What is coaching actually?
Individual coaching can be done face-to-face or through phone call or video call following a specific methodology that is learned at a course (ICF methodology in my case), through which we guide the clients to contemplate for finding what they need, want, and the limiting beliefs keeping them back but also structuring an action plan focused towards fixing what needs to be fixed. Good coaches support and motivate the clients so that they don’t feel alone in their journey, but they also know that only clients themselves can really make the change.
Coaching can seem similar to psychotherapy sometimes, the big difference is that therapy focuses on the client’s past and processing of difficult emotions, whereas coaching focuses on the client’s present and future challenges. If psychotherapy takes the person from a sub-optimal state to a optimal state, coaching takes the person from a optimal state to an advanced state.
The coaching session is mainly structured into 2 Big Parts:
- Investigation: where the clients dig deep into their problems and identify the needs and wants
- Action Planning: after the client is done with the investigation, the coach guides the client towards structuring an action plan that will make him/her reach the planned goal
Coaching leads to insight, discovery and forward movement, in alignment with the uniqueness of the individual, their understanding of the world, values and preferences. What I personally love about coaching is that it makes the client contemplate. Contemplation is an imensely powerful tool. Think about sitting down for an hour with a piece of paper contemplating yourself what knowledge is in comparrison with asking somebody else or an AI.
A coach can save yo years and years of struggle. Imagine wanting to learn how to shoot with a slingshot. How much will it take to learn it by yourself practicing in the woods compared to getting coached by an olympic sharpshooter. I dedicated my last 13 years to becoming a personal development sharp-shooter, I stumbled into so may traps and problems, and eventually managed to do it. People roll their eyes when hearing about you doin personal development because most people who do it, they do it wrongly, they are even wors off than the “normies”. Personal development is not just a basic “skill” you learn, it is very hard to be done right and it almost mandatory to have a master mentor ot coach that has to guide you in order to do it right.
Like any professional collaboration, a contract will be signed between the coach and the coachee.
Coaching is not about giving advice, that is the job of a mentor or a consultant. If you expressly need me to tell you what to do, then we can book separate consulting sessions for that. Check FAQ below for more information.
If you want to watch a great example of a 90 minute health coaching session CLICK HERE
Prices & Packages
Our collaboration will begin with a FREE 60 min Session (30 min discovery & 30 min coaching) through Phone or Video Call. I’ll answer all the further questions you have and decide how are we going to collaborate further.
- If you decide to go further and buy online coaching sessions, they will last 50 minutes followed by a 10 minute free talk/feedback/consultancy.
- I will send you a secure payment link for completing transactions followed by an invoice after the Discovery meeting if you decide to purchase
- Languages: English, Swedish, Romanian
Three Month Package
- Includes: 12 coaching sessions in a timeframe of three months.
- Recommended for long term, complex goals
- Price: 10 000 SEK
Individual Coaching Sessions
- Recommended for short-term goals
- Price: 1000 SEK/session
You Might Also Wonder
It is a more holistic way of dealing with health problems and undesired behaviors. It is about improving your whole life quality. Sometimes your health is affected by things that don’t fall into the category of health. For example you might binge eat every day because your job and relationship situation is very stressful and the fast food is your only way out right now. We must work with the roots that cause the problems not just with the effects.
Coaching would be a great choice for you who feel stuck for months on end and need a partner to guide you to dig deeper and contemplate what really is the problem, why you expereience the problem, what are the options, what are the solutions, what is the next step etc. A coach is also a partner that is curious about your needs and wants, that will support you, motivate you, hold you accountable, share insightful metaphors and personal stories which will help you achieve the desired goals.
It mainly stipulates the following points:
- Contact Details
- Pupose and Goals
- Payment Terms
- Cancelation Policy
- Confidentiality
- Coaching Process Details
- Responsabilities of Both Parts
This story is useful in explaining the difference between Coaching, Consulting, Mentoring, Parenting (bonus) and Therapy. Please know that this is a generalization. There are lots of gray areas in this, and it is meant to be a very simple way to explain the differences. Let’s take the example of learning to ride a bicycle.
Consultant: Studies the mechanics of riding the bike. Teaches you the laws of physics, how the bike is propelled, what is necessary for balance, and the laws ofmotion/propulsion. A consultant tells you where to sit and where to put your feet and when to pedal. They may even offer or suggest a training program to upgrade your bike. Then he/she leaves. Consultants are necessary experts.
Therapist: Discusses the basis for your fears about riding and the consequences of falling. Discusses if your parents rode, and why that might be important. Explains why it is important for your self-esteem or psyche for you to learn this and be successful. Therapists are very useful to unwire whatever baggage may be impeding your potential to
ride.
Parent: Buys bike for you. May put on training wheels and take them off when they think you are ready. Runs by the bike holding on until you have balance to continue and then cheers you on as you go off riding into the sunset. Occasionally will threaten to take away riding privileges if you don’t comply with ground rules.
Mentor: Shares with you their experience/expertise of bike riding. Gives you tips on “drafting” and the most effective way they’ve found to ride. Models the way they think you should ride, gives you strategies about things like changing tires quickly in a race, how to get the most speed for your effort, what the best bike is to buy in their opinion, and how to negotiate gravel at the bottom of a hill. Teaches you their version of proper maintenance, warns you of dangers of riding in traffic, and tells you how to avoid them. Sometimes holds an “I know better than you since I’ve been there before, so you’d better listen to me” hierarchical position.
Coach: Listens to your desire to try riding. Asks you if you need instructions on how to ride and asks where you might get them. Asks if you like the color/kind of bike you’re about to ride. May even help you pick the bike up and help you get onto it. Runs alongside the bike, “checking in” to see if you’re enjoying the experience and asks what might make it more fun. Will help you discover what you need to take care of yourself when/if you fall. When you stop, the coach might ask about your experience and what was valuable, and whether or not you want to pursue mastery of bike riding. If you do, the coach asks you how you might devise a plan whereby you can attain that mastery. If you don’t, then the coach may ask you if you want to continue riding casually or if you want to devise a plan to sell the bike.