Gratitude Summary

Highlight of last week is definitely securing my first paid client and running the first paid coaching session.

Was it any different from my pro bono coaching sessions?

You bet.

I was so nervous and in such dread about the impact of the $ on my perceived coaching value that I decided to get external help.

So I emailed the Diploma Mentor Coach at TCI who works with Dip students like me, and she rang me last Friday for a chat.

Upshot: she talked me through my anxiety, I was reassured to know that a coach with 800+ hours of experience still gets the butterflies, and I learned some strategies for dealing with new clients.

The session went BEAUTIFULLY. There were several moments when I was no longer conscious of me, just of this amazing, empowering energy flowing right through me and eliciting the right words and questions out of my mouth. What an inspiring start to my coaching career!

Better yet was being able to share this precious experience with close fellow coaches who are on the same journey and can relate to what I'm going through.

Yesterday, I had a coach email to ask me how I got my first paid client.

Which goes to show: you never know which aspect of your journey is most helpful to someone else. Just live your life, do what you can within your control and influence, and leave the outcome to God.

This week's highlights?

Well, I actually had a mysterious phone call today from the Star (our local newspaper which goes out free to all households) asking to meet up regarding a wrap-around they are doing which may have advertising opportunities for me. Have no idea what it's about and how to make the most of this but I said yes (as per coaching mantra: Say Yes, Then Work Out How) and arranged to meet caller at Werribee Baptist Church tomorrow since I'll be working anyway.

Then yesterday, as I was reading with Miss B's class, her teacher popped her head in to say she's given my contact and URL to a colleague who is looking for ways to motivate her older students. Possible workshop opps there? Who knows. Better get busy and start writing up some workshop material.