“You and I form a partnership to look
at what you need in your life today, what you want for the
future and how do you get there.”
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to be the time of your life. Is it?
Many baby boomers find themselves sitting back, taking
stalk of their lives asking, “Is this all there
is?”
What do you want to do now?
Midlife coaching can be a life changing process that
can alter the course of how you view your future. This
is your future. Invest in getting the one you want.
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Do you have a life outside of your
children? Be honest with yourself. If your life isn’t
rich and full you are cheating your children of a
parent that is fulfilled. Most parents really view
self-care as selfish. We are taught to believe that
putting our children first is critical. However, if
we are empty and exhausted, we are simply not good
parents.
Coaching will help you develop a parenting
style that is in balance with your lifestyle, insuring
you will be the best parent you can be.
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Creativity is a gift.
However, it can also be an addiction that drives you.
When creativity has gone awry it can affect your finances,
your relationships, and your leave you out of balance.
If you are an artist or creative and feel frustrated that
you aren’t living your potential or that your art
is taking over your regular life coaching may be for you.
Coaching can help you develop a framework and a structure
for your life and your art so you can thrive as a creative
in a structured world.
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Are You Ready For Coaching?
If you are considering whether or not to hire a coach, you
are deciding if you are ready to embark on a grand adventure.
Coaching is not for everyone, and even highly coachable people
have times in their lives when coaching may not be what they
really want or need. Here are a few important questions to
ask yourself before making your decision:
Is this the
right time for me to hire a coach?
If you feel like you are ready to make some important changes,
the time is right for you. If you are extremely busy and cannot
imagine taking on another thing, then the answer is "probably
yes." The first thing you and your coach may want to
explore is what to remove from your busy schedule to make
your life feel simpler, more balanced, and manageable.
Can I afford coaching?
Make sure to look honestly at your finances before entering
into the coaching relationship. If you hire a coach, you will
be making an important investment into your life — equivalent
in its overall impact to an advanced college degree (or possibly
more). Are you able to pay the coach's fee for a minimum of
six months without feeling like you are overextending yourself?
If not, you may still want to continue, and work with your
coach on improving your financial situation, immediately.
Am I willing to try new things?
During your coaching, you will be invited to look at old situations
in new ways. You will be offered new concepts and different
ways to approach things. If you are willing to try out new
possibilities and stretch your creative side, you will get
a large return for your investment. If you are a person who
vigorously defends your old perspectives, you will still get
much value from committing yourself to a specific course of
action.
Is coaching what I am really
looking for?
There are many other kinds of professional relationships,
one of which might be more appropriate for you. Do you need
an accountant, attorney, financial planner, or personal assistant?
Your coach will certainly support you to find the right resources
at the right time if you do. Just be aware that there may
be additional expenses for professional services your coach
is not qualified to provide for you. Are you experiencing
chronic mental suffering or dwelling extensively on past events?
If so, you probably want to talk to a therapist instead of
— or in addition to — a coach. The idea is to
build the kind of relationships that you really want and need.
Form courtesy of and copyrighted by Damian Nash
Are You Ready for Coaching? A Quick
Test.
- Do you have the time to invest in yourself?
- Can you take some of this time EVERYDAY to work on your
coaching fieldwork?
- Do you sense that there is a space between where you are
Today and where you want to be Tomorrow and in the Future?
- Are you ready to discover and change or rid your life
of behaviors and people who are negative for you?
- Are you ready to search for and try new avenues to a more
balanced, healthy life?
- Do you understand the differences and expectations between
Coaching, Counseling, 12 Step programs and Therapy?
- Can you work with a Coach and not have a timetable for
results?
- Do you have people to encourage you and enough financial
reserves to pay for Coaching?
** Until all of these areas are in place, you probably aren’t
ready for Coaching
Reasons To Hire A Coach
- you’re at the end of your rope, your patience and
frustrations have reached their limit
- you’re ready to make some changes to find direction
and control in your life
- there is something at stake (a challenge, a stretch goal,
an opportunity) and it is urgent, compelling, exciting,
but there is also fear of failure or uncertainty –
this may be time sensitive, so a decision has to be make
quickly
- there is a desire to accelerate some results of change
that the Client wants to make
- there is a need to change directions because of a setback,
medical diagnosis, accident, divorce, death or other serious
life challenge
- the Client has been very successful, but the success
is becoming overwhelming and problematic
- there is a desire for Life to be simpler, less complicated
- there is a need to be more organized and manage time
better
- you want a neutral ear, someone to really listen to you,
without judgement or preconception of what the answers “should”
be
- you want someone to ask the questions that will lead
to finding clarity, solutions and direction to solve a current
problem or create the life you want
- you want someone who will be there for you, who will
be available to hold your hand, give you encouragement and
support on your terms
- you want someone to help design the fieldwork and steps
to move you forward
- you want someone who will keep you accountable, to help
the work you do and the changes you make be sustainable
and permanent
- you want someone who will be your champion and partner
for your Life
Benefits of Coaching
- Coaching can create sustainable and permanent change through
intense listening and questioning skills and the use of
assessments, principles and recognized coaching models
- Coaching can help design the steps to create the changes
needed for the client to move forward to a place that is
positive for them
- the Coach and the Client create fieldwork to be completed
between the sessions; asking for accountability for change,
while the Coach provides a hand to hold and an anchor during
the change process
- Coaching offers a clear path for the Client’s work
to be sustainable and permanent
- most Coaching is performed over the phone and through
email support, thus providing the flexibility of scheduling
sessions at times that are convenient; not having to go
to an office allows the Client to be in an atmosphere that
is quiet, comfortable and private for them to make the most
of their coaching time; not having to go to an office allows
for the Coach and the Client to be anywhere in the world
– there is rarely a reason to miss a coaching session
- Coaching offers an avenue and resource for the Client
to reach their goals more quickly; the coaching relationship
only lasts until the Client’s specific goals are reached;
the option of extending the coaching relationship allows
for more goals to be added or as the Client wants to maintain
this neutral partnership for sustainability of the work
they have done
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