What is Coaching?
"A coach is someone who tells you want you may not want to hear, who has you see what you may not want to see, so that you can become who you've always known you could be..."
-Tom Landry
Coaching is a very personal experience - yet one that is often difficult to explain unless experienced first hand. For one thing, it is rarely something anyone feels they "need", yet once a client becomes fully engaged and realizes the benefits and value afforded by the process, most wonder how they lived without it! In fact, many continue coaching indefinately or ultimately refer friends or family to Michael. For instance, in those cases where Michael coaches *couples (one of his most acclaimed services), the process usually begins with him working with just one partner before it evolves into him coaching both partners once the other realizes the value being brought to the relationship. Similarly, business associates or others in close relationship often end up referring their partners once they experience the power of coaching!
Although one of the primary benefits of coaching is an expanded sense of “freedom” and openess, potential clients can be assured that everything shared during the coaching process is totally confidential. Interestingly, during Michael's afore-mentioned work with couples, confidentiality is often of primary concern - yet, in almost every case, once the partners realize the value of having Michael act an an "intermediary", they often grant him full permission to share anything and everything they reveal to him with the other. Thus, as an outgrowth of this trust, Michael, is able to employ their personal truths in a manner that empowers both the relationship and each partner individualy.
In fact, it is this experience of trust, which plays a key role in each of Michael's coaching relationships, as most clients report having rarely felt so empowered by the freedom to share so openly – nor expecting that they would be so open to critical feedback. Most people have heard the expression: “The Truth Shall Set You Free”, and Michael's clients often come to realize this as their pesonal truth at some point during the course of the coaching process. This being said, prospective clients should be clear that working with Michael involves more than simply "creating action plans, completing homework, or being held accountable" (although he does employ this very process in most cases) - as his coaching is more about exploring the truth about what is underneath ones resistance, hesitancy, concerns, or fears, which stand between the client and thier outcomes.
To this end, Michael connects fully and respectfully with each client, digging in deep to explore what it is that drives them or what may be in the way. Coaching is about discovering or re-discovering ones passion and moving from “good” to “great”. It is not for those who need to be “fixed”, but for those who want it all – yet have either been unable to breakthrough or simply want to move more quickly toward their goals – and are willing to discover something they may not know they didn’t know, the knowing of which may be key to achieving their dreams!
"When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power." -Deepak Chopra
For those who are interested in coaching and are clear about what they want to achieve – yet may be unclear as to how coaching may support them in this regard – Michael offers a no-cost, no-obligation evaluation phone call, which is designed to empower and enable one to choose – or become clear that coaching is not for them. To arrange your 10 to 15 minute call, please email your request to trialcall@intentionquest.com (all trial calls must be scheduled in advance via email and are subject to Michael's availability).
As it is Michael's intention to deliver maximum value, he is not interested in accepting payment from anyone who isn’t receiving more value than they anticipated, thus he is only interested in coaching those who are willing to play full out and are committed to take their life to the next level. If this is your mindset - yet you are having challenges with relationship(s)*, confidence, self-esteem, overcoming past failures or similar negative feelings - or simply want to breakthrough any limiting beliefs that may be standing between you and your outcomes - then coaching with Michael may be right for you! To discover how little it will cost for you to embark on a journey toward your remarkable future, please request a menu of Michael's coaching packages and pricing options from pricing@ntentionquest.com.
There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be; igniting the circuits of our highest potential." -Rusty Berkus
*Note: Relationship coaching should in no way be construed as therapy or marriage counciling, as Michael simply coaches each partner on a one-on-one basis, with the outcome of enhancing the relationship via empowerment of the individual. Coaching is about breaking free of limiting beliefs and focusing on new and powerful "ways of being," rather than psycho-analyzing, diagnosing, or resolving major confilct. Coaching is about exploring empowering resolutions to everyday challenges, which arise in the face of living in an otherwise normal and healthy environment and establishing effective action plans in support of a couples mutual outcomes. If you are in need of resolving deep seated issues or those related to abuse or extreme incompatability, you are advised to seek the council of a licensed ltherapist or marriage councillor.