Coaching - Transformation through the renewal of the mind
Coaching is a concept that has progressed over many years of changing and adapting, which eventually became a reputable industry aimed at helping people reach their desired goals. Traditionally, a coach was understood to be a person who would help athletes enhance their skills and talents, mostly related to increasing performance. First, coaching pulled through to the entertainment industries in the form of public speaking and voice coaches, which eventually spread into the corporate world and later, as we know it today, throughout various personal and professional environments.
The collaborative enriching practice of coaching is mainly aimed at helping people move from where they are to where they want to be (Collins, 2009), mostly centralized around reaching their potential. Effectively in coaching, we focus on finding fulfilment to reach your goals, basically getting unstuck and achieving your desired outcomes. In short, coaching is not structured around giving advice but concentrate on discovering your inner potential. Sometimes, we just need to be asked a good question at the right time.
An interesting comparison that helps clarify some misunderstood concepts
Counselling or therapy deals mainly with a person’s past and trauma and seeks healing.
Consulting deals mostly with problems and seeks to provide information, expertise, advice, strategies, and methodologies to solve them.
Mentoring deals mostly with succession training and seeks to help someone do what the mentor does.
Coachingdeals mainly with a person’s present and seeks to guide them into a more desirable future.
(Williams & Menendez, 2015)
My coaching approach is built on the basic concepts of coaching, which I reinforce using a transformational mindset, explicitly focusing on the mind's renewal. In this process, your perception of specific situations gets unruffled, explicitly aiming to identify and unlock some of your “locked doors”. Effectively, once these doors are opened, you could reach new potentials which was previously not even considered.
My approach focuses on changing the mind, which in effect can help change behaviour. We often become our own worst enemies purely because we become too afraid to change or delay change. After all, you do not believe in yourself. During the coaching, intervention takes a journey towards discovering and unlocking your potential to become the best version of yourself.
During our sessions, we start with the Revive phase, which aims to understand where you are currently explicitly focused on areas of improvement. Then, we progress towards the Rebuild phase, which helps you put your goals into a comprehendible achievable perspective. After that, we move towards the Reconnect phase that will help you implement action plans to help you achieve your desired goals most comfortable you. This action phase consists of a multi-dimensional approach, which combines motivation with resilience to help you keep your head up high, even if you do not make your targets on the first goal. A big part of my approach is focused on personal development plans, which helps you to stay focused on contuse improvement.
In conclusion, my transformational coaching is summarized in the following three questions;
1. Who Am I?
2. Who do I want to become?
3. How do I get where I want to be?
As we all know, life happens daily and tends to move at a high pace. We often find ourselves caught up in “busyness”, resulting in a continuous battle to gain extra time. If you want to excel in what you do, you need to lead a balanced life that accommodates your personal, professional and spiritual lives. Understanding who we are and who we could be can help you maintain a balanced life.
Let me help you discover your hidden potential and become the best version of yourself.
Works Cited
Collins, G. R. (2009). Christian Coaching. Colorado Springs: Navpress.
Williams, P., & Menendez, D. S. (2015). Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute of Life Coach Training. W.W Norton & Company.