Coach

I am often asked the difference between a coach and a counsellor when at times the coaching process can be equally intense. Principally, a counsellor works with The Past whilst a coach works with ‘the now’ and Your Future. A counsellor will help you to dig deep in the archeology of your life in order to see what you can attend to in order to improve today. A coach will explore what is happening today and help you decide what you need for your future.

However, it is simplistic to think that a coach can enable someone to design their future without referencing their past as well. The experiences you have had in your past inform how you think and behave today. How you think and behave today is what creates your future.

It would be lunatic to ignore that cache of invaluable information that you have created in the years you have been present on this planet. Your past is a source of invaluable and unique information about you. We need to access the things you did and didn’t like, the experiences that nourished and those which depleted You. We need to investigate those things that held you back and those which drew you joyously forward. We need to see who you believed yourself to be in the past in order to choose who you want to be in your future.

One definition of insanity is :

“Doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different outcome”

Sometimes we need to pause and reflect. This way we can choose a new route in order for new things to happen in your life. Whatever you past meant to you, as I coach, I can guarantee that we will be taking a look at it as we work together. This is the only way I know for us to build a congruent and sustainable future for you. What is the point of life if we do not learn from the past and use it to build a bright future?

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