WHAT COACHING IS:

Coaching is about self-actualization. It’s about igniting your potential in all areas that matter to you, one at a time, (activating a chain reaction where one area catalyzes another).

Coaching is a process in which the client and coach are equal partners. The client is both star and director, and the coach is your support, challenger, and cheerleader. Coaching does not diagnose. It works with who you are today and where you want to get to. That said, integral coaching does take into account the whole of who you are in terms of not just thoughts, but also what you feel and sense. It works to uncover your underlying motivations and perceptions, to unlock your full potential. It is a development path that helps you not just to do things, but to become yourself in a way that frees your spirit and creative approach. It broadens your responses to life. You will know it is working if you feel freer, and more lighthearted and excited despite the growth curve of moving into changed ways. You will grow deeply connected to yourself and expand your concept of self-acceptance, even wonderment and joy. It is your Coach’s job to show you how wonderful you are and help you expand on that at the same time that we attenuate the challenges. As your Coach, I listen deeply, confirm my understanding, and use powerful questions and messaging to expand your perceptions and thus choices. With some brainstorming, you will be able to see new opportunities and resources and develop your action steps. You will gain momentum as you make changes incrementally that truly match your readiness.

As your Coach, my job is not to feed you the ‘fish’ but to empower you to fish for yourself. I will add in spots of information where it makes sense. We don’t need you to have to learn to reinvent the rod or the hook – unless you want to!

COACHING IS…

1) CLIENT-DRIVEN – i.e. YOU are considered the expert of your life regarding what will work for you and when. It is a highly interactive relationship between equals. It is finely tuned to the nuances of your uniqueness and the environment in which you have to operate. (Coaches do not need to be an expert of your environment because you bring that part into the equation.)

2) ACTION and ACCOUNTABILITY-Humans are wired to resist discomfort. We know you are smart and will understand what gets revealed. Your coach is your partner to get you through the hurdles of shifting out of your comfort zone. You are not accountable to your coach, only to yourself. What matters is that your Coach’s consistent presence and encouragement provides the structure for that.

Coaching works whether your goals and dreams are around work, love, handling transitions, hobbies or having more time to relax. It works no matter your role(s): professional, business, creative, home manager, retired etc. Coaching believes every human has great potential to be tapped. Become your own version of an Olympian!

BENEFITS

This process empowers clients to dramatically improve their outlook in all areas of their personal and professional life while developing their skills and unlocking their potential. Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Put First Things First) defined leadership as “communicating other’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.” When you first undergo this experience for yourself, you will be able to transfer this skill into enhancing your leadership roles with others.

More specifically, Coaching with the Enneagram Personality System:

•Is customized to work with the strengths and challenges of your personality and  your  environment

•Expands insights, tools, and resources

•Generates clarity of Purpose, Mission and Vision

•Aligns Values, Passions, and strengths

•Provides support for ongoing setting and completion of Goals and Action Steps

•Incorporates your holistic needs for work, love, and life

•Moves you into an improved sense of living in alignment with who you are meant to be

EXPECTATIONS

Coach:

Your Coach will maintain professional boundaries in the coaching relationship, including confidentiality, and adhere to the International Coach Federation (ICF) code of ethics.

Your Coach will act in your best interests. I don’t give up easily when a client is particularly stuck. I expect this to happen at times. If progress does stagnate for an extended period, I do reality checks with the client’s views on supplementary or different support.

 Client:

Client assumes full responsibility for decisions and implementing the action steps that get developed during the process. This is essential to enhancing self-empowerment skills.