Gandolfa Stegmann
Named Pluma Designs March 2021
"Business Woman of the Month"
You may want to know that my beginning was in a traditional family
in the Midwest. I am in the middle of three daughters in a family of
seven. I married in my early twenties when my husband was in his
last year of service in the U.S. Navy. In time we adopted Lisa and
Mike and gave birth to Juli and Laura. Just before Juli’s birth, my
first at 32, we moved to Arizona which has been my home for 56
years. In the years since then, as I learned to use my voice, I
completed a BA in Communications and became certified as a
Transformational Life Coach.
Enriching the lives of women through my intuitive listening and
wisdom sharing is my reason for being a Life Coach. The gift-giving
experiences of my life have taught me to be a self-observer, to accept
and be humbled by my shadow side as I grow in compassion for
anyone with whom I interact. I project enthusiasm, have a joyful,
wise and inquisitive outlook on life and possess a playful
youthfulness. I know how to take my clients from what is to what
life can be.
My wisdom years are bringing to me the awareness of what I have
gathered energetically, physically and mentally throughout my
challenging and rich life. The Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, Goddess
studies and Riane Eisler’s Partnership Way theories have been of
interest to me. Just after my 70th birthday I earned a BA in
Communications, designing my own course of studies. I have
experienced marriage, motherhood, grandparenthood, even great-
grandparenthood and during those years returned to the business
world. After retirement, I partnered in two separate clothing
design ventures, in addition to developing a program teaching life
skills to middle school aged girls. I founded The Crone’s House for
women in recognition of the last stage of a woman’s life. Arriving
in my ninth decade signified for me a new journey. A national
program’s curriculum melded into a finely woven tapestry the
awareness of my gift of listening intuitively. That awareness has
birthed in me the desire to share with others the richness of what I
have trained to be -- a Transformational Life Coach.