My Coaching Journey
One of the things my clients like to know is how I came to choose what I do and what my coaching background is. Today it is my pleasure to share my coaching journey, thus far, with you.
When I look back on my younger years, I see a lot of wasted time and that frustrates me. The goals that I set and the choices that I made came from what I knew and understood of myself and the world.
I knew very little.
My mission now is to help people to increase their understanding of themselves , and the place they want for themselves in this world. I want to empower people to avoid ‘wasting time’, and experience a rewarding and fulfilling career on both a professional and personal level. This coaching work that I currently do , provides this for me.
My coaching work started 32 years ago and began with the formation of a support group for women who had experienced sexual assault. This continued informally for a time and then I branched out to supplying emotional coaching to single mothers and women in troubled relationships. In the early 2000’s I turned my attention towards being a Life Coach and worked with clients addressing diverse concerns primarily to do with family life and career choices.
Coaching by this point had only been part-time and I was deeply frustrated within my full time occupation. I wanted to find a career path that would bring the same satisfaction as coaching did so I branched out into Human Resources.
The Human Resources component of my career proved to be revelatory. To this point I was well versed in my own disappointments with job markets and workplaces, as well as those expressed by my employees. For the first time I had a front row seat to both sides of the job equation. Daily I heard the frustrations and failings from both employees and employers.
In so many ways the system is broken.
My deep conviction is to make the work experience better. I set myself the task to study management systems, recruiting tactics, common workplace practices in training, policies, procedures, and their efficacy.
I interviewed workers and heard their stories. Researched pop culture and social media trends , and set out to address the concerns I found.
This has all led to what has become the most rewarding part of my coaching journey to date. I have invested over 4 years into the research and development of my current coaching practices and I have been rewarded with a universal wide acceptance and a positive response from each session. In every instance , there is always an ‘aha’ moment, when someone makes a connection of value. My greatest joy is seeing someone light up with enthusiasm and hearing positivity and strength in their voice.
On a personal level this work allows me to continue to learn and grow as each person shares their story, I gain a new perspective or insight that becomes more to offer to others down the road.
There is a shift occurring in how people work and why. My vision is to be a positive force in that shift, and aid in empowering people to have the work life, career choice, or professional success that is best for their businesses and themselves.
Thank you