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"Renée has the inherent ability to motivate and support people as they identify their strengths and passions. She's helped me stay true to myself as I continue to define my career and life priorities. Her coaching has really enhanced all areas of my life."
— Darci, senior public relations account director
"Asking for help and seeking support can be hard at first, but it's well worth the effort ..."
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Renée Peterson Trudeau, President
Renée
Peterson Trudeau is the president of Renée Trudeau & Associates
and the author of The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim,
Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life.
Raised by an artist/teacher/musician/nurse mother and physician father,
Renée is the oldest of seven children. Born in 1966 in Houston,
Texas, she grew up in San Antonio, where she attended Montessori school,
and the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California, where she attended
a Waldorf-based yoga school and rode horses, hiked in the deep snow near
the Donner Pass, and learned stained glass window-making and philosophy
from the Bhagavad-Gita.
Renée's parents were "truth seekers" from as far back as she can
remember. This is clearly evidenced by her siblings'
names, which range from Teresa to Shiva. Their spiritual quest had a huge
impact on her upbringing and sense of self.
In the 1990s, Renée tragically and unexpectedly lost her nineteen-year-old brother to suicide and her father to a heart attack. Her mother passed suddenly from flu-induced congestive heart failure in 2000.
These losses had a profound impact on Renée's life and career
path, and left her with a sense of urgency and a desire to help others
find and express their life purpose and live the life they desire. The
deaths also impressed upon her the importance of community and connection
with others.
In addition to running RT&A, Renée is a career and work/life balance coach and president of Austin-based Career Strategists, a nationally-recognized career coaching/consulting firm dedicated to helping professionals and entrepreneurs integrate who they are with what they do.
She has helped thousands of professionals throughout the United States to strategically
manage their careers while maximizing job satisfaction, learn how to create
and promote their personal brands, put together plans for career change,
develop and launch small businesses that support their life goals, and
invent ways to balance work and family that energize rather than drain
them.
Her clients include professionals employed by IBM, Shell Oil, Whole Foods Market,
3M, GSD&M Advertising, AMD, State Farm Insurance, Intel, MCI, Amazon.com,
Dell Computer Corporation, Accenture, Freescale, National Instruments,
Samsung, and state and federal government agencies and nonprofit organizations.
Additionally, she leads work/life balance workshops for Fortune 500 companies such as Dell Computer Corporation and professional organizations such as Women in Technology and EWomen Network.
Her unique approach to career management has been featured in numerous
publications, including Working Mother, Family Circle,
Parenting, AARP, Pregnancy, and American
Way magazines and in numerous broadcast, print and online business
media.
Renée lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and son.
To hire Renée to create a specialized program, workshop or presentation for your group, company or organization, click here for more information or email
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