Gayle Knight Colman is passionate about bringing awareness and manifestation to the truth that wealth is more than money. As a certified Integral Coach™, a certified Conscious Relationship Coach, and a Certified Financial Planner®, Gayle integrates outer practicality with inner values, guiding her clients toward a meaningful and prosperous life.
Gayle is regarded as a visionary leader in the financial planning profession. Having received a degree in Finance and Investments from Auburn University, Gayle co-founded Colman Knight Advisory Group, LLC in 1988, consistently named one of the Top Wealth Managers in the country by the Bloomberg Financial Report. Her own personal evolution is supported by the embodiment of her Integral Life Practices and attention to wealth in all its forms. She has leapfrogged beyond her innovation of Integral Wealth and now combines her financial expertise with the coaching discipline. Many years ago, she and her husband built a home office in order to grow their advisory practice and their family simultaneously. This capacity has allowed Gayle to fully thrive in life, which includes the financial planning, coaching and personal realms. As a coach she embodies this fullness and groundedness, incorporating her extensive professional experience and the willingness to explore, live deeply, and take bold risks.
Money is commonly seen and experienced as a separate part of human existence. More true – money is woven into the fabric of our life, much like oxygen is woven into the air we breathe. We generally don’t pay much attention to air, but without it we die. It is only when we are willing to see money as blended into our life journey that we can awaken and nourish our relationship with it.
– Gayle Knight Colman
Throughout her career, Gayle has served in many leadership roles for professional organizations in such diverse environments as the Financial Planning Association and the Junior League of Boston. Her six years of service on the board of the FPA of Massachusetts culminated in her Presidency in 2010. In 2006 Gayle created MoneyMoves® cards and MoneyMoves® Quest, offering a creative, friendly and profound exploration of relationships with money. In 2007, she co-founded and created Imagination Made Real™, a comprehensive program that fosters a reliable and sustainable path to manifestation. A sought-after speaker and facilitator, Gayle leads workshops and retreats on the creation and sustenance of all of life’s wealth.
Regarding her career, life, and coaching practice Gayle says, “My priorities are balancing career and family, sustaining and evolving my business, co-creating with others, and attending to the precious human beings I am privileged to call clients. All of these priorities are my spiritual path. It is the same – there is no separation; it is not compartmentalized. I can measure success because as I open and integrate life, I laugh more and I cry more. Every moment is a learning opportunity. Every experience offers that kernel of love and possibility.”
Motivated by her spiritual journey and as a meditation practitioner in the Tibetan tradition, Gayle continues to explore her own personal growth. A firm believer in realizing the possibilities of all of life’s wealth, Gayle lives what she counsels. She loves family, travel and adventure, gives generously and contributes to a range of personal and professional communities. She also develops and launches programs and training initiatives for organizations such as the Financial Planning Association and The Sudden Money Institute.
In coaching, Gayle draws upon her unique expertise and insight using an Integral approach, honoring each client’s complex experience and worldview. By uncovering previously hidden patterns of thought and behavior, she guides clients to see themselves from new perspectives and to create sustainable, satisfying, and life-affirming ways of being and contributing in the world. Gayle holds a caring space in which she and her clients co-create pathways for realizing and embodying a life worth living.
Affiliations and Memberships:
- Certified Financial Planner® since 1986
- National and MA Financial Planning Association, member since founding in 2000
- Received FPA “Leadership in Action” Recognition in 2011
- National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, member since 2010
- Integral Coaching Canada, certified as Integral Coach™ in 2010
- Hendricks Institute, certified as Conscious Relationship Coach in 2005
- International Coach Federation, designated Associate Certified Coach in 2010
- Sudden Money Institute, SMI Advisor since 2005
- Hendricks Institute Leadership and Transformation Graduate, Certified in 2007
Integral Coach™ is a trademark from Canada for Integral Coaching Canada, Inc. and licensed to Gayle Colman.
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