What Is Life Coaching?

You need to get In Tune.

Many of these self-defeating patterns are unconscious, so they are invisible to us. This is where a great coach can be really valuable. They can help you spot your incongruencies and then go to work to resolve them.

When you remove these constraints…

• You overcome your limiting beliefs, emotions, and behaviours.

• You achieve your goals.

• You expand the possibilities for your life and create freedom.

• You're able to live from a place of abundance and possibility instead of from a place of scarcity, limitation, and fear.

• Ultimately, you become a more magnificent version of yourself.

Learning to be a coach has enabled me to develop a healthier relationship with my emotions, to not get dragged into the abyss of deep depression and despair that defined my early adulthood.

It's given me a greater sense of self-acceptance and helped me overcome the deep sense of inadequacy I felt since adolescence.

It's made me more resilient, better able to cope with challenging situations in my life. I've been more willing to get out of my comfort zone and take risks because I know that I can handle whatever happens as a result.

Coaching has given me a new set of lenses, frames, and distinctions that I take through my life.

These have given me insight and clarity as to who I am, where I'm incongruent and where I need to do the work to go to my next level.

It's empowered me to go from breakdown to breakthrough, to move beyond a victim mentality and to be the author of my life.

It’s allowed me to own that I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions…. and to more consistently make decisions that are in tune with supporting my growth and goals.

As a coach, I fulfil several roles for my clients:

• A guide: I help you go from where you are now to where you want to be. I put a plan in place to get there, including the actions you'll need to take, the habits, the mindsets, and the things you'll need to learn. I give you feedback so you know if you're moving in the right direction or if you need to take steps to course-correct.

• A catalyst for your growth, transformation, and success. A catalyst doesn't change a process; it accelerates it. I believe you're already going to succeed in your life. I'm just here to help make it happen faster, more efficiently, and better for you to get more of what you want. I facilitate your movement towards an even more extraordinary version of yourself in the domain where you're struggling.

• A sanctuary for you to feel OK and normalised where you already are – broken, imperfect, feeling stuck, ashamed, afraid, sad, confused – rather than making you feel wrong for being there. I create a refuge where all of your most shameful and secretive thoughts and feelings are welcomed so you can feel safe, relaxed, and process your experiences.

• An educator: I educate you on why you're stuck, and on your behaviour and patterns. I notice where your thoughts, words, and behaviours aren't in tune with your goals and reflect that back to you without judgement. I offer you frames and models to understand the domain I'm supporting you in so that you get clarity and understanding.

• A cheerleader who reflects your shifts and progress and celebrates your every success. I have faith in you and affirm my belief with you that “you can do it.”

• A visionary: I hold a vision of your future success that's bigger than the one you have for yourself and inspire you towards that. I honour where you currently are, but hold a fierce belief in your future greatness.

• A support as you go through transition or transformation. I give you the minimum amount of support that you need so you can do it for yourself, acclimate, and develop the self-esteem and coping that results.

• A collaborator: I help you to find the answers rather than just telling you what to do or trying to control you. Through collaborating we create emergent possibilities that are better than what either one of us would come up with alone.

The value my coaching uniquely provides has enabled my clients to feel uplifted and inspired as they get new perspectives on their challenges. They experience clarity and insight that have empowered them to transcend their old, defeating patterns and make decisions that are more aligned with who they want to be and what they want to achieve. They have profound shifts in their mindset, emotions, and behaviours and get stronger every week.

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