If you have said YES to any of these questions, you are probably one of the many people who need help in maximising your potential and would benefit from Life Coaching.

What is Life Coaching?
Life coaching is a powerful process that helps you achieve your goals and make changes in your life. It is about defining what you want and getting there. Coaching brings greater self acceptance and awareness of your current situation. In this way you can then make informed choices about what action to take in order to achieve your goals and make the most of your life.

Coaching inspires and motivates you to make the changes necessary to create the life you want to live. What is it you want?
Better quality of life?
Improved health and well being?
A new job?
Better relationships?
To make an important decision?
More confidence?
Sense of purpose?
More fun?
To write a book or travel round the world?

Whatever it is I invite you to explore life coaching as a path that will help you get from where you are to where you want to be.

Why choose coaching?

You need a bit of a push or motivation to put your ideas into practise.
You want to make your dreams a reality.
You need to find out what has blocked you so far from achieving your goals and you are ready to take the steps necessary.

You may not know what you want; but you are just fed up with your current situation or feel dissatisfied and recognise that a change is needed. Coaching helps you define what you want and find out what is important to you.

How does it work?
Coaching is based on powerful conversations using a variety of different tools that challenge you to examine the ways you think and act, accept and transform your weaknesses, fears and the beliefs that limit you, and acknowledge your strengths and the values that can support you.

Once you become more aware of yourself and where you want to be, you need to take full responsibility for getting there. You can only achieve your goal through the action you take.

One of the most important aspects of coaching is ACTION and in every session you will devise an Action Plan and commit to it. This commitment is an important part of building your self confidence.

Coaching teaches us to enjoy the journey not just the end result.

Are you ready for coaching?
Yes if:
You are ready to take responsibility for your actions and the changes you want to make and are prepared to commit to the process.

You want to achieve your maximum potential and are ready to accept all of who you are including your limiting beliefs, emotions and forms of behaviour and know that self awareness is not always comfortable.

How is a coach different from a therapist, counsellor or psychotherapist?
A coach is not a therapist, or mentor who will advise you what to do. A coach is a facilitator for change who will challenge, motivate and support you.

Coaching is not therapy but a process, or a journey and a partnership. The conversations that you will have will help you reflect and find your own answers. In coaching we do not analyse the past as coaching is focussed on action for the future.

What can you expect from me as a coach?
Confidentiality and commitment to your process.
I intend to challenge, motivate, listen, question and sometimes act as a mirror offering objective feedback to help you see yourself more clearly but above all support you to do what you want.

Testimonials
Rosa, Madrid
I’m 38 and for many years I have dedicated my time almost exclusively to looking after my 4 children. Now I am planning to return to work, but I felt insecure so I decided to try coaching.
As the sessions progressed I became aware of my low self esteem and realised that this prevented me from completing things and that I didn’t really even enjoy any free time I had because I didn’t believe I deserved it. Now I am more aware of my good qualities and abilities and feel more satisfied with my day to day life.
Thanks to coaching and Julia, I now know what I want for the long and short term, I know what my priorities are and even see the positive side of the obligations I have. Coaching has given me the tools necessary to complete tasks and plan my time and I have applied these tools in all areas of my life: personal, family, work and freetime.

Pilar, Administradora, Madrid
I feel valued in my work and have gained some recognition but I started coaching because I felt dissatisfied with my personal relationships.
Coaching helped me stand up for myself and set boundaries and as a result I have greater balance between work and personal life. Now I also enjoy more my free time because I have taken up old hobbies again like painting and dance. My relationship with my family and friends has improved because now I feel much happier with myself.

Patricia, Madrid
I had been very unhappy in my work for some time, and it was affecting all areas of my life, especially my health. I decided to try coaching as I liked the idea of a practical, goal-oriented process to help me consider my options.

In Julia I found a firm but compassionate guide, who helped me with both relaxation techniques to help with the stress I was experiencing, as well as many activities to help me to focus my attention on what my real wants and alternatives were. I benefitted from having her there to check my progress, ask me difficult questions and probe for deeper answers.

During the time I worked with Julia, I found that not only did I want to leave my job, but that I needed to do so, that I had the strength to do so, as well as many other professional opportunities. She taught me that when we ask for what we truly want, if the time is right, it comes to us.

The Results of Life Coaching

Coaching And The Transformation Game

Many of my clients find it very beneficial to deepen their coaching process by having an individual session of the Transformation Game. The Transformation Game is a tool that is complementary to coaching as you explore your objective through the different squares and cards on the game board. In a coaching process the client is already getting to know themselves better and making progress in order to achieve their objective. However the game offers you another perspective or reflection of your life and personality which helps you to discover new qualities and overcome unconscious limitations that may be blocking you from achieving your goal.

The Transformation Game is an opportunity to deepen the coaching process and connect with your essential nature and more reflective, intuitive side.

The combination of Coaching and The Transformation Game can be a powerful catalyst for change and personal transformation.

Julia Ottone – Life Coach – Madrid, Spain
91 8523267 / 628531770 coaching@vidaydespertar.com

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