WHAT IS COACHING? When I tell people what I do, many of them ask, "what is coaching?" Here is a brief description of what my coaching services are all  about.  Coaching is a powerful collaboration or partnership that enables you,  through a process of discovery, goal setting, strategic actions, and accountability, to identify what you desire most and to create that  in your life, no matter what it is. I've heard coaching referred  to as "the purest form of teaching." A coach is your own personal  advocate, can serve as a sounding board, provides expertise, holds you  accountable, helps you to define what you want and how to get it, and  is a safe, confidential advisor. Typically, working with a coach will allow you to reach your desired goal faster and easier than without a coach.  I coach by asking lots of questions, reading between the  lines, being direct, listening carefully with full attention to you, helping to set actions and goals, identifying obstacles and helping to formulate ways to overcome them, challenging the client for best effort and celebrating each success with you. So, who hires a coach? Individuals, non-profit organizations, small  businesses and corporations are hiring coaches at an unprecedented  rate. Coaches serve these clients as mentors, task masters,  motivators, management consultants, sounding boards, and expert  advisors. I coach anyone who wants a better, more fulfilling life. It is for anyone who is asking who am I, what do I want, or is this all there is to life? It is for someone who is stuck or fearful or not sure what the next step is. It can be for small projects such  as clarifying "should I make make this move or not", or "how do I  become better organized or manage my time more effectively". Or it  can be for large, life-changing transitions, such as starting a  business, retiring or simplifying your life.  Many people hire coaches for spiritual coaching, to support their  personal growth, to enrich their lives through simplifying or to  pursue the life of their dreams. Some hire coaches to help solve a specific problem. In all of these arenas, coaching is powerful and beneficial to the client. So, what is my coaching philosophy? - To be happy, we must be authentic, and live an authentic life. - Everyone is unique, gifted and deserves a life of full self- expression. - Limiting patterns of beliefs, emotions, values, and thoughts can  be identified and changed. - Every individual has the power to create a fulfilled life around what matters most to them. - The answers lie within yourself. Coaching will help bring forth the answers with clarity. - Play, ease and pleasure are as essential to a good life as  meaningful work actions. "Coaching is having a dedicated mentor; it's getting knowledgeable support and encouragement and a new way of looking at things when you need it."  --Executive Female Magazine "Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance...Brings out their best by helping them focus, break down tasks and clarify their values."   -- Fortune Magazine If this sounds like something that could help you move forward to improve or create your best life, then call me. Let's collaborate. Don't delay, call today!  To contact me for a complimentary session...click here. Mary Anne Fields, Business and Personal Coach, Trainer & Speaker         www.LifeUnfolds.com/contact.htm (713) 528-5971 maf@LifeUnfolds.com All rights reserved.  Copyrighted by Life Unfolds, Mary Anne Fields, 2005.