Have you ever felt like you are going through life as the silver ball in a pinball machine? You start the day shooting out with clear intention and then find yourself bantered about by one flipper after another? At the end of the day, you’re dizzy from spinning and haven't accomplished what you planned. Everyone experiences this now and then, but if this is happening more often than you wish, consider how life could be different if there was time and space for each day to unfold with attention and intention for those things that are most important to you. This is where coaching can be helpful. Working with a coach creates a time and place to consider what you want more of in your life and how to identify, understand and tame the pinball flippers so that you are not constantly reacting to your environment but are designing it to meet your needs.
Have you ever deeply considered this seemingly simple question: WHAT DO YOU WANT? And the harder question: WHAT’S GETTING IN THE WAY OF WHAT YOU WANT?
I first came to coaching as a client several years ago when life’s “flippers” were creating chaos and holding me back from big priorities. I had a full-time job, two teenage boys about to launch off to college, and was caring for my mother in law who lived with us. I was experiencing frequent migrane headaches, and I would wake in the middle of the night and worry about whether I could “get things right” the next day.
I began working with a coach and quickly realized that I am in charge of my life. Or that I should be. Taking back control of your life is as easy as doing it. And, it is that difficult.
Coaching can be a key factor in setting that new course. It is forward thinking. It is holding yourself accountable. You can control those flippers and direct that the silver pinball to new and uncharted places!
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