Kelley Kosow

Kelley Kosow is an author, speaker and coach, and the CEO of The Ford Institute. She describes herself as supporting the evolution of thought leaders, influencers and motivated individuals around the globe.

Her path began with a life that looked complete on paper. She attended an Ivy League school, became an attorney, married, built a big house, traveled widely and raised three daughters, yet she felt trapped. She searched for answers through books, affirmations, workshops, ceremonies and consultations with psychics and astrologers. In time she realized that nobody else held her answers, and that change had to start from the inside out.

That realization brought her to The Ford Institute in 2002, which was founded by New York Times best-selling author Debbie Ford. As a student she immersed herself in the work, and she says her life transformed: she worked through a divorce, changed her relationship with food and her body, and built a new home and career. Her own healing led her to become a Master Integrative Life Coach. Soon after certifying she was selected as a teacher and core faculty member, and eventually became leader of The Ford Institute. She continues Debbie Ford's legacy there, leading the development and teaching of its programs, including The Shadow Process.

Kelley is the author of The Integrity Advantage: Step into Your Truth, Love Your Life, and Claim Your Magnificence, a step-by-step guide to shedding the ways we are out of integrity and living in alignment with our deepest truths. She offers VIP executive coaching, corporate programs, workshops and speaking, drawing on her expertise in the individual and collective shadow and in integrity. She also writes an Ask A Coach blog, The Fierce Life, which closes each post with practical action steps.