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  1. What is life/business coaching?
  2. Inspiring individuals and teams to produce a desired result through personalized teaching, expanding awareness and designing environments.

    Most people have heard of a business consultant - a person who assists businesses in:

    • assessing where a company needs to go,
    • comparing that to where it is now,
    • developing and creating the methods or strategies for
      closing the gap
    • and, ultimately, achieving the desired outcome faster and easier.

    A life/business coach follows the same concept only the focus is on you, personally, instead of a company. It is about how you desire your life/business to be. It may or may not include both personal and professional outcomes. That is completely designed by you based on what you most want to work on right now.

    Life/business coaching is quickly becoming one of the leading tools that successful people use to live extraordinary lives. Through weekly sessions, my clients identify what is most important to them and align their thoughts, words, and actions, accordingly. As your collaborator, I work with you to identify what you want personally and professionally, and support you in achieving a life that you really want and love. Having a life you love starts with gaining clarity on your values, enabling more meaningful choices and consistent action. Your commitment to your life, by actively taking the lead and getting involved in the process, offers a means for more balance, joy, intimacy, energy, financial abundance, focus, and action in every area of your life. Back to Questions

  3. What does a life/business coach provide?

    • Encouragement to set goals that you truly want
    • Accountability to do more than you may have done on your own
    • Focus to produce results more quickly
    • Multiple tools, resources, options, support, and structure to accomplish, develop and evolve.Back to Questions


  4. How is life/business coaching different from therapy or consulting?

  5. Life/business coaching is a collaboration between the life/business coach and the client. It is a process of identifying an ultimate outcome and creating methods and means to get to that place. Therapy, which goes into depth about various issues, is usually dealing with the past. Life/business coaching is not consulting which generally focuses more on the consultant's area of expertise in a given business endeavor and focuses almost exclusively on to do lists and recommendations. Although, I am more than happy to provide structure for brainstorming and/or opinions or suggestions, if so desired, life/business coaching does not limit itself to simply creating a solution.

    Life/business coaching is more action-oriented and focuses primarily on the present and future. As your life/business coach, I enable you to determine your own "answers" through the work done in our life/business coaching partnership.
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  6. Who works with a life/business coach?

  7. Entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals, people transitioning from one segment of their lives to the next, people who want stronger relationships or just more happiness in life are some examples of those who benefit from working with a life strategist. Regardless of their professional endeavor or place in life, all of my clients have one thing in common: they are all successful, resourceful, and intelligent individuals who want to get even more out of the life they are living today. They are excited by the challenges and know, together, achievement and discovery are the ultimate goals. As we see with most professional athletes, to be the best is understanding the value that comes from having someone work directly with them, someone to point out things they cannot see, someone to keep encouraging and challenging them to achieve their greatest potential.

    So, simply put, anyone who wants more from his or her life and knows it is absolutely possible to get it. I can be that person for you. life/business coaching is like having a personal trainer for your life!
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  8. What is necessary for a successful life/business coaching partnership?

  9. Life/business coaching is proven to work when two factors are present:
    1. The client is willing to learn, grow, and take action.
    2. There is a gap between where the client is now and where he/she wants to be.

    With these two key elements, coaches can be developed, action plans implemented and goals achieved. Anything is possible within our life/business coaching relationship.
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  10. What are some of the benefits I can experience working with a life/business coach?


  11. You can take more, better, and smarter actions.
    Our first task together is to find out exactly what you really want for yourself. Once you create objectives that are clearly in line with your personal values and professional vision, you are much more likely to naturally and consistently take actions to reach them.

    You can have a balanced life, which works well.
    Professional success and outside commitments are maximized when you enjoy a sense of personal fulfillment and life balance. We will discuss how to be selfish yet responsible, and how to carve out enough time, so your life outside of work or your commitments, are exactly the way you want them to be.

    You can make better decisions.
    I will help you become focused as you share ideas with me. I will understand you and be subjective enough to want a lot for you, yet objective enough not to be biased or self-serving. You'll also find that just talking about your options with someone, who really listens, is often enough to clarify things.

    You can reach for more - much more and want to!
    When you have a partner you trust, you will reach for much more because you can afford to. Are you ready to think big and really live your life fully? I am a partner who will enable you to take your life wherever you want it to go.

    You can make and keep more money.
    Most people are worth a lot more than they are making. Are you happy with your financial situation? If not, we can look at your beliefs about money and address whatever is keeping you from experiencing financial abundance.

    You can have more sustainable energy.
    Together we'll identify the things that drain your energy, and create a long-term strategy to eliminate them. In addition, we'll focus on the things that give you energy, and explore how to maximize their impact. When you're happy, productive, and free from tolerations and problems, life is a lot more fun!

    What we focus on and talk about is up to you. This is an investment in yourself so you can be all of who you are -- for you and for others in your life. Back to Questions