Laurel Kashinn brings 18+ years of coaching + collaborative writing and graphic design experience helping 1,000+ clients write their effective career documents, online profiles, books, and other promotional materials. A highly strategic ideas person, her top CliftonStrengths® are Connectedness, Intellection, Input, Strategic, and Ideation.  She helps people realize their own authentic value with confidence and ease. 

 

Laurel speaks and leads workshops for business groups, schools, writers' groups, and more on career change, entrepreneurial success, résumé writing, LinkedIn, publishing, positive psychology, and emotional intelligence. Currently training to become a certified Clifton Strengths coach, she completed post-graduate work to obtain Certified Ghostwriter Professional Designation (CGPD) from California State University-Long Beach in 2014. She also holds a BA in Journalism from UW-Madison. She's also a skilled graphic designer and wildlife fine artist.

A member of the National Résumé Writers Association, Laurel presented on her collaborative ghostwriting process at the annual convention in Charlotte. She belongs to the North Shore (Milwaukee) Chamber of Commerce, is a past member of the Grafton Area Chamber of Commerce, the Cedarburg Chamber of Commerce, and BNI Business STARs North Shore Milwaukee chapter.
 

An Orthodox Christian who enjoys learning about other religions, a student of A Course In Miracles and Abraham Hicks, in her spare time, Laurel enjoys her cats, reading nonfiction, hanging out with her family, writing books for children, and serving her community getting behind the wheel to drive a local part-time school bus route. 

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Laurel resides in historic Cedarburg, Wisconsin with her artist husband, Anthony, their daughter, Elizabeth, and their rescue kitties. Find and follow Laurel on  Linkedin.