Why Do I Call Myself an Integrative Life Coach, and Why is Hypnotherapy Part of My Practice?
My Journey to Becoming a Life Coach
I became a life coach for personal reasons, as is often the case when a person chooses a profession that involves helping others. My upbringing did not include guidance or advice. I had to figure out life, which was a tall order. I wondered about what kind of person I wanted to be, how to support myself, whether I wanted to follow my Jewish faith, where I would live, who I would like for friends, and how I would prioritize self-care, a partner, and so much more.
Why Change Is at the Core of My Coaching
I am well-suited to my profession because I am acutely aware that change is part of life, whether it is planned or comes as a surprise. And, the brain does not like change, particularly when there is uncertainty connected to it. I've always given my best effort to make the best positive change I could for myself since I was on my own.
Helping my clients make the best positive changes for themselves is my number one priority. Whether it is to change eating habits to lose weight or other behavior issues, develop stronger self-confidence, make a change in profession or relationship, decrease anxiety and increase a state of calm, or learn a new technique to feel more present; I greet each client with a fresh approach and the ability to see them as their best self.
The Role of Encouragement and Cheerleading
I became a cheerleader for myself because it helped keep me in a focused and positive state of mind. Many people have never had someone in their life who believed in them enough to be their cheerleader. I have seen how much being that cheerleader for my client has been a positive part of working together.
I did not make this professional change until I was in my fifties and I had been given a clean bill of health; I am currently seventy. Being in my fifties helped me understand that each decade of my life, from the 20s to the 50s, came with maturation characteristics that could be applied to working with people of those ages, and I found that exciting. Of course, there are many reasons people have sought me out.
What “Integrative” Means in My Practice
I use the word "integrative" in my title, even though I know it is not what people typically include in their Google search, because my mind processes both holistically and holistically. I like to give people tools to work with, resources to pursue, ideas to contemplate, and techniques to try out to support their well-being.
Receiving credentials in hypnotherapy was a game-changer for my life coaching practice. As a coach, I focused on learning how to help a person achieve long-lasting changes in the shortest time possible. I was also result-oriented rather than a therapist who can spend an unspecified amount of time working with a client.
When a person is guided or self-guided into a focused state of mind, bringing their mind into a state below the conscious mind or the subconscious mind, there are more possibilities and potential to create the changes that person is seeking. Hypnotherapy has proven that, even in a single session, clients have tapped into their inner resources, imagination, experiences, and innate intelligence to create change or break a habit they've wanted to overcome for years.
The following blog posts will explore hypnotherapy, providing examples of how clients have successfully achieved the changes they sought.
