Karen Putz is a deaf life coach, author, Phonak hEARo and motivational speaker. Did we mention she’s also an accomplished barefoot water skier?
Putz, “specializes in helping people unwrap the gift of passion within them.” We talked with her about her services and life, which lead her to serve as a leader in the deaf community.
The life of a Deaf life coach
Deaf life coach Karen Putz was born with hearing in the normal range. She experienced her first drop in hearing just before elementary school. In her book, Unwrapping Your Passion: Creating the Life You Truly Want, she writes about the incident that changed her life overnight.
At the age of 19, Putz was an accomplished barefoot water skier. She was also hard of hearing. She writes, “One August day, my life took a very different turn. I took a couple of barefooting runs around the lake, and during one run I decided to cross the lake. I had done it once before with success and wanted to try it again. I told my friend to go a little faster than usual so the wake would be flatter and easier to cross. My foot caught in the wake and I cart-wheeled into the water. In an instant, I went from hard of hearing to deaf. When I climbed back into the boat, I could no longer hear my friends’ voices. Their lips moved, but no sound came out.”
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