Her Story
About Tammy
Tammy OCain serves as a master life coach for the non-profit Family Guidance Center of Alabama, where she helps women navigate life's challenges by creating SMART goals and strategic plans. She assists clients with education pursuits including high school diplomas, GEDs, college enrollment, FAFSA completion, job training, resume tailoring, cover letters, and references. Previously a social worker with the state of Alabama, Tammy draws from 14 years of experience in the field. She is also the owner of Want to Travel Agency, an independent agency she has run for 4 years that curates travel memories, experiences, and tours for individuals and families. Tammy earned a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management and Administration with a minor in Sociology. Her certifications include accredited master life coach, Go Builder, customer service, and Colors Training. She belongs to Who's Who Among America's Distinguished Women and the National Society of Leadership and Success, and volunteers with Joseph's Storehouse, a local non-profit providing essentials to the community. Inspired by her mother, a nurse, Tammy is passionate about empowering others and mentoring women in both life coaching and entrepreneurship.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Tammy
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
The first thing that I would say is, Let's find out why you're wanted to go into the field. Because this is something that you do have to have a passion for it. And you don't want to just work, you want to enjoy what to do. So I will sit down with her, and let's decide What are your whys? Why do you want to go into this field? Why is this important to you? And then once she decides, you know, why she actually wants to go into this particular career field, then let's set up some goals as far as achieving those. Get into the career field. There may be things that you may need to do, start off. Once you desire that passion, and we sit down and write those whys, I would recommend some books to actually read, on emotional intelligence, on actual self-development, to take a deep dive to determine if this is something that you really want to do. And then has come up with some goals and a plan to help navigate, get into this field, and also provided some tips Maybe possibly even some shadowing to actually shadow to see what it is to do on a day-to-day basis.
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