About Life Coaching
What Is Life Coaching?
A forward-focused partnership designed to help you get from where you are to where you want to be.
What Is Life Coaching?
Life Coaching aims to draw out a person's potential rather than imposing the agenda or will of outside sources. If I do my job right, my Life Coaching will be a form of change facilitation — allowing for a personal transition on an individual basis.
Professional Life Coaching is a partnership toward your personal fulfillment. Clients develop a clear self-awareness of their goals, put a plan of action in place and dramatically improve the quality of their lives.
Clients direct the focus of the conversation while I listen and contribute strategically to provide clarity and challenge you to move forward with your plan. Clients tend to make progress when they stay positive, remain focused and become aware of the options in front of them. Coaching is a way of getting from where you are to where you want to be.
The International Coaching Federation defines Life Coaching as "partnering with clients in a thought provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential."
Coaching sessions are all about you and what you wish to achieve in your life. We will keep you focused on your strengths. We will give you strategies to work on your weaknesses. We will help you feel better about yourself and give you valuable feedback on your mindset and goals to support you in moving forward. The focus is on positive change: with the starting point being this is where I currently am and this is where I want to go.
How We Can Help
We Specialize Working With...
If you're ready to make a change in your life, let us help you make it happen. Have a goal? We want to work with you.
Teens
Teens these days are busier than ever, with access to the world in a way no other generation has experienced. With grades, extra-curriculars, jobs, relationships and high family expectations all piling on, it's no wonder these amazing kids feel overwhelmed. We can help with the college application and essay writing process too!
Young Adults
College students are exposed to a diverse and exciting set of experiences and cultures which require a whole new set of life skills. Preparing for this change and adapting to a new environment can be a shock to the system. Relationships, graduation, a job search, relocation and pressures from living away from home can be one of life's most challenging transitions.
Engaged / Newlyweds
The preparations, the changes and the compromises that surround one of the most memorable moments of our lives require honest conversations between couples. Whether as a couple or one-to-one, let us help you through this wonderful life transition.
New or Soon-to-Be Parents
Preparing to welcome a child into the world presents a massive change of life focus. We can help you sort out how YOU want to parent your child while planning for many of the important changes your household will go through.
Parents of Teens
You have navigated the toddler and adolescent years, thinking you are now home free! The most confusing, fantastic and challenging years are upon you. Let us help you set goals and boundaries as you support your teen through these amazing years.
Empty Nesters
How do you let go? How do you use this extra time? Is it time to re-kindle, try something new or go on an adventure? Goal setting and anticipating the emotional transition is the key to this life change.
Adults
Change happens as life moves forward, sometimes at our choosing but other times not. Do you feel stuck or not sure what steps to take to make the change you want in your life? We can help you make a plan to reach your goal.
Professionals
Career transitions, work-life balance, entering the workforce or pivoting to something new — we partner with you to focus on short and long-term professional goals and help you find the path that truly excites you.
Let Us Help You With
School Stress & Life Expectations
Grades, time for homework, going out with friends, athletic or fine arts competitions. How do you live up to these expectations? There is a way through it, with a partnership that helps you reach the goals you want for yourself.
Relationships
Whether it's long distance, a long-term high school relationship, or a couple trying to communicate while both are working full time — being in a healthy relationship requires commitment and compromise. We can help.
Preparing for College
Not sure where you want to go, let alone what to major in? Application deadlines coming up? Need an unbiased partner to help fine-tune that application essay? Let us help you set some goals before heading off on a new adventure.
Parenting Challenges
Diaper changes, lack of sleep, chasing toddlers, soccer games, the teen years, homework, driving, homecoming, college choices... Do any of us really know what we are doing? Let's make a plan to get in front of what's coming next!
Career Transitions
It's time for a new challenge, or maybe the decision has been made for you. Do you need to relocate, downsize or dust off the resume? Maybe you want to teach, go back to school, start playing music again or just paint!
Life Transitions
Family illnesses, relationships ending, job lay-offs or relocation can send the most balanced person into a downward spiral. We can help you get through challenging moments in life with a judgment-free plan of action.
Life Purpose Exploration
Feeling stuck? Is it time for a change? Muhammad Ali once said we all must eventually have the one true thing that defines us. Let's work together to set some goals, brainstorm ideas and make the change you desire.
Work & Life Balance
Do you feel like your work life has overtaken your entire life? Is your family being affected by your work hours? Maintaining a healthy balance is a challenge as you climb the ladder or try to maintain your position.
Separation / Travel Anxiety
Never been on a plane? Never been away from the family for more than a few days? Let's make a plan before you go on your trip so it's an adventure instead of stressful.
Entering the Workforce
Time to go to work, either after high school, college or after a life change. What are you looking to do, where do you start? Do you know the networking opportunities that surround you? Let us collaborate with you on your professional goals.
Family Planning
It's time to start a family. Everything's about to change. Do you need a new place? Who is your support system? What are your fears? Have those conversations together before the big day arrives.
Engaging / Newlywed Transitions
The preparations, changes and compromises that surround one of the most memorable moments of our lives require honest conversations. Whether as a couple or one-to-one, let us help you through this wonderful transition.
Understanding the Difference
Life Coaching vs. Therapy
Life Coaching is distinct in that it focuses on an individual's life right now as it relates to their goal setting, outcome objectives and personal change.
Focus on Past vs. Present
Therapy / Counseling
Therapists construct life histories of their clients as a means to understanding the client's current condition.
Life Coaching
Life Coaches spend little time on the past, preferring to accept current circumstances as a "given." We live in the now and move forward.
Interaction Style
Therapy / Counseling
Therapists maintain a "professional detachment" along with a likely relationship power imbalance.
Life Coaching
Life Coaches take on a more collegial partnership — a "we're in this together" quality.
Diagnosis vs. Strengths
Therapy / Counseling
Therapists are trained to formulate a diagnosis for insurance companies, third parties or pharmacies.
Life Coaching
Life Coaches look at personal strengths and weaknesses that will foster progress towards achieving the specific life goal chosen by the client.