother. This experience, combined with my rigorous training from IPEC, gives me a unique advantage in helping clients create balance and derive greater satisfaction from their professional, creative and personal lives.
Throughout my career, my approach has been to make choices based on my values, strengths and passions. This principle guided me through my evolution from lawyer to non-profit executive and consultant to coach. The key for me has been to remain authentic to myself. The result is a deep feeling of personal success and fulfillment, as well as insight into many different worlds, all of which I share with my clients.

* I was among the early wave of women lawyers to join large NYC law firms in the mid-1970’s. I began my career as a litigation associate at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Debevoise & Plimpton and became a partner at O'Melveny & Myers. I then joined New York office of the Paris-based firm Gide Loyrette Nouel in order to achieve work/life balance and combine my love for France and my French-language skills with the law.
* While practicing law and raising a family, I studied piano and became involved in a number of arts organizations in New York City, including The Acting Company, Manhattan School of Music, Musica Viva of New York and the American Composers Orchestra.
* After practicing law for 25 years, I transitioned to arts management where I could apply my professional skills in service of the Arts, and became Deputy Executive Director of the French Institute Alliance Française of New York.
* I then became an independent consultant to non-profit boards and did extensive pro bono legal work.
* I currently serve as Vice-Chair of the board of the American Composers Orchestra, (which I chaired for 5 years) and actively participate in Sanctuary for Families as a past board member, member of the Legal Advisory Council and pro bono attorney in the Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services.
* I am a Certified Professional Coach specializing in career and success planning, transitions, time management and life balance. I also present workshops at law firms and music conservatories on goal-setting, time management, career and success planning and business development.

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Astrid is one of the most inspiring people I know, having been incredibly successful in both her first career as a lawyer and her family life, while maintaining one of the most upbeat, optimistic, and forward-thinking personalities out there.

MS, Pianist and Juilliard Faculty, New York, NY

Working with Astrid has proven to be a life-changing experience for me. I began working with her on making a career change, and instead discovered my baseline values that I now look to when I make any life decision – everything from career, personal and health decisions have been impacted. She is a dynamic person – she listens well and provides feedback to help you cut through the barriers (often exhibited in the language we use) in your way to making successful change. I can honestly say that in working with Astrid, I was able to determine with a clear vision what I truly want from my life, and have empowered myself to seek it out.

JF, HR Manager at Morgan Stanley, New York, NY

Astrid Baumgardner