Mina has been gone almost a week and people are asking me how I am spending me days. I have put my “Mommy-Hat” up on the shelf for the time being and pulled out the “Student/Professional-Hat.” I have committed myself to finishing up my application to the International Coaching Federation and submitting it for approval by June 25, my last day of class.
In a nutshell, my days are filled with copious amounts of tea or coffee, LOUD foot tappin’ music,writing and re-writing my practice test questions in preparation for the big test, and meeting with Lyn, my Mentor/Coach, every week. It’s hard work to get your life together!
My brain hurts.
I jumped into Life Coaching last year and began taking classes, online, working hard toward this moment. My little Mina has been so supportive of me while I took my classes. She learned how to make herself lunch while I was on my webinars and be patient with me on days I had multiple classes. I am glad I have the time now to dig in and devote long hours to get all this done. With Mina gone, I can stay up until midnight writing and working on various projects in addition to my homeplay for both Lyn and Asenath, my Marketing/PR coach.
Did I mention, I am also working on the back end at establishing myself as a resource and Speaker for women and families also going through life transitions utilizing my book as a guide? Yup, burning the candle at both ends, as mom would say. My press and media kit are just about complete and ready to go! Game ON! Let’s book some Speaking Engagements!
This past year has been a constant, yet consistent uphill journey. I have felt as if I was pushing this big huge ball of possibilities up hill, Lyn and Asenath helping me stay focused and balanced along the way…occasionally helping me carry the ball if it got too heavy for me alone. I feel like I am close to the top and ready to push that ball down hill, watch it gain momentum as people find out what I am all about. So close…
Being proactive and productive is how I organize myself to keep going. With the coaching, I have become more aware of my needs and wants, how to achieve things, and what I need to let go of. What a learning process! Last week, I was feeling particularly unproductive with the week as a Whole. Using me as an example during a class, Lyn worked with me using Laser Coaching. Using a few specific, direct questions, I was able to ascertain that it is the Completion of projects that is more important that actually doing More.
On a more personal level, all this coaching stuff has helped me communicate better with Mina and Allegra as well as create a space for Alex and I to talk of more serious issues with sense of emotional detachment. Coaching questions are open, curious questions that invoke thought, not to instill judgement. To be able to have that sort of inquisitive-question framework enables us to get to the root of an issue without getting emotionally pulled in one way or the other which may create discord. There is also a greater awareness that if emotions are too high, maybe the conversation should be shelved until another time. Life is definitely a growing process, but I have learned so much over the past year and I am ready to play with all the tools in my tool-belt…just let me get through all my tests first!