Life Coaching

 

Coaching is a professional relationship that is based on the belief that people are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole and experts on their life.  Many successful people are using coaches to help them bridge the gap between where they are now and where they want to go, as well as who they want to become. 

 

Coaching helps people achieve what they want in their life with greater success, more quickly, and less stress.

 

The following table shows varying success rates for achieving goals with and without support: 

GOAL SETTING ACTIVITIES

SUCCESS RATE

Decide to set a goal

25%

Decide when they do it

40%

Plan how they will do it

50%

Commit to someone else they will do it

65%

Specific accountability appointment with person they committed to

95%

Taken from a study on goal completion by the American Society for Training and Development.

 

MY APPROACH

I specialize in coaching wellness seekers to enhance their relationship to their body, so that they can sustain and evolve their lives with ease. 

 

Ideal clients are those who:

  • Appreciate an inside out approach
  • Do NOT want to go on another diet
  • Welcome redefining “exercise”
  • Long to feel comfortable in their own skin  
  • Are willing to integrate response-ability for their life

 

My approach focuses on developing an exquisite (rather than extreme) relationship to your body.  I view this relationship as important as your significant other, your loved ones, your most treasured friends.  And why not? 

I offer 110% support, attentive listening, non-judgment, intuition, joy, laughter, a sense of adventure, accountability for actions, investment in success, and a belief that anything is possible.

 

BEFORE COACHING

DURING/AFTER COACHING

Do not have time to exercise

Create time for FUN movement activities

Addicted to adrenalin

Incorporate R&R without guilt

Disconnected from body

Cultivate loving relationship to body

Lose “steam” during the day

Establish practices to sustain energy

No idea what body is “saying”

Deepen listening skills to sensations

 

 

MY COACHING PROGRAM

I have created a 3-component coaching program that focuses on developing an exquisite relationship to your body: Review, Reflect, Revitalize.

 

Review.  We begin with a 3-part Assessment.  This includes:

1) Life - identify how fulfilled you are in different areas of your life

2) Exquisite Physical Health – capture your wellness in areas of sleep, nutrition, water, breathing, R&R, activity, brain stimulation, and healing arts, e.g. massage therapy

3) Body – internal perspective on how comfortable and connected you feel to different areas of your body as well self-expression through movement

 

Reflect.  Based on the assessments, you decide your primary area(s) of focus to enhance.  In addition, we explore and clarify your values, passions, and what is personally meaningful to you through the use of powerful questions and creative tools and techniques. 

 

Revitalize.  We create strategies and design practices to help you develop an exquisite relationship to your body, and you as a whole, so that you can sustain and evolve your life with greater ease.

 

WHY FOCUS ON THE BODY?

Your body is a precious resource.  It contains the fuel, your energy, to move you through your life.  When you take exquisite care of your body, your mind relaxes and remembers you are indeed a powerful human being and your spirit is freer to express itself.  This all enhances your life energy and helps to sustain the growth in you and your life. 

 

Your birthright is to feel comfortable in your own skin.  When you remember your natural state of ease, you have greater access to your joy, love, grace, bliss, power, wisdom, purpose, and peace.  

 

"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." Max DePree

 

Your body is a mirror of who you are.  It shows your life's experiences, belief systems, and habits, which are reflected in how you carry yourself and move in the world.  To achieve greater sustainable success in your life, change must occur in your body, in addition to shifting thoughts, beliefs, and life practices.  This strengthens the integration of who you are and becoming.  I incorporate Free the Inner You®, a movement-based program for physical, personal, and global transformation to assist this process with individuals, groups, and coaching clients who would like to explore this avenue.

 

IS COACHING LIKE THERAPY?

As in therapy, coaching is built upon trust, safety, and confidentiality. However, coaching focuses more on the present and future and emphasizes planning and action in addition to reflection. Referrals are made when issues arise that are out of the scope of the coaching process.

 

COMPLIMENTARY SESSION

I invite you to experience coaching and learn more about how my approach to coaching can enhance your relationship to your body, so that you can sustain and evolve your life with ease.  I offer a complimentary 1-hour telephone consultation session with no obligation. Contact me at lisa@soulisticarts.com or (401) 826-2020 to schedule a session and for more information. I look forward to speaking with you!

 

TESTIMONIALS:

"I've always had a hard time making decisions. I have different messages in my head that can make it hard to know what is the best thing to do. Lisa's coaching has helped me to identify all those different voices, listen fully to each of them, and choose freely how I most want to act. Lisa's caring support and willingness to question my assumptions have helped me become clear about what is most important to me in my life -and it make it happen!"
-Jen, Holistic Practitioner

 

"My creative side had been shut off and the effects of that were spilling into all areas of my life. What would the world think if I dared to "play" while dirty dishes sat in the sink? You brought a fresh perspective and helped me examine the obstacles and mental monsters that were keeping me from my art. I began to take small, realistic steps towards my goals. I am still amazed by how my energy and excitement has exploded - it's much easier to give when my well is full."
-Kelly, Artist

 

"Lisa's body centered coaching had a powerful impact on my ability to step into two very important situations. Through her artful coaching, I experienced a grounding that allowed me to be fully present in my body and mind, thus enabling me to deliver a more effective message. I will hire her before any important presentation. She is indeed a gifted guide!"
-Grace, Career and Life Coach

 

"Lisa has the capability to be in the background, but guide with a silent confidence from which others can draw. She helped me to improve my peace of mind and gave me the tools to recognize that I have always had this ability. Lisa is straightforward, trusting, and compassionate and showed me that I can be in full command of what happens in my life."
Maggie, Massage Therapist 

 

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