A good part of my coaching practice is focused on coaching people in high-stakes professions. But what exactly is a high-stakes profession? To me, it’s a field of work that places an inordinate amount of stress on the professional because of what is at risk for both them and their own clients or consumers if they … Continue reading What are High-Stakes Professions?
ICF (the International Coach Federation) defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” Most of us in the modern, developed world have a buffet of life paths from which to choose. Figuring out which one will best suit us, satisfy our … Continue reading Life Coaching: What is it?
Becoming a life coach includes getting coached yourself. A lot. When I talk about things like extracting your core values, I have a sense of what you’ll experience because I did it too. Even after deciding I wanted to be a life coach, I didn’t instantly know how that was going to work, or what … Continue reading What is #Joyist?
Lately I’ve seen a LOT of posts on social media by people who are stressed out, exhausted, or overwhelmed by the holidays. For some, it’s the lengthiness of their holiday to-do list, for others, it’s a minefield of emotional triggers, and for even others, it’s something else entirely. Whatever the cause promoting all this negativity … Continue reading Winter Holiday Overwhelm