Why am I a coach?(Confessions of a professional coach for expat women)

TLDR:

Because my own experience of coaching conversations brought me to where I am today – living a life that I had wanted but never been bold enough to reach for.  

The longer version:

For me, as for a lot of people, the pandemic years forced a hard stop.

A hard stop that felt hard in all the ways – after the (brief) honeymoon of working from home wore off – I felt rudderless, with a lot of time for thinking (and over-thinking) about the past and the future.

I really had no idea what I wanted to do with the next season of my life.

I was unable to think my way out of this stuckness – the days and months just sort of ground on. I was hoping that something outside of me would change or shift, perhaps revealing new options or a different way ahead.

I’d like to say that when a friend mentioned coaching I took up the suggestion enthusiastically and with a rock-solid belief that it was the silver bullet I was hoping for.

Not so – I’m sceptical by nature and this was no different – I was about 50% in on believing that it could help.

But I took the leap and booked a first and then subsequent coaching sessions.

I can say, hand-on-heart, that those sessions were life-changing.

Why?

Because they were a space where I gave voice to hopes, dreams, possibility and wishes that I had not spoken out loud before. 

My coach listened completely and

treated all this as incredibly valuable, doable and with a matter-of-fact belief in my ability to make things happen. 

‘Of course, you want this and of course you can do it.’

Her message was also clear that I had everything within me to make it real – that I could see and walk the path to get there and that she was willing to partner with me on the journey.

I had never had anything like this experience before.

As an expat woman where can professional coaching take you?

It will help you to see that:

• You are allowed to stop trying so hard.

• You are allowed to find your own path.

• You are allowed to succeed on your own terms.

Professional coaching conversations will help you to:

• Get free from the exhaustion of striving

• Remember what you like about you

• Identify your ‘hell yes!’ things  

• Decide which things are a hard no.

• Be present for everything that is today

One of my clients described her coaching experience with me:

‘Lynn’s style encapsulates “less is more.” Her coaching carries a subtle touch that’s barely noticeable and makes me feel like I did it all myself. And yet I never feel alone in our conversations, and Lynn’s willingness to share her personal perspective is of incredible importance and value. She manages to insert herself in harmony with the way my story is unfolding ~ like she’s listening so well that she can see my next move before myself, and her words say “go on…” but without having an agenda.’

Just FYI

I don't have a funnel

I don't have a range of offers

I do one thing.

Professional coaching conversations that:

• Are all about you

• Get deep into what you want

• Are about doing things that will get you there

• Keep you accountable so that you get to where you want to be

If you’re a woman working abroad and over trying to survive your own existence

Then I’m up for a chat.