Life Coaching
I coach individuals to live life with greater competence, ease, joy and well-being.

THE COACHING MODEL IS PROVEN

We understand why athletes, performers, and business executives have used coaches to hone their skills and create success in their areas of work and talent. That model—coaching for success—is being utilized more and more by people from all walks of life who find themselves wanting and needing change. A Life Coach's role is to facilitate a person's own learning, discovery, growth and change. In short, a Life Coach empowers a person to find answers within that lead to greater success in the fullest living of life. IS COACHING FOR ME?

WHO CHOOSES COACHING?

There is no one kind of person who hires a Life Coach. This partial list indicates the variety of life and work circumstances of people who have benefited:

• Accountants, Actors, Attorneys        
• Dentists, Doctors        
• Entrepreneurs, Empty Nesters
• Parents
• People in transition, People laid off or fired
• People post divorce, People undergoing divorce
• Salespeople, Secretaries
• Teachers, Therapists
• Young adults         

The common thread for all is the recognized need or desire for change by an individual.

If we do not change direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. --Chinese proverb

 

WHAT DOES COACHING ADDRESS? 

The list of (problems or) issues appropriate for Coaching is infinite, really, but here are a few examples that have prompted a decision for Life Coaching:

• difficulty saying "no"
• desire for more meaning
• chronic dissatisfaction
• need for balance
• drop in productivity
• wish to strengthen or maximize a relationship
• weakened self-confidence
• divorce or separation
• adjustment to loss or change in job or health
• children moving away

COACHING OUTCOMES 

These are Coaching outcomes experienced by tens of thousands of people worldwide:

• Clarity, Balance, Well-being
• Self-connection, Greater awareness, Fulfillment
• Less stress, Less fear
• Fun, Creativity
• Wisdom, Inspiration, Wellness
• Competency, Effective action, Achievement
• Greater confidence, Skillful living
• Improved Relationships

HOW COACHING WORKS 

In the Coaching partnership, it's the job of the Life Coach to create trust, listen, focus, raise the questions, introduce new practices, follow up, care, and respect.

There is chemistry between a Coach and a Coaching Client, so an effective Coach for one person may not be so for another. Meeting and/or speaking, and experiencing the style of the Coach is key to finding a good match. Feeling comfortable is the first step to developing the trust needed to do the work.

A typical Life Coaching  process for a private coaching client includes:

• Free 30-minute consultation
• Subsequent sessions of 45 minutes in length, 1-3 per month
• New approaches to practice in between sessions
• Email support, sharing of progress, as needed
• Occasional brief check-in calls, if desired

Coaching is very effective for short-term change. At the same time, significant learning often takes time. Many people choose to work with a coach for 6-12 months.

COACHING IS LIKE GARDENING 

Gardening is a useful metaphor for Coaching. We understand wanting our gardens to blossom at their fullest potential. We know the most bountiful outcomes are achieved when gardeners are attentive to all factors -- sun and shade, the right flowers and plants, soil condition, nutrients, water, weeding, overall care. This is Coaching.

Coaching encompasses all these facets of our life "garden." With a Coach, you can expect to ”dig around” the multiple facets of yourself, excavate new possibilities, create a more expansive "lifescape" and yield an optimal harvest.

SCHEDULE YOUR FREE COACHING CONSULTATION

I offer a complementary consultation that will answer two key questions: Are you and I a good match? Is this the right process for you?  This session can be in person or over the telephone. It will give you a taste of actual coaching, answer your questions, explain my credentials and how I work as a Coach.

• Coaching sessions are at pre-scheduled times, meeting in my office or over the telephone.
• Sessions are 45 minutes in length, occurring 1-3 times per month.
• Together, we determine the best approach and arrangements for your situation. Specific accommodations can be made on an individual basis.

Contact Brady for more

A SYMBOLIC COACHING STORY

There's a Hole in My Sidewalk -- Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
Portia Nelson

Chapter One
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost.... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter Two
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend that I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in this same place.
But, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter Three
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in ... it's a habit ... but, my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter Four
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter Five
I walk down another street.

BRADY'S COACHING PHILOSOPHY

As a Life Coach, my work's importance lies in helping you BECOME more of who you truly are, FEEL more present in your daily living, FUNCTION more skillfully and CREATE a life fully encompassing your own goals, passions, priorities and talents.

NOT THERAPY/
NOT CONSULTATION

Life Coaching assumes that the Coachee is well, not broken, and therefore does not need to be fixed. It assumes that the Coachee is resourceful and whole. And Life Coaching is not an assessment of your problems to which the Coach responds with answers. Rather, the Life Coach facilitates your change and supports your discovery of the answers and solutions that exist within you.

To be nobody but yourself

In a world which is doing its best

Night and day

To make you everybody else;

Is to fight the hardest battle

-- e. e. cummings