Life Coach Pearl: WHY HIRE ME AS YOUR LIFE/HEALTH COACH?
I admit that six months ago I had no idea what a life or health coach does. As a physician with more than 45 years of experience, I know a lot about a lot of things—or so I thought. Afterall, I am the self-proclaimed Smart-A Lady Doc. Semi-retired, I set out in search of an alternate career. I am an innate nurturer so I wanted my second career to allow me to draw on my life of service and experience. I also wanted to avoid boredom.
Coming to a full stop after the career I had as an obstetrician-gynecologist was not an option. I researched coaching and started to think, “That might work for me.” I sent in the tuition fee for the certification course. Ouch! I soon found that fear reframed into excitement at the idea of investing in me.
Surprisingly, a whole new world of enlightenment would open for me.
I had found my next calling.
While training to be a Certified Life and Health Coach, I went through a personal transformation.
I am a professional Black woman who has survived the stresses of a predominantly white male-dominated profession via sheer faith and persistence. That does not diminish the fact that I experienced a few miracles of divine order along the way. (Make that a lot of divine order.) I understand the rigors of driving to excellence. I myself experienced burnout 22 years ago. I signed myself into an (alcohol) treatment program which became a defining period of personal growth. I celebrate sobriety as a rebirth and I have never looked back. Hallelujah! In a way my health and life coach certification training has served as a joyous refresher course. I acknowledge and appreciate me—a seasoned and confident professional eager to take on a whole new adventure of service and compassion.
I can offer this experience to my clients. I am your Coach.
It is almost inevitable in our society, in our world, we are going to get stuck. We are literally juggling the chores of our lives. This means deadlines to meet for the corporate executive, patient charts and meeting quotas for medical professionals or scheduling soccer practice and ballet classes for working parents. We push and push until there is a dull weight in our brains and a knot in the pit of our stomachs. We can’t sleep. Our health suffers. With everything whirling up and down, fear shows up that we might drop the ball. Slow down. You can get a coach!
Forty-nine to fifty-five percent of Americans report feeling STRESS.
Stress is that constant state of mental tension or worry caused by a difficult situation. You may feel overwhelmed, burnt out and stuck. Prolonged stress may lead to a mountain of physical and mental conditions too numerous to mention without depressing you, stealing your joy. So, what do YOU do? Exercise? Meditate? Most of us know what to do, we just don’t do it. Take a deep breath. You can get a coach!
The physical body cannot function well under stress. All systems of your body react in negative ways thus increasing the risk of disease states like elevated blood pressure and digestive disorders. All the diet and exercise in the world cannot outweigh the effects of stress hormones on belly fat. Salads and crunches just aren’t enough. It is indeed necessary to be mindful of what you eat. But being healthy is about more than just diet and exercise. Relax. You can get a coach!
I am that coach. It is my job to hold space for you; you are capable and powerful enough to accomplish your best, your highest life. Change can often be scary work. The ability to change old, unhealthy habits is already inside you. I’ll help you to look inside, uncover the skill within to change those habits. My Dynamic Transformation Journey aids you in finding the right steps in the right order as you transform yourself and your outlook on this juggling act called life. We can move you closer to the successes you see for your best self, your optimal health. I offer action tools to manage stress and make choices for your self-care. I help you hold accountability for yourself as you take steps through the journey to where you really want to be. Move on from stuck and stressed to free and joyous. I look forward to seeing you lead the life that you want to live. We’re all a work in progress with the most important word being progress. I can help with that. I am a life and health coach.
