One-on-One Coaching

What is Coaching?

Coaching is a powerful, ongoing partnership that maximizes human potential. A Professional Coach helps you identify your defining values, connect to your purpose, focus your goals, and build a plan for your own development. As an objective and skillful collaborator, a coach allies with you to capture learning and redirect it towards creating sustainable change.

My Approach

It is an honor to coach someone. I maintain that every human being is already whole -- which means, "you aren't broken so I won't try and fix you!" My clients, often, are individuals who are in transition of some kind – work, relationship, and life status transitions in particular. I work with each client to clarify what's most important to them, identify their needs and values in life, and articulate a vision they feel passionate about.

Then, we work through internal blockages to help them take action steps towards that vision. I hold them accountable for what they say they want, so my role is supportive, sometimes challenging, and always honest.

 

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Common Reasons to Hire a Coach

• To create a life based on what matters most to you

• To shift to more meaningful work or experience current work more meaningfully

• To ease transition and get the most out of important periods in your life (ie. during a pregnancy, during a wedding-planning year, moving towards retirement, moving out of a relationship, after the death of a loved one)

• To become more organized, productive, efficient, healthier, happier, and to improve your relationships

• To re-ignite lost passions or re-prioritize creative endeavors

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A Typical Session

A totally confidential coaching session with me is, generally, 40 minutes long and it happens on the phone. Once we have defined specific and observable desired outcomes in an intake session, the client sets the agenda for each coaching call and we go from there.

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How it works Logistically

Enduring change of any kind requires a commitment. To this end, all clients start with a 3-month Package that begins with an intake session. During the intake session, we develop the necessary guidelines for a most effective coaching relationship and a powerful vision for where we are going with coaching. The 90-day minimum gives us an opportunity to work intensely on the most important goals and make some first big strides. After 3 months, most clients continue, and at that time, I also offer the option to purchase single sessions, at $75 apiece.

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How to get started:

Contact me to set up a complimentary 30-minute phone consultation. We will discuss your specific needs so we can determine if coaching is the right investment for you right now.

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Testimonials

"I could spend 2 years with What Color is Your Parachute? and not accomplish what we just did in 10 minutes!" -Elena, Los Angeles

“One result of working with Mary is that I no longer find myself thinking, "I can't" on a regular basis. I've discovered, much to my surprise, that I am a closet optimist, and Mary has lovingly pushed me out of the closet.” – Jennifer, Long Island

“It’s been amazing to work with you this year. I’ve made so many key decisions in our sessions.” – Jane, Queens

“I knew this was something very different. I couldn't believe she was going to ask me every single week which commitments I stuck with and which ones I hadn't. It really made a difference to me and I can't believe how much we accomplished. I still see progress towards my goals as a result of Mary's coaching.” –Nancy, Illinois