Testimonials

I’m still brimming over with the richness of our “power” session. You have given me such a gift. My world definitely – and unexpectedly- got bigger today. Everything shifted with one conversation. I feel so much gratitude for the kindness and sensitivity you showed me and for the generous sharing of your treasure of ideas and suggestions.

You are a jewel!

- Kei Anderson, Artist, Brooklyn, NY

Throughout my adult life I have sought out mentors during times of discernment and change.  I can say without reservation that Tomar’s ability to listen and to hear , and then to ask insightful and gently challenging questions, is a true gift which helped  me reframe the issues I was grapppling with in a fresh way, leading to creative resolutions. (And all this in just one  session!)

- Yvonne Lucia, Artist, Binghamton, NY

I can’t speak highly enough about the block-busting, encouraging, attuned support I have received from Tomar Levine. Where there was despair, there is now hope; where there was frozen inspiration, there is now flow; where there was procrastination, there is now motivated action. Her coaching is really about earthing inspiration. It’s the missing link between intention and doing it. Working with Tomar has opened up access to energy and hope about something that’s been hopeless for me: follow-through.

- Elizabeth Russell, Poet and Photographer, Miami, FL

One of the things that makes you a great coach is your genuine enthusiasm for what we, your clients, come up with. It’s wonderfully encouraging!

- Peggy Braun, Artist and Psychotherapist, Lenox, MA

Since working with Tomar there has been an explosion in my life. My creative art life has resurfaced! I had wanted to return to creative work for over 20 years, but motherhood and earning a living always came first. Finally, with both kids in college and my business established, the time was right – but it still seemed overwhelming to get started anew. With Tomar’s help, I implemented very practical steps to create more space, more time, and a structure to work on my photographs again. It included very simple household changes that I had been putting off for years. Starting with one change, gradually my whole life began to transform. I challenged my old habits of procrastination, my resistance has dissolved, and I feel exhilarated. My work with Tomar has been a re-education – she got me moving! Now I take my camera with me everywhere, just as I used to when I was young and unencumbered.

—Naomi Bushman, founding owner of the test prep service Testing Plus, New York, NY

Tomar, your help was invaluable and inspirational. Your knowledge, skills, and wisdom have made a positive change in my life possible. I needed to put in motion the next stage of my life, and can now draw on the gifts and talents you helped me identify.

- Ann G., Editor, Manhattan

You listened with intelligence and focused attention, creating a container that was fully supportive, one I could trust. Your understanding of where I was at and your really wanting to know more, brought me closer to my experience. Then you provided clarity that deepened my understanding. What worked was the synthesis of clarity and comfort – the comfort of being in very good hands.

—Marlene R., Director of HR, New York, NY

Tomar acts as a pole star which I look upon to keep me on track, knowing that when there is a dry spell, she can help me lift myself up to find the way back to my creative oasis.

- Elizabeth Russel, Poet and Photographer

I have relied on Tomar for several years for coaching in all areas of life. Her creativity and adaptability seem to have no limits. It is incredibly helpful to sort things out with her. She focuses on the silver lining of each cloud and helps transform it into a sparkling new vision. I always leave with a clear focus and a list of doable approaches to a problem. She provides structure, continuous encouragement, help in persisting – and then results miraculously begin to emerge. The fruits of such labor are specific projects, new professional directions, often new life styles. She always keeps me focused on the bigger picture and has been a persistent cheerleader. With the passion of a gold miner, she has mined my undervalued talents and dreams. What has emerged is the pure, sparkling vitality of neglected life force finally running free. I now think of myself as a different person. Tomar infuses her clients with optimism and inner stability. Once you start working with her, you’ll keep her number in your speed dial.

—Christiane Kromer, Illustrator and Organizer, New York, NY

I had an astounding personal experience of the work that Tomar does, and I feel compelled to let people know about it. In working on a job application, Tomar helped me articulate the truth about my achievements, skills, and capacities. In this process, I was able to break through a lifelong pattern of submissiveness. Tomar challenged my comfort zone and pushed on my resistance to asserting myself. At first my “inner mouse” freaked out at having to make any claims for myself. But by the end of this process I felt clear, autonomous, and strong, a very new and fresh feeling which I am continuing to savor. . .   No amount of thinking about this issue has had the effect that being challenged and supported by Tomar’s laser-like clarity and passionate advocacy of me had in one efficient and effective session. I’ve always been good at helping others manifest. Tomar taught me how to manifest for myself.

- Jan Jack, Chester, CT

You’re a wise, caring, genuine, and highly creative being. You’re already helping many people blossom and I’m sure you’re going to be helping many, many more with your exciting new programs. Whoever finds you and coaches with you is blessed.

- Jena Griffiths, Hand Analyst and Writer, Switzerland, www.handanalysisonline.com

For most of my life since high school I have been writing poetry on napkins, scraps of paper and in notebooks as the inspiration struck. I had many of them collected in a drawer and had been meaning to work on them for years. After one session with Tomar, I now have a weekly routine of working on them that is the highlight of my week.

– Elizabeth Russell, Poet, Miami, FL

After only one session, the coaching has already been a valuable experience for me. I was amazed with the realization that someone else (you) cares about whether or not I accomplish my own personal goals. The support that you’re giving me is quite different from friends or family. In addition to the support, I really appreciate all the steps we’ve gone through to help me realize my goals. We discussed my life and came to the conclusion that I want to put writing at the center. Then we worked on one goal: getting published. We brainstormed ideas to help with that. We wrote an action plan. And, finally, I’ve been working on the items on the list. I love the whole process. I feel clearer and more hopeful about accomplishing this goal and about sorting out my professional life. I’m also happy with what I’ve accomplished so far. I’m sure I wouldn’t have gotten this much done so quickly without our meeting.

—Jennafer D’Alvia, Writer and Teacher, New York, NY

Through Tomar’s coaching, I realized that I needed permission to play. She helped me overcome potent myths: the myth that I have to do everything on my own, that I have to be productive in the eyes of others and that my art-making is a low priority and selfish activity. I now take pure pleasure from my creative pursuits. Tomar’s attention, ideas, encouragement, and quality of listening gave me the opportunity to rethink these issues. And her background as an artist helped me value the creative process as an end in itself. I stopped looking back with regret and now can’t wait to get to my work table each day.

—Naomi Bushman, founding owner of the test prep service Testing Plus, New York, NY

When I first came to Tomar for guidance, I was crippled by a lack of confidence and direction. The forward steps that I began taking under Tomar’s guidance eliminated the feeling of inertia that had been so paralyzing, and in its place a sense of momentum arose. I felt much more capable, powerful and confident . . . The passion, creativity and sense of empowerment that had been latent for so long, and which Tomar helped me cultivate, has now taken hold. There is no way for me to describe what a profound impact Tomar had in helping me reach this point in my life.

– Jed Goldberg, assistant video editor, Brooklyn, NY

Tomar affirms and mirrors my greatness and doesn’t let me give energy to my fears. This gives me tremendous confidence. She has a unique ability to hold the bigger picture, reflect my true self, remind me of who I am, and to be my passionate champion. Talking to her always makes me feel better about myself.

-Jan Jack, Chester, CT

It’s worth so much to have someone on your team, caring how the nitty-gritty of your life behind the scenes is going. With greater awareness, focus and inspiration follow. Then Tomar teaches you how to sustain that focus and inspiration on your own.

—Pat P., Print design/production + web design/development, Petaluma, CA