Reasonable Questions to Ask About Coaching

1. Why would I hire a coach?

Wouldn’t it be great to have another person who is completely on your side as you go through life, living it in the best possible way that you can? Someone who will support you, encourage you, challenge you, and do all this with the most positive, sincere, and caring intentions. To have this opportunity is such a rare and precious gift, because to have one person so committed to seeing you flourish is a treasure to behold. Of course, you could do this on your own. However, by having a dialogue with an unconditionally supporting person adds an entirely new dimension of self-awareness that you can immediately and fully benefit from. As your coach, I will reflect your immediate needs, and concerns, and address them while keeping in mind the strengths, talents, and gifts that are so undeniably, YOU! Again, I am on your side, and would love nothing more than to see you flourish. AND YOU WILL!

"I am on your side, and would love nothing more than to see you flourish. AND YOU WILL!"

2. How is coaching done?

Coaching is accomplished with the understanding that you, the client, have all the inner insight and intuition necessary to answer or address any question or issue that you may have in mind. It is my job as your coach to ask powerful questions and/or to apply numerous coaching processes in order to supply the necessary structure for you to become more aware of potentially new options and possibilities for you to invoke in your life. Additionally, I will act not only as a "prism" that will allow your “true colors” to shine, but also as a "mirror" that will reflect your precise needs and concerns so that you feel completely listened to at all times. Everything that is discussed during any and all coaching sessions will be kept strictly confidential in order to maintain privacy. I will not share any information that you disclose to me with any other party, unless you specify otherwise. In addition, I also will provide numerous “requests” for you that allow you to retain a sharp focus on whatever you attempt to create or achieve. You have 100% control of whatever requests you choose to take on, and additionally how much of each request to address beyond the coaching call. I will never judge you negatively based on any of these “requests.” I will only think positively of you at all times! Finally, I as your coach will provide a sense of spaciousness for you, which will allow you to more easily gain access to your inner insight, so that these new possibilities arrive in a highly effortless manner. Using a combination of each of these approaches, you will have countless opportunities to take your life to new heights.

"Imagine coaching as having a "friendship with benefits" where you have another human being who will do everything possible to listen to your individual passions, needs, interests, concerns, and values. To have this other person stand by you and cheer you on is such a large gift, and I am delighted to bring this gift to you."

3. How is coaching different from therapy?

In therapy, the focus is on healing and resolving past experiences so that you can move forth in your life. However, in coaching, the focus is on bringing light to your immediate concerns, needs, and desires, so that with the aid of a coach, you will be able to create the life that you choose to live, in the here and now. In therapy, the agenda may or may not be that of the psychotherapist. However in coaching, the agenda is entirely yours so that any topic or issue that you choose to bring into each coaching session will be the primary focus. My only agenda is to watch you flourish! In addition, a typical client for therapy may be very different than a typical coaching client. Most notably, a client in a coaching relationship will have a general sense of self-responsibility, and is concurrently self-motivated to accomplish great things in his/her life. Would you say that this description personally applies to you?

"So, why would you choose me? I strongly believe that a primary means to make a coaching relationship work is to completely merge and apply my heart, mind, and soul into every coaching relationship that I have in a highly genuine and sincere way. I refuse to settle for anything less than this!"

4. How is coaching different from consulting?

In a consulting relationship, the client typically seeks the consultant for answers about a specific area of expertise. However, in coaching, the answers do NOT come from the coach, but rather from you. As stated in Question #2, the inner resources of you, the client, are utilized throughout the relationship, while the role of the coach is simply to evoke those inner resources so that literally, the answers come from within (and so will the results)!

5. What do you do for me that my friends don’t do for me now?

While many friendships are truly special in countless ways, it is not uncommon in a friendship for the focus to switch back and forth (almost like a ping-pong ball) between the friend’s agenda and interests to your agenda/interests and back again to the friend. So while it has a mutually beneficial quality for both people involved, the focus of attention often shifts naturally from one person to the other person. In a coaching relationship, the focus, care, and attention are completely and undeniably on you! It is my intention as a coach to listen wholeheartedly to everything that your life is about and truly stands for and to work from there to allow you to shine brightly. Imagine coaching as having a "friendship with benefits" where you have another human being who will do everything possible to listen to your individual passions, needs, interests, concerns, and values. To have this other person stand by you and cheer you on is such a large gift, and I am delighted to bring this gift to you on a weekly basis.

"I fully intend on listening attentively to everything that makes you tick including your strengths, talents, passions, visions, goals, and aspirations, so that we can take everything you innately possess and cultivate it in order for you to feel largely content and genuinely happy in life."

6. What qualifies me to be a coach?

Officially, I have received professional coaching training from an accredited coach training school/program (Coach For Life, www.coachforlife.com) and I am an active member of the International Coach Federation (www.coachfederation.org/ICF). As a result, I am fully in tune with all the skills, supports, and processes necessary to be an inspiring coach. Thus, I am appropriately trained and am completely capable of allowing my client to flourish. That being stated, I truly feel that I have been supplied with the necessary gifts to serve as a masterful coach. I truly care for my clients, and am willing to give them my 110% attention and care. I am inherently a very analytical and curious person, which lends me the insight to ask the relevant, necessary, and powerful questions that are necessary to best support you as my client. I am a very open and flexible person, and hence, I want to make you feel as "at home" and comfortable as possible throughout your coaching experience. I am also a very genuine, loyal, and down to Earth person, and am able to relate to each individual in a highly personalized and authentic way. Finally, I am a highly passionate and enthusiastic person who wants nothing more than to make a positive impact on every client who I coach. Needless to say, however much I say all these things (that are theoretical in nature until we meet), it matters just as much if you are able to experience first-hand what I have to offer as a coach. Only then will you truly identify for yourself whether or not you can benefit from a unique relationship with me as your coach.

7. How much do you charge for coaching?

My general rates will be $300 for a month’s worth of one-on-one coaching support (which will be four times a month for 30 minutes per session). There is a one-time 2-hour initial Foundation Session fee of $200. With all this being said, depending on the individual needs of each person, these general rates and the number of sessions per month can certainly be modified on a case-by-case basis. Please do not feel that you cannot benefit from my coaching services if you are unable to pay the above amount. Please feel free to call or Email me, and I would be more than happy to talk with you about alternative options.

8. What makes coaching worth so much?

It is a priceless gift to have another person who genuinely cares for what you honestly stand for, and who views you in an unconditionally positive light. It is priceless to have someone who wants you to live your life in a way that is genuine to your individual values, interests, passions, and life goals. It is also priceless to have a person who will simply listen to you in a manner that is completely non-judgmental and lacking in arrogance. So qualitatively, it is perhaps one of the greatest gifts possible to have another human being be fully and entirely present for you, and you alone! As an effect of this genuine understanding, a clearer road forward will pave the way for you to bring out your personal best, no matter where you choose to blaze your path. As a consequence, the results and positive changes in your life will provide you with a solid reason to feel further privileged to be an integral part of this relationship. In a nutshell, the process of genuine coaching and the emerging positive changes/results/outlook in your life is the fire that ignites the coaching relationship and makes it as precious as it is.

"You are a unique and special person in my eyes ... a diamond containing unlimited facets and gifts. It is my passion to bring it all out, in a prism-like manner so that your truest colors rise to the forefront of your life and world."

9. Why would I hire you over another coach?

There are many life coaches who do a great job in the areas that they focus on. This is undeniable, and reflects the evolution of an ever-growing field. One thing that I will start right off by saying is that different coaches may be well suited for a specific professional or life domain that reflects the personal uniqueness of each coach, in the same manner that I believe that each person who I coach will bring his/her own special qualities to the table. This is all part of being human! So, why would you choose me? I strongly believe that a primary means to make a coaching relationship work is to completely merge and apply my heart, mind, and soul into every coaching relationship that I have in a highly genuine and sincere way. I refuse to settle for anything less than this! I fully intend on listening attentively to everything that makes you tick including your strengths, talents, passions, visions, goals, and aspirations, so that we can take everything you innately possess and cultivate it in order for you to feel largely content and genuinely happy in life. You are a unique and special person in my eyes ... a diamond containing unlimited facets and gifts. It is my passion to bring it all out, in a prism-like manner so that your truest colors rise to the forefront of your life and world. I am entirely committed to doing anything that I can to facilitate this process, and will be so excited to witness your truest sparkle and shine in all areas of your life.

I look forward to such a bright future, and I wish you nothing but the best!!