Tricia Trimble, MA, CPA...Personal Coach

We ARE our experiences.....following is mine.

The corporate side of my professional past: My college career focused around Accounting and Japanese because I was good at numbers, had a knack for languages and was told Accounting was a “safe job that could pay the bills.” After graduating from Santa Clara University with a BS in Accounting and a Minor in Japanese, I went to Japan to explore another culture and fine tune my Japanese skills. This was one of the most challenging and exciting times of my life!...a time where I truly realized just how much people really are alike, regardless of the language they speak or the color of their skin. We all have the same inherent desires to be happy and fulfilled.

After my two year stint in Japan, I returned home to California and joined KPMG Peat Marwick where I worked as an Auditor. I quickly realized this was not my calling and after paying my 2 years of dues I received my CPA and began to look for something new. I joined Sony Corporation of America as an Internal Auditor, but soon learned this was pretty much the same job I had just left just under the guise of a “hip entertainment company”. I met with a recruiter in hopes of finding a new career, but the only job they could help me find was another accounting job which I didn’t want…that was of course, unless I wanted to be a recruiter. Heck..It sounded fun and I certainly wasn’t about to be an auditor again, so I took a leap of faith and started my new career in sales…and boy, did I love it!!! A job where I could interact with people and help them find new positions closer to home, with better pay, with more exciting companies. After working for a large recruiting firm where I specialized in placing accounting and finance professionals for over 3 years, I decided to join a boutique executive recruiting firm where I was able to gain experience placing people in management positions in the areas of finance, accounting, operations, sales, marketing and human resources.

The entrepreneurial side of my professional past: I decided to take another leap of faith and start a recruiting firm specializing in the placement of accounting and finance professionals with a few of my previous co-workers. It was quite an endeavor and I was able to learn the A-Z’s of starting and running a company. …And I’m happy to report that the company I co-founded, Search Finance Group, is still ranked as the 4th Largest Search Firm in Los Angeles County by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

Even though I was at the peak of my career and had achieved what I thought I wanted, I still wasn’t fulfilled. Something was missing. I kept encountering people like I used to be…Accountants who really didn’t want another accounting job, Financial Analysts who were tired of the daily grind…but, unfortunately, as a recruiter, I couldn’t really help them pursue their passions because the only jobs I could place them in were more accounting and finance jobs.

So, after taking several personal growth seminars, including the completion of Tony Robbin’s - Mastery University, I set out on a mission to find my passion…a job that I would feel truly fulfilled in…a job where I felt I was really making a difference and helping people become more fulfilled in their lives. I went back to college and got my Masters of Arts in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica. After graduating, I started taking executive coaching classes at The Coaches Training Institute and began my coaching career where I now help people lead more fulfilling and balanced lives. I also started and run an online beauty boutique called www.beautyintuition.com that inspires inner and outer beauty by enabling acts of self-love...because when you feel good, you look good!

I’ve finally found my calling and I hope I can help you find yours, too!