Valerie felt stuck before working with coaches Speaker B and Lisa. Within a week or two, she noticed rapid change, and each session brought new breakthroughs. She credits coaching with helping her address mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, and financial aspects of her life, plus building self-awareness and authentic self-expression.
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Valerie, since you've been coaching, is it what you expected it to be?
What's your feeling and thoughts about coaching now versus what it was when you first started to want to get more understanding and maybe get involved before you, even as you were pulling the trigger, say, yes, I want. I'm interested in gains and success coaching from you and Lisa.
I was stuck in life, in a really. In a trap, really. So I had no view past maybe the next day, let alone what my life would be in six months. But, you know, that is the key here, is that I took the step to get into life coaching with you. And you do listen. You really do listen to what I had to say. And it was safe to say, say things that I was afraid to say. And within, I think within a week or two, I was no longer stuck. And for me, then the whole world opened up to me, and that's where we've been going on this journey. I think in the beginning, I saw it as maybe a band aid kind of therapy.
Okay.
So, you know, here's a problem. Stick a band aid on it.
Right.
I really didn't think coaching would lead me down the path I've gone down, which is really about rejuvenating your life.
Nice. So the process of coaching, now that you've been entrenched with it, what is coaching to you now? What is the value of it for you? How do you think about it, and what is the value of it for you?
Well, it's very much a holistic process. It isn't just about getting your career on track. And I guess that's where I was at the beginning. It's like I really need to be somewhere, somewhere fast. I need to get back on track, and somebody's gonna have to haul me back on the track.
Right, right.
And really what it is about is rediscovering who you are in the process. Who I am in the process. So for me, life coaching is about your entire life.
Yes.
It's not just about. About what's wrong with your life. It's about what the potential is.
Yeah. You look at it in a global perspective, a full, rounded perspective. Mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, financial. You know, all of that.
Right. All of the above.
All of the above, because that's what runs your whole life. And did you find that as you coach with Lisa and myself, did you find that we helped create a safe place for you to come and tell the truth?
Well, I wasn't telling the truth to myself either. Anyone else? Yes. So this is a very, very safe place to actually take a deep look inside yourself.
Nice. Nice. And then did you find opportunities for breakthrough?
I think there's a breakthrough every time I come here. I really do. I think it's about doing the work myself but having the structure that you and Lisa provide for me. And that's really. It's about the intuitiveness about how we work together.
That's really, really well said.
What if I may ask is your biggest takeaway since we've been working together? My self awareness. It's about really seeing myself as in being in charge of my life.
The thing that I noticed the biggest improvement, the biggest, biggest advance and advances that I've seen in you is a couple. Number one, the power of your intention.
Exactly.
Your ability to plan and create and design life the way you want to live it. That's best for you. And your expression, your expression has come 180. It's a 180 degree difference. It's superb. Now what's inside of you shows on your face.
And I have a lot to give and that's I think what I didn't realize about my too and this is what life coaching has really given me is the opportunities to say this is actually who I am and who I stand for. And I can project that to the world because it is a really good thing to project. How do you feel about being client of the year? Quite special to me. And you gave me an amazing plaque that I will cherish for the rest of my life because it really does mean a lot to me because I have A lot of times you put work into your life and it doesn't really pay off. You don't get acknowledgement but this is actually an acknowledgement of hard work.
