Unlocking Your Inner Greatness
What if the only thing wrong with you is believing that something is wrong?
We can tend to judge ourselves and others, highlighting what’s missing. What’s not done well. How we or they “need” to be more strategic, communicate more effectively, lead better, get better results. We seek self-improvement. As leaders we encourage the people we lead to remedy deficiencies or improve perceived weaker or “opportunity” areas.
What if instead we begin by asking, what if nothing’s missing? What if I’m not deficient, and already whole? I just haven’t yet tapped into my innate resourcefulness, wisdom, and creativity.
When I was a corporate executive and began working with a coach, I initially felt exhausted, tired of the seeming constant need to get better. Feeling like I was somehow not good enough. Fortunately, my coach took a different approach.
Instead of focusing on improvement, we worked together to help me connect with my innate wholeness, with what was truly important to me. From there, I was able to gain a clear view of the obstacles I was putting in my own way, based on beliefs and fears that weren’t true.
And that inspired me to dedicate this chapter of my life to helping others have the same transformational experience.
Based on my training at the Hudson Institute, and advanced training in the neuroscience of change and Internal Family Systems, my coaching focuses on the whole person. It begins with a belief that each of us has the capabilities and resources inside us to overcome the obstacles to achieving our goals, our hopes, our dreams.
My clients come to me with specific ideas of what they want to fix. They’ve been told they have critical derailers that they need to improve, or they’re challenged with leading as C-suite executives vs operational leaders, or they feel stuck or frustrated. They feel like there’s something missing.
As we work together, they begin to see things differently. They experience an unfolding that allows them to meet their work and their lives with greater presence. They realize that they already had the greatness they sought, yet they were blocking it with limiting beliefs, fears, and anxieties. They connect more deeply with their sense of purpose, with the people in their organizations, with their families, and with their communities. They believe in themselves, and they find peace.
They unlock their innate resourcefulness, wisdom and creativity, and welcome the opportunity to continue to learn and grow. They feel confident in their ability to solve their challenges. They’re more open, curious, and connected.
As Aristotle reflected, an acorn isn’t a deficient oak tree. You’re not deficient, you’re not missing anything. As the acorn when properly nurtured turns into an oak tree, when you embrace growth, and find the right support, you’ll transform into the person and the leader you want to be.