No doubt about it, the most gratifying aspect of my private client coaching practice is observing the transformations people make.
Noticing the way stress begins to evaporate, a sense of calm returns. Relaxed yet also alive and buzzing with excitement for a new chapter in their journey. Oh, and the smiles, and the laughs. These tell me that the change is taking root, new habits are forming, and their reality has shifted.
It can be a long journey, or a short simple one. All depends how ready you are, how motivated, and also how resilient you will be along the development path to withstand the provocative questions and challenge.
While there is no fixed reliable route map, several common stages need to be negotiated, in a more or less linear fashion:
- Readiness: A firm decision needs to be backed up by commitment to get going.
- What: Becoming laser-like in deciding what the new reality will be like.
- Why: Knowing what is motivating you will fuel the transition.
- Resistance: Proactively heading off the naysayers and the internal control mechanisms, so the journey can continue.
- Belief: Fostering and building the rock-solid belief that the new reality is yours for the taking.
- Relaxation: Here’s the how, developing a simple strategy to begin the journey, and relax into it and have some fun.
- Living the Life: Throughout all of this, cultivating the habit of thinking, feeling and acting as if the reality is already present.
Simple? Absolutely, when you know how, and when you have someone to guide and support your journey.
But…
Yes, there is always a but.
Most people don’t get anywhere near this.
Why?
As the old joke goes, “How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb. One. But the bulb needs to want to change.”
Do you want to change?
Do you really want to change?
Yes? Okay, when do we start?
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