Faith-Based Coaching

I am pleased to introduce our new service: faith-based coaching.
This type of coaching has all the strengths of regular coaching, whether online or via phone, with the vital component of faith in God to steer the course of your goals.

What You Learn:

• How to properly apply consistent prayer to your goals and methods
• How to seek God before planning your goals
• Key considerations in carrying out your objectives
• How to bounce back when things go wrong
• Real-life, practical applications of spirituality in pursuing success
• The correct way to "submit" and "surrender"
• Witnessing the power, timing and movement of God in your life

Why should I try faith-based coaching?
Faith-based coaching is a great alternative to other coaching methods that don't take into account the spiritual development and accountability to God. Faith-based coaching   aligns your goals under the belief of God, factoring in components such as mercy, compassion, prayer and righteous living.*

Does this make regular coaching worse or better than faith-based coaching?
Regular coaching without the faith-based component can be just as powerful and progressive. The difference  is that faith-based coaching takes into account what I believe to be a vital, ingredient in lasting success. God is not compartmentalized or removed from your goals. Faith-based coaching is designed to reinforce your faith in a very real and systematic way and equip you with methods you will use to bring about the change you're seeking. Coaching can take you far, but God can always take you further.

Is faith-based coaching harder than regular coaching?
If you have not been exposed to faith practices or faith beliefs in God before, you might find it new and overwhelming. At the same time, if you hold on to a particular faith, you may find faith-based coaching to challenge you in what you hold to be true as well as enlightening to discover that there are many ways you don't need to perform or show God in order to get serious with your goals.

What if I don't know God or I'm not sure if there is one?
Faith-based coaching is a good starting point to begin your understanding of how God has created everything in you life and is accessible to you by prayer.

I've never read the Bible. Will I need one?
Yes, online Bibles are accessible for free. Scripture and reading assignments will be sent according to the lesson you're studying. You don't have to be well-versed in the Bible.

How much does it cost?
Online coaching can be as low as $17 a week.
Telephone sessions are available in packages:
Package A - $300
Package B - $700
Package C - $1300

How do I get started?
Schedule your first discovery call. This is a confidential phone call with me to assess your current situation and your goals.

*DISCLAIMER: Faith-based coaching does not ever take the place of the advice of licensed counselors, medical doctors and mental health professionals.

3 Things You Can Expect From Coaching: Writing. Numbers. Change.

Have you wondered about what is really involved in coaching? You hear about different coaches. What's it about?

A coaching session is essentially a session of work. You have a coach, who is working just as hard as you are, to quickly steer you to the fastest, most efficient yet challenging solution that will bring you to the next and necessary step of the change that you want and need.

How do we do this over the phone? 
If you've tried a diet or tried going to the gym to eventually fall away from the routine, then you have an idea of how a good goal can diminish to a series of faded attempts. So how can a coach guarantee good results from a bunch of phone calls?

First, as a coach, I will tell you that every person is different. This means that the rate of change and the appreciation of the experience will differ. That's why it's important to find a coach that works well with you.

Secondly, a lot of the change depends on completing the assignments. It's not just busy work for you to complete between our sessions. These exercises hold important and revealing information that needs to be cleared up, confronted or mapped out. But that can only be done with the honest answers that you're willing to share. So we really depend on you to tell your story in order for us to steer you into the next phase of your life and career.

Here are three things that you can  expect from coaching:
Writing
The assignments are typically short and involve writing. Typing, though convenient, is not always recommended. Your coach will tell you which assignments need writing. There is a connection and effectiveness involved in the process of physically writing your answers. *We have accommodations for clients who may not be able to write. However, for the most part, if you are physically able to write, then we really encourage it. It's a free process that requires thought energy but the benefits begin almost immediately with writing. So, just be prepared to write.

Numbers
Coaching is fortunately more than just a feel-good motivation session.We use numbers to measure progress. It can vary from the number of times you do a task to establish a habit or tracking a pattern of incidents to identify a recurring theme. Change and success can be measured by using specific benchmarks in your current projects and relationships. We enjoy the use of numbers. They are important to gauge your rate of change.

Change
Change is the whole point of coaching. This is what we look forward to. Sometimes it's uncomfortable. Sometimes change happens so fast that we wonder why it took so long. Change is the value and result  that you get from coaching. Change can be a complete overhaul of habits or a shift in perspective on something that's been holding you back or keeping you imprisoned in a particular area of life. Change is what equips you for more change and prepares you for progress. Your experiences and how you react to change is critical. Change is also ongoing. Change can start in coaching and we certainly encourage you to expect more change, even after your sessions.

From TED.com: Wingham Rowan: A new kind of job market

Interesting video on flexible schedules and looking at utilizing our society's hidden but viable resources of skills and "slivers of time."

19 Questions to Give You Better Balance with Your Goals

The new year means reinvention, a call to action for new dreams and a victory for surviving the year that just passed. It gives permission to leave behind the things that have been weighing you down. And at midnight – poof! You get an entirely NEW YEAR all over again.

New Year’s Eve is my favorite holiday. I can almost feel the bustle of people making sure they get off work early, as if they have an important guest to meet. The new year is a gift to me; a chance to re-set, like the “start over” button in a game; like a clean page in a notebook, ripe for creativity, commitment and change;  like a quiet graduation from one phase to the next.

 

This is a rich and critical time to establish your goals. Here are some questions to consider:

1.     What is the one thing you can do to develop a closer relationship with God?

2.     What are 3 habits you want to develop next year

3.     What is one quality you want to develop next year

4.     What is one skill you need to improve next year

5.     What is a quote or short phrase that will be most useful to you?

6.     What is the one habit you need to drop

7.     Name one distraction you must guard against 

8.     What are the 3 most important goals?

9.     What are 3 things you want to indulge in?

10.  What is one class you'd like to take?

11.   What were the 3 things that were unexpected in 2012?

12.  What are 5 things that worked for you in last year?

Here are additional questions to help you stay on track with your goals:

13. What one thing, if you accomplished it next year, would make the most difference in all your other goals? 
14. In the areas of work, family, community and health, what will you contribute?
15. What is imperative that you complete? 
16. What are you negotiable on? 
17. What have you abandoned? 
18. Who is going to be counting on you?
19.  Who are you relying on?

I hope you enjoy the beauty and challenge of new beginnings. There is a wonderful sense of excitement when we unwrap the gift of second chances. 

Your Goals: Why Goodbye is Good!

Good-bye is usually a word we use when we leave a place or when ending a conversation. In goal setting, we also use good-bye and apply it in a way that moves us away from what we don’t want, what we’re leaving behind. Good-bye brings us closer to our desired outcomes. This goal setting article helps you take inventory of what is actually on its way OUT of your life.

WHY GOOD-BYE IS GOOD
Goal setting is closely related to having and being NEW or MORE or DIFFERENT things in our lifestyle. The other side of goal setting involves a selective and purposeful act of DISCONTINUING behavioral and psychological systems that don’t contribute to our momentum and growth.

We actively choose to leave those things behind, in full awareness, and acknowledge that we are bidding farewell to these old situations. At the same time, the process of a personalized good-bye provides us the closure and transition we need to start new conversations of betterment.

In the course of improvement, we may already be tracking our goals, waking up early, reading the motivational books, listening to the development CD’s, associating with goal-oriented people. I invite you to take a moment and review what areas in your life could benefit from a swift and definite farewell. Here is how you use it:

Look at your goals. Is it losing weight, starting your business, making more money, improving your relationships? If you have it written down, read it over. If you visualize it, see it again.

Review the end result in extreme detail. Now, complete these sentences for yourself:

To get to this goal, I abandoned the following habits:
To get to this goal, I avoided the following situations:
To get to this goal, I controlled the following relationships:
To get to this goal, I stopped saying the following things to myself:
To get to this goal, I sold or donated the following items:
…I stopped buying the following items:
…I stopped visiting the following places:
…I moved away from the following environments:
…I ceased from using the following phrases:
…I let go of the following memories:
…I surrendered the following beliefs:
…I forgave the following people:
…I relieved my life of the following stresses:
…I eliminated the following tasks:
…I sacrificed the following conveniences:
…I eluded the following consequences:

We need to frequently focus on what we want. However, preparation for the next level in our lives also requires that we readily identify what we DON’T WANT, what we are choosing to leave behind, labeling what we will no longer confront. I encourage you to celebrate that. Look at the things and situations that won’t burden you anymore. Celebrate it by saying good-bye!

“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are past away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17