Transformational Life Coaching

There are times in life when we find ourselves at a point of great potency. Sometimes that moment has been sparked by a significant life event (e.g., becoming a parent, dissolution of a relationship, career change, or spiritual awakening), and other times it is the culmination of a series of introspections that reveal to you the possibility of growth and evolution.

Coaching, in general, is a metaphorical space where we meet to explore these potent crossroads. Rather than being transactional, situation, or goal-oriented in nature, however, transformational coaching is the process of partnering with someone to support them through a significant change that helps them grow, develop, and ultimately “rewrite their reality.”

The underlying premise behind transformational coaching is that you will explore everything that could be in service of that transformation. It includes a holistic examination of your life, such as your cultural identity, influencers, and messaging that may be a catalyst or hindrance to significant change.

My personal approach to coaching integrates 25+ years of energetic and spiritual practice and somatic embodiment work in support of your growth, transformation, and integration.

One of the easiest ways to differentiate between traditional coaching and transformational coaching is by understanding the difference between “Being” and “Doing.”

“Doing,” in simple terms, looks at the actions you take - literally what you do - to get from point A to point B. Doing encompasses the decisions you make, as well as your habits, patterns, routines, and behaviors.

When we start exploring “Being,” we are interested in who you are and you you want to be in the world - what you find underneath all the doing. This includes your values, thought patterns, beliefs, stories, and assumptions. This part of you has usually been learned from others and conditioned throughout your life. Interestingly, the Doing bit is often simply a cover-up so we don’t need to work on the being bit that elicits deep, powerful, evolutionary change.

Transformational coaching is focused on creating shifts in your being. Your actions will then follow and align with your new state of being. By far, the most differentiating benefit of transformational coaching is profound and sustainable change. We aren’t only focused on making sure your daily to-do list is under control (although we can definitely discuss tools to help you with that!). Instead, the transformational process prioritises a true understanding of the question at hand in the context of one’s whole life. In working together you gain awareness of the impact of your unique perspective, an understanding of the special gifts you have to share with the world, and conquer fears and self-limiting beliefs so you can fully embody the person you were meant to be.

Of course, there are many other rewarding outcomes from embarking on a transformational coaching journey, including:

• Envisioning what is truly possible without compromise

• Gaining awareness about your gifts, motivations, dreams, fears, cultural influences, and assumptions, then exploring how they are shape your worldview

• Shifting to an empowered perspective and mindset

• Realising that success does not happen in isolation, but by having support through your transformational journey

• Defining what fulfilment looks like

• Designing your own terms for success, happiness, fulfilment

In Yoga, we say that the guru is that which reveals the light within the seeker, or rather ‘one who transforms darkness into light’. While I’m no guru, as a transformational coach, I do serve as the guide who uses the tools of transformational coaching to support you as you navigate your journey.

The transformational process views awareness, alignment, and action as synergistic elements of evolution. We first set an intention around what you want to accomplish. We aren’t talking about transactional goals here, but rather the shifts in being that are necessary for you move towards self-actualisation.

We then build awareness around the beliefs, narratives, and assumptions, that you have around your area of focus. From there, we look at how those narratives are inhibiting you from moving in the direction of living a wholehearted and full life.

From this newfound place of awareness, we examine shifts in perspective and see how this newfound awareness aligns with the life that you are envisioning for yourself. The final piece is deciding what actions you need to take in order to turn all of this into something meaningful. We aren’t simply figuring our how to get from A to B. We are working together to dismantle self-limiting beliefs, create a new lens for living your life, and decide what you need to do to make this new outlook a lived reality.

Throughout our journey together, we may incorporate a number of tools and modalities that have either been part of my personal journey, or that other clients have found useful. This can include yoga, breathwork, meditation, journaling, and techniques from a number of other coaching modalities.