Soulful Coach

Coaching - I Offer You....

Coaching...what is it really?  When I told my Dad I was becoming a "coach," he asked if I was working for the Cleveland Browns!  The idea of it is perhaps hard to define.  Tiger has a life coach..  He's a nice example.  He knows all about all sorts of coaching.

In my Leadership Program, they offered us some promises that really resonated for me and I'd like to share those with you knowing that I hold these promises.

I promise to hold you bigger than you hold yourself.

In pursuit of your most powerful self, I promise to make you uncomfortable, call you forth and demand your best with fierceness, dignity, respect and compassion.

I promise to be a model of full permission.

I promise to fail hugely and have great learning occur from these failures.

I promise to be authentic, messy, human and real.

I promise to have a low tolerance for your shit and huge compassion for your humanity.

As a result of your full-out participation in coaching:  

I promise you freedom from old limiting beliefs, a deeper understanding of intimacy and a new relationship with trust.

I promise that you will have a wider range of self-expression, the flexibility to dance with whatever shows up, and the strength to stand in your power, regardless of the circumstances.

Coaching also is primarily about deeping our learning of ourselves and forwarding the action towards what we want.  So, setting goals it key.  

I will hold "your" agenda of what you want.  We will design an alliance to get you where you want to be in your life.  

Trust that I have some "skills" to shine the light for you to examine what it is that you really want and who you are and what you bring to the world.

Please feel free to write to me and we can talk!

I would love to have you sign up for my blog updates (you can do this above).

I have learned that it is through connection with others that we grow and move forward. AND, this is a big thing coming from an Introvert! 

Until we meet...Namaste,

Sheila

Don't be a Hobgoblin !!

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today. - 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' -- Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood."

Lesson:  Don't be a Hobgoblin!!!

Validation

This little movie cracks me up with respect to the coaching world's endless acknowledgements and validations - that often are way too much and become meaningless.

This movie, hovwer, illustrates the power of the simple acknowledgement and a sweet way...

Enjoy!

Spending our Lives

"I don't want to be saved, I want to be spent."   Fritz Perls

"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no ‘brief candle' to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it over to future generations."  George Bernard Shaw

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you."  William James

Coaching Inquiry:  When do notice you have the most energy?  How do you gain your energy.  Tell me about a time that you were in "flow."  What were you doing?  How did it feel?

Namaste,

Sheila

Everything is Amazing, Nobody is Happy !!!

Soo funny! This is so true. Love this guy!

Self Awareness - Some Questions to Consider

Journaling. It's always been difficult for me. I think it's partially because I wonder who I'm talking to... I'm better at talking...out loud...to myself. Doesn't make sense, I know.

Another problem is I have different things/topics and therefore separate journals. So I have all of these (unfilled) journals laying around. I have one for my dreams (as in nightmares or at least the ones that happen when I'm asleep) to discuss with my analyst.  Another is for my business ideas...another for just writing what Julia Cameron calls "morning pages"...and the list goes on.  

Perhaps it would help me just to have one running at all times for all of these things; however, How could I then find what I need in them...maybe color coding with different colored pens?  See, this is what I do and why I never pick up the journal and just write.  

I would sure welcome some advice from anyone out there!!!  I'll offer a free coaching session to anyone who comments...with some advice.

I am going to look at the following questions and make an appointment with ONE of my journals to explore these.  I invite you to do the same and please as always, share your thoughts!

1. If you were absolutely guaranteed to succeed, what would you dare to do?

2. What are you most passionate about?

3. What are your greatest talents/strengths?

4. How can you get paid doing what you love?

5. When (what circumstances? Around what people?) Do you feel most alive? This is a big one for me!

6. What were your 5 greatest accomplishments over the last 5 years?

7. What will be your 5 greatest accomplishments over the next 5 years? The next 25 years?

8. How can you best share your gifts with the world?

9. What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

10. What other questions should you be asking yourself?!?

The new me...except..where's the pen???!!!

Namaste,

Sheila

Vipassana Meditation Workshop

Hello!

I will be leading a 3-part Vipassana meditation workshop beginning Thursday, March 12th, at the Coventry LIbrary in Cleveland Heights.  This course will be held once a month on the second Thursday of the month through May.  

We will have a brief overview of Vipassana and I'll provide information for you to take home to learn more about the practice.  We will then meditate for approx. 30 minutes.  A book I recommend is "Seeking the Heart of Wisdom."  

Coventry Library

1925 Coventry Road

Cleve Hts, OH 44118

216 321 3400

Parking is available on the street and behind the library at the old Coventry school parking lot.

I look forward to meeting you!

Namaste,

Sheila