Carol Plumridge Coaching

A coach won’t tell you what you should or could do, but they will challenge assumptions you have about yourself or situations you find yourself in. They will help you to navigate where next? This could be related to work/home life/ big life changes – retirement, empty nesters, marriage, divorce, bereavement.

A coach will help you to move forward or wait with you when you feel stuck. You will do the work and the exploration; the coach is a catalyst listening deeply and asking questions – helping you find what is inside yourself and how you want to be in the world.

“Above all to thine own self be true” William Shakespeare

How does coaching differ from counselling or mentoring?

This is the International Coaching Federation Description of the differences:

“Coaching is not the same thing as mentoring or therapy. A mentor provides subject matter expertise, wisdom and guidance based on their own experiences. Therapy deals with healing pain, trauma, dysfunction or conflict of some kind, typically with the goal of resolving difficulties that impair an individual’s emotional health and psychological functioning.

By contrast, coaching focuses on facilitating individuals or groups to draw upon their own experiences and capabilities to set and reach their own objectives. The coach is the expert in the coaching process, but you are the expert on your life journey.”

Interested?  Call me and let’s talk.

Carol