So as you’ll have gathered from my previous two posts, I’ve been making some changes to the way I explain what I do. I took inspiration from a talk about vision and mission, and I’ve done some work using the A.I. tool Claude to spot patterns in my testimonials and some of my content.
What I haven’t mentioned yet is the thing that pulled it all together and made the thinking work. Which is coaching. And yes I know I’d say that, wouldn’t I, because I’m a qualified coach?! But honestly, it was the catalyst, the thing that actually made the difference between me sitting there in front of my laptop for hours researching and me getting out into the world this past week and telling everyone I meet what I do.
I’ve had two coaching sessions with a new coach I’ve not worked with before. Someone who trained with the same company I did (Optimus Coach Academy – who I would highly recommend), so I knew that she has the right approach for what I needed.
The first session was where I brain dumped all of my thoughts and ideas, and talked about them. She asked me questions to refine or clarify what I was thinking. And at the end of the call we had a nice conclusion. She’d helped me untangle my thoughts and ideas.
Within half an hour of that call finishing, I knew it wasn’t the right conclusion. It just didn’t feel right – and it was too contrived, like I’d tried to shoehorn it in. But as it was half term the following week, I knew I just had to let things percolate in my brain.
And then towards the end of the half term week, I accidentally wrote a doodle book that explains my whole philosophy on creativity and why it’s important. Because that was something that needed to come out, and the coaching, followed by the space, allowed it to happen.
I booked another call, because one thing I know about myself is that I need accountability. I need to know I’m talking to someone and having to explain what I’ve done, so that I will actually follow through – especially on the hard stuff. And in that second call, we got onto the subject of untangling – and I realised that I’d stopped talking about it, other than as a package name. When it was something people used to call me and ask me for, or they’d see the word “untangle”, “untangling” or “detangling” and instantly think of me. Having a coaching session helped me think about why that might be, and to wonder what would happen if I started using it again.
And so I have. On this website, on my social media profiles, when I’ve introduced myself to people this week. It’s memorable and it resonates with the people that need it, the people I want to help.
The coaching sessions are working really well as a space to put all of my thoughts and then sort through them. And to ponder any research I’ve done, or feedback I’ve had. Each of those sessions was a catalyst for something to happen, something that needed to happen. (So I’m excited to see where the next session takes me! I have two more booked before the summer holidays.)
So if you’re in a similar situation to the one I was in – with ideas everywhere, new thoughts every week, loads of great testimonials, and a mountain of information from all your research – perhaps you need me to help you sort through it all in your head and figure out what’s really important to you, and what you can leave to one side? Coaching is a brilliant catalyst for your thinking and to help you move forwards.
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