• Coaching originated with top-achieving corporate individuals and sports athletes. It has now become a wide-spread phenomenon amongst successful individuals in all walks of life.
• Coaching is a unique skill set honed from great philosophers and positive thinkers over the centuries. These go as far back as Socrates, Lao Tzu and religious prophets. Coaching unites their wisdom with modern positive psychology.
• Coaching combines a positive outlook, active listening, powerful questioning and an open mind while challenging and helping people to define and create their own happiness and success.
• Coaching helps you to take responsibility for your life, let go of what others think and take action to create the self and life you want. It’s about you creating the happiness in life that you want and deserve.
• Simply put, Coaching is where you work with someone to redesign yourself, your environment and your life. And then take action to implement it…
• Life is getting busier by the day and the world around us constantly tells us what to do next, think next and buy next.
• Coaching, which supports you to look within for your own answers, has never been more important or relevant than now.
• We guarantee you’ll be inspired and leave with an action plan!

Imagine someone who helps you define what you want, who listens and accepts you as you come up with your own action plan. Someone who is non-judgmental and supports you. You talk with them regularly – whether you’ve messed something up or had a great success – and review, learn and push on to where you want to be in life. I coach will:

• Work with you to acknowledge honestly where you are, and define where you want to be.
• Listen, ask questions and challenge you to raise your awareness and increase possibilities and choice.
• Help you identify an action plan, and move forwards.
• Hold you accountable for what you have said you will do.
• Help you review and celebrate successes, and re-plot your course as you go.

One of the key reasons coaching works is that you are regularly held accountable – for what YOU have said you will do. It’s all too easy to put other people, or perhaps more urgent but less important tasks ahead of your own personal growth.

Coaching works because it’s all about you. When you really connect with what you really want and why you really want (or don’t want) something, magical things happen.

One of the most exciting things about coaching is the buzz you get when you push out of your comfort zone, come up with a plan and put it into action! Taking action takes on a whole new meaning as you re-create your life the way you want it.

Action begets inspiration, not the other way around. 

There are a number of reasons why people hire a coach, but some of the reasons I have noticed are:

1. To get UNSTUCK from a problem or nagging issue.
2. To create MORE TIME and REDUCE STRESS: Simplify and re-prioritize your life. Learn how to find BALANCE and live your busy life in a way that fits you.
3. To find CALM and INNER PEACE: Learn to relax and befriend your inner critic.
4. To get CLARITY and FOCUS. What do you want and why? Step back and clarify your life, dreams and desires into goals.
5. To create MORE HAPPINESS: Take steps to create joy, balance and harmony in your life.
6. To IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS: Raise your personal awareness and self-understanding so you can tune into yourself and others better.
7. To find FREEDOM! Freedom is created by taking responsibility for your life, coming up with your own options, solutions and taking ACTION.
8. To create MORE EASE: Take control of your life, view life more positively and handle setbacks more quickly and easily.
9. To find or become the AUTHENTIC you. Who are you? Learn to love and accept yourself.
10. To GAIN SELF-CONFIDENCE: Learn to trust your intuition and inner wisdom, improve your self-belief. Also, identify your strengths and where you may be holding yourself back so you can develop to your full potential.

Coaching is about focusing on POSSIBILITY not Probability – try new things, take risks, get out of your comfort zone and soar!

Ultimately, Coaching helps you see you are the expert on your life; it’s about YOU designing YOUR future.

Coaching does NOT provide the answers, YOU do.

People don’t realize they have all the answers they need. It’s easier to believe someone else – perhaps an expert – has the answers for us. In those moments when of being stuck it’s very easy to seek path of least resistance, in this case just tell me what to instead of doing the work to find the answers.

But I am a firm believe no one can tell you what is best for YOU or what you truly want – only you know that!

Both Counselling and Coaching use the core skills of listening, asking questions, raising awareness and moving a person forward.

Counselling and therapy however tend to be about treating/curing a problem or number of issues in the present – by looking into the past. Counselling and therapy may also include psychiatry and diagnosis, neither of which are part of coaching.

Coaching is about moving from the present into the future – by setting goals and specifically taking action to move you there.

Coaching:

• Is about your CREATIVITY
• Is TASK focused – taking ACTION is essential!
• Is largely FUTURE focused – moving people towards specific GOALS and objectives
• Relies on the client for the answers – the CLIENT IS THE EXPERT, not the coach

Think of it like this: THERAPY heals the past; COACHING designs the future.

• Coaching sessions are typically held over the phone, often with a consultation or the first session held in person. This helps you to focus with the minimum of distractions.
• In the early sessions we work together to establish where you are and define what you want to get out of the Coaching. After some exploration you set goals – which are essential so you know what direction you are heading.
• As part of the session we brainstorm options and possibilities for your action plan. This is an essential part of coaching – as you identify (or perhaps admit to yourself!) possible ways forward.
• At each session you create and commit to your action plan for the upcoming period.
• We talk on a regular (usually weekly) basis to evaluate and discuss your progress.
• We celebrate your successes and delve deeper into the areas where you are not moving forwards. Which actions did you complete? Which did you not? What got in the way? This review lets us know if you are moving forwards and pinpoints issues if you are not.
• During each session I listen, ask questions, challenge, encourage and support you, offering feedback and observations as necessary. I operate as a neutral observer to help you grow.
• Sometimes we might focus in on a particular area during a session.
• We may tackle to challenging topics at times but know that this is about YOU and getting to your ultimate goal. Sometimes that terrain may get bumpy but at least you have someone that cares and won’t judge by your side.
• Sometimes you will receive some ‘home fun’, perhaps an exercise or a quiz to complete.

Coaching keeps you focused and holds you accountable as you take steps towards who you want to be and the life you want to have. Most importantly, coaching is your sacred ‘you-time’ to look forward to each week! We will have a good time!

Totally up to you beyond your initial coaching agreement.

The initial coaching contract term is for 3 months (3 1-hour sessions per month). After which you are automatically rolled into a monthly coaching agreement until you choose to cancel in writing. Specific terms can be found in the coaching contract.

Some people have had a relationship with their coach for 1-2 years and more, while some people achieve great value from just 3 months – especially if they are highly motivated and want to work through a specific issue.

My request is that people simply stay with me as long as they love the coaching experience and feel like they are getting great value!

ANYONE! Our clients are smart, strong, successful and passionate HUMANS. We all get to places in our lives where you just need a safe space to chart your course forward; or want more out of life. As long as you are open to the process and the changes that come along with it, we are here to partner with you.

In my opinion everything happens for a reason and you landed on our page for a reason. So, your gut feel/intuition has already answered that question for you. But since you asked, coaching works at every stage of your personal evolution. It is not meant to override therapy or any approach you may be taking to make sense out of life. It is quite alright to have a therapist and a coach for instance. The important detail is that you are honest with yourself in each space so that you are getting what you need. Ask yourself, am I ready to commit to process of changing? Am I ready to be accountable for my life, choices, and consequences?

If so, we are with you all the way!