What does a Balanced Life mean?

Often when we hear the words "balanced life" we automatically think of balancing work and family. That is certainly important, and we can help you do that if that meets your needs. Take a moment though, and think outside the box. Isn't there more to your life than just work and family? Don't you have friends, hobbies and interests, a home? Don't you seek personal, professional and/or spiritual growth? Don't we all have to deal with money and finances?  Don't we all think about our health? Of course we do! Life has many facets to it, and if we are challenged in any of those areas, it can throw everything off balance. Or maybe we've been dreaming of a new opportunity in one of those areas: a new career, running a marathon, learning to fly a plane, balancing our budget so that we can save for a new car. It's pretty hard to keep all of those things running smoothly all of the time. Maybe you're afraid to chase that dream, thinking it will create an imbalance in your life.

 

Whether you want to overcome an obstacle, face a new challenge or pursue a new dream, I will help you focus your intentions and energy so that you can do those things and keep the rest of your life in balance. Best of all, the process we share and go through together will be one that you can apply yourself at any time your life gets out of balance. Of course I will always be here for you if you need me, but won't it be great to focus your time and energy into doing what really matters- Living Your Balanced Life?!

 

What is Life Coaching?

Life Coaching is a profession that is profoundly different from consulting, mentoring, advice, therapy, or counseling. The coaching process addresses specific personal projects, business successes, general conditions and transitions in the your personal life, relationships or profession by examining what is going on right now, discovering what your obstacles or challenges might be, and helping you choose and develop a course of action to make your life be what you want it to be.

 

Meet Deb

       

Life can be overwhelming- we've all experienced it- and at times we just feel stuck. I am passionate about helping you get unstuck and moving forward toward Living Your Balanced Life. When we start to feel stressed or stuck, it is a symptom of an imbalance in our lives. My goal is to help you find what is out of balance and help you create an action plan to get back on track.  You may feel stuck in your personal life, profession, health and wellness, finances. Whatever is causing you that feeling of dissatisfaction, I will use the tools I've learned to help you identify it and attack it full on until you look at your life and realize it is balanced and you have discovered what Jon Acuff refers to as "your awesome".  Most importantly, I will TEACH YOU how to deal with imbalances in your life (because they will come around again!) so that YOU have the tools to re-balance your life and continue to move forward. Working together, you and I will help you:

  • Remove that feeling of being stuck and not knowing which way to turn

  • Gain clarity about what you want to achieve with your life

  • Feel more motivated and understand what fuels that motivation

  • Reduce stress

  • Have more confidence in your ability to take your life to the next level

  • Gain a new set of life skills that you can continue to use for the rest of your life

You may be asking- "How will we do this?"

 

What does a Life Coach do?

A Life Coach is your partner, your ally, your collaborator. As your Life Coach, I will work with you in a cyclical process to identify a problem you want and need to address or an opportunity that you want to pursue, and help YOU discover your OWN solution! I coach using The Coach Mindset model:

 

  • Together we will discover the challenges you want to overcome or the opportunities you want to pursue. We will clarify them to help you determine where you want to go!

  • Next we will work together to create a hypothesis or our "best guess" as to what needs to happen to obtain your desired outcome. A hypothesis is created solely for the purpose of being tested. I will help guide you to create a hypothesis that connects to your clarified discovery in the first step of the cycle.

  • You might think that the next step is to test your hypothesis, but this is an important place to pause and help remind you why you are doing this, and what you are trying to achieve. We will review what you've done so far and reflect on why this is important at this time in your life. Together we will create steps to test your hypothesis.

  • Now the fun part- you get to test your hypothesis by practicing what you decided to do in the the previous steps. You will take action and experiment with the ideas you've developed.

  • Lastly we will evaluate your experimentation, celebrate your successes and make adjustments to keep you moving forward. In essence, we will review and reflect , and remind you of your overarching goal. 

  • We will use this coaching cycle until you reach your goals and realize that you are Living Your Balanced Life!