December 19, 2018

Anne Barry Jolles and the Grace Trail

Anne Barry Jolles is a renowned life coach, award-winning author, TEDx speaker, and creator of Grace TrailⓇ. Blending life experiences and research, Jolles created the Grace Trail and has shared it with tens of thousands as it evolved for over a decade. The trail has many forms, including an actual trail in Plymouth, MA, virtual trails, workshops, webinars, retreats and products, and has been featured by Good Housekeeping, NPR, Boston Globe and more. Jolles thrives on helping courageous people take five steps to their best lives through her message of joy, hope, and resiliency.

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Corporate Talk: Anne Barry Jolles Anne Jolles created Grace Trail in 2012 to help cope with her personal challenges and struggle of having a son in combat in Afghanistan. Since then, Grace Trail has guided tens of thousands of people, worldwide, to join a simple conversation of hope and possibility. Plymouth, MA is the site of the original Trail but it is not the only one. Grace Trail can be walked anywhere, from the comfort of your kitchen to the office or any outdoor spot. Each time you "walk" it, it is different.
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Anne Barry Jolles Anne Barry Jolles is a life coach, author, TEDx speaker, and creator of Grace TrailⓇ. She thrives on working with courageous people wishing to transform the way they live and work and are willing to do what it takes to get there. Blending life experiences and research, Jolles created the Grace TrailⓇ and has shared it with thousands as it evolved for over a decade. The trail has many forms, including an actual trail in Plymouth, MA, virtual trails, workshops, webinars and retreats. Her international award-winning, bestselling book “Grace Trail: Find Your Footing and Move Toward The Life You Were Meant To Live” was recommended by Jack Canfield, “Chicken Soup for the Soul” co-creator and is available at major booksellers. She also created and ran Grace Trails for a combined 25,000 participants at the 2015 Massachusetts Conference for Women and 2016 FIGMENT Boston on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Her TEDx Talk, “Cracking the Grace Code” debuted at TEDx Wilmington Women in October 2016. Jolles was named Life Coach of the Year 2013 by the International Coach Federation of New England, has a private practice and is a life coach for Bradley Communications’ Quantum Leap program. She initiated and created the Coaches Corner in 2012 for The Conference for Women, the largest women’s conference in the United States. This program, utilizing ICF coaches from across the nation, is responsible for coaching thousands of women each year. She was also the Chairperson for the Massachusetts Conference for Women Partnership and ICFNE from 2012 to 2015. She was awarded the ICFNE Director’s award for Distinguished Achievement in 2013 and sat on the ICFNE board of directors in 2013 and 2014. Jolles earned a B.S. in occupational therapy from Boston University and an M.B.A. from Simmons College Graduate School of Management. She was awarded her ICF Professional Coach Certification (PCC) in 2000 and and received her Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) certification from Coaches Training Institute. Grace Trail