“I do a lot of listening, ask a lot of questions and have the person figure out for themselves what they want and the plan of action that will help them get it. Mostly, professional coaching is about eliciting and empowering.”

Claudette Pelletier, professional coach

(Edmonton Journal)

You are happy and successful. But you want more in your life. You want better relationships, a more satisfying professional life, more money; you want to do what you really want with your life and more…

You would like to be able to leap out of bed each morning, attack the day with purpose and joy. You want more fun and pleasure. More fulfilment. In a nutshell, you want real and lasting change…this is going to require a whole new way of thinking and acting. As Napoleon Hill states in his book Think and Grow Rich, for any new result you aspire to, whether internal or external, there is a certain ‘way of thinking and acting’ that will get it for you. You just have to find it (easier done than you may think) and be willing to adopt it.

If you really want to improve things in your life, you have to be willing to change your way of thinking and acting. To get better results than you presently have, you may have to give up your old ways of thinking and acting and be willing to adopt a new one! Because if you keep doing what you are presently doing, you will continue to get the same results. People don’t realize that they are responsible for creating what they want in their lives. Our brains are powerful instruments. What you focus on…you create. “You are creating, right at this moment, what’s happening in your life!” This isn’t about blame. Nobody consciously creates a lousy life for themselves. But, what happens does come from inside of us. “Your own unconscious internal processes generate how you feel, how you behave, what things mean to you, what and who you attract and what you become attracted to.” (Bill Harris). The key is to become conscious, aware of what we are creating inside of ourselves that ends up manifesting outside of ourselves. Figure that out and you will gain full control of your life. Working with a professional certified life and business coach is an excellent way of finding out what you are dong inside that is creating your life. Then watch these internal processes until you figure out how you’re doing it. The coach can work with you to explore your beliefs, what is important to you (values), what you focus your attention on, and what meaning you place on things. There is a price to pay for all this of course…a true willingness to look at yourself in order to create a new awareness…That is the beginning of a process of transformation…the adventure is worth it! I promise.

“Focus attention on the feeling inside you. Know that it is the pain-body. Accept that it is there. Don’t think about it – don’t let the feeling turn into thinking. Don’t judge or analyze. Don’t make an identity for yourself out of it. Stay present, and continue to be the observer of what is happening inside you. Become aware not only of the emotional pain but also of “the one who observes,” the silent watcher. This is the power of the Now, the power of your own conscious presence. Then see what happens.”

E. Tolle/ from The Power of Now