Your Life, Your Sandbox

Coaching is an empowering dialogue lasting between 15 min to 12 months, where your coach challenges, encourages and supports you in achieving specific or long-term goals. The coaching dialogue usually goes through several stages in order to move you into action. This is referred to as the coaching process and varies depending on the coaching model used.

During the coaching process, your coach will demonstrate core skills and employ effective tools to help you gain clarity; discover your inner creativity to overcome challenges and find new options. At the end of this process, you will have created a self-driven plan to achieve your personal, professional and/or business goals.

Coaching is a comprehensive process that may involve all areas of your life, including career, health, relationships, personal growth and spirituality. You will be asked to be committed to and accountable for the decisions and actions required in these areas to achieve your intended goals.

In addition, you will be building valuable life skills for managing change and continuous learning. Integral to this multi-faceted experience is a trusted relationship based on honest and open dialogue.

In The Sandbox:

1. Coaching Principles (fundamental to helping us move forward)
   • We may not be able to change circumstance but we always have a choice to decide what to do.
   • Our perspective determines our experience in life, not circumstances.
2. The Sandbox – is a framework within which creative coaching processes take place. It is a safe space built on mutual trust and respect; a space with unlimited potential.
3. Cornerstones of the Sandbox that enable the creative coaching process:
   • Engage: fully in the present moment
   • Discover: your creativity to overcome obstacles and find new options
   • Create & Commit: to a self-driven plan aligned with your core values
   • Be: in balance
   • Acknowledge: your achievements
4. Core Skills and Effective Tools: As your coach, I am able to
   • Meet the Ethical Guidelines and Professional Standards of the International Coaching Federation
   • Establish the Coaching Agreement
   • Build a trusted relationship with you
   • Communicate effectively and authentically
   • Provide a non-judgmental space for you to explore and experiment
   • Make the most of my gifts and skills to help you do the same