What is Life Coacing?
Life coaching is partnering with a client in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires people to maximise their personal and professional potential – International Coaching Foundation (ICF)
Why have I become a Life Coach?
I’ve realized over the years that we (people) create our own realities and make up our own stories. Good ones and bad ones. As we grow older we get stuck in a fixed mindset. We look at the world and at each other in a certain way based on our own past experiences. Both in our personal and professional lives.
Our brain becomes a ‘memory box’ where we keep our ‘memorabilia’ – as a reminder of why we have certain theories, beliefs and convictions.
As the world-renowned master life coach, Dr. Marcia Reynolds puts it:
“Most of us numbly spend our days repeating routines and behaviours without question. We live by the constructs and rules that have hardened over time. Slowly, because of this hardening, we start feeling empty, lonely and stuck. We long for the person we used to be: full of life, energy and creativity.
As your life coach, my purpose is to be your thinking partner. I will facilitate your growth in areas where you feel stuck. I will help you find more clarity with regards to your values and goals. I am not a therapist, a counsellor or a consultant. My role is not to save you, give advice or solve your problems.
My role is to provide a safe space, to listen empathetically and to ask questions that will deepen your understanding of who and how you want to be in this world. You will discover the answers that have been waiting for you all along.
What does my logo symbolize?
“Cygnus” is the Latin word for “swan”. The striking beauty of a swan has been the focus in poetry, literature and visual art.
The swan symbolizes wisdom, awakening the power of self, balance, grace, inner beauty and self-esteem.
It is my passion to awaken the power of self in you. To accompany you on the journey to get unstuck, to see the gifts you have to offer to the world and to see your beauty in all its splendour.
The last lines in the poem “Swan” by the American poet, Mary Oliver, are a call to action:
“And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?”
