| The
Center for Balanced Living provides very personalized
programs designed to fit your individual goals and schedule.
As a leader in the field of professional coaching, we
work with you in career planning and development, while
also looking at additional ways to help you find greater
fulfillment in many areas of your life.
Information
on individual coaching programs is
found below.
Or click here for group
coaching programs.
| Professional Coaching: A Blueprint for Success
A winning
athlete depends on a coach for support, encouragement,
energy, focus and a strategy for improved performance.
A professional
coach can bring the same benefits to your life
and give you the power to see past the clutter
and confusion that may be limiting your success.
It helps you to discover the passion, purpose
and brilliance in you and make them the launch pad
for your success in all areas of your life.
Through professional
coaching, you can learn to emphasize your inner
brilliance and create a successful, fulfilling
and balanced life.
How Does Professional Coaching Work?
It is a partnering
relationship that goes beyond simple lists and
goal-setting systems to create for you targeted,
one-on-one feedback and guidance to help you progress
toward your business and personal goals.
We brainstorm
with you to develop a plan for achieving what
you want from your life and career -- then work
with you on a personalized basis, challenging
you to stay on track and to stay committed to
your own choices.
Action plans
are then designed for you to follow through on
your dreams. The techniques utilized in success
coaching are designed to help you take responsibility
for your own life in creating a career and life
you love. Coaching sessions do not follow a strict
format but are customized based on the needs and
goals of the individual.
Stacey Mayo,
the founder of CBL, has developed her practice
through her own life experience, growth and research.
Over the years she had identified and created
her life's work, her own successful business and
a fulfilling relationship with her soulmate. This
provides her a unique understanding of the various
stages faced by each client in the creation of
what is most important to them. She is also a
certified coach through the Rockport Institute,
affiliate of Coach University and member of the
International Coaching Federation.
What do I have to do?
- As a
client, you are encouraged to look at your
life...career and non-career areas to see
where they are versus where you ideally want
to be. All aspects of your life are taken
into consideration when identifying your
ideal career.
- It is
imperative that you commit to having what
you want in life. That is the only way it
will happen. If you are unclear, commit to
gaining clarity through the coaching
process.
- Be willing
to take responsibility for your own success
(and failure), communicate fully with your
coach, have a positive mental attitude and
have fun in the process.
One-on-one
coaching provides comfortable conversations with
a coach who knows what questions to ask to help
you identify your passions, uncover the blocks
that are stopping you, and guide you to go beyond
those blocks to have a life that you love.
Click here to email us and schedule a free consultation
to find out if coaching is right for you. The
only cost to you is the phone call. Simply send
an email and tell us a couple of times that work well
for you, and we'll schedule a phone appointment. Be
sure to include your time zone. |
Some Topics
That Are Well-Suited to Coaching
Personal
Career Development
The process
used at CBL is truly unique. It's a completely integrated
process that encourages you to create a career in alignment
with the whole person you are. Designed to foster introspection,
it encourages you to get in touch with a career that will truly nourish your soul.
While the coaching process is not linear, we do integrate
the following 10 steps for those individuals who want to change
careers but are uncertain about their future direction.
The CBL 10 Step Process
- Schedule
a phone consultation to assess the ways that CBL could
help you.
- You
then complete goals and background information to help
us get a full understanding of your current situation
-- career and non-career. This is a key step in
helping you clearly identify your goals and
expectations.
- Begin coaching
calls with your certified CBL coach.
- Complete
Rockport Institute Career Test, which measures natural
talents, aptitudes and personality.
- Begin Reflections
assessment/process to uncover passions from your life.
This is the major tool used to uncover your purpose.
- Write your
purpose statement (with help from your coach). This is
a single sentence that declares what you are passionate
about providing in the world.
- Look at
other areas of your life and how they affect your ability
to make a good career choice. Work to resolve
reoccurring
patterns and habits that get in the way of you having
the success you want.
- Clarify
interests, gifts, skills, strengths, purpose and ideal
work environment. Notice where there is overlap.
- Brainstorm
and research careers in alignment with who you are as
a whole person.
- Refine career
direction and formulate plan to transition from where
you are now to your bigger vision.
Phase
II
Phase II of
the coaching process begins following completion of these
10 steps. Like a coach during a game, CBL will continue
to work with you to encourage and refine your efforts to
achieve your stated plan. We continue to provide support
and guidance, as well as revisit your stated goals and dreams
to help ensure the success of this process. We will also
work with you in the attainment of other life goals if so
desired.
Career Planning
Individuals
need to be responsible for their own career development, whether they are within an organization or have their own
business. You can no longer depend on your boss or Human
Resources department to do this for you. With a coach you can learn
how to:
- create your own
success path and have time for
a personal life as well
- more
effectively manage your employees and your boss
-
improve your communication skills to be more effective
on and off the job
- tap
into your inner brilliance, become a star contributor
and earn more money without necessarily working more
hours
- have
more fun, and
- create
brand "you."
Relationships
Great relationships
are important to your ultimate success and fulfillment.
No one was meant to do it alone. Learn how to create and
attract great, supportive relationships into your career
and personal life. Learn how to ask for and receive help,
delegate effectively, communicate the truth respectfully
without offending others, accept others as they are and
acknowledge them for their gifts which are different than
your own, give unconditionally without feeling drained,
set and maintain healthy boundaries and more. If you have
not yet met your soulmate, we can even talk about how to
attract him/her into your life.
Entrepreneurs
and WannaBe's
If you are
in business for yourself or are considering it, you know
how lonely it can be. You don't have to do it alone anymore.
Now you can hire a coach to be your partner in success without
sharing half the profits! A coach will help you sort through
all your many ideas and focus on making the best ones happen,
will brainstorm with you new and better ways of doing things,
encourage you to keep going when the going gets rough,
teach you how to have a successful business and a personal
life as well. To find out if individual coaching is right for you, schedule a free phone consultation here.
In addition to individual coaching, we also have a group
coaching program that is well suited to the entrepreneur
-- Living Your Dreams. It's a companion program
to my book, "I
Can't Believe I Get Paid To Do This!"
Click here for more information on this program.
Confidence
Oftentimes when we are in the wrong job
or relationship it erodes our self-confidence. To make changes
that will lead to a life that is both fulfilling and healthy
requires building that confidence back again. In the coaching
process, you will learn how to identify your strengths again
and find ways to emphasize them in all areas of your life,
take small steps to regain confidence, learn how to handle
life's obstacles and have a partner who supports you every
step of the way. Balance
How do find the time to create a life
you love when your life is already so full you don't
hardly have time to breathe? In the coaching process you
can learn how to reprioritize your life in accordance with your values,
focus on the things that are important to you and in alliance
with your brilliance and say no to or delegate those things
which are not. See how clearing out the clutter in your life
and your mind will open up room for your creativity and more
of what you want in life.
Tele-coaching
Coaching is
easily suited for use over the phone. In fact, even clients
living near the Center for Balanced Living take advantage
of the ease and convenience of "tele-coaching." Typically
the first two sessions are scheduled for one hour each.
These are the in-take sessions, where your coach really gets
to know you and what's important to you. We set goals together
of what needs to happen for you to have what you want in
life. After that, there are two to three 40 minute sessions
per month. These sessions are shorter and held more often
to keep the momentum going and assist you in going past
blocks and obstacles to create what you want.
You will also
be given "assignments" each week to complete. These "assignments"
are suggested activities to increase the speed and effectiveness
of your work with CBL.
Rockport
Institute Career Test
This comprehensive
3.5 hour test measures your natural aptitudes and abilities
and personality. It can be taken in the privacy of your
own home and gives great insights into your abilities and
why certain careers will be a much better fit than others.
It is highly recommended that the test be used in conjunction
with the career coaching process. However, the test can
be purchased separately and includes a one-hour phone consultation
with a career coach . Click here for more information on the assessment.
Obstacle
Buster
Many people experience fears
or blocks when faced with making changes in their life that
take them outside their comfort zone. When these blocks
have a strong emotional component that cannot be logically
talked through, I often use an alternative technique called
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).
As people experience EFT,
most report a profound easing of stress-producing emotions
like anxiety and fear, anger and frustration, sadness, even
cravings. EFT involves a simple process of tapping on stress-relief
points (actually, acupuncture points) on the body as we
talk about your issue. You do the tapping yourself and,
as you learn to ‘tap away’ the negative emotional
charge, you’ll have a very effective tool to help
yourself now and n the future. Now, rather than having to
use willpower and persistence to push through a fear, you
can tap on this fear and then often easily move through
it.
I have used EFT to help people
overcome fears about money, dealing with authority figures,
public speaking, rejection, making calls dealing with difficult
people, abandonment, lack of control and other stressful
situations. It is even useful in helping with cravings and
weight loss.
Bio-Energetic Consulting
Bio-Energetic Consulting is offered in conjunction with coaching or as a stand alone service. This technique is used by Stacey Mayo to clear the body of blocks that are in the way of total health and wellness. She is able to help you clear physical blocks such as bacteria, viruses, fungus, molds and toxins as well as emotional blocks.
Together these things account for the major causes of most illnesses. This is a non-invasive process which can be
done over the telephone. For more info, schedule a consultation here. |
