Are You Interested in Working With a Life Coach?
“Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.”
– Oprah Winfrey
Have you ever worked with a life coach?
If so, I’d love to hear your experience. What were (are) the benefits for you?
I have been working with my life coach, Rob Flichel, for 5 months now. We chat once a month, on the phone, for an hour. Oh, what an hour can do!
Sometimes it takes a completely objective person to shed light on an issue that we are way too immersed in, to be able to see with any sort of clarity.
Whether it is a personal matter or a business challenge I am grappling with, what I like most about working with Rob is the accountability.
The first part of our session is spent following up on what we talked about the previous month. I don’t get to just complain or vent about an issue. I also have to make some sort of commitment as to what I am going to do in the month ahead…what tweaks or modifications I am prepared to make to help bring about the changes I wish to see — in myself, my relationships, my projects, my work, my goals, my life.
Once we have discussed what I did (or didn’t do and why), and what worked and what didn’t, then we move on to whatever my current challenge is.
Rob is an excellent listener (he takes notes!). He also has an awful lot of tools and tangible tips in his toolbox. And he asks very astute questions that help me get to the root of what I’m really struggling with.
I first met Rob three years ago when I was taking one of his yoga classes at Yoga Grace, a lovely little yoga studio in Qualicum Beach. What struck me most about Rob — long before he started working with me as my life coach — was his wisdom (pragmatic, inner and spiritual). His wife once told me he seems to be somewhat of a…divine pipeline. I suspect she is right 🙂
This much I do know: if you are going to let someone help guide you through a chapter of your life, I think it’s imperative you choose the right guide for you. Working with a life coach is a highly individual experience.
If you are considering working with a life coach but are still on the fence, an important question to ask yourself is: are you READY?
Are you ready, willing and able to do the work — take those next steps — to get you where you want to go?
If you are interested in working with a life coach and think Rob might be a good fit, he offers a complimentary first session to determine just that.
Rob’s e-mail is robertflichel@gmail.com.
Maryanne Pope is the author of A Widow’s Awakening, the playwright of Saviour and the screenwriter of God’s Country. Maryanne is CEO of Pink Gazelle Productions Inc and a Director with the John Petropoulos Memorial Fund. To receive her weekly blog, Weekly Words of Wisdom, please sign up here.
