About

My degrees and primary training are as follows:
*BA Degree, Art and Business Education at California State University, Los Angeles
*MS Degree, Art/Sculpture and Industrial Arts Education, Texas A&M University, Kingsville.
*Life Skills/Wellness Mapping 360 Training for individual & corporate clients at Real Balance, Fort Collins, Colorado
My career path began as a commission artist in Fiber Arts and Jewelry Fabrication; then became program manager for University of California, Davis Craft Center to streamline operations, restore fiscal stability, and design a newly expanded facility. In my later years, I wrote articles for various magazines/journals, including Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal as a professional wellness coach. Near retirement, I independently published a variety of nonfiction lifeskill books based on my years as a coach/consultant. I continue my passion for writing with my recently published historical novel, Book One, Lady of the Street: Beginnings.

Featured Work

Lady of the Street: Beginnings

2024
Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction series (Book One): Following the brutal deaths of her father and brother, Laura steps off the ship in New York's harbor in 1898. At 18 years old, she begins her quest to be free from poverty, prejudice, and disease still haunting her Ireland home. Frightened but determined, she meets her first love. She then plunges into the shadowed corridors of Wall Street and champions those struggling with suffocating tenement living and the corruption that surround them. With courageous faith and the love of her life, she breaks through "The Street's" permeating Irish and gender walls to build a life of wealth and redemptive purpose for herself and others.

Available to purchase at https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Street-Beginnings-Sharon-Benedict/dp/B0DRD9SJ8R/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.C22X85f1Q8J0McEdLa7bXwDWnAzHFgy7w9glowptXYI.QxbE3q6xuX-nkcLZ2Fn8GjLWkRmkFbs9IMLN23-TLBo&qid=1736021079&sr=8-1

Other Works

  • Where Went My Want To? A witty & wisdom-filled thought for the day companion with practical lifeskill tips for women going through menopause and for those who love them

    2022

  • Home & Harvest: Recipes for Healthy Living

    2022

  • Celebrating Your Journey, Lifeskills in Synergy: 12 Dimensions of Practical Daily Living

    2011

  • In Daddy's Eyes: From Shadows and Secrets into the Light of Forgiveness

    2001

Awards and Recognition

  • Endorsements for book, Where Went My Want To? -- "Thank you, Sharon for the daily gems of wit, wisdom, and even whimsy.” John W. Travis, MD - Physician & Author, The Wellness Workbook, How to Achieve Enduring Health and Vitality “Of the many worthy thought-for-a-day publications helping women and those who love them journey through menopause, Sharon’s “Where Went My Want To?” is a remarkable contribution. Henna Inam, Executive Coach, Speaker, Author “Wired for Authenticity” My friend Sharon Benedict's new book ‘Where Went My Want To?’, filled with insight and inspiration, will help you both to better navigate this momentous season.” Bob Tiede, Blogger at LeadingWithQuestions.com Cru Leadership Development Team Member Author of four popular books including "Now That's a Great Question."
  • Recognition for autobiography - In Daddy's Eyes "Rarely do I have the opportunity to acknowledge someone who has been such a light for so many around her. Observing Sharon Benedict in operation today is like marveling at a brilliantly, clear rainbow after a stormy rain...Sharon inspires not only her closest friends but also the health professionals that have worked with her and her increasingly enlarging following. Her truth cannot be defined with words, only by her living. Her truth is the supreme delight of the human soul." Thank you, Sharon. A Lee Guinn, Jr, MD, ABIM
  • Endorsement for book - Celebrating Your Journey, Lifeskills in Synergy "It is a real pleasure to offer my endorsement of Sharon Benedict‘s lifeskills book...I can think of no higher recommendation than to tell you that when I was faced with a serious health challenge more than four years ago and required an ally to help me manage my return to full-time work, while in the midst of rehabilitation and recovery, I sought out the woman I considered the best wellness coach I had trained and contracted with her for wellness coaching services. Beyond the provision of direct service, the organizational skills and the ability to synthesize and compile information then put it into useful form that directly impacts a person‘s life is something else about Sharon I have been impressed with. I therefore, without reservations, recommend her book..." Michael Arloski, PhD., CEO, Real Balance Global Wellness Services