Comments on: Coaching

By: lightening

lightening — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:25:29 +0000

Sharon - I was going to suggest you can take your withdrawals out on the team on Thursday. LOL. But I think you tend to go quieter when you’re not feeling great, not louder. As for the teenage “bunch”. I guess either I’ll rub off on them or they’ll rub off on me. LOL. Honestly, I really want to cry at the thought of not eating chocolate. You’re so brave!!!!!

Jenn - thanks. I will. I’m a bit “behind” in one of the tasks I’m supposed to be completing. Oops. Not such an auspicious start. Still, failure is the stepping stone to success right?

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:24:50 +0000

Oooh, I’m so curious to see how this works for you! Do keep posting about it, please.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:52:08 +0000

Sounds really interesting, I look forward to hearing how you get on.

I’m two days into my healthy eating plan, craving chocolate and coffee like you wouldn’t beleive! It’s not pretty to live with!

Thanks for the kind comments. As the coach you often wonder if you are making a difference, and that is a pretty difficult bunch of girls to coach. You are a breath of fresh air, and a delight to coach, maybe you can help with the teenage attitudes of the rest of the bunch!

By: StillKindaStuffy

StillKindaStuffy — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:52:49 +0000

Balance is somewhat relative - one person’s balance is another person’s imbalance…

But looked at another way - if you are “out of kilter” you can’t go on being successful at whatever you are doing indefinitely. If you are unbalanced, at some point the wheels will fall off and you’ll fall in a heap.

People can figure out how find their own balance and push themselves to their full potential without a life coach. But the first step in all of that is believing that they themselves can do those things (even with a life coach at some point you are going to be doing all of these things without guidance)

By: lightening

lightening — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:40:22 +0000

Stuffy - I wonder though if people driven like that have a good balance to their lives? Life Coaching isn’t only about goal setting but also about finding balance.

Deborah - Congratulations on the new forum and the plug is fine.

Talina - thanks for your interest. I will keep you posted on how it goes.

Marita - that’s true that they can be. Kids can teach us so much.

Hilary - that’s a great way of looking at it. It does seem like “project lightening” doesn’t it??? LOL.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:01:06 +0000

This is so interesting. When you think about it, the advantage of having coaches or teachers of any kind in our lives is that we get the benefit of someone else’s specialty subject, without having to do all the research they’ve done. It’s like having a team of experts working on Project Lightening. So glad you are having some “you time now”.

By: Marita

Marita — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:49:28 +0000

Great post (as per usual).

There are so many factors to look at when making lifestyle changes.

I often find that my friends and family are my mentors and coaches through life. Even my children teach me new lessons.

I’m looking forward to seeing how an objective outside influence helps you along because maybe that is what I am lacking in my mentors and coaches.

By: Talina

Talina — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:01:31 +0000

I have always toyed with this idea but never really acted on it… Keep us posted on your experiences, it might push me to give it a try!

By: Deborah Robinson

Deborah Robinson — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:53:21 +0000

Great post about the free lifestyle and free weight loss coaching sessions, Lightening. Although I run a lot of promotions on Australian Women Online I so seldom receive feedback from those who take up these special offers. I will be interested to know how you are getting on, so please do keep us updated.

PS. Australian Women Online has just launched an online Forum for those who would like to interact with other women who share their goals and interests. The Forum also provides an opportunity for readers of Australian Women Online to ask questions and obtain further information about anything they’ve seen on the website. To register and start posting to the url http://forum.australianwomenonline.com/phpBB3/

PPS. Sorry about the shameless promotion, but I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to give our new Forum a plug.

By: StillKindaStuffy

StillKindaStuffy — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:06:52 +0000

I’m not saying that there are a lot of people like that - there aren’t. But some people have reserves of drive and determination that make having a coach irrelevant to them. It has a lot to do with really truly deeply believing in yourself and that you can accomplish whatever task you put yourself to. It is the getting to the stage of truly believing in yourself (which is something you can’t use a coach for either) that is the tricky part.