Choices That Matter

with Kim DeYoung

(Season 3 | Episode 136)

[TESSA] Our guest this week, Kim DeYoung, is the Choice coach, author of The Book of Choice and host of The Voice of Choice. Kim’s particular kind of genius is helping thoughtful people make intentional choices that allow them to live more examined lives. By making conscious choices, they become who they want to be.

Kim shares a number of stories about her children. I loved her interaction with her 24-year-old son (and his college buddies). They meet multiple times each year and check-in. It’s so beautiful. Kim has coined this phrase and idea… Choice Mapping. More about that here:

Whether you’re facing a mundane decision or standing before a pivotal crossroads, Choice Mapping provides a framework for exploring a meaningful choice in greater depth. Mapping empowers you to find your way from where you are to where you want to be.

Through mapping, you’ll gain the clarity and confidence to make the choice that aligns with the person you aspire to be, forging the path that matters to you. Mapping unlocks the possibility to chart your own course, enabling you to design a life that’s uniquely satisfying, purposeful and thoughtful.

From Kim

I treasure exploring the depth and nuance of other people’s choices. When clients, friends and family feel stuck, I remind them that they have immense power to shape their future by making conscious and proactive choices.

Utilizing my Choice Mapping process, I engage in deep dive conversations with people of all ages and stages who are eager to discern what may be holding them back from doing what they want to do, as well as keen to draw inspiration from past choices to guide their future.

With my attentive and compassionate listening skills, combined with my intuitive inquiry style, I guide people through an individualized self-discovery process, unlocking their innate wisdom, to make empowered personal, professional and relationship choices.

While engaging in deep-dive conversations, both privately and in groups, I offer a fresh perspective and new insights, revealing aspects of a choice that may have escaped attention.

About Tessa

Tessa Krone is the engine behind and the face of The Open Nesters.

Tessa holds an MA in Consciousness Studies and is a speaker, coach, program, and journey facilitator & leader, author, and, of course, Podcaster.

Her offerings are based on her mission to help people open to their most self-expressed, loving selves. Tessa’s specialties include embodiment from all the senses and elements of our inner and outer lives, ranging from mindfulness, dance, play, and sensory exploration in nature. If she had one superpower, it would be to help people, especially as they age, to live more open-hearted lives.