Distracted Driving
The other day, a client proposed the idea that those of us in our mid-twenties are experiencing unprecedented freedom as we enter the adult world. In this post-Covid world, we can browse the internet for millions of job opportunities with remote, hybrid, and in-person options. Through a plethora of social media platforms, we can forge our own paths as influencers or create our own brands. According to Pew Research center, we value work-life balance much more than our parents did, and workplaces are responding by creating new benefits while also prioritizing mental health. With our increased awareness of job opportunities and corporations’ heightened transparency, we seek to work for companies whose values align with our own and will more readily quit our jobs if they don’t. Our parents, on the other hand, entered their careers with the mindset that loyalty to a company would pay off in the long haul. Work was a greater part of one’s identity and most saw their jobs as a privilege.
Today, we face a unique struggle to stay in our lane. Our work life can take many different forms, so we easily question whether we chose the right path. We see what our peers and other companies are achieving on social media, so we wonder whether we’re doing enough.
This time last year, I was pretty stuck in these anxiety-provoking thoughts. For the first time in my life, I actually had to make big decisions for myself and fully own them. I needed to figure out what I wanted to do with my Business degree and I was navigating hard conversations in my closest relationships. My good friend reached out to me and asked if I wanted to join a coaching certification program with her. She knew that I had interest in this field and, after prayer and consideration, I said yes because I saw this program as a good direction forward and finally had some peace.
As a student in the Coaching Mastery program with Creative Results Management, I walked away with much more confidence and direction than I could have imagined. I was one of the youngest in this international training group, many of which were pastors and missionaries, and most sought coaching for a second career or as an enhancement to their leadership roles. Although I went into many of the class sessions feeling inadequate, each time I was given the opportunity to coach my older classmates, they affirmed me in my coaching skills. And each time I was the client in the practice sessions, I was restored from some amount of my self-doubt and fear.
Upon graduating from the program, I was a more confident, functionable adult. I clarified my core values upon which I would make decisions, I uncovered coaching as a clear focus in my career path, and I re-prioritized necessary healthy routines for myself.
Coaching effectively empowered me to stay in my lane. This is why I am eager to coach others in transitional stages of life and to continue learning from coaching friends and professionals. Amidst the millions of opportunities we can pursue, our inclination to compare, and the pressure to choose the right path, coaches provide a rare, but much needed space to organize our thoughts and clarify what matters most to us. Once our lane is identified, with the coach’s accountability, we create practical steps to stay in that lane. And then we’re coasting in our lane at ease.
If you’re curious about how coaching could be a fit for where you’re at in your life, I would love to connect with you. Text me anytime at (925) 997-1244.
My Prices
First Session: $0
1 Hour Session: $45
Includes Use of Self-Guided Brainstorm
Optional 20-minute follow-up 1 week after coaching
1 Month of Coaching: $80
2 Hour-Long Sessions
Optional 20-minute follow-ups in the “off” weeks
3 Months of Coaching: $230
2 Hour-Long Sessions Each Month
Optional 20-minute follow-ups in the “off” weeks
If you’d like to get a jumpstart on clarifying what your lane looks like, check out a preview of my self-guided brainstorm below!
