Life Coaching case studies.
So you are thinking about life coaching but not sure it's for you? Want to know how it REALLY can work for you and others like you? Here are some real life case studies that show just how life coaching can truly change your life!
Case study one:
Professional woman, engaged in full-time work alongside post-grad research paper came to Aspiring Change looking for help with 'organisation and motivation for study'.
How coaching works: finding clarity.
During the first session, where a lot of clarifying questioning took place, D discovered that her lack of motivation towards her study had stemmed from the knockbacks she'd received from proposed research contributors.
D was questioning the validity of her research topic and her whole study was in jeopardy! A critical moment in the session as she felt overwhelmed and very down about this insight.
How coaching works: taking action.
In order to move forward in a positive manner and to believe it could be done, D needed to have an example of success in the past. She was asked to recall prior smaller studies she had done that were successful and how she approached them.
She also remembered other situations where through her enthusiasm and commitment, the end result had been successful. Now, in recalling her current situation, she could see how she had not been true to her style and personality and had taken aboard a method of research that was very business-like and professionally oriented. While a valid approach, having talked it through, she realised it did not suit her manner or personality and so she had not been successful in doing it this way.
How coaching works: achieving success.
D looked at the details behind previous successful outcomes in her working and personal life. She found patterns and elements that she could easily apply to her current research study and how she could make more difficult situations work to her advantage by using what she now knew about her style of working.
Her new approach- being herself and letting her personality sell the proposal, worked with the clients that had rejected her proposal previously and the research study was back on track. D had renewed faith in her abilities and her passion and enthusiasm for her work returned!
Life coaching tips:
*If something is not working for you, try to find examples of what has worked in the past and see if you can transfer any of those successful elements into your current situation.
*If you are feeling overwhelmed about something, do not look at the big picture as a whole. Break it down into smaller, manageable parts and start there.
You can't eat an elephant all in one go!
Case study two:
Working mother, struggling with juggling child care and returning to work and situations at work; came to Aspiring Change for 'ideas and inspiration'.
How Coaching works: finding clarity.
During the first session, R expressed concern over how she was feeling about her work. She felt that her inability to say no had meant she was taking on more than she wanted and that it was impacting on her time with her young family.
By finding out exactly what it was about the job, she gained more insight into what it was she needed to change- not her inability to say no but the role she thought she had initially returned to had morphed into something else that she was not happy doing.
Her subsequent misery led her to question returning to work at all as she questioned her decisions and belief in the reasons for returning to work in the first place.
How coaching works: taking action.
R needed to separate her feelings about her job from her feelings about returning to work. By recalling the reasons behind the initial decision, she could put her job situation into perspective and look at both the job issue and the childcare issue more objectively.
By concentrating only on the whole feeling behind her discontent, she was unable to focus on what she could change. Looking at each component individually made changes seem more manageable and obvious.
How coaching works: achieving success.
R decided she needed to have a conversation with her boss to clearly define her job description and to clarify her hours and duties. Concerned that she would back down on important points, we then rehearsed scenarios and worked out potential replies and solutions.
Feeling more confident, R then felt that she was in a better frame of mind in thinking about her decision to return to work. She felt she could now look at alternative child-care arrangements that suited better. She also felt a conversation with her husband regarding the sharing of household and child care duties would make her feel more organised and happy with working.
Life coaching tips:
*If you aren't sure of yourself in a certain situation rather than worrying about it, prepare yourself.
Think about what might trip you up and come up with prepared answers or scenarios.
Cover many possible outcomes.
Rehearse conversations.
Know what you want out of the conversation and keep focused on that: be flexible about the journey but not the end destination.
*Do not let your emotional reaction to one situation, cloud your feelings about everything!
Look at what it is exactly you are unhappy about and do something about it.
Focus then on what is working and work on getting more of that!
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