Spots are Filling up… and so is my Heart!

I cannot begin to express my gratitude to all of you; those who read these newsletters, those I’ve worked with through Gen Z and you, and the people I have on my team who have supported me every step of the way.

My coaching schedule is beginning to reach its capacity - and for the first time ever, I am having to consider making a waitlist or reducing my coaching load because of the number of opportunities coming my way. I have more 1-2-1’s, groups, and teens/parents wanting to schedule than I know what to do with!

I have hosted the two largest speaking events in my career this month. I’ve taken on the highest amount of new clients per month ever. I am filled with joy and gratitude for the new and old clients I’m working with, and the passion and fire I have inside me for coaching has been fully ignited.

Much of this is because of the wonderful team I have behind me, and the professional development I have done in the last year, but I would be remiss if I didn’t also mention how the increasing attention on coaching-related research has helped me too.

We have known since 2013 that coaching is proven to improve life and health outcomes, and helps people set realistic goals and work toward achieving them. But lately, we’ve learned more about how coaching improves people’s mindsets. Coaching has been proven to help people reduce their psychological distress, and it has a positive impact on people’s work lives, personal lives, and self-esteem.

Coaching has also been shown to lead to a more expansive mindset. An expansive mindset is one that allows you to see roadblocks and overcome them or move around them, rather than getting stuck in them, or defeated in their presence. Simply, it’s a mindset that allows you to expand all parts of your life, rather than getting bogged down by stressors and life events.

I share this research with you all because I know that there is still a stigma surrounding life coaches and the coaching industry. Many people think that life coaching is a scam and that there’s no evidence or support for it as an industry. I’ve also heard people refer to life coaches as “professional butt kissers” which makes me laugh, but also stings a little - that’s so beyond demeaning of the powerful work we do.

Life coaching is evidence-based, research-backed, and proven to help people in multiple areas of their lives. Knowing this, does that make you more curious about hiring one?

If it does, why not reach out to me and we can chat a little more - the first meeting is free, and I would love to dive deeper with you.

Aboalshamat, K., Al-Zaidi, D., Jawa, D. et al. The effect of life coaching on psychological distress among dental students: interventional study. BMC Psychol 8, 106 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-020-00475-5

Ammentorp, J., Uhrenfeldt, L., Angel, F., Ehrensvärd, M., Carlsen, E. B., & Kofoed, P. E. (2013). Can life coaching improve health outcomes?--A systematic review of intervention studies. BMC health services research, 13, 428. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-428