OLYMPIC VALLEY, CA—During the opening session at the GlobeSt Women of Influence conference at the Everline Resort and Spa, Erin Aldrich-Shean, Founder of Ascension Coaching & Consulting, Olympic high jumper, former CRE executive, and performance, mindset and career coach, shared a deeply personal journey of transforming pain into purpose.
As a former Olympic high jumper and CRE executive turned performance coach, she recounted how a traumatic experience shaped her career trajectory.
"I vividly remember the day I told my parents I wanted to be an Olympian," Aldrich-Shean began. "They supported me wholeheartedly, trusting my coach to guide me. What they didn't know was that my coach, a married man, exploited my vulnerability at 16. It was a painful realization years later to understand that I had been groomed."
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Natalie Dolce
Natalie Dolce, editor-in-chief of GlobeSt.com and GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, is responsible for working with editorial staff, freelancers and senior management to help plan the overarching vision that encompasses GlobeSt.com, including short-term and long-term goals for the website, how content integrates through the company’s other product lines and the overall quality of content. Previously she served as national executive editor and editor of the West Coast region for GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum, and was responsible for coverage of news and information pertaining to that vital real estate region. Prior to moving out to the Southern California office, she was Northeast bureau chief, covering New York City for GlobeSt.com. Her background includes a stint at InStyle Magazine, and as managing editor with New York Press, an alternative weekly New York City paper. In her career, she has also covered a variety of beats for M magazine, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, FashionLedge.com, and Co-Ed magazine. Dolce has also freelanced for a number of publications, including MSNBC.com and Museums New York magazine.
