WHAT IS COACHING?

"Claire Lyons coaches with a sensitive, thoughtful style that is warm and collaborative. My sessions with her feel like a welcome, a quick hug, and an invitation to explore and grow. She is fully present."

People hire a coach to produce extraordinary results in their personal and professional lives. Coaches work with individuals, groups or teams to help them achieve goals and attain a level of satisfaction and fulfillment that previously seemed out of reach.

Some examples of situations where coaching has helped make significant differences are:

Evaluation of Life Choices and Life Purpose
Improving Personal Effectiveness
Making Career Choices and Transitions
Unblocking Creativity
Starting or Expanding a Small Business
Leadership Development
Enhancing Communication Skills
Developing or Nurturing a Personal Relationship
Establishing Balance in Your Life
Focusing on Wellness and Health
Developing a Daily Spiritual Practice
Learning Effective Parenting Skills
Having More Fun
Creating and living the life you really want.

Top Ten Benefits of Working with a coach

Create a CLEAR VISION of what kind of life you want to live. Instead of meandering through life letting circumstances determine your choices, you learn to create NEW PATTERNS that produce POSITIVE ACTION.
Learn to live ON PURPOSE according to your own personal values. Live from the inside out, discover what is really important to you and move with CONFIDENCE and CERTAINTY towards your vision and goals.
FILL THE GAP between what is being required of you in your present situation and the knowledge, skills and resources you need to develop to MEET YOUR CHALLENGES successfully.
A Coach will help you to STAY FOCUSED so you can put your energy where it will best move you toward your goals.
You will learn to ELIMINATE THE ENERGY DRAINERS that waste your time and drag you down. You will work less and accomplish much more.
Create a STRATEGIC PLAN to move you forward toward whatever goal or desire you have for your life. You will be practical, efficient and on target.
A Coach PROVIDES ACCOUNTABILITY by acting as a witness to your commitment to yourself and help you stay on task with your action plan.
Learning to CREATE BALANCE in your life is essential for your mind, body and spirit. You will be surprised to see that you can have it all.
To RESPECT BOUNDARIES means learning to say yes to what you want and no to what you don’t want. You will find yourself being more honest and respectful with yourself and others.
You will have INCREDIBLE SUPPORT in your coach who is behind you 100 percent, listening to you, encouraging you, and believing in you. Having someone standing firmly on your side will help you BE YOUR BEST SELF.

If we work together you will do much more than simply set goals and work towards achieving them. We will explore the real meaning of who you are, your strengths, your values, your needs, and your dreams. We will look at the high points in your life, the times of fulfillment and feeling on purpose, and try to find the direction that is YOUR TRUE NORTH. Decision-making will become much easier because you will be able to measure them against your own values, direction, and vision.

There will be a point in your coaching journey where we will need look at your resistance to going forward. We all have it, especially when we try to make changes in our lives. Goal setting and positive attitude won’t make it go away, but looking at the underlying beliefs that are the foundation of your life can cause changes you never thought possible. It is an exciting journey, filled with discovery, insight, support and even humor. Yes, having fun is an essential part of the journey.

Learn more about the possibilities available to you through our working together, call Claire at 416 766-9108 and we will schedule a time to talk in person. I look forward to hearing from you and discovering what your life can be.