Have you tried a coach?

6 May 2008

I was never one for organized athletics as a young person. I was on the sixth-grade girls’ basketball team at Green Park Elementary, but that was the only time I ever was under the tutelage of an athletic coach. (I know, very impressive.)

But I am fortunate enough to have worked with a life coach for, gosh, four years now, perhaps longer. I just had a fantastic session with her today. My coach is Shannon Wilkinson, who uses a combination of Neuro-lingistic Programming (NLP) techniques along with hypnosis and her incredible innate coaching skills. She’s helped me in many ways, and I owe much of my success to her.

I’ve taken coaching training and I know that it’s a challenge to be a great coach. I offer coaching specifically about organizing. Shannon offers coaching about anything and everything. Her niche is working with women, like me, who own businesses or work for themselves and are trying to balance the challenges of having a great business and a great personal life.

If you haven’t tried using a coach, but if it piques your interest, please check out Shannon’s website. If you want to look at other coaches, one way to find a coach is through good old Google. (“Life coach” is a great term to search on.) Another is by checking out the site of the major coaching professional association, the International Coach Federation.

And just FYI, most coaches work over the phone (Shannon’s in Oregon, I’m in Missouri), so you needn’t find a coach in your geographic area.

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