We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Tiffany Cellura. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Tiffany below.
Tiffany, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.
I believe our purpose changes many times throughout our lives, so I will tell you about how I found my latest purpose.
Like many people, in 2020, I realized I needed to make big changes in my life. I was fresh out of a divorce and living on my own for the first time in almost 10 years. When my divorce was finalized in January of 2020, I excitedly thought, “I am going to travel this year and figure out my purpose!” I proceeded to buy tickets for several trips to Europe, thinking I was well on my way to solving my life (this is how Enneagram 7s solve all their problems). Well, we all know what happened next.
I often describe this time in my life as feeling like I was tumbling in a dryer, not knowing when it was going to stop. At this point, I was 15 years into my career as an architect and was feeling dissatisfied. Working from home stripped the relational element out of my work, which I quickly learned was the main source of purpose I felt in my work. It became clear that I wanted to help people in a more tangible way, but I didn’t know what that meant.
I dove into any tool I could get my hands on to understand more about myself, my gifts, and my blind spots. The Enneagram was my go-to resource, having worked with it for almost 10 years at that point with my current company, but I also dove into Human Design and many other modalities. An “a-ha moment” occurred when I was going through the few books I decided to keep in my recent move. I found one that I bought used years ago, but never read, called “Finding Your Own North Star” by Martha Beck. It was exactly what I needed, it was even in the title!
To date, this is one of the most profound self-development books I have ever read, and her teachings about tapping into your body’s knowledge to guide you to your purpose were what intrigued me most. Soon, I was enrolled in Martha Beck’s coaching program. I couldn’t remember the last time I was so terrified. And I didn’t know if it was the good kind or the bad kind. However, once I learned I could help someone in even just a quick session, I was hooked. When I combined coaching skills with the Enneagram and my knowledge of leading people in the workplace, my purpose became clear. I knew I wanted to help individuals and organizations become healthier versions of themselves through self-awareness.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
These days, my architecture license doesn’t get much use. 4 years after finding my purpose, I am now a Leadership and Development Coach and Consultant with my own company, Tiffany Cellura Coaching. I work with organizations and individuals to help them become self-aware and courageous leaders. My favorite tools are the Enneagram, Brené Brown, and Human Design. I provide consultation, executive coaching, and team training for a wide variety of companies. While I love working with those in the design industry, the skills I teach are truly universal. I have helped businesses in many other fields, such as engineering, health and wellness, the food industry, and more.
For one-on-one clients, I just added Human Design readings to my offerings and am so excited to obtain my certification in this work.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Any relational or self-awareness skills/modalities. For me, that started with the Enneagram, but there are so many others out there. Find one that speaks to you.
Knowing how to understand others is a skill we should always be honing, but it starts with understanding yourself. We can learn technical skills at any time, but the people skills are what will continue to set us apart. I believe the world needs us to understand our strengths and not be afraid to bring those to the world. And you don’t understand your strengths until you really look inward and become self-aware.
What would you advise – going all in on your strengths or investing on areas where you aren’t as strong to be more well-rounded?
There is a balance to be struck here, and I focus on both with my clients. It is human nature to gloss over our strengths or think they come just as easily to others as they do to us. Therefore, we jump right to focusing on what we can improve. I want all of us to change how we think in this regard. Your strengths are your superpowers, and they are what sets you apart from everyone else. I always spend time with clients upfront to make sure they understand their strengths and really lean into those. Then, we work on challenges or blind spots and how to improve those areas.
Contact Info:
- Website: http://tiffanycelluracoaching.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffanycelluracoaching/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanycellura/
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Kate Schwindt Photography and Deborah Kolb Photography
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