How do we work?
Encouragement is the Engine of Advancement
Here I share with you about my approach and my values which give me my uniqueness. It will help you to know how I will support you, what my guiding beliefs are that drive us in this process, as well as what I believe sets me apart from others.
Our Approach
Equal Partners
You design your partnership with us as your coach on an equal footing. Together we will co-create a coaching relationship where we support your goals. Within this framework we both learn about each other’s expectations in this relationship. We will create a trusting, flexible, and friendly connection with you so you can easily explore your life, hear your own thoughts and discover your lessons. You share with us your dreams, goals, and aspirations for this relationship. You can expect our commitment and absolute attention.
Devoted Listening
We will listen intently to you. We are here for you and for your success. We listen attentively and most importantly without judgement, to what you are saying and how you want to change your life. We will listen to what you are articulating and what you are not. What you are aware of saying and what you do not hear yourself expressing. We will be a dedicated listener to hear what not only your outer but your inner being is conveying. We will then share our understandings back with you so you have full access to all of your information. You will then be able to explore your answers with your whole being and gain full clarity.
Asking Questions
We will ask powerful questions. These questions will help you to maneuver through your life, its obstacles and find your own answers. Using an analogy: If your life is a house, our questions will help you to notice the various rooms in the house. It is entirely up to you and your need at that moment whether to choose and explore them or not. When you are behind a door and cannot open the door, we will encourage you to take the step and will stand by you to look beyond the door. When you find you are stuck in one part of the house, we will give you tools to find your way like a map and navigate your way to additional possibilities hidden in the house. This adaptable skill facilitates clarity and self-awareness.
Arising to the Occasion
We challenge you to move forward towards your dream. We stand by you as you picture your dreams and support you as you face your fears, fears which previously prevented you from taking steps towards them. We will call upon you to explore your inner leader to dare and overcome your inner critic. Opening the doors for yourself, you then learn to walk on the path towards your dreams, generating sufficient energy to go beyond the fear. This will also accelerate your growth towards your goals.
Accountability
We help keep you on track, responsible towards your actions. During the coaching sessions you will learn lessons by exploring your life, between the sessions, you reinforce each new learning from agreed assignments . In our busy lives taking actions directed by new understanding requires courage and discipline. As your accountable partner, we will walk by your side, to encourage you to call upon your strengths as you continue the path you have just started – until it becomes a habit.
Sustainability
We serve you by teaching you skills and tools you can use to overcome your fears and call forth your strength from within. In order to sustain a fulfilling life after the coaching relations are terminated, you’ll need not only learn about yourself, but to be able to know how to use your newly acquired toolkit in order for it to become a learned behavior. You will learn to put a structure in place which sustains you, even after the coaching relationship has ended and you are on your own, independently directing and leading your own life.
Shiva our time together has been a most enlightening experience. Every week another adventure, one more step up the ladder to understanding myself.
I have found that at the age of 68 I am so much more than I thought I could be! I have found a peace, serenity and strength I could not have imagined 8 months ago. Every day I look little deeper inside and find more bits and pieces of all that is me!
Thank you Shiva for helping me find the slivers of gold and the shimmering pearls of clarity and the joy within by helping me find the ways to bring them out of the dark and into the light.
You have found your calling my friend and I thank God and you for that!
Linda Champion
My Values
Transformative Power
I believe everyone has the ability to enhance and improve owns life, moving towards a more meaningful life, the life of one’s dreams. Each person being a unique individual defines a fulfilling life according to one’s own values. And as the sculptor of own's life one can begin to create that unique life for himself. By partnering with you and through our coaching, we will provide you with the tools for this creation as you begin to call upon your inner wisdom and your own willingness to guide you to transform your life.
Richness of Being Human
We believe each person is like a mine filled with gems. We inspire you and remain by your side while you are excavating and discovering these gem-like characteristics, one by one. This awareness creates a new mind set and guides your next action. Each action lends itself to new learning as it reinforces the next action that comes from the next new place. Gradually you will notice the change of adjusting your old beliefs and habits as you, one by one, replace them with new, improved behaviors.
Wholeness of Life
I believe life has many aspects, and that a balanced life is the one in which all its aspects are in harmony. A satisfied life defines and views itself from these many aspects, each having a power of shaping one’s life. When one of these aspects is out of balance then the entire whole suffers. For example, when one’s relationship is struggling, job performance, finances, health, dealing with family and friends and personal growth can struggle. Exploring and discovering answers for one segment of life which is off balance will impact the whole – and create equilibrium of this interdependent system.
Holding these values as our guiding principle, we in the coaching relationship with you, will be able to co-create the future you want. We will accompany you as you maneuver through your life's maze towards accomplishment of your life’s goals – sculpting the desired life from choice and not settling for old responses to circumstances.
My Coaching Style
When you're looking for a coach these days there certainly are a lot to choose from.
What makes me different than any other performance coach?
Connectivity
My gift of connectivity allows me to relate to different people very easily. I love humanity in all its colors and textures, and see it as a beautiful tapestry. I experienced this richness fully while living on three continents. My love for all of humanity makes it natural for me to work well with a great variety of people. This ability facilitates an instant connection and allows the client to feel safe and comfortable as beginning to explore one’s life . As a result I then receive the privilege of inspiring them to find their own solutions and sculpt the lives they want.
Intuition
My strong intuition serves to help me get to the core of the issues and enhances my ability to uncover the motivators that inspire people. This ability presents itself in two very clear forms in my coaching. I have a very focused visual sense which supports me by arriving at images which provide short cuts to transformation. The other is the power of metaphors, which provides a rich imagery for exploration for the clients. Both of these creating faster way to comprehension.
Dedication
My dedication to coaching and my strong belief that everyone has the capacity to find one’s own answers compels me to stand firmly as your champion. I am keen in finding beauty in everyone, standing on a strong core belief that each person is a mine full of valuable gems unique to that person. I am always in search of these gems. During the many years I lived in several different countries, what stood out among the complex diverse tapestry of humanity, was the realization that inside each person is beautiful – one just needs to take the time to see it. I will always see your capacities even when you are not aware of them and I will champion you until you see them too.
Humor
My sense of humor helps. It helps one walk on fearful paths, paths which otherwise would be too daunting to tread. Often clients – when needing to access one’s emotions or exploring challenging aspects of one’s lives – become paralyzed. Yet I have noticed that humor allows the heavy air to lighten up and allow the client to breathe and quiet the fear.
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Now that you have a better idea about our approach and our values in working with clients and what makes us different, please next visit our services page to learn about specific services we offer and learn about us.