 Personal coaching is the process that empowers individuals to realize their potential and to create a full and meaningful life—whatever that means—for them. It encourages individuals to examine their deepest held values and to ignite and stoke the fire of their dreams or vision. It unleashes energy and sparks creativity and allows individuals to pursue their reason for being—their big picture life Agenda.
Coaching is a personal growth and development process with a supportive partner who holds your vision with you and who supports you in the process of overcoming the obstacles to your vision. I think of my coach as my life alliance buddy. He holds me accountable for what I say I will do on my evolving journey of realizing what is meaningful to me.
At the beginning of our coaching relationships, my clients came to me making the following kinds of statements:
- I want to get up in the morning and be excited about my job and my career not dreading another day of doing the same old thing.
- I know I'm not doing the right thing (job) but I don't know what I really want to do.
- I want to grow my business to the place where I can pay every bill that comes in the door that day and be done with it.
- I want to feel more balance in my life; right now I'm all work and very boring to be around. All I can talk about is my job and I want so much more.
- I want to feel excited about my life and my relationships and I'm not.
- I am making a significant transition in my life right now and I'm unsure about what comes next or what I should do next.
- I know what I want to do and I'm scared to death to go for it.
With a strong and steady commitment to our coaching relationships, many of these clients have achieved truly great things and are happier and more excited about what is possible for them than ever before. Also, their vision for what is possible for them has expanded dramatically and keeps on evolving.
Coaching can help you:
Create the life you really want
Create greater balance between your work life and the rest of your life
Create better relationships
Overcome the obstacles to your success
Accomplish what you want
Achieve freedom from the chains that bind you
To read a few quotes from clients who have coached with me, please visit the clients section of the website or click here. Let them tell you in their own words how coaching has impacted them and their lives.
If you aren't sure about coaching or the process, sample as many coaches as you need to in order to feel comfortable. Most coaches offer complimentary "sample" sessions with prospective clients which gives both you and the coach the opportunity to get a sense of what it would be like to work together. Coaching styles differ and it's important to find the coach that's right for you.
In engaging with me as your coach, this is what to expect:
- The Intake Interview—a focused two hour session on clarifying your values and what you want for your life. You receive a write up based upon what we discover in this session.
- Following the intake interview, we set up a monthly coaching schedule customized to the demands of your schedule. Clients coach with me anywhere from two to four times per month for a total of two hours each month. In order to give the coaching process the necessary time to evolve there is an initial committment to work together for six months. Thereafter we go month to month until you feel complete in the process.
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