Top five questions about coaching answered!
1. What is coaching?
2. Why should I hire a coach?
3. What does a coach do?
4. What are the benefits of coaching?
5. Is coaching a type of therapy?
“Your
imagination is
your preview
of life's coming
attractions.”
~ Albert Einstein
"Through coaching with Diane, I
learned
to love
and appreciate myself
again. For
so many years,
I found
myself
stuck in
destructive
patterns and
thinking
shaped
by the limitations
I told myself."
~David B.,
Chicago, IL
1. What is coaching?
Coaching streamlines and focuses the process of change for individuals who are serious about transforming their life. It is an art, a science and a strategy all merged into one expertise.
The prospect of making a significant change in your life can leave you feeling overwhelmed and discouraged if you attempt to be your own coach. Whether you want to change your career, start your own business, or redesign your life from top to bottom – having your own coach can mean the difference between hoping it will happen and making it happen.
2. Why should I hire a coach?
What commonly occurs when we try to be our own coach is that we end up wearing too many hats at one time. We endeavor to be the visionary, project planner, organizer, doer and quality control expert in our life all at once. It is difficult to remain objective enough to be inspiring and motivational when you already have five other jobs to do – yet these are crucial elements in the process of change.
3. What does a coach do?
A professional coach’s only job is to see your goals realized. They are not advisors or consultants – so they don’t need to have any expertise related to your specific goals. They are trained listeners and they listen not only to what you say, but what you don’t say. They use their intuition and deep understanding of human behavior to challenge you to expand your beliefs about yourself, your abilities, and your perceived limitations – all with the goal of empowering you to move forward in new and courageous ways.
4. What are some of the benefits I can expect to experience from hiring a professional coach?
POWER
You will realize that you are the one in control of designing your life and that you get to choose what you want in it. If you want to change something currently in your life - you get to decide how quickly or how slowly you want to make that change.
COURAGE
By changing the way you communicate with yourself – you will start to feel energized and excited by challenges. When you approach a stressful situation, instead of preparing yourself for what you’ll do wrong – you’ll look forward to finding out all that you’ll do right!
CONFIDENCE
Every time you follow through with a commitment you’ve made to yourself during our sessions you’ll be building trust. Repeated self-trust fuels confidence.
FREEDOM
When you don’t place limitations on yourself – the world opens up to you. “I can’t have what I want right now because of…” is a statement that keeps you stuck. In our sessions we focus on what you can do? For instance, you can get the tools you need to build your future – which might include hiring a good coach!
INDEPENDENCE
Most people do not function independently – they give power and control to other people or factors in their lives that are counterproductive to their well-being. “If I don’t do this then she will…” “If I do that then he will…” – these types of statements limit our options by defining the future before it even happens. This is one more way that we keep ourselves from living courageously and reaching our goals. Coaching expands your understanding of who you are and what you can accomplish – and before long these imaginary shackles naturally fall away.
5. Is coaching a type of therapy?
No. Coaches are not trained in clinical psychology although typically they have a keen understanding of human behavior. The easiest way to distinguish between therapy and coaching is that through therapy, you resolve emotional issues that developed during events in the past; through coaching, you envision and design your future and then take active steps towards making them a reality. Therapy resolves – coaching empowers.
6. Are my sessions confidential?
Yes. I never share any names or information about my clients with anyone without their permission.
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"Diane is blessed with an intuitive gift honed over years of introspective living and transformational coaching. She possesses the rare ability to immediately see people for who they truly are. Diane's coaching cuts right to the heart of what’s holding us back, allowing us to love and honor our greatest gifts. When we can love ourselves for who we are, we can courageously create the lives we were destined to live." - David B., Chicago IL |
"Diane has such a caring nature and a deep empathy for people. She has an insight into life that most of us don't have. Clearly, she has a gift." Patricia H., New Boston NH |