What is a Life Coach?
As a life coach, I help teenagers and young adults become the best possible version of themselves. I have two decades of experience helping youth identify goals, implement routines to achieve them, and all the while - they are learning the values of discipline, hard work, and kindness. At the heart of my work, my focus is on developing good character. Adolescence is a tough time for all teens, so I want to give them the confidence to make good decisions that lead to their success. I focus on developing a strong moral compass and the courage to do what’s right, even when it’s not easy or not cool.
Life Coaching Services
I offer highly-personalized sessions with young adults designed to support them in their journeys of self-discovery, self-improvement, and growth. My services are tailored to each client. Oftentimes, they are a combination of the following coaching services:
Transition & Mentor Coaching
Adolescence is a whirlwind of change and drama. With so much change on the horizon, your children might be wondering: What is my purpose? What should I be doing? Is this the right move for me? Am I joining the right clubs? Should I go to college? Should I stay in this relationship?
Over time, these looming questions are a heavy burden to bear. Coaching is pivotal to help youth feel empowered to make these decisions on their own. We examine their strengths, gifts, experiences, and core values to take the guess work out of important life decisions. I help youth understand the process of what goes into a good decision versus a bad decision… Sometimes there is no right or wrong answer. But when there is a wrong answer, one of the greatest gifts we can give to teenagers is having the confidence and wherewithal to make the right decision.
Intentional Focus Coaching
We work together to explore what it means for clients to be their authentic best. This is extremely focused on each individual client, as we work together to identify each client’s best-self vision.
We explore why they are not there and create a strategic course of action to achieve those goals. This means that we really get into the nitty-gritty details of life. We look at lifestyle, relationships, daily routine, patterns, and major roadblocks. Part of this process includes identifying what each client believes to be their core strengths and unlocking strengths that they may not recognize. Are they really capitalizing on their strong suits? Are they dwelling on their weaknesses? We figure out how to cultivate those strengths and systematically transform patterns so they feel empowered to show up ready to seize every single day.
Navigating Difficult Life Challenges
Coaching is especially helpful if you are experiencing a particularly negative life event. Examples include: Parents getting a divorce, death in the family or close friends, breakups, car accidents, rejection from a school club, not making the try-outs for a sports team, social media bullying, and the list goes on.
We work on identifying healthy ways to grieve and handle failure. In fact, failure and defeat are optimal times for my clients to learn important lessons about resiliency and strength.
Transform your child’s life by giving them the gift of self-confidence, clarity, and happiness.
My Philosophy & Style
I don’t sugarcoat things; I don’t coddle people when they are purposefully making decisions that hurt others; I don’t look the other way about major issues just because kids are academic all-stars. Teenagers might not like it at first, but they understand it and respect it. And more often than not, they start making meaningful changes in their life to ensure long-term happiness and success.
Each child is different. There is no “formula” to success because different styles resonate with each person differently. But for the past 23 years, I have honed a good framework for success for coaching all my clients. For each and every client, I focus on these principles:
Building a solid relationship and speaking hard truths. Clients grow to trust me because I tell them what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.
Providing a space where they feel comfortable to talk about problems.
Instilling the core values of responsibility, education, and leadership. Developing a strong moral compass to make decisions aligned with these values.
Never ignoring the fundamental building blocks of a healthy body: eat, sleep, and exercise.
Communicating about feelings, especially the dark thoughts that might keep them awake at night. I want to debunk the myth that real men keep their feelings to themselves.
Clearly identifying unhealthy patterns, toxic relationships, or roadblocks to success.
Learning to pinpoint the catalyst for negative thoughts and self-destructive behaviors.
Creating specific, actionable plans to overcome failure. Learning how to mentally overcome defeat.
Talking about what it means to be “mindful” and how to practice mindfulness on a daily basis.
Finding the ideal balance of light-heartedness and jokes. Your kids have enough stressors in their life; I never want them to dread a session with me.
Emphasizing what it means to be a leader. Challenging teenagers to take on leadership roles at home, at school, at work, and in life.
Will Your Child Benefit from a Life Coach?
I’ve been coaching for about 23 years. My entire professional life has been devoted to helping kids. To get an idea of who I am and why I’m so passionate about our youth, please take a minute to read my personal story. I would never tell you that your kid “needs” me. But I will say that I am confident in my ability to help kids — no matter what they’re struggling with, even when they seem perfect on the outside. My best advice is to read some of the testimonials to get a feel for who I am and understand my work with youth.
The most important question: Is your child open to working on themselves? If they are open to change, then I am open to coaching them.
“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.”
- Lily Tomlin
It’s never too late to empower your children.
