Life Coaching

 

Life coaching supports anyone who is:

  • Going through a major life transition.
  • Waking up to deeper awareness of your identity as a mentor, healer, leader.
  • Searching for meaningful ways to access and express your creative potential.
  • Feeling stuck, unfulfilled, unchallenged, wondering what happened to an earlier sense of promise.
  • Making or revising plans for a "next act" that is vital, enlivening, and purposeful.

 What to expect from coaching with me:

  •  Greater clarity on what's really important to you. 
  •  Greater alignment between your talk and your walk.
  •  Greater confidence in your skills to be creative and resourceful about your future.
  •  A collaborative process that weaves your best self more fully into your life.

 

I think of life as a continuous series of initiations. We're always in flux whether we're at the beginning, middle, or end of whatever developmental stage we're passing through.  Adapting to change is an art and a skill that, if cultivated, will serve us well throughout life. Having a coach provides support for us to adapt and grow as we encounter life’s inevitable changes.

As a coach I can be an ally to listen for the underlying conversation that is not always clearly heard on the surface. I enjoy helping to identify and track the honest and sometimes daunting versions of our truths that are sourced from deep within. I can help you articulate visions and larger life goals, develop strategies for achieving them, and keep you focused on the practical details of accomplishing them. Coaching can also remind us to lighten up, play more, and notice how capable we are of enjoying what’s actually working now.

I work with clients in person, by phone, or Skype and have found that an hour-long conversation twice a month creates an effective coaching relationship.  My clients tend to have full lives and are trying to sort out their choices so the busyness doesn’t drain away a deeper sense of fulfillment. Many of us are searching for ways to quiet the noise and stress of so much activity so we can actually listen to our heart’s desires. Fears and distractions can often make it difficult to literally hear yourself think.

Sometimes we can only notice when something unexpected -- an accident, death, illness, or breakup of a relationship -- shocks us into paying attention. Major predictable life transitions -- turning 30, 40, 50, 60, or 70, career changes, moving, approaching retirement -- allow a more gradual awakening to new and different choices.

We are always making choices about our lives, but occasionally we need to determine which way to proceed at a significant fork. It usually boils down to "Do I want change or am I happy with the status quo?" Either choice presents challenges and the more clarity we bring to those decisions, the more likely we are to choose fulfilling options.