Some Frequently Asked Questions about Coaching...
What is Life Coaching?
Life coaching is essentially an interactive process, in which the coach guides and facilitates the client’s progress towards their defined goals. These goals extend to such areas as self-confidence, career changes or improvements, relationships, work/life balance, financial matters, weight loss, self-image, overcoming the fear of public speaking, or possibly just a general uneasy feeling that your life is just not going in the right direction. The coach enables the client to first identify what they really want to achieve, either personally or professionally, and then supports and guides them whilst they rapidly achieve their goals. The coach helps to keep the client focused and on track, and aids the client in overcoming any challenges and obstacles in their way.
What format does it take?
Coaching is a one-to-one relationship between a client and the coach. Regular sessions are held, either face-to-face or via Zoom, with an agreed action plan undertaken by the client between each session. Weekly tasks and exercises will be agreed upon between the client and the coach, and e-mail support between sessions is available if required. Normally a coaching relationship will last between 2 and 6 weekly sessions, but clients will begin to enjoy the benefits from the very first session. The coaching relationship can of course last for as long or as short as the client wants it to.
Who would coach me?
Dawn Fiske is a highly qualified life coach, with over twenty years of experience in coaching and training. She was trained by the Life Coaching Academy, Europe’s leading Coaching Organisation, is an NLP Practitioner, has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, has training in Counselling skills and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), and has enjoyed a long and successful career within the corporate, charity, and private sectors.