Demystifying Life Coaching 1
- 1. Demystifying Life Coaching Kathleen Fee, ACC, CLC & Becky Laubenthal, MA
- 2. PreludeWelcome to 2158 Connects’ 3-part series on Demystifying Life Coaching. We are about to challenge everything you THINK you know about life coaching! So feel free to bring your own conceptions, your husband’s considered opinions, your Mom’s two cents, your girlfriend’s bad experience and all media portrayals of life coaching and lay it right here on the table. Don’t be shy, plop it all down. Excellent.
- 3. Let’s start with what life coaching isn’t • Life coaching isn’t lying on a couch rehashing every detail of your less than ideal childhood. This is what a good therapist is for. They’re indispensible and we highly recommend them. • Life coaching isn’t sitting in a candlelit room that stinks of incense having your fortune read by an aging hippy in a flowery moo-moo. If this was life coaching, we couldn’t do it because we wouldn’t be caught dead in a
- 4. The isn’ts• Life coaching isn’t paying for the pleasure of whining to someone about your unfair boss, inattentive husband, or ungrateful children. That’s why you have girlfriends, and they listen for free. • Life coaching has nothing to do with tarot cards, hypnosis, astrological signs or chakra alignment. Those things, while cool and great adventures, are just not life coachable. • And most importantly, life coaching isn’t a sign of weakness, or something to be ashamed of.
- 5. So what then is this mysterious thing called life coaching then? • Life coaching is a future focused practice that leads the client through a series of processes, powerful questions and self- discovery, to create the life you have always desired. • Life coaching brings your values and desires into sharp focus. Get ready for the life, body, job, relationship, whatever the
- 6. And what then is a life coach? • A life coach is the trained professional assisting you in achieving that dream life, creating and holding the sacred space for you to “be” and grow at your pace. We are the personal trainer for your dreams! • The coach believes in you, even when you have a tough time believing in you. • We give you accountability and acknowledgment. • We are the diver after your pearls, baby- Everything you need to know is right there deep inside you, and with each session you discover more and more of your own hidden gems, allowing dramatic and immediate change.
- 7. What a session looks like • The first coaching session is usually a 2 to 3 hour foundation session in which the coach and client do a sacred dance that creates a lasting bond of trust. You guide the future conversation, bringing whatever is most important or requires resolution. • It is the coaches’ job to listen, contribute observations and ask powerful questions. It is this interaction that creates clarity and moves you into convincing and continuing action. You will be changed from the first session, guaranteed! Part Two of our series will focus on how to hire a coach, so be on the lookout for
- 8. The benefits of life coaching • Coaching accelerates your progress by providing greater focus and awareness of choice. You only know what you know when you know it, right? The coaching interaction is so powerful that it brings all your thoughts, choices and ideas you didn’t even know you had to the surface, allows your creativity to explode, and brings things that were just possibilities to actual fruition. • This is all about where you are today and what you are willing to do to get where you want to be tomorrow. We bet you are willing to go to any
- 9. Our belief • At 2158 Connect we know that you are smart, sassy and have all the answers inside you. Don’t let someone else’s crystals and incense idea of life coaching influence you any longer. You are armed with this article and can consider life coaching in a whole new light. • • Life coaching is truly a gift you should give yourself. You are ready. You have been ready. Is it that new job that you want? Is it a healthier new you? Are you ready to improve or find your relationship? Do you want to reconnect with you? Now is the time. Hire a life coach now! You won’t regret it! If you are interested in hiring Kathleen Fee, please email her at fee@kathleenfee. It would be an honor to coach you on your journey.
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