About Life Coaching

A partnership with clients in a thought provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
The ideal coaching relationship honors the client as the expert in his/her life and work, and believes that every client is naturally creative, resourceful and whole.
Incredible personal support unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. It is a partnership that focuses solely on the client’s needs, which creates courageous and empowered personal and professional growth, self awareness, and rapid achievement of goals leading to a very fulfilled and happy life, as defined by the client.

what lifecoaching isn't?

Therapy / Counseling – A Therapist is an expert who provides a diagnosis and treatment plan. They help people deal with their past, understand what happened to them, and why they do what they do. Therapy helps heal old wounds. Where as A Coach partners with their client as they are NOT an expert in the client’s life. A coach is a tool who helps clients determine their own plan or path forward. A coach propels clients toward their future; toward the life or the business they want to create.
Consulting - A Consultant is an expert who advises, provides recommendations and/or completes specific work for a business. Where as a Coach helps individuals to identify goals & challenges (personal or professional) and works with clients to overcome challenges and meet or exceed their goals much faster than they would on their own. A coach helps clients to develop their own skills rather than rely on the coach’s.
Mentoring / Training - A Mentor is an advisor or teacher who has knowledge, experience or skills to share with a mentee. They guide someone in the footsteps they have already walked. Where as a Coach does not advise or recommend rather they help a client draw on their own skills, strengths, abilities, and capabilities through intense listening, questioning and challenging in a non-judgmental approach.

life coaching myths

Myth #1 - I can coach myself or talk to my best friend
Fact: It is very difficult to create the accountability you have with a coach in a friendship or with yourself. A friend will have their own personal agenda for you, and you will likely let yourself get away with not accomplishing some of the things you set out to do.
Myth #2 - A coach can be like a nagging mother
Fact: A coach will only hold you accountable in the exact way in which you prescribe. For example, if you want them to follow-up with you on your goals once a month, then they will do just that…there is no judgment involved.
Myth #3 - I need to get myself organized or have my ducks in a row before I hire a coach.
Fact: Actually, that’s the perfect time to hire a coach…when you feel disorganized or a bit lost. A coach can help you get organized, figure out your priorities, and get focused on a direction that suits you faster and with better results than when working on these things on your own.
Myth #4 - Coaching is too expensive.
Fact: There are coaches in all ranges to fit any income. If the coach you have selected is out of your price range, ask for a referral to one that is a better financial fit. Just remember the value of hiring a coach that fits your style and needs as well as the level of experience that coach brings to the table.
Myth #5 - Coaching is just like training.
Fact: Training focuses on teaching; coaching focuses on bringing forth your own, personal wisdom.
Myth #6 – Coaching is too “out there” for e.
Fact: Coaches come in all styles and use a variety of approaches including very mainstream approaches. The key is finding a coach that suits you
Myth #7 – Coaching needs to be face-to-face.
Fact: Everyone has their own, personal preference for communication. E-mail, texting, Skype, or phone…coaching is very effective over many different mediums as well as face-to-face. Each has pros and cons. It is simply a matter of choosing something that is conducive to your needs and/or lifestyle.
Myth #8 – Working with a coach takes too much of a time commitment.
Fact: You choose the time commitment that is best for you. A coach can also help with time management so that you can create the time necessary to focus on yourself.

life coaching - the approach

Life coaching is a solution-focused one-on-one, collaborative process in which I am as a professionally trained coach going to help you, achieve personal, relationship or professional goals.
Number of tools, techniques, and processes designed to help you find what drives you, where you want to go, and the best way to get there. The relationship builds on the foundation of trust and grows through various stages. They are:

Establishing Rapport
Assessing Priority Areas
Identifying Stuck / Problem Areas
Establishing and Defining Goals
Defining the steps needed
Making the Commitment to Achieve Set Goals
Measuring Progress
Holding Accountability for Success
Celebrating Success

The Process involves answering some very focused analytical questions, which challenge your thinking and the perceived limitations. Weekly sessions focused on different challenge areas or a series of sessions focused on deeper analysis of a long term unresolved problem. Finding the root cause, the pains and the gain associated with the stuck-up situations /goals.
I am as a life coach keep you focused and challenged for action from week to week, in several ways:

By enabling you learn to identify your own defense mechanisms (the stories you tell to defend yourself)
By empowering you to disassociate from the “can’t” mind-set
By motivating you to work towards and look forward to achieving new goals
By helping you create empowering visions and beliefs

Both, I am as the coach and you as the client, work towards breakthrough solutions and achieving the set goal. New paradigms evolve leading to new solutions and life goal successes, maintaining ecological check and resulting in long-term harmonious coexistence.