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Here are a few tips on finding a coach that suits your individual needs.

• Do your research – there are a lot of coaches out there
• Visit the ICF website – International Coaching Federation
• Ensure that the coach has had extensive coach specific training
• Make sure the coach is an ICF member, therefore signed up to a strict code of conduct
• Make sure that their coach specific training is ICF accredited
• Seek out experienced coaches, although you may get great results and pay less with someone just starting out
• Speak to existing clients
• Try to find a ´goodness of match´ – someone you click with, as coaching is a unique partnership
• Don´t choose an advice giver – this is not coaching
• Go into coaching genuinely motivated to move forward, or it will be a waste of time
• If you would like to work with me I generally prefer to have a phone conversation first to establish if what I am offering is the best possible service for your needs at this time

Greetings

Feb 2017 biting at your heels; disappointment creeping in as time slips away? I once heard a travel agent ask an assembled group; “How many summers and how many winters do you have left?” Ugh – that was a bit below the belt, however it did make me think.What do you want for yourself in 2017 – how do you want this year to look?

Set some time aside and enjoy designing your life.

Firstly:

• In one sentence sum up your life in 2016
• List 3 things you achieved, accomplished or were simply pleased about in 2016
• List 3 great choices you made in 2016
• State 3 key things you learnt about yourself in 2016

Secondly:

• In one brief sentence describe your current situation in life
• … your personal life
• … your work life
• Briefly describe how you want to ‘be’ in 2016; coaches often use the expression, ‘your way of being’ – for example: confident, calm, adventurous, time for me, creative and so on
• Ask yourself: ‘do I want my life to be different in any way in 2017’?

Thirdly:

Create a goal for each of these areas of your life: health & body : relationships : fun : creativity : interests : my spending plan : work-life : home

Circle the area that seems to emerge as the most important area requiring your focus and attention. You will instinctively know – notice if you are avoiding a particular area.

• Look out into 2017; now and imagine how you want this area of your life to be
• Ask yourself what you will need to do to have this/these change/s to occur; what choices will I need to make; what support will I need and so on
• Notice if you are already creating obstructions in your thinking or standing in fear – how does this serve you?
• Remember: it’s often the seemingly simplest thing that can make ALL the difference in our life
• Use the same process for all the other areas of your life : be specific; set time frames and most of all, make sure the goal lights you up, makes you go a bit funny in the tummy – ‘cos it would be great to go for what would really make a difference in life

Maya Angelou said: “I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.

So, get cracking and make your life – cheers, Vicki