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What is Coaching?
by Karyn Greenstreet,
Life and Business Coach
Coaching is a partnership, a structured process that guides you through
transition, transformation, and personal growth. Your coach is part
mentor, part motivator. Your coach doesn't give you the answers; your
coach helps you discover the answers within yourself. Working with your
coach, you can get personalize guidance in all aspects of your life, unlocking
your own potential.
Coaching for non-athletes began in the late 1980's, and over 250,000 people
have been coached worldwide.
What Can Coaching Do For You?
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Gain clarity |
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Set goals and create your future |
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Remove limiting beliefs |
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Access your inner wisdom |
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Find your purpose |
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Learn to approach situations more effectively |
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Get unstuck |
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Open your creativity |
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Connect to your mind, body and spirit |
How Does Coaching Work?
Each week, you speak to your coach for 30 minutes, typically
on the phone. In each session, you focus on one or more areas in your life
where you'd like to change and grow. Your coach is equipped with tools and
assessments to help you discover where you want to go, what's blocking you, and
how to create your future. Some of these tools you'll do in your phone
conversations; some you'll do on your own.
In order for coaching to be beneficial, a commitment of time
is necessary. Coaching sessions can be booked in 4-week and 8-week
increments.
If you'd like to sample a coaching session for free, or would
like further information on the coaching that Karyn Greenstreet provides,
please visit Karyn's
coaching website.
Questions to Ask Yourself
When trying to decide if you are ready for coaching,
ask yourself these questions:
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What
would I like to create in my life?
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I open to trying new ideas instead of continuing to do the things that have
not worked in the past?
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I ready to take action on the things in my life that I'd like to be, have,
or do?
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I willing to do the homework that my coach assigns me each week?
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I willing to make the time commitment necessary to make each coaching
appointment, without distractions during the session?
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I willing to stop or change self-defeating behaviors and/or limiting
beliefs?
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I ready to accept responsibility for my success and happiness in life and
not expect my coach to fix the problems for me?
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I ready to set both major and minor goals, and work towards them in a
consistent manner?
Here's What People Are Saying About Coaching
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Eastman Kodak's Charles Barrentine finds coaching "invaluable. It points out things people would not notice themselves and plays a big role in shaping behavior." |
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"Coaches develop a personal partnership with their clients that is very different from the relationship people have with a therapist, a consultant or even a friend," says Thomas Leonard, founder of
CoachU. |
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"A coach maybe the guardian angel you need to rev up your career" -- Money Magazine |
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"Coaching is having a dedicated mentor, it’s getting knowledgeable support and encouragement and a new way of looking at things when you need it" -- Executive Female Magazine |
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"Generally, (clients) come to me because they not only want to increase their business but they notice their personal lives are suffering in some way. I've noticed such an increase in people saying 'You know, there's got to be more to life than how much money can I make and how many toys can I own.'" says Cheryl Richardson, author of Life Makeovers. |
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"'Life coaches' are the latest thing in personal improvement. A life coach is a New Age hybrid of familiar 'help' professionals -a therapist, financial planner, relationship adviser, business consultant, physical trainer and spiritual guide. all rolled into one." -- The Miami Herald newspaper |
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"Those are the kind of results business people who use coaches hope to achieve: the ability to get beyond the obstacles-real and imagined-that prevent them from reaching their goals." -- The New Mexican newspaper |
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Karyn Greenstreet is a Life and Business
Coach. She helps self-employed people create
and grow their business, stay focused and motivated, and create a balanced life.
Visit Karyn's website at
Passion For Business, small business coaching and consulting for the self
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