What is Coaching?
An individual seeks a personal coach when they feel blocked in the pursuit of their life’s goals, or perhaps specifically regarding their working career path.
Elizabeth leads coaching sessions as one-on-one meetings that explore insights and possible next steps, taking into consideration an individual’s past and current situation, and an objective assessment of one’s realistic and aspirational goals. Some use these sessions with Elizabeth as additional support during a period of conflict or personal crisis, or during or following a mediation to better manage a plan already in place. Some use these coaching sessions as a strategic meeting to identify and reassess all relevant interpersonal and environmental variables and then set a new and concrete plan to move forward. Still others seek from coaching sessions a framework within which to process what might have occurred following a recent shaman session (usually with Elizabeth in that capacity) and how their lives are changing.
Many people coming in for what she calls Conflict Coaching – which means help to think through a personal or professional conflict in their lives. Having a mediator frame the conflict in the most advantageous way for resolving it provides individuals an opportunity to work through conflict via an explicit, proactive plan (as opposed to defensive, sometimes unreasoned reactions) that can preserve time, money and stress.
Elizabeth as a Personal Coach
Elizabeth earned her coaching certificate in 2005 from Coaches Training Institute. In 2006, she was certified by the Center for Right Relationship in Systems Coaching. She has also further developed her skills in life coaching through her extensive mediation and shaman practices.
Elizabeth is available for one time appointments, and occasionally she can meet with a person weekly or bi weekly, for a period of time, depending on her teaching schedule.
What to expect?
Coaching sessions are hour long sessions during which you and Elizabeth will talk about whatever is coming up for you. The session always starts with “what would you like to talk about today?” Some people discuss a conflict in their lives, get advice on how to move forward, process a healing session, bounce business ideas off of, or just spend some time in reflection with the support of another person. These coaching sessions can be for new or returning clients.