Walked In A Skeptic… Walked Out A Supporter and Believer!
She Stepped in as a Skeptic, and I hear her saying she became Supporter and Believer as she stepped out of the program!
Usually, when people enroll in coaching, they come to resolve some issues, and they come with expectations.
However, Ms. D came with a great deal of skepticism and was unaware of many of her internal aspects. More importantly, she was unaware that she had any issues to be resolved!
Having worked with her these past ten🔟 weeks, I was delighted to see that by the concluding session of her cohort, she was amazed by the strides she had taken in her journey to self-awareness and self-improvement!
To provide a little context, Ms. D is a highly driven professional who strives to give her very best in every role in life. To her surprise, this trait of perfectionism, while it is her natural strength, was showing up in every aspect of life and was dominating her approach to life. She did mention that she was aware of this.
What she did not fully appreciate, however, was the pressure she was putting on herself, the guilt she carried for her mistakes, for not meeting the benchmark she was setting for herself!
When this was revealed to her, she felt some breakthroughs were being achieved, but her natural skepticism prevented this from progressing. She mentioned that she was aware of this self-imposed pressure and was okay with it since she believed if she did not push herself, her work quality and standards would suffer.
Her skepticism started to wane when she shared a situation at her work as part of one of the sessions. Without providing her with a solution, we both engaged in a coaching approach for solving this situation, which helped her to navigate her thoughts, helped her in real time to take a step back from the situation, and observed the situation from the lens of an objective outsider. This was the subject of the very topics we had covered in previous sessions, but that day those concepts were being put into practice, helping her perspective evolve.
And finally, her skepticism disappeared on the day she met her inner child through one of the program exercises. That day, I could see that a realization had happened, and her transformation had begun. The next day after this session, she took a leave of absence just to reflect on her experience and create a dimensional shift in her approach to life.
When we concluded the coaching program, she mentioned that she had evolved with more self-awareness, Being self-compassionate and effective at managing her inner conflicts.
Ms. D is a very private person and is now more aware of her behavioral style and how to redefine it for better life experiences.
When Ms. D evolved into a better version of herself, her family and her friends noticed it. This led to her stepping out as a supporter and believer, and her transformation is now with her for the rest of her life!
The Coaching process is a fascinating framework. These encounters keep me motivated to remain on the journey…
