Last week I got to see one of my coaching clients who I hadn’t seen for some time. Although the initial aim was for us to see each other monthly for a few months, events prevented that from happening. So I hadn’t seen her for 3 months, and had only spend 2 hours with her in total.
She came to see me to help her with her confidence. She was struggling to find her way in her role, and was finding it very stressful. She has also lost confidence in her ability to deliver training which is a key part of her job. We spent a couple of hours exploring her beliefs about herself, her situation and what she wanted her job to be like, and then we parted ways, so I was anxious to catch up and find out how she was getting on.
And yet I couldn’t have expected the progress that she has made - the confidence issue is gone and she is tackling bigger and better challenges with renewed vigour. Her team have commented on the change in recent months and she has altered her behaviour with her staff and is seeing the results of it.
And during our session she explained how our first meeting had been a big turning point. “Whenever I get in to those situations, I just hear your voice in my ear and that gives me the boost that I need”. Wow, it’s hard to describe the feeling with knowing that I’ve helped someone so much. After all, it’s really the reason that I do what I do, and it spurs me on to do it even more.
I just thought I’d share that with you 
