Coaching is a helping profession that I am passionate about. What I love most are the combined disciplines of active listening, curiosity, and powerful questioning that enable the person being coached to give themselves their own best advice. The environment is supportive and full of unconditional positive regard, enabling the very best to surface.
I have been informally coaching for decades. During the pandemic, I noticed most everybody, and particularly teens, needed a helping hand to learn about themselves and process the rapidly changing and very scary world. Most of the people I was talking to didn’t need therapeutic help, just a safe place to dive deep inside themselves. (An ethical side note, I am a huge fan of therapy and refer out anyone who has a need.) By helping individuals identify and align with their values, I witnessed personal transformations and the heavy weight of fear and stress crumble.
These conversations led me take over a year of classes to get certified as a Life Coach through The Lumia Life Coaching certification process. At this time, I am awaiting approval from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) to receive my accreditation as an Associate Certified Coach and am already a member in good standing in the Washington State Chapter.
Coaching is the profession of hope. Best-selling author and researcher Brene Brown defines hope as a feeling of possibility, affirmation, and potential. She goes on to say, “hope is not an emotion; it’s a way of thinking or a cognitive process. Emotions play a supporting role, but hope is really a thought process made up of what Snyder calls a trilogy of goals, pathways, and agency. In very simple terms, hope happens when We have the ability to set realistic goals (I know where I want to go). We are able to figure out how to achieve those goals, including the ability to stay flexible and develop alternative routes (I know how to get there, I’m persistent, and I can tolerate disappointment and try again). We believe in ourselves (I can do this!).”
Hope is why I coach. I believe in you and your unlimited potential.
embracing your wholeness 