Personal Coaching Services

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible
is to venture a little way past them to the impossible." ~ Arthur C. Clarke

Are you looking to…

Transform your life into something more balanced and satisfying?
Open the door to a revitalizing, life-changing way of thinking?
Discover how to implement step-by-step strategies to set goals and meet them?
Learn to align your talent and ambition to produce truly startling results?

If you are ready to unlock your potential, then I invite you to explore a coaching partnership with me, to get from where you are to where you want to be.

What is PERSONAL COACHING?

Personal Coaching is a new and rapidly growing field. My coaching practice is different from what I offer in therapy or counseling. The focus of our work together is on your strengths, developing personal goals and increasing excellence through personal empowerment.

In coaching we address specific personal projects, business successes, general conditions and transitions in your personal life, relationships or profession. Coaching is a forward thinking pragmatic approach to achieving goals.

Coaching is usually focused on areas such as: 

• Relationships and Intimacy
• Stress Management and Balance
• Spirituality and Personal Growth
• Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development
• Career Planning and Development
• Motivation and Time Management
• Creativity for Artists
• Health, Aging, Lifestyle and Self-Care
• And much more

How we work together in a coaching partnership

We start by examining what is going on right now, discovering what your obstacles or challenges might be, and choosing a course of action to make your life what you want it to be.

When clients begin coaching with me they usually want help in revamping some aspect of themselves they find deficient. I invariably suggest they begin their process of change by first examining their current strategies – either they are life-enhancing or not. Once people have a better idea of how they predictably generate responses to life's challenges, they can begin to generate new ideas and new responses to get new outcomes. Rather than focusing on what's "wrong", I help people understand what's working well, and what they need to be doing differently.

During our work together I’ll encourage you to set targets and a series of actions to help you reach them. The actions will be a step-by-step approach. For example, if you are stressed from overworking you may set a target of reducing the amount of hours you spend on work-related tasks by 20% within three months. I would then assist you in learning strategies to achieve that goal.

As useful as focusing on goals is, it’s important to recognize that we aim for goals in order to satisfy needs.

For instance, in the example of the goal to reduce your time spent working. What might be the underlying need? Could it be in order to give you more time to satisfy your love and belonging needs by improving your relationships? Or perhaps in order to help you satisfy your self-actualization needs and achieve fulfillment in an area of personal importance?

Another way of exploring underlying needs is to ask ourselves - What are the outcomes that I want to achieve?

In other words, what is the end result you are hoping to achieve with your particular goal? That outcome will usually be something related to a personal need expressed in terms of fulfillment or satisfaction.

Outcomes could include one or more of the following:

• Greater job satisfaction
• A more harmonious relationship with less conflict in it
• Feeling better about yourself and more confident
• A more healthy and balanced lifestyle

For example, if you are thinking of setting a goal for yourself of running your own business within two years, the positive outcomes could include:

• Greater independence
• More satisfaction with your job
• A sense of personal fulfillment

It’s also important to clarify whether there will be potential negative outcomes from achieving your goal and weigh these against the positive outcomes. You might reflect that achieving the goal of running your own business could produce some negative outcomes, such as:

• Less security and stability
• Pressure on your relationships

Understanding the outcomes supports the process of setting goals in a number of ways:

1. By clarifying what benefits you are hoping to achieve with your goals
2. By clarifying potential downsides from achieving the goals
3. By helping you to explore whether the goals you initially set are in fact the best way of creating the outcome that you want.

When you’re having difficulty motivating yourself to achieve your goals, my support as your coach can be invaluable in helping you to refine them, to help achieve the outcomes you desire and plan how to deal with potential negative outcomes.

What I bring to our coaching partnership

• My background gives me insight into distinct cultures as well as the challenges and transitions they often create.
• I bring a passion for learning as I’m always expanding my horizons through classes, training and reading and I’ll encourage you to do the same.
• I love people. I'm curious to learn who they are, how they operate and what their personal belief system and personal strategies are.
• I model a welcoming attitude to life by being open and flexible and creating meaningful rituals.
• I am also fearless. This quality is often necessary when we need to push through obstacles that may appear insurmountable.
• I use mindfulness as a way to stay present and conscious in all that I do, including coaching.
• I get to the “heart” of the matter so that your goals are aligned with your needs.
• My training as a therapist gives me additional insight and tools to work with.

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My Commitment to You:
I’m dedicated to guiding you through the process of learning new or refining old skills to develop optimal strategies for everyday success. Together we will expand your ability to consistently make choices that contribute to your happiness and that of those around you.

Getting started

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