Anu Osborne (she/her)
Inspirit Coaching and Facilitation, Founder and Lead
Personal and Professional Coach & Trainer, Mediator, Lawyer (ret.)
Certified Deep Coaching Professional, Certified Conflict Coach
INSPIRIT was born out of Anu’s desire to help others grow in authenticity and live meaningfully. Through INSPIRIT, Anu offers deep coaching and trainings grounded in the wisdom of the Enneagram that helps people transform their understanding of themselves, their potential and their purpose. With her guidance and support, clients can develop the enhanced awareness, authenticity, wisdom and presence that enables them to live and work with greater meaning and fulfillment.
Anu has 40 years of experience as a business owner, lawyer, mediator, coach and spiritual director. Her expertise enables her to coach, counsel and mentor individuals and organizations from a wide range of backgrounds.
Anu has bachelor’s degrees in Law and in Science from the University of Manitoba. As a legal practitioner she was drawn to peaceful and collaborative approaches and earned a Master of Laws in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the prestigious Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto. She went on to become a pioneer in the way family disputes are resolved in the legal system. She has collaborated on and mediated many workplace, injury and family disputes.
Anu has taught conflict resolution and collaboration to legal, mental health and financial professionals. She has also taught at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law and for the Law Society of Manitoba’s bar admissions program.
Her service to the legal profession includes chairing the Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution sections of the Manitoba and Canadian Bar Associations. She has served as a board member of Collaborative Professionals of Canada and is on its Professional Development Committee. She has served as a Bencher (board member) of the Law Society of Manitoba and currently serves on its Discipline committee. She has also served on its Wellness, Equity, Complaints Investigation, Competence, and Practice and Ethics committees.
Anu has contributed to the journals of the Canadian and Manitoba Bar Associations and the International Association of Collaborative Professionals and to The Lawyers’ Weekly.
Anu trained at the Deep Coaching Institute, a school certified by the International Coaching Federation. She augmented her education with training in conflict coaching, counselling and spiritual direction. She has studied and worked with the Enneagram, a highly effective personality typology and transformational system, for over 20 years.
Anu is active in the community, having served on the boards of many non-profit organizations such as the United Way and the Canadian Legal Action and Education Fund. She is currently a council member of Prairie Jubilee, a school for spiritual formation and direction.
Anu has worked with the following organizations:
- The Law Society of Manitoba
- The Lawyers Weekly – LexisNexis
- University of Manitoba (Faculty of Law)
- University of Winnipeg
- Canadian Bar Association
- Manitoba Bar Association
- Department of Justice Canada
- Province of Manitoba | Justice
- Court of Appeal
- Court of Queen’s Bench – Manitoba Courts
- Lawyer Strong
- IACP | Collaborative Law
- Collaborative Professionals of Canada
- Collaborative Practice Manitoba
- Ontario Association of Collaborative Professionals
- New Mexico Collaborative Practice Group
- Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Collaborative Divorce in Alberta
- Ontario Association of Collaborative Professionals
- Ontario Association for Family Mediation
- SEIU Benefits Group
- Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund
- Mediation | Province of Manitoba
- Mediation Services
- ADR Institute of Manitoba
- True North Coaching and Consulting: Executive Coaching
- USAP–Colorado | U.S. Anesthesia Partners
- Swedish Medical Center | HealthONE
- Rose Medical Center | HealthONE
- Victoria Hospital
- MD Financial Management: Wealth management for physicians
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
- Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre
- Financial Planning Association of Canada
- Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute
- United Way Winnipeg
- Prairie Jubilee
- ICF Prairie Chapter
I sought out coaching so that I could live my life with greater intentionality. With the Enneagram as a guide, Anu walked me through decision-making in the head, heart, and body, and gave me the ability to go from making unconscious decisions to conscious decisions that have powerful intent. Her ability to listen to a narrative and pull out recurrent themes truly helped me reflect and recognize distortions in my thinking, which has allowed me to flourish and grow both personally and professionally. I’m exceptionally grateful for her insight and gentle guidance.
Stephanie Kruger, Healthcare Leader
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Springdale
Vanita Bellen (she/her)
Executive and Physician Coach
Certified Physician Coach
Vanita specializes in leadership coaching for physicians and executives.
Vanita has served in leadership roles in home care, hospitals and at the health system level. As a healthcare executive, Vanita was instrumental in helping to transform challenging organizational cultures, re-engineer systems to improve effectiveness and implement shared leadership models.
Vanita has more than 30 years experience in process improvement, human resources and organizational and leadership development. She has helped many industries including, for-profit, non-profit, acute healthcare, behavioral health, construction, design, and social services organizations as well as government to craft creative leadership-development solutions for experienced and emerging leaders. Her background as a business leader has enabled her to work across organizational levels, from the front line to the C-suite and board of directors.
Vanita holds bachelor’s degrees in Science and in Business Administration from the University of Manitoba and a master’s degree in Health Sciences from the University of Toronto. She received her coaches training from the internationally recognized coaching school, the Newfield Network. She also holds professional coaching certifications from the International Coaches Federation and the Physician Coaches Institute. Vanita supplemented her education with certifications in neuroscience, positive psychology, resiliency and mediation. She is an administrator for personality, change management and 360-degree assessments.
Vanita is an experienced facilitator who designs and leads workshops and retreats for teams and organizations. She also teaches post-graduate students in the Strategic Human Resources and Healthcare Organizational Leadership programs at the University of Denver.
She is a writer for professional journals such as the Organizational Development Network, Training Industry and Coaching World. She is also a member of Forbes Coaches Council and a regular contributor to Forbes Expert Panels.
Vanita donates her time and skills to the non-profit sector through Catchafire, an organization that supports social good.
Vanita has worked with the following organizations:
- Innovage: Senior Care Services for Living Independently
- Eating Recovery Center
- HCA Healthcare
- Rose Medical Center
- Swedish Medical Center
- US Anesthesia Partners
- UC Health
- San Luis Valley Health
- CommonSpirit Health
- Vance Vision Clinic
- Sanford Health
- North Dakota Land Trust
- Denver Housing Authority
- El Paso County Public Health: Home
- Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority
- City and County of Denver
- ENT Credit Union
- Great Lakes Credit Union
- Colorado Access
- Hub International
- Discover Goodwill of Western and Southern Colorado
- Colorado Legal Services
- Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers
- SEIU Benefits Group
- Employers Council
- South Metro Housing Options
- Sage Hospitality Group
- RNL Design
I highly recommend Vanita to anyone who is looking to challenge themselves to grow and evolve into a stronger leader and more effective communicator.
Larry Novissimo, Associate Vice President
Ambulatory Surgery, Boulder Community Hospital