Pursuing coaching is a courageous acknowledgment that you have more to offer than you are equipped to give. We’ll embrace the duality of being a professionally successful person and organizational leader who carries awareness of their dissatisfactions, imperfections, and obstacles. As we reflect on that duality, we will familiarize ourselves with each other, review the coaching pathway, set expectations, and jointly assess fit.

Key topics we’ll explore include:

• Your goals, obstacles to success, and readiness/motivation to change
• The scientific and philosophical underpinnings of our coaching process
• A process-driven view of our approach to coaching
• Expectations you should have of me as a coach
• Expectations I will have of you as a coachee

Self-understanding and compassion form the bedrock for appreciating and applying our unique character strengths and mastering our wellbeing. By recognizing our inherent positive qualities, we can intentionally cultivate and apply them in various aspects of our lives. Because our journeys are not always smooth; self-compassion is also critical so that we can meet ourselves with kindness and understanding when we inevitably face setbacks. Ultimately, a flourishing life characterized by positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment (including professional accomplishment) takes root when we understand and find compassion for our true nature.

“Let us keep to the way which nature has mapped out for us, and let us not swerve therefrom.”

– SENECA

We prepare you with the tools and practices of wellbeing and goal attainment that foster durable alignment between your actions and your values. Philosophy and science will bring insight and context to your journey, and your “future self” will provide a “North Star”. As you ready yourself to tackle ambitious goals, you will learn about change models, and evidence-based practices and tools that support goal achievement. We’ll also explore the valuable (and unavoidable) role of failure and setbacks in personal growth and goal achievement, removing the stigma of setbacks

“Everyone faces up more bravely to a thing for which he has long prepared himself.”

– SENECA

We’ll select specific changes/goals you’re committed to making/pursuing and apply practical frameworks (like the GROW model) to illuminate the path to goal achievement, track progress, overcome obstacles, and reinforce positive habits. As you become self-reliant in applying the practices and tools we’ve introduced, our focus will shift toward empowering you to become your own guide, supporting you as you take on increasingly ambitious goals and navigating challenges independently.

”Waste no more time arguing about what a good person should be. Be one.”

 – MARCUS AURELIUS

As you become proficient in applying the practices and tools we’ve introduced, our focus will shift toward empowering you to become your own guide, supporting you as you independently take on increasingly ambitious goals while navigating obstacles. Through periodic coaching sessions, we will provide perspective and introduce additional tools and practices to support your mastery of the practices of goal achievement and wellbeing. 

“The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think, or do. Only what you do.”

– MARCUS AURELIUS