You're tired of making a name for yourself.
It's time to create a life for yourself.
Just for a second…
Pause.
My values have changed. My behavior has not. I have checked all the boxes my entire life, but there is an obvious disconnect. I just don’t know exactly what is disconnected. My childhood dreams have morphed into lifeless income streams.
There is a crack, a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen
Your invitation
Come Explore
With a true commitment to coaching, you can expect the sun to set on thoughts like “I can’t do it,” “I don’t have time for self-care,” ”it’s work, no one loves what they do, or “I just need to accept life as it is and be grateful.” Be grateful! Absolutely. Coaching, however, provides space for us to be both grateful and comfortably excited to explore something new.
Get Curious
Do your thoughts and beliefs about yourself keep you in your own personal cave? Rough waters. Hard to see. Could you use a light? Coaching provides a very real reflection of your light to ignite, or re-ignite, your fire for all to see. But the most important person that sees and feels this light…is you. We invite you to come out of your cave.
MOVE FROM AUTOPILOT TO AWARENESS
Choose To Respond And Not React
Most of us are living on autopilot without realizing it. Same thoughts. Same feelings. Same actions. Same results.
The moment we slow down and become more mindful of how we think, something shifts. We start to notice the thoughts that have been running the show. And the moment we notice them — we have a choice.
That choice is where everything begins.
Before Your First Session
Give yourself permission to take a few uninterrupted minutes. Give yourself this potential gift.
What would life look like for me with the improved ability of (fill in the blank i.e. emotional intelligence, executive presence, communication at work and home, motivation, etc.)?
What might life be like if I removed my (fill in the blank i.e. imposter syndrome, lack of confidence, procrastination, negative self-talk, high level of self-criticism, etc.)?
I am 72 years old, sitting on my porch in my rocking chair overlooking the creek/ocean/mountains. I am kindly reviewing my life thus far. What did I accomplish? What am I most proud of? How did I carry myself during especially hard times (i.e. with grace, frazzled, etc.)? If I have any regrets, what do I wish I did about it? If I do not have any regrets, what did I have to do to ensure I lived that way?
Lastly, other than money, time, or sleep, what do I need right now? Why is this need important to me? What am I doing to ensure I give myself what I need (knowing self-care is not me first, it’s me too)?
How do these geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans, know when it’s time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within, if only we would listen to it, that tells us so certainly when to go forth into the unknown.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross