Here are the guiding principles of mindful coaching:
As your mindful life coach, I will support you in trusting your inner wisdom and taking action toward your goals. I will dedicate myself to helping you find your balance and make decisions about your priorities.
If you are going through a transition, if you have the desire to change the course of your life, or if you want to create a life with less stress and more balance, life coaching may be of great benefit. As your life coach I will help you focus inward to identify your goals, support you as you make progress, encourage you when you get off track, and hold you accountable for the changes you desire.
Living in the present moment, relaxed, alert, and awake, not thinking of the past or the future, open to the world as it is. As I move through my day, I get caught up in worries . . . thinking . . . . Did I make a mistake? What should I do next? When I take the time to meditate before my day begins, or take a peaceful walk by the river, that mindfulness practice carries me through the hours of busyness and stress. When I take a moment to stop and breathe, I can let go of those worries, those racing thoughts. When I take the time to listen, without hurrying on to the next thought, I am living with mindfulness. When I listen to my body and give myself extra sleep or solitude, I am honoring my self with mindfulness.
Mindfulness and goal oriented life coaching sound like contradictory terms. Goals are something out there in the future, and mindfulness keeps us returning to the present. But this dynamic tension makes perfect sense to me. Living in the present moment, each moment as life unfolds, while following the path I have chosen, directing my actions toward goals that fulfill me and bring happiness . . . what could be more satisfying?
"Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again ". . . . Chinese inscription cited by Thoreau in Walden