"Through career/life coaching I have learnt techniques to manage and improve my personal relationships and self confidence... Always emphasising the strictest of confidence, I feel comfortable to express any issues. Diana's ability to listen and absorb information makes her an excellent coach. She is well prepared with practical steps to ensure I gain the maximum benefit from each session and with exercises for me to realise my potential. Diana is very enthusiastic and passionate in her approach to coaching.
I look forward to a new career path that is challenging and rewarding, thus providing more life satisfaction.
I am so glad I made that phone call to Diana to make that first appointment." - Rose Smith (Melbourne)
“Coaching for me has been an enjoyable and enriching experience helping me to identify and constructively deal with personal difficulties concerning careers, such as: resume techniques, time management skills and mental exercises for coping with difficult situations like job interviews.
With Diana's help I was successfully able to find a job in the area I was hoping to enter after finishing University, using the skills she had taught me.” - Adam Twite (Melbourne)
“I sought career coaching to help me to define my goals and future direction with work. I had consultations via email and surprisingly found this a great way to go. Diana presented me with info and helped me to gain insights into why I was doing what I was doing, ultimately helping me to gain a clearer perspective and make positive decisions. The exercise, I believe, helped me to obtain my current fantastic position. Thanks Diana.
I would recommend her service to others.” - Rosalind Burt (Melbourne)
Angry: you bottle your frustrations up inside until they explode in a display of rage?
Weak: you feel that your opinions are not valued or taken seriously by others?
Frustration: you struggle to communicate and get on with others in your life?
Unhappy: you don't feel optimistic about the past, present or future?
Lifeless: you're stuck in a life that's not turning out the way you thought it would and you're resigned to all of its problems.
Or going through:
Chaos: life has lost its certainty, direction and order.
Hassles: little troubles feel like big issues to contend with.
Anger: blame is pointed at the source of this change.
Negativity: resistance to this change gives you some control.
Going Back: hope remains that life will return to the way things were.
Evolve: decisions need to be made to move forward.
These are just some of the issues that Life Coaching can assist you in dealing with.
What Is Life Coaching?
Together we create an interactive relationship that explores personal issues in your life. As Life Coaches, we act as catalysts for change and help to facilitate individual development and transformation.
Life Coaches carry out the following generic functions:
We aim to establish coaching interactions based on good rapport that utilise active listening, effective questioning, observation and feedback.
We aim to connect coachees with a deeper understanding of their values and life's purpose, empowering them to make effective decisions that are more in alignment with this new found understanding.
We aim to focus on the coachee's ideal future, facilitating the change management process that will bring about their ideals.
We aim to assist coachees effectively manage change and transition.
We aim to provide techniques for sustained motivation and lasting change.
We aim to connect coachees with a deeper awareness of their self-limiting beliefs, thoughts, feelings and behaviour. To assist coachees in creating alternative beliefs that change their perspective, thoughts, feelings and therefore behaviour.
We aim to empower coachees in becoming self-reliant, taking control and ownership of their own personal development.
We aim to encourage the recognition of strengths and successes that will lead to further improvement and positive change.
Life Coaches carry out (as examples) the following specific functions:
We aim to assist coachees in achieving their desired balance between work and personal life.
We aim to assist coachees in improving their organisational skills and time management.
We aim to assist coachees in finding their voice and improving assertive communication skills.
We aim to assist coachees in managing anger and the negative impact of this emotion on their lives.
We aim to assist coachees in finding happiness in their past, present and future.
Life Coaching Techniques
Many techniques are employed to explore your personal issues and to provide insights that instigate change.
Some of the key methodologies for Life Coaching are described below:
Solution-Focused Coaching - By focusing on the desired future, we use this methodology to propel the coachee forward, exploring the life they wish for, reviewing where in their past they have experienced something similar (in full or in part) and investigating how they can reach their ideal future.
Cognitive-Behavioural Coaching - By focusing on the problematic thoughts of the coachee, we can drill down to their inner beliefs that are not conducive to moving forward. When the coachee is able to identify an alternative belief that is more effective in facilitating change, this methodology promotes a positive evidence-based approach to support the coachee's changing perspective and behaviour.
Narrative Coaching - By focusing on the coachee's life as a series of stories that they've created to describe themselves, we identify the problematic stories that we collect/record evidence of and whole-heartedly believe in. We separate the coachee from the problem and evaluate its impact on the coachee's life. After deconstructing their problematic story we look to the coachee's past, unique outcomes as possibilities for a new story. Then we construct a more conducive story that will bring about positive change.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming - By utilising the sensory channels of the coachee, we change the mental, emotional and physiological state of the coachee with scripts designed to address the coachee's needs.
Scheduling Activities - Commonly utilised in addressing work/life balance or time management issues, scheduling activities help coachees build awareness of their current time usage and how they can be more effective in managing time or balancing work and personal life.
Role-Playing - Commonly utilised in addressing communication issues, for example assertiveness skills training, role-playing provides a safe environment within which the coachee can practice learnt theoretical skills prior to trialing them in the live environment at work or at home.
Personal Development Resources
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