About Us

 

How Incredible Creatures was born!

 I, Karen, first discovered Leading from Your Strengths personality assessments in 2008. After reading the results of my online profile, for the first time in my life I had a report I could easily understand and remember. Not only that, but it focused on my strengths! Having my behavioral style identified and affirmed was such an empowering experience for me that I flew to Phoenix that summer and became certified in using the assessment with clients.

 

Betty and I both found the information so transformational that, as parents, we asked ourselves, “how could children discover their God-given strengths?’ Using our background as parents, Educators and Professional Life Coaches, we then sat down and over the next year created the Incredible Creatures Interactive Adventure.

 

We used the science behind Dr. John Trent’s Lion, Otter, Golden Retriever and Beaver behavior styles and Rodney Cox’s Leading From Your Strengths assessment. The end result was an live interactive adventure that we presented to groups of children in schools, churches, camps and families. By putting the adventure into a kit, we thought that more people could have access to it and more children world-wide could benefit from discovering their God-given strengths and find out how God made them.

 

 

Karen Van Riesen
Karen has a background in education as a homeschooler and principal of Kimberley Christian School. She has a BA in Leadership and a Ministry and Master’s Diploma in Christian Studies from Trinity Western University’s seminary, ACTS, in Langley, BC.

Karen is a Professional Coach and member of the International Coach Federation. She loves coaching people to discover their life’s purpose. She and her husband, Hank spent 5 years volunteering with Youth With A Mission in Perth, Australia before returning to Canada in 2005.

Karen and her husband have five adult children and 9 grandchildren. She loves spending time with her family, riding her bike and generally being outdoors, especially near the water.

 

 

Betty Good
Betty’s love for children and desire to see them reach their full potential drew her to the Incredible Creatures concept. For 19 years she taught primary grades in both public and Christian schools.

More recently Betty’s life journey took her to Japan to teach conversational English to all age groups. Presently she teaches ESL to immigrants in Calgary.

Betty is a Professional Coach, helping women and men who are either going through transitions in their lives or are striving to achieve their goals and dreams. She is a member of Calgary Association of Professional Coaches and International Coach Federation. Her main passion is to make a positive difference in the lives of others, no matter what age!

Betty has always been active in volunteer work: in church, community, schools, theatre and overseas missions. She has three married children and is the proud grandmother of two grandbabies.
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