Personal and Professional Coaching

for soul and success

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How Alexandra can help you. Click here

Women's Power Package Click here

Why would I employ a coach?

Imagine having someone who:

• believes in you and your ability to achieve your goals and visions,
• fully engages with you in the dance of creativity, willing to probe to find your edge, extend you and sustain the tension and challenge of birthing new projects,
• approaches the vicissitudes of daily life as opportunities, understanding the ebb and flow of life as a rich repository and necessary element for keeping creativity alive.
• celebrates your successes knowing what it has taken for you get there.

A coach can offer these things. They are ally, touchstone and provocateur supporting you on the path in life you are choosing to unfold.

Coaching is success oriented

Coaching concerns itself with what is possible, with the future, rather than fixing the past.  It asks what can be done now that will move you forward. By drawing out the ideas, inspirations, energy and skills, your 'big dreams' can become a reality.  Success takes commitment. Coaching is a way of cementing that necessary commitment.  In other words: it keeps you on your toes!

The coaching relationship is alchemical

The coaching relationship is the fulcrum of the coaching process, without it there is no coaching.  It provides the alchemy out of which ideas evolve, something unknown appears, and the deep Self can be engaged. It helps to turn the 'base metal' of your first rough, rudimentary glimmerings, into the 'gold' of a tangible expression in the world. The coaching relationship nourishes, energises, enlightens and challenges you to go to new levels in yourself

The coach does not do the work

The coach does not come up with the solutions; they provide the conditions in which you, the coachee, may access your own deep intelligence, authority and drive.  They also help to keep you on track especially when the initial excitement of the creative endeavour has worn off and there is much work still to do. Regard the coach as like the piece of the grit in the oyster shell that provides the necessary 'rub' or tension that creates the 'pearl' of your life.

The coach is a resource

Whilst the coach does not do the work, she or he is not a silent partner.  The coach will engage with you fully, asking questions, drawing out, and reflecting back. They will also have plenty of ideas, opinions, strategies and networks that you can draw on if you want.  This does not mean they are know what is right for you.  On the contrary only you know that.

Are you ready for coaching?

Coaching requires commitment, discipline and patience. You do need to have a certain hunger to achieve, a willingness to rise to meet your best self, and a sense of support around you.  There needs to be a gap between where you are and where you want to be personally and professionally.

To get the most out of coaching you need to:

• claim the time to invest in yourself,
• make and keep appointments with yourself,
• stop or change those activities and practices that drain your energy and limit success,
• be willing to experiment with new approaches and different ways of thinking.

What's the difference between counselling and coaching?

Counselling is about healing past hurts and traumas, understanding what is behind some of the negative or unhelpful behaviours one has and transforming those.  Counselling emphasises the quality of beingness, whilst coaching focuses more on doing, creating new pathways into the future. Some aspects of coaching can certainly be found in counselling however counselling does not come into the coaching relationship. The relationship between coach and coachee is one of equals. 

Choosing a life coach

Choosing a coach will depend on your needs. Look for someone who has expertise in the territory that you are embarking on. It's also important to know your Achilles heel and find someone who can challenge or extend you in that area. All coaches will give you a free session so that you can 'try them out'.  Do just that.  Coaches understand this process and don't take it personally if you decide not to go with them.  It's recommended to check at least 3 or 4 people before you decide; even if the first person you contact feels like the one.  It's really worth taking time until you feel some kind of 'click' happen. It might not seem like an entirely logical choice but you may sense 'a light' go on, some electricity, a 'yes' from your whole being and not just your head.  It's hard to quantify what that is, but you will know it when you feel it and it may not necessarily be someone with whom you are entirely comfortable!

What happens in a session?

There is no set plan for a session.  Each session is an empty space – the progenitor for the unknown to reveal itself.  You, the client, come to the session prepared with a couple of items to work on.  You do the work. You use the coach.  You need to care enough about yourself to take responsibility.   And be willing to be redirected as well, such are the dynamics of the creative process!

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How I can help you

If you are:

• Struggling to find meaning in what you do,
• Frustrated creatively,
• Constantly stressed, 
• Unable to get your entrepreneurial projects off the ground or
• Bored with what you do

I can help you to

• Clarify your goals
• Find and support the unfolding expression of your creativity
• Sustain the focus when birthing and building new enterprises
• Work more effectively – including how to use transitional moments as windows of opportunity for inspiration and renewal
• Simplify your life
• Create a more sustainable way of working and being
• Restore meaning and passion to all areas of your life.
• Negotiate transitions – midlife and menopause, changed life circumstances, changing careers, relationship upheaval
• Enhance your communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Deepen your relationships

Alexandra's approach

I have a long experience of working with people and really love the challenges and opportunities of the creative process, helping you find and develop your edge personally and professionally and experience a greater vividness in your life whatever your calling.I have a number of talents to offer: a sharp and imaginative intelligence, focus, forthrightness, discipline, curiosity, humour, a care of the soul and deep respect for archetypal forces, deep listening, intuition, a love of networking, a willingness to engage deeply and a rich spiritual life.

Structure of session and cost

Sessions are 45 minutes, twice monthly.  If you feel you need to connect more regularly for a shorter session, this could be 30 mins, 3 times a month.  The cost for the month is $250 (including GST) paid in full at the beginning of each month.  The cost also includes unlimited email contact and phone calls to celebrate any wins, share what has been happening, get feedback on something or, if you need, brief, on the spot coaching.

Book a coaching session today and start the revolution in yourself! 

For a free session call Alexandra on +61 2 9310 0591

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Women's Power Package

Personal and Professional Coaching

For soul and success

The Women's Power Package is a series of three forty-five minute coaching sessions by phone for £90/Aus$275 (Incl GST)

An opportunity for women to:

• Experience the power of female embodied life
• Tap into greater emotional and intuitive resources
• Find support for unfolding your inner wisdom and vision 
• Experience the alchemy of the creative process
• Love and live your full intelligence and authority
• Create a sustainable and meaningful future

For more information, please contact Alexandra Pope on ph/fax: +61 2 9310 0591 or email aepope@optusnet.com.au

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