Question 1

What is Coaching?

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Coaching is a fast growing profession .  Following are some of the most common Answers to your Questions.

Question 2

1. A Life Coach...

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Helps you discover what you really want.
Asks you to be more than you thought you could be on your own.
Helps you gain clarity and focus on producing results more quickly.
Provides you with the tools, support, and structure to be more.

Almost all life coaching is done either over the phone, tele-coaching, in person or in group settings. This allows the freedom to cultivate national and international client/coach partnerships. "My clients gain focus, equanimity, strength, and empowerment because they have a coach."

Question 3

2. How is Coaching different from consulting? Therapy? Sports Coaching? A best friend?

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Consulting
Coaching is rather like consulting. However, in coaching, the coach stays with the client in a closer partnership to help implement the new skills, changes, and goals, to make sure that they happen. In consulting, the consultant offers more know-how guidance and suggestions. Often sessions are on an as-needed basis.

Therapy
Coaching is not therapy. Coaches don't work on psychological "problems" or get into the past or deal much with understanding human behavior. That knowledge may come as the clients move forward toward personal and professional goals that will give them the life they really want, but it should not be the focus of the coaching relationship.

Sports
Coaching includes several principles from sports coaching, like teamwork, going for the goal, and being your best. Unlike sports coaching, most professional coaching is not competition or win/lose based. Coaches focus on strengthening their clients' skills, not on helping them beat the other team. Coaches look for win/win solutions.

Best friend
A best friend is wonderful to have. But is your best friend a professional who will trust to work with you on the most important aspects of your life and/or business? Have both - a best friend and a coach.

Question 4

3. What is the basic philosophy of coaching?

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Simply put, it is the way we humans are very complex and capable of far more than we give ourselves credit for. We're all on the path of discovering what it is we really and truly want. Coaching helps you identify who you are, what you really want, and how to attain it. A coach helps you stay on track until you get there.

Question 5

4. Who hires me and why?

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You hire me because:
--You want to clean up your life and redirect your focus and energy.
--You want equanimity, focus, and inner strength.
--You want to grow through insight, creativity, and understanding.
--You want to create your life intentionally.

Question 6

5. What happens when you hire me?

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Many things, but the most important are:
You design and create your life intentionally.
You take yourself and your life more lightly.
You take more effective and focused actions immediately.
You stop struggling with what is dragging you down.
You create momentum so that it's easier to get results.
You gain greater clarity, intention, and vision to bring you what you REALLY want; Happiness.

Question 7

6. Do I work on personal goals or business/professional goals?

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I actually work on both. With the line between personal and business life blurring, as it is in the new millennium, coaches are the only professionals trained to work with all aspects of you. Communication , energy, balance, and focus are essential core ingredients needed to find  that which we're all looking for - Joy and Fulfillment.

Question 8

7. Why does coaching work?

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Coaching works for several reasons:
The synergy between us creates momentum.
Better goals are set - ones that naturally pull you toward your goal rather than goals that require you to push yourself to the goal.
You develop new skills, and these skills translate into deeper peace and a more fulfilling life.

Question 9

8. What else do you work on?

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I also work on Empathy, the Law of Attraction, and Spirituality. Many people around the world are now willing to look at and consider the notion of a new spirituality; the power within, the power of now, and the underlying connection between us, other people, and the environment.  The complexity of modernization has left many people a sense of disconnection, a spiritual void, and a sense of emptiness.  The interesting result of this is that more and more of us are rediscovering the essence of what it means to be 'spiritual' and it turns out not be 'religious' in the formal sense at all.

Question 10

9. Please, give me some context about coaching...

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I do just what an athletic coach or music teacher does, only in a fuller and deeper way. I challenge you to take the time to find out what 'happiness' in life means to you. I am your partner in moving toward the life you most honestly want, personally and professionally. I'm someone to hold you accountable for your life, to make sure you really do live up to your innermost potential. No matter where you are in life, there is almost always an aspiration to attain something greater; more equanimity, closer relationships, a deeper feeling of connection and contentment in life. It is the nature of people to want to attain something 'better', understand our life situation, become more, and we're all challenged to define what it is we really want and how to create what we're really looking for. A good coach takes you in new directions and opens new doors that you may not have considered before; personally, physically, and spiritually.

Most people believe that "hard work and doing it on your own" are the keys to finding the life, success, money, or happiness that they seek. They believe that a price must be paid to attain what they want, and often the price is poor health, not having enough time to enjoy life, strained family relationships or lessened productivity. The saddest part is that, even though this effort may result in more of something, it is often not the something you had in mind, and you end up back where you started, or worse, further from your real intentions.

Athletes and performers know about this trap. They know they need someone else, a trained someone else to help them set goals, discover real desires, and effectively move toward the ultimate attainment of excellence. So, they are willing to hire a coach or a teacher. No serious athlete or musician would expect to progress very far withot one.

Question 11

10. What if I'm already doing well in my life/business? Why would I need a coach?

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You might not feel like you need a coach.  But it is helpful to find out:  Are you feeling disconnected from people who don't seem to understand you?  Are you tolerating things that are draining your energy? Is life difficult? Are you free of addictions? Are you peaceful? Are you organized? Do you have fulfilling relationships? What happened to all those goals and good intentions? Are they only a dim memory after a few week? Do you kick yourself in the pants for not following through yet again? Where is the motivation that was so strong such a short time ago? I've discovered that often, people want something deeper and more complete in their lives. I can help in this process.

Question 12

11. Can a dependency be created between me and you?

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Not really.  You may "need" me in order to accelerate your progress, yet not "dependent" on me. Anyone who's working on major changes "need" structure, advice, and support. So, in that sense, having a coach is certainly helpful. But an emotional, psychological dependency is not created. I work with people who are just fine and strong enough on their own. I'm helping you to create a better life: deeper fulfillment, integrity, freedom, creativity, and a higher quality of life.

Question 13

12. Can coaching hurt someone?

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No. Remember, coaches are not doing psychological work. They're not trying to control your thinking.  They're not cattle prods; they're partners.

Question 14

13. Can I hire you just for a short-term, special project?

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Yes. I can help you accomplish specific goals. However, you may well choose to keep working with me after that because there are even deeper levels of insight to attain and even more challenges to overcome.

Question 15

14. How long must I commit if I start working with you?

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I ask for a three to six-month commitment. However, you are free to pause anytime if coaching is not working for you right now. Give us enough time to have closure. I also ask to make sure you read the terms and conditions of terminating early.

Question 16

15. What does it cost to hire you?

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There are two ways to hire me:
Monthly as a Life Coach - I work with individuals for $789 per month payable by cash, debit or credit card, or PayPal due at the beginning of each month. This includes (three) 30-60 minute sessions; one session per week for the first three weeks of the month and requires a Coaching Agreement.

By the session as a Goal Reaching Coach - I work with individuals by the session for $189 per session payable by cash, debit or credit card, or PayPal at the time of the session. Sessions are usually one hour. NO coaching agreement is required.

423-834-8319
natashaturnbow@turnbowology.net

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