The Woman Who Helps You See What You're Still Capable Of
For more than two decades, I have worked with women at the moments that matter most — reinvention, visibility, creative expansion, and the threshold they cannot seem to cross alone.
My name is Lynne Klippel.
Over the years, my work has taken many forms: librarian, educator, technical writer, publisher, ghostwriter, and mentor. Each one taught me something different about what women are capable of — and what quietly gets in the way.
I ghostwrote 65 books for wealthy business leaders and helped hundreds more writers, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders bring their work into the world. I was very good at holding other people's possibilities.
For a long time, I had trouble seeing my own.
The pattern- and why it became personal
During 24 years of working with women in retreats, courses, and individual mentoring, I kept seeing the same thing.
Brilliant, capable women would arrive at the threshold of something larger — more visibility, more authority, more creative expression, more of what they had worked toward for years. They were ready. Their work was ready. Then they would stop.
Not because they lacked talent. Not because they needed a better plan. They stopped because something inside them had quietly decided it was not safe to move forward. It showed up as perfectionism, procrastination, endless preparation, or the decision to stay small when something larger was calling.
I know this because I lived it myself.
I struggled to raise my rates, got stuck in people-pleasing and overwork because I was intimidated by wealthy clients, and, ironically, could not market my own books—even though I was great at marketing books for other people.
I lost track of how much money I spent on fixing myself with courses, masterminds, and coaching programs. They all offered me useful information, but the problem wasn’t a lack of ideas… it was that I was stuck repeating the same behaviors every time I tried to grow.
Finally, it reached a crisis point: I was so burned out from struggling with life and work that my hair started to fall out.
In desperation, I began to study subconscious patterns caused by trauma, inherited fears that tell women it is dangerous to be seen, and a wide variety of spiritual healing tools.
In time, I got better. Life was brighter. I felt hope again, and that hope opened up all sorts of possibilities for me.
I started to cautiously share some of these tools with women who were suffering from writer’s block, procrastination, and what I call ‘pre-shrinking’— so afraid of rejection that they don’t even try to get in the game.
This blend of healing tools and strategic thinking worked! It felt weird and hard to explain. My early clients were shocked to be talking about a forgotten event from kindergarten that was still impacting them decades later.
But things started to happen. Women got braver. They asked for more money, respect, and support. One left a soul-crushing marriage. Another finished her book after five years of frustration. Others had difficult conversations in which they were finally able to say what they wanted. One redesigned the work that was sucking her dry. Another started a business and found she could support herself with it. Another woman cleared a lifelong fear of being seen, caused by an overheard conversation in her early teens.
However, this work was not for everyone. One woman was unwilling to look at her childhood trauma. Another felt uncomfortable attending to practical details like setting up a business bank account. I discovered that I can’t help everyone…but I can help some women profoundly.
Me, in a nutshell
In 2012, I moved to the Andes Mountains of Ecuador with two suitcases and more hope than certainty. I live there now with two rescue dogs, Chester and Ellie Mae, overlooking a sacred valley where eagles fly. The air smells like lavender and eucalyptus.
I grew up on a Minnesota farm, the oldest of five, with four younger brothers. I learned steadiness, fairness, and the incredible value of faith. Those lessons are still in daily use.
I am a lifelong reader and incurably curious. I married the love of my life the day after my 60th birthday. I’m also a mother and a grandmother. My family holds my heart.
The practical stuff
I’m good at school and have invested lots of time in learning. I was nearly finished with a PhD until I realized that I didn’t want to be a professor. If you feel comforted by education, I have a Bachelor’s in Education, a Master’s in Occupational Therapy, and more certifications than I can track.
I studied coaching with Thomas Leonard, the founder of the coaching industry, as well as a host of the top leaders in online business. I also had a long career in the corporate world, where I learned about metrics, politics, and leading teams.
My primary healing certifications are in Edward Mannix’s Compassion Key, Joel Young’s Non-Personal Awareness, and Gulara Vincent’s Intergeneration Healing. I’ve studied with each of these teachers for more than a year and earned advanced certifications from each.
The bottom line: I’ve had a long career and learned from both dazzling success and crushing failure.
My superpowers are deep listening, seeing possibility, and making terrible puns at exactly the right moment.
If we work together, we will laugh a lot, cry a little, and find the path forward that is right for you.
If you have read all this information and are still curious, that is a sign.
Something in your awareness is nudging you to explore if we might be able to work together on your goals.
We won’t know the answer until we have a chat. Not a sales call, because they feel icky, but a heart-to-heart conversation about where you are and what you want.
Come to the Hall of Mirrors with me for a safe exploration of what’s right in your current reality and what’s possible next. It’s my gift to you.