A coach reflects on the messy reality of the work: strong client connections mixed with struggle, self-care as essential, and the need to stop judging yourself harshly. Coaching teaches you to accept imperfection and keep learning.
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It made me realize in this journey of becoming a coach, there's going to be up and down, going to be challenging and rewarding moments. And I really resonate with what Ashé said about, oh, I also need to take care of myself as well and reflect and not be so hard on myself. Yeah. In this journey, there's going to be time when I'm going to do great with a client. There's going to be time where I feel like I struggle with a client and not beat myself up for it. You know, and so, and realize I'm still learning, so I can't expect myself to be perfect all the time. Um, so yeah, that's what I would take away.