Progress!

Oh my goodness, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted and SO much has happened in such a short space of time. So I will try not to ramble too much :-)

First of all, I spent the last two interviewing potential life coaches. It was an interesting process because I got to see that there’s no such thing as a ‘typical coach’. Each coach was unique, and each approached coaching according to their own style and personality. Although they all had the main idea of what coaching was in mind, each of them seemed to take their own route of achieving that goal. When I finished my interviews I realized that the best way to choose which life coach to take on was to pick the one I felt most ‘connection’ to. That is, I trusted my instinct and asked myself which one did I resonate with most. The answer to that was simple, it was Elizabeth (see http://www.the-global-citizen.com/ ). I am sooo excited about working with her because she has a lot of positive energy, she can point me to all the right resources and she’s a great leader. I had a free trial coaching session with her for 40mins and it brought me so much clarity and motivation. After finishing that session I decided that coaching really was the right decision for me. I want to be able to help people get that same clarity, vision and motivation.

My first real session with Elizabeth starts on Wednesday and I am super excited. I think I’m finally going to start to make some real tangible progress in my life. And I’m so grateful that I’ve finally reached to this part of my journey. I feel like I’m at the beginning of a long journey, but when you really think about it the beginning isn’t now… it started before we were even born! And even though it feels like we haven’t done much until the point when we decide from here on out I’m going to control my life… the truth remains that the journey started a long time ago.

I’ve started making myself a 5 year plan for what I want to achieve in my life. I’ve decided that by the time I reach 30 I will start working for myself full time. I’m so excited!

Next bit of great news – I finally found the courage to sign up at CoachU (www.coachu.com). I’ve signed up for the Core Essentials Program and Advanced Coaching Program. That’s a total of 175hrs of ACTP coach training. I’m gonna give myself a maximum of 3 years to complete it entirely. After that… I’m gonna aim to get accredited through the ICF (www.coachfederation.org/ICF), first as an ACC (Associate Certified Coach), and then as a PCC (Professional Certified Coach). Eventually, I will aim for the highest accreditation – MCC (Master Certified Coach).

Last achievement – I finally found the courage to tell my mum that I am starting coach training. I was so terrified to tell her this, because I was so scared that she would try to discourage me or would tell me I have too many responsibilities now. I was so afraid of telling her that I was shaking when I called her on the phone. But when I told her she was surprisingly so cool about it and she even encouraged me to do it! I was shocked! And so happy! :-) So now I feel even better about beginning my training.

So that’s pretty much it. I mean… I’m so excited because I’ve finally started to take real big steps towards creating the life of my dreams. I know that its going to be a really tough journey. But I know that its going to be worth it because I’m doing what I truly want to do. So there’s no going back. I am finally becoming my authentic self and I am loving it :-)

Quote of the Day

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."
— Eleanor Roosevelt