I'm good and getting better

I must admit, I am a very good Empowerment Coach! I believe I have always inspired people, whether it was a friend I knew when I was younger, to a co-worker who needed mentoring, to the MANY former customers of For Your Journey (FYJ). I knew closing FYJ to become a life coach was a good idea, because that is what I basically did all day when I had my store anyway… answered people's life questions : ) The difference now, is that I get paid to coach people and I no longer have all the overhead expenses of running a store!

However, while I know I’m good at coaching, I also believe I’m getting better all the time. This week, especially, since working on my own thing (this life/blog project), I have noticed a difference in my coaching. I feel even more connected to my clients. For instance, today, with my teenage male client (I just love him!), as I was talking to him about how to direct his feelings to what he wants to manifest in his life, I began feeling the excitement within myself. I was giving him examples, such as feeling how it would feel if he was doing his sports, or playing his music, or doing his computer thing. Even though I don’t necessarily do the same things he finds enjoyable, I actually became excited simply by describing his possibilities. It was all meant as an example. But as I felt the happiness within myself, for the first time in a new way, I realized the effect of my own coaching. I sensed what my clients must feel when they are imagining doing what I’m suggesting they do. I often see it on their face, but this time I felt it within myself!!

Another surprising experience happened earlier in the week with another client of mine. As I was explaining something (I don’t exactly remember what, but obviously something inspirational about life) I mentioned that when I have a bad day, I do blah, blah, blah…, to which my client looked at with me with surprise and said, “You have them too!?” She was serious. I don’t think she necessarily thought that bad things never happen to me, rather may have believed that bad days don’t really affect me. I was surprised at her question because I am just the same as everyone else. In fact, I may even be more sensitive than many others, which means I feel a heck of a lot of bad feelings at times. I explained that the difference with me, however, is that I don’t stay in the bad feelings for very long at all. I have learned how to get myself away from negative feelings sooner than later. And since learning how to do this for myself, I have very little tolerance for being unhappy for too long.

These experiences in my coaching this week led me to believe that I must really show my clients the potential of living a happy life, by being an example myself. I don’t simply put on a happy face and tell them nice things. I am truly in the experience of being happy. Talking about living an empowered life simply fills me with joy. And so, no matter how crappy my day may have been up to then, the moment I begin discussing empowerment, all is right in the world!

I love being an Empowerment Coach. I love the effect it has on my clients, but even more so the effect it has on me. I love that I discovered my own uniqueness and have learned to embrace it. As I continue on my own journey of continuous self-discovery, my hope is that I also enhance what I have to offer others. I believe so.

Life is good. And I am soooo grateful!