Life Coach Training: Fifth Weekend
I just finished my fifth weekend of life coach training. One more weekend to go, which will happen in March. This weekend was intense. It was actually the final weekend for most of my cohort, who graduated. I’ll graduate next month, because I started the program a month later. This happens occasionally and I had a really good reason for not being there. The graduation ceremony was moving in its own way. I was asked what I had had gotten from life coaching, what I had given up as a result of life coaching, and what I planned to offer to life coaching.
What I’ve gotten: A lot more honesty and openness with myself and other people. I feel like I know a lot more of what I want for my life because of life coaching.
What I’ve given up: The dishonesty with myself and others.
What I plan to offer: Continued participation in my community and continuing to build my community.
I learned a process this weekend, where the client tells a story about a particualr pattern, as well as the thoughts that motivate the actiosn in the story…and then the client figures out how to break the pattern. I thought this was really an insightful process. I had it used with a pattern in my life, which has bothered me for a while and when the process was finished I felt like I had definite steps and a plan of action to use that could help me create a new and healthier pattern.
We also wrote testimonials for each other. Both writing those testimonials and receiving them was very affirming. I learned a lot from the people I worked with and evidently they learned a lot from me as well. I’ll be getting some of those testimonials posted on my website: http://www.imagineyourreality.com
At the after graduation dinner party, Feroshia asked all of us what we were before we became a life. Before I was a life coach I was a lot less honest with myself.
I’ve got one more weekend, in March, and then I’m a certified Life coach, but my learning won’t be finished. The relationships may change, the situation may be different, but I will continue growing and networking. But this weekend made me feel hopeful for my future as a person and that’s a good step to make.
Categories: communication
Tags: impact vs intent, Life coach, love, processes, testimonials, Training
