What do you want from life?
Let's go get it.
Life doesn't make it easy, does it? We've all felt tied up by feelings of:
Busyness
Confusion
Uncertainty
Being overwhelmed
Not sure where or how to start
Anxiety about others' expectations or criticisms
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Adults who want to grow or have goals they want to achieve. Some find themselves facing a personal or professional transition and need to find their way forward. Some are moving from one stage of life to another.
Absolutely. Some examples of areas I've worked with people on include: major life decisions like career or where to live; managing major personal projects; doing a job search; managing relationships; settling on specific goals to focus on when there are lots of options and distractions; dealing with their (or a loved one's) AD/HD, and more!
Yes! I have helped many people successfully find their next job, or, do a complete career change. My clients typically make those transitions faster, with less stress, and often for higher compensation, than they would trying to do it alone.
Usually, you'll be meeting with me by phone for about an hour every two weeks, over a period of 3-6 months. How long we work together is completely up to you. We might work on one project and you're done, or you might want to shift our focus to another project after we finish the first.
I don't force my clients to sign a contract for any pre-determined period, they decide how long they want to work with me. Clients choose to continue working with me because they're continuing to see results that excite them.
By "coach" I mean someone who partners WITH their clients, since they're the experts on their situation, what they want, what they've tried, what they're good at, what they're not good at, etc. We work together to clarify their goals, then, every session, work together producing a clear, workable action plan they can and will actually do, which is carefully crafted to measurably move them forward.
Clients often report that they're seeing progress from our very first meeting.
A typical 60-minute session begins with a check-in, going over progress made on the action steps we created in our previous session, how it went, what you learned, what you want to improve, etc. Then, we move on to what specifically you want to work on in this session.
Once we've defined the outcome that'll be most helpful to you, we start looking at the issue from all the relevant angles and working towards creating 1-3 action steps you can and will take before our next meeting. We make sure that what we end up with meets the goal you set for our session, adjusting if needed. We make sure you get what you want and need to meet the goals that are important to YOU.
This structure is proven to have you making measurable movement towards your goals quickly!
A coach is focused on working WITH their client almost as a partner and helping them move towards the future. Counseling and therapy typically deal with the past.
As a coach, I work with you on your "What" and concrete action plans. A counselor is interested in "why" a person is struggling with something. I assume my clients are emotionally healthy and able to act and grow. Counselors work with people around issues where the client needs healing before they can move forward in a particular area of life. I refer people to counselors or therapists when it seems like that kind of work would be helpful for them.
It can actually be ideal for some people to work with both a coach and a counselor at the same time. The counselor helps the client understand and heal, while the coach is helping them implement the practical action steps that move them forward. I've had several clients who happened to be working with a counselor at the same time who had the counselor tell them to keep working with me after they were done with counseling.
I've found most people have never experienced true professional coaching, so they don't know what it is, how it works, or what it can produce for them. And they obviously haven't worked with me before.
The "discovery" call is for you -- to give you the opportunity to actually experience a real coaching session so you know what it is and can create for you, and also, to give you enough of an experience to be able to decide whether or not you'd like to work with me. So, you'll come to the end of that session with valuable insights and specific action steps you can start implementing immediately. Even if we decide not to work together, you'll get something valuable to take away.
It's pretty common for people to get to the end of the call feeling amazed at the progress they made in just that one hour on an issue they've been dealing with for a very long time.
I don't feel the need to "sell" people, they decide for themselves, usually long before the end of this session, if working with me is going to be valuable to them, and that's the way it should be.
What sets coaching apart from other helping professions is the focus on enabling and supporting action undertaken by the client. Coaching is about helping the client be clear about their goals and then doing what it takes to move them measurably towards realizing those goals.
Sometimes a person just isn't ready, doesn't want, or is unable to take action. Some only want to talk about possibilities; be told what their goals should be; have the coach do the action steps for them, or they need some serious emotional healing before they're able to take action. Unless something changes, these people probably aren't a good fit for working with a coach.
and here's why I can help you
Please read this if you're thinking about not moving ahead on coaching with me.