About VRB Life Coach
Hi! I'm Virginia Bensen
I am the VRB Life Coach.
I have a Doctorate in Education, specializing in Adult and Technical Education. My work background is in designing, developing, managing, and evaluating workforce and educational programs for adults.
I have developed a number of programs such as Coaching Welfare Mothers, Adjuicated Youth education and workforce readiness, Older Adult workforce readiness, Practical implementation of using Microsoft Office programs in the workplace, and many other programs.
I have taught business courses at the college level, and coached many students in the skills of workforce readiness.
I have guided many women and younger adults through the educational, technical training selection, as well as through employability workskills readiness.
I have over twenty years of individual and group coaching experience.
My Story
I am retired. I have just turned 76 years old, and by now, you have figured out that I am a woman. I am also a widow. My husband passed away three years ago, leaving me with few assets and only half our income. Besides the greving that occurs after losing the love of your life, this is the time the vultures of our society start attacking with scams, fraud and any other way they attack someone who is in a weak and vulnerable state of mind. Whether or not you fall for these scams and frauds, you start to lose trust in humanity and to withdraw from everything and everyone. To top that off, your family, especially your grown children start to believe Mom has become incompetent to run her own life. They try to become your parent. That makes you feel even more depressed and withdrawn. You then lose your self-worth, your self-respect, and your confidence in almost everything. You start to doubt yourself in everything you do which then leads you t o become even more withdrawn from everyone and everything.
Well, one day I woke up and asked myself, "Why is this happening to me?" After forcing myself to go to a few social events, and just observing folks and talking to other older widowed women, I discovered that this situation was not only happening to me, but to many other women as well.
I started researching what programs were available for older widowed or divorced women, that addressed this type of situation, and found almost none. The few that I did find, were run by thirty year olds, who believe there is only one way to deal with older folks, and that is to put routine into your life, and only in the manner they prescribe. I then kept researching different aspects of what is really a fulfilling life, and how to get that.
After a year of researching, I decided to try to help our older population overcome the personal turmoil that I suffered.
I then started developing programs tailored for older adults that will help them to lead a fulfilling and productive life.
