About Us

Ann M. Babiarz 

Stop worrying about money and focus on growing your net worth, your abundance, your success!

If you are looking for a proven professional who can help you, you’ve come to the right place. With 23 plus years in the coaching, financial service and legal fields, both as an employee and an entrepreneur, I made mistakes, started over, and learned the creative processes and strategies that work. Over the years I have endured some financial chaos and found myself in a conundrum due to an unforeseen devastating illness, from which I emerged transformed. I understand the critical elements needed to create a solid financial foundation. I’ve spent over 20,000 hours coaching amazing people like you: people wanting to improve their financial lives by creating healthy personal finance and investing habits.

No matter how bad your financial chaos, financial clarity is possible.

The great news is that you too can gain this clarity. The reality is you can wake up each day knowing that you have taken the appropriate steps and created solid habits toward making yourself and your family more secure and able to reach financial goals. You’ll put more time and effort into managing your money, you’ll become clearer about your financial state and you’ll become more honest with yourself. Before you know it, you’ll begin to feel relief, more in control, and perhaps even a spark of excitement about your financial future. You will be able to dream again. How will it feel to have healthy finances and peace of mind?

I draw upon my experience as a Personal Finance Specialist to help clients craft strategic plans for a successful and exciting lifestyle.

My past and current credentials include:

  • PCC (Professional Certified Coach)-International Coach Federation
  • Brian Tracy International Senior Coach & Mentor
  • Jack Canfield Trading Senior Coach & Mentor
  • Nightingale Conant Senior Coach and Mentor
  • WRLR FM Transition Magician/Blonde with the Wand-Host of Life Outside the Box (5+ year broadcast radio show) on 98.3FM from 2007-2012 & 2015-2017.
  • WLCB FM Transition Magician-Host of Life After the Box (broadcast radio show) on 101.5 FM 2020-present
  • Ancillary Services Team Member at Naples Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • Ancillary Services Team Member at Insight to Health & Wellness
  • 2007-2010 Board of Directors of the Chicago Chapter of The International Coach Federation (ICF)
  • CPC (Certified Professional Coach)-Institute of Professional Empowerment Coaching (iPEC)
  • Master Practitioner-Energy Leadership Index-Institute of Professional Empowerment Coaching (iPEC)
  • Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach-Institute of Professional Empowerment Coaching (iPEC)
  • Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach-Genos International
  • Founding Ambassador-Institute of Professional Empowerment Coaching (iPEC)
  • NASD Securities Licenses 7, 63, 65, 66 (past credentials)
  • American Council on Exercise Certified Personal Trainer (past credentials)
  • BS Metaphysics-AIHT
  • Integral in creating a platform for the top 100 financial advisors in the United States to connect with Fortune 500 executives retiring from their positions

In addition to working with individuals, I’ve had the opportunity to serve medium and large organizations, such as:

  • Aetna
  • Barrington Area Council on Aging
  • Aon/Hewitt Associates LLC
  • Hilton Hotels
  • Lake Barrington Shores Community Affairs Commission
  • Spa Vargas Wellness
  • The Garlands
  • WLCB FM
  • WRLR FM
  • VantagePoint Software

And to work with individuals referred to me from past clients and from such referral sources as:

  • Brian Tracy International
  • The Jack Canfield Training Group
  • Chicago Coach Federation
  • Exoteric
  • Institute of professional Empowerment Coaching (iPEC)
  • Nightingale Conant
  • Dr. Kent Hasen (Naples Aesthetic Plastic Surgery)
  • Dr. Nancy Vance (Insight to Health & Wellness)

Intention without action = failure………

My mission as a professional coach and consultant is to help my clients re-design their financial lives by putting the FUN in finance. This takes awareness, habit change and action!

I utilize three principles of coaching to help my clients move forward to success:

  • Blend the metaphysical with the physical — as you can see, I hold a degree in metaphysics, and I also held securities and fitness certifications and licenses and spent many years both in the financial services, legal and the fitness industries. I am well -acquainted with the physical, the monetary, and the spiritual anatomies of life as well as the keys to finding the delicate balance of each for my clients.
  • Assess: I use a number of assessment tools that build our relationship firmly on a foundation of the science of personal development.  The assessments I use provide insights about your motivations and values.  This knowledge allows you to design success, on your terms. It’s time to design your life for real this time, and in alignment with your values, motivations and goals.
  • Create and implement your plan: designing your ideal lifestyle may seem like an impossible dream.m. It isn’t. It will take awareness, action and work (but not without some fun)! This isn’t simple platitudes.  Together we will create an action plan with goals and milestones for you to celebrate along the way.

Michael A. Babiarz, JD 

With over thirty-five years of private practice, in addition to teaching at the collegiate level and consulting for small businesses and professional practices, Michael A. Babiarz offers a unique combination of experience and accessibility to serve his clients.

Michael received his Juris Doctor with High Distinction from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago where he attended on a full academic scholarship. He was staff editor of The John Marshall Law Review and has published more than one hundred scholarly and professional articles and eight books.

 

Prior to entering private practice, Michael served as a law clerk to the Honorable Howard C. Ryan, Justice to the Illinois Supreme Court. Michael has been active in both the legal and local community, teaching at William Rainey Harper College and High School District 211 Adult Continuing Education, Chairing the American Bar Association Committee on Elder Law, Serving and Chairing the Board of Directors of the Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council, and being elected to the Palatine Park District Honor Roll.

 

Michael has volunteered for numerous nonprofits in Illinois and Florida, co-hosted a broadcast radio show, performed as a professional musician and loves both his rescued greyhound and his wife Ann.