The life you keep promising yourself starts here.

CEO & Founder

Lauren Handel Zander

Kicker of But, But, Butts.

Lauren Zander is the Founder and CEO of the Handel Group, a master life coach, author, and creator of The Handel Method® and Inner.U.

She is the coach to coaches, change makers, and disruptors, as well as a pioneer in the life coaching industry and a foremost expert in love & dating. Her coaching methodology has been developed and taught at over 50 universities and institutes of learning around the world, including MIT, Stanford Graduate School of Business, NYU, and the New York City Public School System.

Lauren upholds a take-no-prisoners brand of radical personal accountability and has spent over 20 years coaching thousands of private and corporate clients to human better, including Hugh Jackman, Questlove, Miki Agrawal, and executives at Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Dropbox, BASF, and Sequoia.

She has been featured as an expert in The New York Times, BBC, Forbes, Women’s Health, Dr. Oz, and Marie Claire, and has appeared and The Handel Method has been credited on some of the world’s most popular podcasts including Impact Theory and The Tim Ferriss Show.

Director of Sales, Senior Executive Life Coach

Kimberly Cabot

Kimberly has worked with Handel Group for almost a decade. She was Director of Operations in the Corporate Division for five years before becoming a full-time Executive Life Coach.

Since 2012, Kimberly has used The Handel Method® to transform her life and the lives of her clients around the world. She co-leads workshops for organizations around the U.S. and has guided her clients to leverage The Handel Method in their lives and careers to positively impact their results professionally and personally.

Kimberly participates in cultural and executive assessments, as well as leading workshops with groups on a range of topics, including Mastering Time, Designing Your Life® and Career, and How to Have Difficult Conversations.

In her previous career, Kimberly was an organic farmer, planted vineyards, and started a winery, where she learned many important lessons about business ownership and following through on actions to make a dream come true.

Kimberly now lives in Southern California and is a certified yoga instructor. She spends her free time adventuring in nature with friends and family, lifting heavy things in the gym, and gardening. Her iconic laugh, without question, helps all those that know her to lighten up about their dark side.

President of HG Corp & Senior Executive Life Coach

Rosa Macias-Walsh

Rosa brings depth, wisdom and business savvy through her expert delivery of The Handel Method® with her clients. Before joining Handel Group® in 2012, Rosa’s career spanned 20 years in banking, finance, retail and nonprofit industries. She also served in various capacities in grants management, financial auditing, and sales compensation design for large organizations.

At Handel Group, Rosa’s primary focus has been to coach and work intensively with individuals, lead workshops for divisions and teams, and perform organizational and cultural assessments for corporate clients – businesses large and small, entrepreneurs and start-up founders. She also works with executives and teams to support and enhance their personal and professional success, ultimately positively impacting performance as humans, colleagues, and organizations.

Rosa works with a range of diverse, high-performing individuals; from celebrities to small business leaders across the U.S. and internationally, and C-suite executives in multi-million dollar companies looking to enhance their broader careers as well as their capacity to produce results they are proud of in their current roles.

Rosa has direct experience with coaching clients in these industries:

Advertising Entertainment Manufacturing Venture Capital Health Care Government Insurance Services United States Government Energy Construction Real Estate Technology Financial Non-Profit

Rosa is also key to Handel Group’s expansion and ability to impact more humans as she coaches and develops our Coaches-in-Training. Her thorough understanding of The Handel Method, and successful application of it in her own life, has set her up perfectly to train future leaders of our own business, as well as her clients’.

Fluent in Spanish and English, Rosa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Finance. She lives in Miami with her husband of 20 years, Mike, and her children, Miguel and Melina. She loves working out, the beach, and spending time outdoors with her family.

Education and Training

B.S. Business & Finance – New Jersey City University ISO Internal Auditor The Science of Well-Being Certificate – Yale University

rosa@handelgroup.com

HG Life & HG Corporate | Expert Coach

Hildie Dunn

Hildie Dunn’s natural enthusiasm and incredible heart is well suited to coaching. Her spirit, while infectious and inspiring to her clients and colleagues, is balanced by her desire to see people through not only the victories, but also the roughest patches of their lives. Her mission as a coach with Handel Group Life Coaching is to empower people to live extraordinary lives and reach their dreams with joy and intention. That’s quite a tall order, but Hildie delights in the challenge.

Hildie received her bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in Education from LaSalle University and her master’s degree in Student Personnel Work with an emphasis on Human Development from The Ohio State University. She dove into the educational world and has been committed to educating and helping people of all ages flourish ever since. She was formerly a fourth grade teacher at St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, NJ and an Assistant Dean of Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA. Hildie then saw her opportunity to help adults continue to learn and evolve when she found intenSati. She so loved this powerful heart-mind-body fitness practice that she became an instructor. As Assistant Program Manager at Johnson & Johnson, she not only led intenSati classes, but also co-led their corporate wellness program.

Hildie is also a practicing nutritional counselor, educated at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and a certified personal trainer. She brings integrity and a unique knowledge of the body-mind connection to her clients. Hildie leads Handel Group events in the New York metro area, group telecourses and she privately coaches clients. She is a mother of three young adults and she lives with one bouncy chocolate Labrador and one little Shih-poo in Bridgewater, NJ.

Head Coach

Laurie Gerber

Laurie Gerber is one of the most engaging and effective life coaches and presenters in the country.

After holding several positions at Handel Group® over the last 18 years, including President of HG Life, Laurie is currently a contractor, strategic partner and licensee of The Handel Method®.

Her specialties are high achievers, workaholics, world-change agents, daters, couples and families.

Laurie wholeheartedly believes that when “love” is truly treated as a verb, world peace is possible. She works to prove this theory every day.

Laurie leads Handel Group in helping humanity see and feel the freedom that comes with truth-telling, and cleaning up our personal pollution: lies. Hers first: in 2019, Laurie presented “The Secret-Free Diet” at TEDx Flatbush.

Between podcasts, TV appearances, TEDx, IGTV, events and workshops with Zoosk, JDate, General Assembly, BeSocialChange, IvyConnect, Ellevate and other respected organizations, Laurie impacts thousands of humans each month.

In her captivating presentations, Laurie helps participants Learn To Human Better® by teaching them the practical tools of dreaming, excuse-busting and action-planning, how to build Personal Integrity® , and the art of honesty.

When not working from her NYC townhouse, she’s meditating, jogging, or attempting to get cuddles from her 9, 19 and 21-year old kids and husband of 25 years.

Staff Coach

Amber Houmes

Amber’s passion for connecting people to their dreams began in childhood.

Her first job serving the community was in the family business, obedience training and boarding for dogs, at age six in Ohio. Amber has continued to evolve and reinvent her passion for service throughout her life, and her rebellious spirit and independent nature have led her down exciting and adventurous paths.

Amber’s ambition saw her graduate high school in Ohio a year early. She then moved to her home state of Arizona and purchased her first home by the age of 18 (and second by 19!) while she studied for her bachelor’s degree and worked full time in the fashion industry. In 2001, she moved to Central Texas and obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Tarleton State University.

In 2005, Amber spent a summer living in New York City. In 2006, back in Texas, she landed a job she loved helping people achieve their dream of homeownership. This was extremely fulfilling for Amber, and influenced her desire to go deeper in the work of helping people stand in their truth and connect to their dreams.

Enter Handel Group.

Amber was so inspired in 2013 by the huge impact Handel Group had on her as a client, she knew she had to share it with others.

Finding the humor and lightness in her “dark side” continues to be freeing, enlightening, and inspiring for Amber. She enjoys pursuing her love of horses, travel, exploring the city with friends, and her spiritual practices. Her goal is to visit one new country and one new US city every year.

Service and volunteerism has always played a huge role in Amber’s life, creating a positive ripple effect. She served with Austin SMILES as a volunteer working with children in El Salvador in 2019.

Amber now lives in Georgetown, Texas with her dogs and a “feral” cat.

Executive Life Coach

Belinda Clarke

Belinda is a Handel Group InnerU coach, trainer, consultant, and proud mother and partner. Belinda has been a coach for 2 decades, partnering with clients going through career transitions, global relocations, business expansions, new moms, school leavers, weight loss or gain, marriage, divorce -all things human really.

“I hold the flashlight for my clients so they can explore possibilities and rise up to grab them,” Belinda shares. Her passion lies in empowering individuals to discover inspired, exciting, and sometimes challenging ways to upgrade their lives with love, tenacity, and accountability. She is unwavering in her commitment to holding space for her clients’ best versions of themselves, even when they momentarily lose sight of their potential.

Belinda’s journey began in New York, where she earned a Diploma in Entrepreneurship and a Coaching Certification. While there, she also owned a thriving events company. After 20 years abroad, she returned to South Africa with her children, bringing her expertise and vibrant energy home. Since her return, Belinda has flourished as a project management consultant, trainer, and coach, achieving numerous global best practice certifications in project and change management up to the trainer level. Her approach combines her rich professional background, deep empathy, and a belief in the power of possibility, making her an invaluable partner for those ready to take bold steps toward their dreams.

Handel Group | Executive Life Coach

Zerlina Maxwell

Zerlina Maxwell is the Senior Director of Progressive Programming for SiriusXM. She is the host of “Mornings w/ Zerlina.” on SiriusXM Channel 127 and hosted “Zerlina.” on MSNBC on PeacockTV for 2 seasons. She is also the author of the book The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide (Hatchette, July 2020).

Recently, while continuing to host her daily drive time radio show, Zerlina has transformed into a expat wellness creator living in Sicily. She blends feminist storytelling, mental health advocacy, and cultural commentary to inspire global audiences through her Substack: The Inner Work Dispatch.

Zerlina was an MSNBC Political Analyst for a decade. She has worked on 2 presidential campaigns: Obama 2008 and Hillary 2016.

Zerlina is a keynote speaker and writer. She’s written for numerous national publications. Her writing focuses on national politics, candidates, and specific policy and culture issues including race, feminism, domestic violence, mental health, sexual assault, victim blaming and gender inequality.

She has a law degree from Rutgers Law School–Newark and a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University.