Life-Coaching
Okay. So I’m trusting a few things–like that you’re a complex human being, with lots of bits and pieces. You’re probably tired of the cheeseball self-help market, the 1-2-3 steps to change, the “make a vision board and light a candle and it’ll all come true” stuff. Yet you don’t want to grit your teeth and white-knuckle your way through yet another declaration that “this time, it’s gonna be different.” Because really, you don’t have any way of knowing if it’ll be different and perhaps you’re feeling discouraged about the way things have worked out in the past.
Also, maybe you’re kind of curious about what it might feel like to go through a day with a practice (and experience) of love and acceptance. Maybe your inner critic crops up to say that the love stuff sounds all woo-woo, yet another side of you thinks, “But it would be nice, wouldn’t it?” Maybe some part of you craves the ability to manage life’s challenges both powerfully and with practical tools. Is that all just b.s. marketing copy, or do those people really exist?
They do. You’re one of them.
You might feel some fear, but in the framework that I use, that’s okay (even a good thing). Courage is: feeling afraid, diving in anyway, transforming. Also, there’s room for emotions. We don’t spend time wallowing in them, but we do work with them as they arise. Resistance will probably come up. We’ll dive into working with that, as well.
I help you establish your vision, determine what serves that vision, and then let the games begin–as stuff starts coming up that challenges or distracts you, we get to look at the juicy stuff and start building a framework for supporting what you want to do. There’s room for gentleness with the process and having fun deciding what it looks like to live BIG.
PERHAPS YOU WANT TO…
I work on a lot of things with clients. Here are just a few that tend to be common threads:
* creating a practice of self-care that is rejuvenating, yet doesn’t feel harried and chaotic
* making room for creativity, and possibly even turning creative passions into a business
* redefining your relationship with your inner critic and working with fear
* interacting with money differently, so as to be/feel more abundant
* improving relationships with intimate partners, friends, or family
GETTING STARTED
Step One: Contact me and set up a session. (510.827.0303 or kate -at- yourcourageouslife -dot- com). The first session is a free, hour-long dish on you, your life, what you want out of it, and some sharing on what you believe the barriers to that have been. It’s totally complimentary. We get to see if we’re a good match and you get to let me know how committed you really are to shifting things. By the end of that hour, you’ll already have a series of practices to try out and start taking action.
Step Two: Take your time to decide. A week after that first complimentary session, we briefly touch base again and at that time, after you’ve had a week to try everything out and see how it feels, you can let me know if you want to continue and start regular sessions. If what I offer isn’t a match for you, I don’t take it personally (in fact, I am grateful for the opportunity to gain more experience working with a unique human being).
HOW I WORK
Initially, for brand-new clients who decide to start regular coaching after the complimentary session, I work with people for 12 sessions, one per week. Why 12? Because really and truly, I want to help. I’m here to help. And “Thirty days to a new you” stuff just doesn’t work. You deserve time to get past any initial honeymoon periods or to encounter that first stumbling block and work through it. This is an investment in you, and for me to practice in a way that I didn’t really believe to be effective would not serve you.
The complimentary session is based on the value that I believe in investing time with you up front, so that you can see that I’m worth my rate. Sessions are a flat rate of $100 per session. I bill once a month. I don’t try to get more money out of you with “packages” and “upgrades,” because this is your life, not the postal service. Our sessions are a solid hour of getting in there and getting into your life, in a big love + insightful + pro-active + practical + vision kind of way.
WHAT ABOUT MONEY ICK?
With that said, I know that there are some people who are dealing with some “financial difficulties” (I like to refer to it as “money ick”). How can they start working on clearing out the money ick, when the money ick is preventing them from working with someone who could help with that? In those cases, I create win-wins with you and structure the payments to fit within your monthly budget. Also, I offer discounted sessions to current Courageous Year participants. Consider signing up for and working through the Year as a way to receive that discount.
YOU GET TO ROCK OUT
And here’s the thing–If I’m doing my job, and you’re showing up fully, the idea is that you get so much out of the initial 12 sessions that you start rocking out your life more and more on your own. Some of my clients do the initial 12 sessions and then touch base a few times a year. Others will set up a few sessions if they hit a rough patch or want to get reinspired. After the initial 12 sessions, it’s totally up to you.
And you know? It’s pretty great when a former client calls me out of the blue, to tell me that hey–They did get out of that debt that we worked on. Or, Isn’t it great?–They did land that dream job, the one that seemed impossbile to find, after all. Or how about just generally waking up in the morning feeling excited about the day?
That’s the kind of thing that makes me pretty excited about getting up each day. How about you?
Contact: Contact me at 510.827.0303 or kate -at- yourcourageouslife -dot- com to set up an appointment. I work with people from around the world and through the wonders of Skype, internationally.
Coaching Training and Experience
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