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The Five Questions
The Five Questions

The Five Questions to reflect on every week.

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A Typical Coaching Session
A Typical Coaching Session

What a typical coaching session looks like.

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Duration Based vs. Session Based Coaching
Duration Based vs. Session Based Coaching

This is not a session based partnership.

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The Coaching Apothecary
The Coaching Apothecary

What coaching with me looks like.

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These are the Strengths Value Statements a current YouMap client recently generated. Aren't they just the most beautiful things? I am so psyched for her new clarity. I'm curious - how could building this level of self awareness help YOU intentionally and more confidently create your next career chapter? Share a note below!
While activation and ideation are two of my top strengths - and so much of my work IS about helping you find clarity and take action in new directions - what got me started down this coaching path was a fascination with the interplay between thought and feeling. My original coaching certification was in learning the #CTFAR model (@lifecoachschool), followed by self-study in The Work (@byron.katie), Three Principles (@michaelneillcoach  @dr.amy.johnson), meditation (@tarabrach @samharrisorg), somatic awareness (@strozzi_institute), tarot (@kim_krans @noelarthurian), my recent YouMap certification (@myyoumap), and more. My adaptability strength always pulls me back in to the present moment, a place that I try to stay anchored in for my clients even as we’re holding space and planning for future visions and next steps. The questions in the note above are inspired by the #sedonamethod, (via @pineapplecrowncrystals) which teaches the practice of release to bring us back to our centered self. I love its simplicity and that the questions automatically imply that release is an option when we’re ready. Writing this all out I realize that I’m definitely coming to the coaching table with a unique collection of tools. I pull from everything above when we're in partnership. What about YOU? What interests fuel you in a way that sets you apart? What would you love to integrate more of in your work?
Two women buy identical hammers. The first woman sets her hammer on a shelf in her garage and quickly forgets about it. The second uses her hammer to build a tree house. Ask each woman how important, how transformational, how valuable her hammer is and you will get two totally separate answers, not because the hammers are any different, but because they chose to USE those tools in different ways and ended up creating totally different results. #YouMap is like that. It's not a difficult or complicated tool to get your hands on. You take four simple but powerful assessments and your unique YouMap report is YOURS. The true value, though, shows up when you are willing to understand and apply your YouMap, build something new, really dig in and ask, "what is possible for me if I start working from THIS place?" -- and then take action on those insights and ideas. These are the questions I want to start focusing more on in our Discovery Calls. Yes I can explain the features of a YouMap partnership - which are simple, clear, and easy to understand. More important, though, is helping you clarify what you want do DO with your new tool. What #treehouse do you want to build, and are you ready to start building it?
I am taking a stand for you first uncovering and reclaiming what makes you unique in the workplace and then CHAMPIONING those beautiful gifts of yours.
Do you have an idea or goal that feels a bit general or vague? Add detail to it. Date, place, numbers, names. Answer questions like, “how much?” and, “by when?” to give your broad ideas more texture and shape. When you’re able to clarify those details your big ideas morph in to actionable projects - and that’s where things start to get real. Not sure where to start? Share an idea or goal you have, even if it feel just like a HINT of one, in the comments below and I’ll workshop it with you!
I'm turning to my clients to help answer the question, "why YouMap and why now?" This note comes directly from that feedback (with permission and gratitude) and I think captures so well a clarity and feeling that others - you! - might be looking for and which I know a YouMap can help generate. If this resonates and you're even just a little curious about uncovering your own YouMap, please DM me to say hello or leave any questions in the comments below.
The certification course may be over but the adventure is just beginning. #teamyoumap #official
Whether you’re listening to a podcast, working with a coach, or even reading a book, I invite you to pay close attention to what you HEAR over what someone else SAYS. Understanding this difference is a game changer. I am not here to tell you what to think or position my ideas or advice as what is best for you. I have no idea what is best for you, but I believe that you do. Rather, I am committed to creating the inquiry and the space where YOUR answers can arise, YOUR thinking becomes clear, and YOUR wisdom and creativity are uncovered. So use what I say as tool to excavate your own thoughts. Sometimes it’s fun to offer direct advice to a client, i.e. “I think you should do xyz...” so we can explore their reaction to that direction. I love it when someone doesn’t like my advice -- it means that they KNOW what they really want more than they’re letting on. I am here to inspire your knowing of yourself. Our work here is about what you hear, not what I say. So...tell me...what are you hearing in this? (had to!!)