I have heard about Life Coaching. Well, I have a few minutes to hear more. What is it?
Life Coaching is a forward thinking, compassionate, collaborative, interactive, caring, objective, and professional partnership based upon equality between you and me that helps you achieve your personal, family, relationship, career, transitional, spiritual, business goals and much more. Together, we acknowledge and accept you for whom and what you are now. We then prepare a list of your current and future goals and objectives.
You prioritize them and collectively we design the steps necessary to achieve what you want. This becomes your action plan. The remainder of our coaching includes monitoring, revising, completing your action plan and then celebrating your inevitable success.
I want a Life Coach with lots of coaching knowledge and skills. How long ago did you discover Life Coaching?
In
1979, I created several school-based Prevention Teams that included
students, teachers, counselors, clergy, administrators and parents. The
foundation and concepts that I developed for the Prevention Teams are
considered Life & Business Coaching by today's professional
standards.
In
1983, I founded and directed the Phoenix, Arizona based Southwest
Institute where I trained fifty instructors to teach what we know today
internationally as life and business coaching to the public, many
businesses, and corporations. The training concepts and principles that I
developed for Southwest Institute were more extensive than the
certification training provided by current Life Coaching Training schools.
Dr. Dick Borough, a practitioner in Palo Alto, California, first used the term to describe his leadership development activities in 1985. Life Coaching as a concept, soon became popular.
There seems like hundreds of Life Coaching websites. Why are there so many?
My college Sociology professor taught the value of having a genuine sense of belonging. He believed that without this sense of belonging, we could experience anomie. This is a feeling of disorientation and alienation. We want to become natural and authentic now. For you to create a healthy lifestyle and a sense of belonging, it helps to establish a partnership with a compassionate, intuitive, innovative, inspiring, challenging and strong motivator who serves as your Life Coach.
Exponentially,
people are discovering that Life Coaching is especially effective and
that measurable results can begin almost immediately in some significant
areas. As more people began to see the accelerated benefits of Life Coaching they created a supply and demand for Life & Business Coaching which created countless coaching websites.
Coaching with a professional expert is more socially acceptable than working with a counselor. This is particularly true with men who want effective and reasonably quick ways to achieve personal and business fulfillment without having to delve into their childhood.
Currently, who hires you as a Life Coach?
Well, you do if you:
- Currently are in a personal, professional, spiritual or career transition.
- Feel highly motivated to change your life.
- Choose to invest in your own future.
- Want an intelligent, compassionate, motivating, and powerful partnership assisting you with changes through structure, direction, feedback, support, and clarity.
- Value a trusted nonjudgmental confidant.
- Need a sense of urgency to move you to the next levels of your life.
- Desire a professional who is even more committed to your dreams than you are now.
- Expect a coach who has excellent intuition, superb communication skills, non-attachment, 43+ professional years experience, a wonderful sense of humor, unconditional compassion, and strength to tell you the truth with facts to back it up.
How do your clients find you?I
receive the majority of my Life Coaching clients by referrals from my
current and previous Life Coaching clients that I have provided sessions to during the past
43+ years.
What are the benefits of having a Life Coach?
A study conducted by the International Coach Federation reported the selected following data on why people work with coaches and what some of the benefits were:
Role of Coach
Clients, who could select as many choices as were applicable, characterized the role of their coach including the following:
Sounding board: 84.8%
Motivator: 78.1%
Mentor: 50.5%
Teacher: 41.0%
Taskmaster: 30.5%
Spiritual guide: 29.5%
Coaching Issues
Clients, who could select as many choices as were applicable, said they work with their coach including the following issues:
Career: 74.3%
Business: 73.8%
Spiritual: 51.0%
Personal: 45.2%
Goal-setting: 39.5%
Financial: 38.1%
Creativity: 11.0%
Results of Working With a Coach
The outcomes that clients most often attribute to their coaching are a higher level of self-awareness and self-confidence, a more balanced life, smarter goal-setting and lower stress levels.
Clients reported experiencing the following outcomes as a result of working with a coach including the following:
Self-awareness: 67.6%
Self-discovery: 52.9%
Self-confidence: 52.4%
Increased energy: 31.9%
More fun: 31.9%
More income: 25.7%
Change in career: 24.3%
More free time: 22.9%
When I hire you as my Life Coach. What are YOUR responsibilities?
- Provide you with fresh and unique perspectives to your daily life.
- Answer every question with curiosity, integrity, and honesty.
- Brainstorm, recommend, suggest, and enlighten.
- Highly motivate you.
- Evoke your excellence.
- Help you identify, clarify, and honor your beliefs, values, and principles.
- Accelerate your progress.
- Support you in finding your courage.
- Help you to set goals, and implement them.
- Establish appropriate accountability measures for your coaching tasks between sessions.
- Acknowledge that you are capable of making wise decisions with guidance.
- Assist you to clarify your own unique gifts, and decide how you want to share them.
- Direct you to focus on the future rather than your past.
- Ask insightful questions.
- Transform your dreams into practical actions.
What will you NOT do for me with our Life Coaching?
- Counsel you in any way. I am not your therapist.
- Do for you what you can do for yourself.
- Give you medical, financial, or legal advice.
- Tell you what you want to hear when it is not the truth.
- Continue to coach you if it is no longer effective or we have already accomplished your goals.
I am a creative individualist. I want more time to perform my art and less effort on obstacles. Do you coach creative performers?
Yes. I coach:
- musicians
- writers
- poets
- artists
- singers
- actors
- comedians
- and more
What other types of Life Coaching do you offer?
I offer Life Coaching including the following:
1. Entrepreneur
2. Corporate
3. Writing
4. Retirement
5. Veteran
6. Executive
7. Career
8. Transition
9. Business
10. Relationship
11. Marriage
12. Life Coaching mentoring for other coaches
How is Life Coaching successful?
Life Coaching is effective by the process of assimilating, synthesizing, strategizing, integrating, analyzing, formulating, and implementing everything that we discuss together so that you can do more than, if you were on your own. The success of Life Coaching includes these and many more diverse approaches.
How many people have been in your life that really cared about you and listened better than most of the people you have known, suspended judgments about you and your behavior, and asked insightful and thoughtful questions rather than giving advice? Who is providing this for you now? Your success begins when you hire a Life Coach who does this naturally.
I understand the basic concepts of Life Coaching. How do I know that YOU are the best professional Life Coach for me?
You can request a free 30-minute telephone complimentary session with me here to experience my coaching style and how we connect. You'll have a darn good idea of our compatibility and my capacity to meet your needs when you:
- Experience my compassion, intelligence, sense of humor, trust, intuition, respect, and honor for you and our coaching partnership.
- Learn significant things about yourself in our first coaching session that you did not know.
- Know that I believe in your capacity to make the necessary changes that bring you to the life you desire and deserve.
- Hear my thoughtful, unusual, and stimulating questions that support and challenge you to empower yourself.
- Read the comments in my GuestBook and Client Testimonials pages. Increasingly feel more hopeful about your present and future.
- Embrace our life coaching relationship through unconditional compassion, vulnerability, patience, non self-importance, curiosity, presence, nonjudgment, and accountability.
- Our personal or business coaching partnership creates new ways for you to honor your authenticity.
How does Embracing the Muse Life Coaching work?
I believe that you have all of the answers that you need to live a natural, compassionate, passionate, and meaningful life. You simply need to learn how to ask the most effective questions to access your unique answers.
We accomplish this in our life coaching self- discovery process. We create a process that works best for where you are and we review it constantly. Sometimes I provide many diverse worksheets that help you create valuable information for your growth. I revise these worksheets frequently and design them with my current clients in mind. I guarantee that everything we share in your coaching session will remain completely confidential.
What other passions do you have?
- Writing
- Running
- Photography
- Travel
- Reading
I understand that you developed the Seven Elements Of Essence
I completed my development of the Seven Elements of Essence after my first visit to the Vietnam Wall Memorial in 1989. I continue to apply these concepts in my Life Coaching. Below is a brief description.
- Unconditional Compassion provides insight into others and yourself without a preconceived belief system.
- Nonjudgment offers you the opportunity to experience moments in your life without attachments.
- Nonself-importance gives you meaning and purpose for simply being, rather than doing.
- Vulnerability creates bridges rather than castles with drawbridges and moats.
- Patience promotes space and time to reflect.
- Presence allows you the means to use your intellect and intuition.
- Curiosity brings you the objective perspective balanced with a creative imagination to resolve issues.
Our First Life Coaching Session Together
I initially ask you:
- Who is the authentic and natural you?
- What is the essence of you?
- What are your paths and life purpose?
- Do you now have the courage to change?
- How can we best support your core values and beliefs through our professional services?
- What are your most effective learning styles?
- What areas of insights and perspective have you never experienced?
- What process for your accelerated growth is the wisest?
- How can we contribute to your life so that you are better than when we first connected?
- How will you handle achieving your success?
Then I do everything that I can to help you establish effective specific goals and objectives and show you how to accomplish these both during and after our professional partnership.
I have observed a variety of lifelong patterns that prevent people from reaching their goals. Subsequently, I have shown my clients how to embrace these patterns and effectively reach their personal, professional, and spiritual goals.
What are the differences between Life Coaching and psychological therapy?
Life Coaching is not therapy. It is not designed to be therapy. It is not a substitute for therapy. The basic goal of therapy is to bring an individual with a dysfunctional life to a state of function. Therapy is about treating the person, while life coaching guides and supports. There are many other differences between coaching and therapy, and between a coach and a therapist.
If you have had prior counseling, you may move to coaching if you and your counselor believe that the therapy was effective in helping you to accept your past issues and that you can move forward unburdened. If you are currently in the final stages of therapy, it is still advisable to discuss this with your counselor before beginning our life coaching. If you are in a lot of emotional pain or distress, therapy is probably a better choice. It is common for a client to be working concurrently with both their Life Coach and therapist.
Life Coaching focuses primarily on achievement and fulfillment in the present and future. Life Coaching clients have worked through and accepted their pasts, and are ready to concentrate on what happens from here forward. Therapy focuses on healing wounds from the past, and on bringing a client from dysfunction to function.
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Since we do not meet face to face like therapy, how does our Life Coaching work?
My Life Coaching by telephone, Yahoo Instant Messenger (IM), or email, is called virtual coaching, where geography is not a limitation. This is very effective, and for many reasons it is preferable to in-person life coaching. Methods such as IM and email offer the benefit of being able to save and print the entire dialogue for future reference.
The many years that I worked as the Director and Trainer for a suicide prevention hotline in California have polished my abilities to attend to the non-verbal elements that are not present over the phone, IM, or email.
I can effectively coach people whom I will never meet face to face, while they are in the comfort of their home, office, coffee shop or anywhere that a wireless laptop computer or cell phone can be online. There is no travel time. There are fewer distractions when you are in your own comfortable and safe environment.
Do you offer Life Coaching on an emergency or special project basis?
Yes, I am available for projects, activities, and other special Life Coaching emergency sessions, with adjusted fees, in between your scheduled sessions. Since I am not your therapist , I do not offer you crisis intervention. In the U.S. you would dial 911.
I am interested. What are your Life Coaching fees?
That depends on the length of the sessions, the number of sessions per month, and how many months you'd like to be coached.
Until June 2012 (due to my offering extra support during the current challenging economic conditions) all of my sessions are ONLY $195 per 50-minutes! This is a $130
savings from my regular $325 per 50-minute fee.
This offer is good for any single Life Coaching session as well as all my Life Coaching session packages. Paying for session packages locks your fee rate for the package duration. Please click here to learn more, and to request your Life Coaching session.
I offer a limited duration sliding scale under some circumstances, for new clients who request it.
Read my Life Coaching Fees chart on the right of this page to learn about my Life Coaching Fees.
If I still have questions after visiting this website, may I contact you?
Yes, of course. The easiest and quickest way is to email me. With my cell phone, I can respond rapidly even when I am not at my computer. If I am unable to immediately respond due to Life Coaching sessions, workshops or other responsibilities, I will respond within 24 hours and usually faster.
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If you have questions like these:
- “How can I find my soul-mate?”
- "How can I create more income and wealth building skills?
- “How can I develop more joy in my life?”
- “What is my life purpose?”
- “How can I become more courageous?”
- “How can I have more fulfillment?”
- How can I improve my internal and external communication."
- “How can I stop feeling ashamed or guilty about…?”
- “How can I improve my relationships?”
- How can I develop a better career with more raises & promotions?"
- "How can I achieve weight loss, healthy well-being, and general fitness."
- How can I build confidence and self-trust to live a satisfying, balanced, and successful life.
Then Life Coaching with me can help you find the answers to change your life.
If
you need validation that what you feel is normal, we can discuss this
while we discover effective ways for you to release past feelings of
mistakes, blame, shame, regrets, failure and self judgment.
You
need to know how to tap into your empowered true self. Not only to keep
you motivated and on target with your life goals, yet to deeply
understand who you are and what your purpose is in life.
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Areas Of My Support Designed To Help You Change Your Life Now
- Relationships, love, and intimacy.
- Stress management.
- Spirituality.
- Personal growth.
- Entrepreneurial.
- Career.
- Time management.
- Creativity for artists, writers, musicians and performers.
- Finances.
- Health.
- Aging.
- Lifestyle.
- Family and Parenting.
- And much more
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Do You Wonder If
Life Coaching Is For You?
Please
take just a few moments to find out how ready you really are to live
life to the fullest and be the person you were meant to be.
On a scale from 1 to 10, rate each of the following statements:
- I am ready to create more natural balance in my life.
- I am ready to take responsibility for my life.
- I am ready to become more compassionate in my life.
- I am ready to accept, understand, and encourage my life's purpose.
- I am ready to learn and overcome my self-limiting core beliefs and behavior.
- I am ready to take action steps to achieve my goals.
- I am ready to achieve inner peace in my life.
- I am ready for more joy, pleasure, and fun in my life.
- I am ready for greater abundance.
- I am ready to receive guidance from a Life Coach who I trust and value.
If
your score is under 30 Life Coaching may not for you right now. Perhaps
you do not have the commitment to do whatever is needed to change your
life now.
If your score is 31 to 60 Life Coaching could help you
to look at your life from a different perspective as well as help you
develop a plan to change what it is that you would like to change.
If
your score is over 60 you are ready for Life Coaching with me. You will
do whatever it takes to create the fulfilling life you deserve and
desire.
Contact me for a FREE 30-minute consultation to learn what Life Coaching can do for you now.
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Complimentary Telephone Consultation
Imagine what it would be like to live your life's dreams and desires with your own personal Life Coach supporting you with compassion, encouragement, and practical guidance?
Would you value an intelligent, inspirational, and caring Life Coach whose own experiences are directly applied to your individual situation in a clear and meaningful way?
Do you see the value of developing your self- compassion rather than creating self-criticism? I believe in the guiding your to follow your path to unconditional compassion and embracing your essence.
Are you are interested in exploring the value of having your own life coaching? A complimentary session is a wonderful way to introduce you to life coaching and to see how our equitable life coaching partnership can quickly benefit you.
I offer the complimentary session for you to:
- Experience a quality sense of my coaching style and approach.
- Understand how my 40+ years of professional guidance can help you to achieve your goals in a timely period.
- Learn the diverse ways that our coaching can benefit you.
- Have affirmation about issues that impact your life.
- Acquire new knowledge and skills to become more successful.
- Inquire about my coaching process, fees, billing, scheduling, etc.
- Decide if life coaching works for you now.
After our complimentary 30-minute session, there is no obligation to continue with me.
Your free call is an opportunity for you to have the experience of personally connecting with me while sharing your life situations. This is an opportunity for me to learn what is important in your life and what you want to accomplish. You will learn thoughtful and effective steps that can transform your life and get you back on your path.
This is a chance for me to learn what is important in your life and what you want to accomplish. Do you feel that our connection might be something powerful for you? Is the timing right? You have nothing to lose, and more than you can imagine to gain.
To schedule a free 30-minute session with me, click here.
My Life Coaching Fees Discounts
I provide you with diverse Life Coaching (only by telephone, Instant Messenger (IM) or email).
If you are recovering from a severe chronic illness please mention this as I offer you a discount.
Additionally, as a Vietnam Veteran, I offer a discount for all of my services if you are a U.S. Armed Forces Veteran to recognize, and honor your outstanding work accomplished in impossible circumstances all over the world.
Please mention these discounts when you email me.
Life Coaching Packages
My Life Coaching packages for multiple hours are available for you. These prepaid hours offer you significant savings and the security of knowing that you have the sessions available when you need them and without any cost of living increase.
I have flexible working hours, including some weekends and evenings for your convenience.
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Referrals
Refer a colleague or friend and receive $100 off one month’s Life Coaching when they sign up for a 3-month coaching package.
Tax Deduction Benefits
In many cases, coaching fees are tax deductible! In the US, all expenses of continuing education undertaken to maintain and improve business and professional skills are tax deductible.
(Treas. Reg. 1-152-5, Coughlin vs. Commissioner, 203F 2d 307),
Contact your tax professional.
NOTE: I offer a limited duration sliding scale under some circumstances, for new clients who request it.
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2012 Life Coaching Telephone, Instant Message (IM), and Email fees:
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Service
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Time & Description
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Fee
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Telephone
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10 minutes
Very quick questions (excellent for readings)
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$75
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Telephone
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20 minutes
More questions (a benefit for specific issues)
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$150
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Telephone
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50 minutes
An opportunity to explore several objectives at length
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$195
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Telephone
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4x50 minutes
One month of coaching.
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$760
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Telephone
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8x50 minutes
Two months of coaching.
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$1504
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Telephone
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12x50 minutes
Three months of coaching.
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$2232
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Telephone
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16x50 minutes
Four months of coaching.
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$2944
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Telephone
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20x50 minutes
Five months of coaching.
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$3600
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Telephone
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24x50 minutes
Six months of coaching.
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$4200
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30x50 minutes
Six months of coaching.
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$5100 |
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Email
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One month of 35 emails per week, and a total of five per day
Convenient and offers a written record for review
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$550
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Virtual e-Learning, e-Training, and Enlighten-
ment Study Series
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Completed at your own pace or through modules
On-line e-learning classes, webinars, teleclasses, eTraining, and other virtual teachings covering diverse subjects of study
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$225-$2200
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NOTE: I offer a limited duration sliding scale under some circumstances, for new clients who request it.
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Credits and Discounts
Please claim only one of the following discounts per session. Your discount is the only one that can be combined with any other discounts listed below.
Client Referral Credit
I offer you $65 credit toward any of my services when you refer a new client who pays at least at least $250.
Discount Cards
I distribute discount cards to my clients, friends, and acquaintances. You may use one of these $25 discount cards for any of my services.
Student Discount
You must provide a valid student ID image to receive this 10% discount.
Birthday Discount
This 50% discount is available for your birthday only. You must provide a valid ID image and have a birthday within 5 days of the date of the scheduled service. This discount is not to be used with any other discounted offers.
Gift Certificates Available
Give the gift of insight, wisdom, compassion, enlightenment, and clarity. Send us an email with the person's name and email address and the amount that you want on the gift certificate or fill out the Contact Information form on the Contact Stephen page. When you pay the invoice, I will send them the certificate attached to an email with the amount and a message from you.
Confidentiality
I have very strict ethics about my work. At no time do I discuss your Life Coaching with ANYONE. You have complete privacy, which is never violated. Also, I NEVER publish or in any way distribute a list of my clients or their emails.
Late for Sessions
I follow the industry 15 minute rule of waiting for you, before I consider the session canceled due to a no show. You will be charged for the session.
Cancellation Policy
If you need to cancel or reschedule a session with me, a 24 hour notice is required. Abrupt cancellations and no-'shows' inconvenience, not only me, but other clients who may need that time slot. Clients who do not provide sufficient notice of cancellation may not be rescheduled, at my discretion and the fee for the session will be charged.
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