MY WORK AS A LIFE COACH

AFTER HAVING A YOUNG SON WE SOLD OUR OTHER HOUSE IN HEALDSBURG AND BOUGHT A LARGER HOUSE THERE NEARBY. I STARTED SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND ONE WAS MAKING AND SELLING FOUNTAINS. ANOTHER WAS SELLING HEALTH FOODS BY DEMONSTRATIONS. THEN I HAD AN AHA FEELING WHEN I WATCHED A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT COACHING OTHERS TO BE THEIR BEST AND ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS.. I ATTENDED COACH U FOR THREE YEARS PART TIME AND GRADUATED. I BEGAN COACHING PEOPLE IN HEALDSBURG WHILE ATTENDING CLASSES BY TELEPHONE. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO ACHIEVE OR BE. I WAS INTUITIVE ABOUT HOW TO COACH PEOPLE AND I AT FIRST GAVE PEOPLE AN FREE INTRODUCTORY SESSION. SOME SAID THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO AFTER THAT. I BEGAN WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAD CHRONIC CONDITIONS. AND THOSE WHO WERE WORKAHOLICS, AS I WAS ONCE. I SPOKE TO MANY GROUPS THROUGHOUT SEVERAL COUNTIES WHICH GAVE ME CONFIDENCE. I WAS ALSO SPEAKING TO GROUPS AND LIBRARIES ABOUT HOW THE NATIVE AMERICANS USED TO LIVE - ANOTHER BUSINESS. I GOT POSITIVE FEEDBACK. SOME PEOPLE HAD DIFFICULTY DOING THEIR JOBS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO OR ACHIEVE, OR FIND ANOTHER WORK POSSIBILITY. I WORKED WITH MANAGERS, STAFF FROM COLLEGES, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND HOMEMAKERS, AND RETIRED FOLKS. IT WAS A FUN PART OF MY LIFE. I PLANNED AND LED A NUMBER OF RETREATS OUTDOORS FOR COACHING CLIENTS. I ALSO COACHED HUMAN RESOURCE HEADS OF COMPANIES.