Frank Iovine is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with him. He impressed us with his mindset.
He has a stoic worldview that helps him see right through the BS and focus on the rawer truth of life.
His coaching follows the same principles where he uses Stoic Philosophy and a program he created himself to help people find clarity, acceptance, and long lasting tranquility in life.
He gives people a tool that they can use at any time and place, a new mindset, to see the world in a way that puts them in a position of power. Here is what he said.
Meet Life Coach Frank Iovine:
Name: Frank Iovine
Pillar: The Mind
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to create tranquility and achieve clarity in their life.
How they can help: By using stoic philosophy, the Four Agreements along with a simple program he created called “the 80/20 principal for the mind” all to help instill a new mindset.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
We are doing amazing! And I’ve never had it so good!
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
My clients were able to handle the pandemic with simple adjustments to their life philosophy.
As for myself, like everyone else it affected me in different ways at different times.
So, in the beginning the unknown made me very uneasy so I reached into my bag of tools and used a stoic practice called Amor Fate, and I was quickly back on track!
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
I learned that when we look at situations, with the following equation, Intellect over Emotion, we can find the answers we need to live in tranquility.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I started coaching after went threw a bad patch in my life, I realized I was struggling with my thoughts and actions and something needed to be done the way I was thinking and feeling was not sustainable.
Once I was able to right the ship so to speak, I wanted others to know there was a way back.
I wanted others to know they have a choice and can choose from a verity of tools or lens so to speak, to view the world we live in that would bring clarity, joy and tranquility.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
The understanding that my material and mental addictions, controlled my life.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
I help them create and designe a program that fits them like their favorite old shirt that’s comfortable and never itchy.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
My approach is having the client evaluate their mind with tested tools that have worked for thousands of years along with a program I developed called “the 80/20 principal for the mind”!
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
Clarity, Acceptance and Tranquility are the main benefits my clients receive, but there are many others.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
I use Stoic Philosophy and the Four Agreements along with a simple program I have developed called “the 80/20 principal for the mind”.
The “80/20 principal” helps in identifying practices that can use some repair or bringing in a new practice.
These tools assist my clients clearly, identify a path to work towards their goals.
(My “80/20 program” is not to be confused with the “Business 80/20 Rule”)
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
It would be the understanding of this: “the unknown and the unfamiliar can make us overly confident or overly fearful” which are not helpful to living a tranquil life.
Adopting a life philosophy is helpful in finding your path, along with the understanding of these 2 quotes from Marcus Aurelius to start to create tranquility in your life:
1. “The soul is dyed by the color of our thoughts, so guard according”
2. “Stop arguing what a good man is, just be one”
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
How to purge my mind of unnecessary negative and positive thoughts, that’s thanks to the pandemic.
Your final thoughts?
I will keep this as simple, “What does it all mean?” Is a question I’ve asked myself numerous times over different junctions in my life. I now have a clear idea of what it means to me and that is: Life is meant to be lived not watched!
Where Can You Find Frank Iovine?
If you liked this interview and you would love to see how Frank can help you adopt a mindset that will create tranquility in your life, go to https://www.frankieispeaker.com/ and discover the next step of your journey.
Tracey Carter is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her vast arsenal of tools.
Her wisdom and dedication to help people install a better mindset helps her bring positive change to all her clients.
She has been dealing with limiting mindsets and negative ways of thinking herself. And through deep introspection and hard inner work, she learned how to overcome them.
One of the biggest obstacles we all have to overcome is to become aware of our own limiting thoughts in order to replace and transcend them, to become the person we were born to be, unlimited and with full potential. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Tracey Carter:
Name: Tracey Carter
Pillar: The Mind
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to reprogram a more positive mindset that leads to success and happiness.
How they can help: Through various tools like Wheel of life, 6 Core needs, NLP, Time Line Therapy, Journalling, and Clearing limiting beliefs just to name a few.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
We are all doing well, thank you for asking.
After a period where we were all separated, I am glad we are all back together again, for which I am very thankful!
We have all tried to remain positive and adaptable to the ever changing pandemic environment.
During the lockdowns we were able to find love and joy in the little things that happen each day.
We treasured our family time, and had lots of fun!
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
It has affected a number of my clients in varied ways.
The pressure of working from home and home schooling their children, definitely provided challenges.
To others who have lost their jobs and careers, who have had to regroup and relearn a new profession.. I have definitely worked through a number of scenarios with my clients.
Most of my clients have moved well past this now and are adapting well to the new way of life and, if required, working from home.
For myself personally, the pandemic changed being able to see clients personally and it just altered the platform to be more online zoom meetings or phone calls.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
Be kind! You don’t know what someone else is going through.
Acknowledge that everyone has their own maps of the world in their heads, of where they are going.
Respect each other and each others choices and preferences.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I have worked in management and accounts for 12 years and have a Bachelor of Business with a major in Management.
I then decided to make the big move to teaching.
I have been a qualified primary teacher and an early years teacher for 20 years.
During this time I was a Centre Manager for four Early Childhood Centres, and mentored a large number of teachers through the registration process.
After a number of years I felt stuck and disillusioned with the politics of teaching, and a work injury, I decided it was time to make a change!
This was the reset button I needed.
I had such a dramatic mindset shift through TLCC and completing my Diploma and NLP training, I decided I wanted to offer this transformation to others.
It is completely life changing!
I love helping others and meeting the differing needs and connection people need.
Once I had completed the Diploma I decided to start my own business Mindmove Life coaching and I love it.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
Me! Getting over myself and the set ideas I had that held me back for such a long time.
The existing beliefs and patterns of thinking I had did not serve me well at all.
The biggest obstacle was the mindsets I held and the greatest success has been recognising, questioning and revising the persistent patterns of behaviour I had and celebrating this.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
My sessions are all completely individually focused on what each client needs.
I continually invest in my own development.
Through this, I am continuously learning new techniques and seeking out new learning to meet diverse individual needs.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
Me!
Apparently the way I communicate with people puts them at ease straight away.
I am very approachable and authentic with people.
I completely tailor my approach to individual clients and what they need.
Accountability for my client and myself to keep us on track.
I am positive with my approach and I am completely client focused.
I am very motivating with my practice.
I love helping people reach their full potential and feel the huge transformation with a shift in mindset.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
1. Clear direction and clarity around the way forward.
2. Transformation in their mindset.
3. Momentum towards achievable goals and support to do this.
4. Clear old mindsetsand habits that no longer serve.
5. Enjoying their daily lives more.
6. Knowing themselves better.
7. Helping clients identify their goals.
8. Procrastination buster.
9. Encouraging my clients to develop targets and next steps.
10. Ensuring accountability of action points.
11. Better relationships.
12. More empowered self talk and self esteem.
13. Greater confidence in life and the decisions they make.
14. Happiness 🙂
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Each client has a coaching session planner.
I understand where each clients current state is and I then work with them to bridge the gap between where they are and where they want to be.
I have specific templates set up to help my clients, which streamline the process and progress.
The specific tools I use are totally dependent on each clients needs and wants.
I use the following and other tools as required:
Wheel of life
6 Core needs
NLP
Time Line Therapy
Journalling
Clearing limiting beliefs
GROW model
Gratitude Exercise
And of course the best bit is celebrating the successes with clients when the meet their goals!
(There are many other tools available these are just a few)
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
What would you do in life if you knew you couldn’t fail?
I can help you bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be!
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
Time is short, live and be the best you can be every day.
Enjoy every moment.
Your final thoughts?
I hope everyone who needs it gets to experience life coaching, so that they can reach their full potential and live their best life.
It is such a gift to be able to make such a difference in people’s lives.
Where Can You Find Tracey Carter?
If you liked this interview and you would love to reprogram your mindset for success and happiness, contact Tracey at [email protected] and discover the next step of your journey.
You can also connect with her more personally via LinkedIn. It was an honor having this interview with her.
How to recognize if we are acting from the self or not?
If we are acting from our healthy feminine and masculine energy?
If we are taking care of our inner child?
It can get quite overwhelming during our inner work process.
When we start to reconnect with the self and we get overwhelmed by all the information coming from the different approaches.
First, I like to see “the self” as qualities, it helps to define and separate our Self from all the different parts of us that were developed following our education.
As we were raised to be a certain way or we developed habits and ways of being from our environment growing up, it’s important when wanting to reconnect with the self to differentiate our education from the inner self you were born to be.
Here is How to Recongnize The Self:
Ask yourself this question: Who was I as a kid?
Find qualities, then you can separate them into two categories.
Masculine energy qualities and feminine energy qualities.
Some of our Feminine energy qualities are: being intuitive, receiver, unconditional lover, collaborative, nurturing, compassionate, empathetic, kind.
Some of our Masculine energy qualities are: being logical, practical, adventurous, loyal, efficient, assertive, focused, confident.
As a kid we already exhibit those qualities.
By the way, these energies are feminine and masculine but both women and men have qualities from the 2 polarities.
We were born exhibiting qualities from both feminine and masculine and our gender does not define which polarity you should be at your core.
Why doing this inner child quality exercise?
Because the qualities of the Self are at our core. They are part of our inner child.
You might have been raised to be a “tough boy” while you were more nurturing and intuitive, you might have heard ‘big boys don’t cry’ and then you might had no choice but to disconnect from the Self for survival purposes.
You had to mold yourself to be someone you are not authentically, to please your care provider and school system.
Same for a woman who is nurturing at her core but did not grow up with a healthy masculine figure.
She might have developed masculine qualities to compensate for the lack of good masculine role model.
She might have the belief that she needs to be more masculine than she really is at her core and then exhibit masculine traits in an unhealthy way.
Being too practical and lacking to be a good receiver could be a scenario in this exemple.
As we grow up, we get molded to survive in our environment and thats why it’s important to get to know our inner child qualities while wanting to reconnect with the authentic self.
Amber Tariq is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her brave approach.
She has been through a lot in her life, but her biggest obstacle was actually not letting herself feel vulnerable. She wants for her clients to discover their true potential but, it’s trickier than it seems. Our true potential and power is hidden exactly in the one place we try to run away from, our vulnerability.
We can spend our entire life chasing “outside things” to fill our inner gap, but the solution comes only when we embrace our vulnerability.
When we embrace our so called “negative” emotions we unleash our full capacity to experience life with our full potential. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Amber Tariq:
Name: Amber Tariq
Pillar: The Heart
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to find their true strength by embracing their vulnerability and so called “negative” emotions.
How they can help: Through conversation, using language in a way that evokes and engages imagination, using various techniques like shadow work, NLP, emotional integration, mindfulness and gratitude,
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
Thank God, we are doing well…
Pandemic’s effects really came in stages.. the first several months were of extreme anxiety…
My husband and I, both are physicians and were working at the front lines, so our families were really worried for us in the beginning of the pandemic, understandably so.
As vaccines became available, and we knew more and more about the disease, it got better with time…
On the positive side, we did not lose our jobs, or even our ability to go to work, so I am extremely grateful for that.
On a deeper level, it was a time of isolation, very little, if any social activity, so it was a magical time for psychological growth and reflection.
I read a lot, and built many new habits. It was very precious soul time for me.
Just came at the exactly right time.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
My clients have experienced burn out from the pandemic…
It has taken a toll on emotional and mental health of my clients.
Like I said, it has impacted me positively in some ways, I have learned so much during pandemic…
There were some frustrating times in between, but I truly believe in long term, it has impacted me like a lesson in humanity and vulnerability.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
That global warming is real.
That conversations around racism and privilege need to happen. We truly are in it together.
It is the smallest things in life, like pouring your own coffee in the cafeteria, that bring you so much joy, and are usually taken for granted!
Hand shake truly brings a sense of connection and trust, and how much we as humans crave these small gestures.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
To be perfectly honest, my formal career in coaching is pretty recent.
Informally I have loved to see people thrive when you expect the best in them, working under me since 2006, as a resident doctor back in Pakistan.
I was having a hard time in 2019, and was feeling extremely numb, where nothing would give me joy or sadness, when I ‘accidentally’ listened to a TED talk called “Power of Vulnerability” by Brene’ Brown and led me to start reading her books and led to me reading 75 books in just 2019.
It was my spiritual awakening, one thing led to another, and among other things I had a sense of urgency in finding my life’s purpose.. which, I felt, got lost in pursuit of, what brought me recognition rather than joy.
As I explored more and more I rediscovered my love for psychology and philosophy and poetry.
I also remembered what an activist I was in my early teen years, and then it just kind of all got lost in “pursuit of glory”.
I realized, as introvert as I am, and as much as I tend to hide in social gatherings, I also become most alive in deep conversations.
After intense inner work of more than 2 years, which is really 1000 plus hours of self study and taking courses, I felt that all my interests and gifts intersect at coaching.
That really started my formal career in coaching.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
Interestingly, I must have had hard times, I finished med school, did medical residency twice, second one started when my daughter was nine months old, had my share of medical problems, fertility problems, difficulties in relationships…. but one of the things that made me feel like an outsider (and there are more than one) in coaching world is, that I never felt I have overcome anything difficult…
For one, I have been an optimist, I tend to see glass half full, I have felt guilty of not having “enough suffering”, I think the truth is, that I don’t dwell on hard parts…
But THIS is exactly the biggest obstacle that I have come over…
THIS not having access to difficult emotions, because they were not allowed in my consciousness…
Sadness in others used to trigger me, it is through some of the health challenges eventually, that I have found access to depth and the underworld, myself, and it has made my life so much more flavorful and richer.
I truly believe, hardest obstacle I have overcome is accepting and embracing vulnerabilty and with that my ability to love.
Being in love is inherently not only vulnerable, but also has inherent sense of inferiority to it… and people like myself…. who are intoxicated with positive psychology and laws of manisfestaion, cannot tolerate that.
The thing that keep challenging me is my repetaed getting stuck in heroic quality of consciousness.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
Quite a few ways, actually!
I use language in a way that evokes and engages imagination, and that is a huge resource of well being and resilience. It also de literalizes our perceptions and opens us to imaginative and metaphorical thinking…
Any past, present, future event, accident, illness can become a symbol, a metaphor, to engage with in imagination instead of staying fixed.
Bringing story, mythology, and dreams into coaching conversations, in ways that are accessible to lay man changes the quality of life experience.
Kind of going along with imagination is playfulness.. where imagination becomes alive, playfulness comes on line, and when you are being playful, you also imagine more easily.
I love bringing humor with compassion into coaching.. I am trained to do shadow work, emotional integration, mindfulness and gratitude.
I use NLP and Byron Katie’s work too… But my identity really is engaging imagination.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
My coaching promises a rich inner life as opposed to outer…
It makes life more tolerable and eventually better too…
It relies heavily on accessing and increasing capacity for imagination.
Another thing that makes my coaching unique is the value of hard experiences (betrayal, failure, aging, death, illness) and the richness they can bring… not using positive psychology, but reverse positive psychology (if that is a thing)… by inviting the feelings of inferiority, not enoughness, illness, aging and death, and engaging with them as universal (archetypal) energies, and getting in life long conversation with them.
My clients typically have traditional success, they have grit, perseverance and all the positive psychology more than they need, it has started to suffocate them… what they don’t know is how to allow themselves to be sad, angry, and experience grief.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
They can fluidly dance with life, with whatever life throws at them.. more resilience.
Paradoxically by accepting our inferior parts, we actually see an improvement with genuine self esteem, confidence, authenticity and courage.. hence much more ease in communication skills, relationships…
This is helpful across the board with personal and professional life.
They can identify their unique gifts and their true purpose in life.
Paradoxically embracing grief, brings you genuine joy.
Rich inner life, meaning in life.
More access to creativity… (not a surprise, since it is intimately linked to imaginative abilities).. but truly creativity to me, means engaging soulfully and mindfully with life and the world.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Not really, I haven’t been coaching professionally long enough.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
If our spiritual and personal growth do not translate into the growth of the world, then we seriously need to consider what are we doing and why are we doing it.
After more than 100 years of healing of inner child and people becoming psychics and manifesting kings and queens, we have more war, more violence, more deeply divisive societies, more poisoned oceans and suffocating animals, humans not able to live with dignity of being a human… we need to re think everything.
Our personal growth has to lead to some contribution to the human community and the community of landscapes and creatures that share the planet with us.
That is the only antidote to the loneliness and emptiness we feel.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
We all want to be seen and heard, to be cherished for our very essential nature, not our achievements.. and to create a safe place for another human being where they can be authentically themselves without fear of judgement is the greatest gift you can give to another person.
Your final thoughts?
As long as we pursue wealth to the exclusion of poverty, health and longevity to the exclusion and denial of aging, disease and death, and progress and advancement to deny the inherent inferiority and our longings in being imperfect humans…
We will never truly become fulfilled…
The fulfillment comes in embracing the paradox…
Embracing all aspects of our nature and of the soul of the world.. truly love it not just for its progress but also for its longings.
It is through finding our connection to all that surrounds us, that we will appease our unsaid, low grade sense of emptiness, aimlessness and loneliness, that cannot be filled with all the money or the achievements, or consumption of exclusive brands and expensive cars.
Where Can You Find Amber Tariq?
If you liked this interview and you would love some help to embrace your vulnerability and find your true strength, contact Amber via LinkedIn and see what’ the next step of your journey.
If you like to connect more personally with her, follow her Facebook and Instagram. It was an honor having this interview with her.
Janet Maunder is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her holistic approach to coaching.
She has been through a lot in her life, but as she says, you can see the positive in it and learn from it.
And from her vast life experience, studies and education, she learned to help people in all dimensions of life, from reducing stress and anxiety, to changing thinking patterns, from living healthier, to aligning with your best self and true purpose in life.
She is truly a holistic coach in every sense of the word. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Janet Maunder:
Name: Janet Maunder
Pillar: The Spirit, The Mind, The Body, The Heart
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to reduce their stress, anxiety, change to more positive thinking patterns, align to their true selves and be a healthier versions of themselves.
How they can help: Through various techniques and tools using her experience and knowledge as a qualified nurse, hypnotherapist, NLP and ESI practitioner, reiki master and energy healer.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
I and my family have been coping well with the pandemic.
l am a resident of New Zealand for over 14yrs now, so our rules over behaving during the pandemic have been different to that of my family who all live in the UK.
Also, my experience of the number of cases affected and dying of the coronavirus during the first wave, was very different from that of my family who were probably exposed to more stress and anxiety than l was.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
The coronavirus affected not only my clients in New Zealand but also my clients in Australia, and North America.
Because l am a healthcare professional l had to reduce some of my coaching hours to facilitate the hospital needs of my nursing skills.
This had an effect on my availability for current and new clients that were desperate for stress and anxiety relief.
Most of the clients l was supporting with zoom calls, felt frustrated and overwhelmed with the constant bombardment of the government pandemic new reels, being streamed at the bottom of the television during adverts and constant news flashes interrupting program viewing.
This was the reverse for my clients and family in other parts of the world, they got news that was either sparing or confusing, which caused feelings of stress and anxiety because they didn’t know what was happening or what to do.
For my clients here in New Zealand and especially those in Auckland who experienced more and longer periods of being in lockdowns. Their mental health and the need for my particular coaching skills to help them relax, empty their minds of negative thoughts and find new ways of handling the sudden change in family and work dynamics was quite challenging.
I found with most of my clients the pandemic changed their normal time management and prioritising skills.
Many of them were either trying to juggle working from home and their family, or sorting childcare if they were an essential worker and the added stress of their risk of contracting the virus.
A lot of stress and frustration became apparent in March 2020 when Aucklanders were put into lockdown because 2 cases couldn’t be linked to the border.
This was supposed to be a lockdown for a week, but that turned out to be for several weeks.
Aucklanders were not allowed to mix socially with other family members or friends, they could only go to work if they were either essential workers or needed to seek medical help or get a swab test testing.
The lockdowns continued mostly for Aucklanders as that was the main area where the isolation hotels were and the main airport.
It was frustrating for me and my clients to keep having to stop treatments just as we were making progress either mental or physical.
In 2022 things are very much back to normal concerning the virus, we were lucky that our government reacted as it had.
Compared to most of the world we saw very few cases and minimal deaths from the delta strain that claims so many lives in other parts of the world.
However, we are now experiencing significantly large numbers of new Zealanders contracting the omicron variant.
As a healthcare professional l did have to increase my working hours in this field, which brought with it some personal stress and anxiety, as l worked in one of the larger public hospital in New Zealand, l saw and was involved in some positive patients coming through theatres for treatment.
Despite taking all the precautions to keep me safe from contracting the coronavirus, especially when a patient came in with the delta strain, it still caused me a lot of stress and anxiety.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
Live, for now, don’t be afraid of failure because at the end of failure is a lesson.
If you have a dream don’t dismiss it, embrace it, work towards it, give it your all.
There is someone else always worse off than yourself.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I had my first taste of working in healthcare at the age of 7 when l joined the St John Ambulance.
l had a passion for learning how to help people and using those skills, it was a joy to see the gratitude on another person’s face for the help l had given them.
I left school at 16 and got a job in a nursing home for the elderly my passion was to become a nurse, it took me years to fulfil this passion, l had to attend night school and do several NVQs while carrying out my care work.
But l got there, l got excepted to train as a student nurse in my local hospital which was St Richards in Chichester and attend Guilford University at the age of 39.
I loved my nursing work in threat as an anaesthetic nurse and post anaesthetic care (PACU) nurse for many years it helped me fulfil another passion of living in another country and learning about different cultures.
That’s how my move to New Zealand took shape, it was to be a new start for me after the long breakup of my 25 year marriage.
I moved to New Zealand in 2007 alone not knowing a soul, the culture here was quite different from that what l was used to in the UK, but if l was to make this my home l would need to adjust which l did.
After 4 years of being a PACU in NZ, I decided l really missed the anaesthetic side of my career, so l did a 3 year university course to become an anaesthetic technician.
Going back to learning became a passion l had a thirst for knowledge especially for helping others, this took me on the journey to setting up my holistic therapy business, l trained to be a Reiki healer a Reflexologist and a massage therapist which led me to more courses for treatments that could assist a whole range of clients.
My turning point towards coaching was when l trained to be a hypnotherapist l loved the mindset effect clients went through during the initial questioning, they came up with their own answers and solutions l just needed to teach them how to put themselves in a deep enough state for their subconscious mind to kick in.
It was during my training be become a hypnotherapist that l found out more about coaching, and realised that l was already using most of the tools l needed to be an excellent coach.
As l am a believer in being sufficiently knowledgeable and undergoing training if it’s available, l enrolled in a diploma life coaching course with the New Zealand Institue Of Business Studies, and graduated with Excellence.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
I think the biggest obstacle I had to overcome was to accept the fact that my marriage was over, and that l didn’t love my husband as much as l used to.
It was excepting that it was ok for me to fail as a wife and partner.
That realisation took me a long time to come to terms with.
Probably because l had been brought up to believe in the sanctity of marriage and the old saying of “till death do we part”.
It wasn’t till l looked at the fact that my authentic self had died, that l had become a version of a person l didn’t recognise or really like, to live l needed to stop repeating old actions that didn’t bring me happiness, self confidence self worth or peace of mind.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
I help my clients to find their own ways to change the things in life they no longer want or desire.
My coaching program is designed to help clients look at their lives as a whole, and what their body mind and soul require to bring in the balance needed for a happy fulfilled existence that allows them to live their best life.
A life with reduced stress and anxiety, one that they have control over, where they have the tools to change out of date beliefs or values that no longer hold true for them.
I offer my clients the skills to calm their body and mind when it’s in a state of anxiety or when they need some relaxation and peace, as well as tools to enhance their energies their mindset, their self confidence self worth and self belief.
I teach them breathing techniques for deeper relaxation, how to reset their mind and banish negative thoughts, and how to set their trigger switches to get out of physical or emotional pain.
They learn effective thinking to be able to set and plan goals that will assist them to move their life forward.
I use my hypnotherapy, neuro linguistic and executive state identity my life coaching, reiki, meditation and visualisation skills to assist clients to change their life into the life of their hopes and dreams to start living as their authentic selves.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I use a totally holistic approach that takes into account the client’s body mind and soul by using all my knowledge experience and skills as a qualified nurse, hypnotherapist, NLP and ESI practitioner, reiki master and energy healer.
And my wealth of personal life experience of dealing with a great number of stressful challenging such as divorce after 25 years of marriage, bring up two young boys on my own for several years, starting a new life in a new country, the loss of a parent during the pandemic and not being able to say goodby in person.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
My clients benefit by taking control of their lives which in turn helps them improve their health and wellbeing by addressing any issues or problems that might be causing them stress and anxiety depression or even worst total burnout or irreversible health problems.
They often find new meaning and purpose and the confidence to move forward to achieve their dreams or create newer bigger dreams, they create more freedom by allowing themselves the right to be who they want to be, to break the model of trying to be who they think others expect them to be, they become their true authentic selves.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
1. Written Coaching instructions for homework relevant to the client’s requirements eg, Time management task record, then an analytics form to see where they could find better ways of using any wasted time.
2. Audio recorded meditation sessions.
3. 5, 15 or 30 minutes long 1 on 1 zoom coaching session.
4. Visualisation recordings specific for a client.
5. Access to my Online program course with lots of helpful information and techniques covers subjects such as mindset, visualisation training, time management, goal setting, dealing with stress anxiety, imposter syndrome, self sabotage and much more.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
Be you, live your life as your authentic self, not as you think others see and what you to be!
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
I have learned that if you look for the positive in every situation issue or problem you will come out the other side with a more knowledgeable and happier outlook on life.
But if you only ever look at things from a negative viewpoint you are denying your heart the love it deserves.
Your final thoughts?
I see it as a privilege and honor to have been asked to write a piece about my story of coaching and my journey as a holistic therapist and to have it published on Life Coaching Code, thank you so much Dejan for this opportunity.
Where Can You Find Janet Maunder?
If you liked this interview and you would love to see how Janet can help you reduce your anxiety and change your thinking patterns to live a happier life, go to http://www.therapeuticangel.co.nz and discover the next step of your journey.
If you like to connect more personally with her, you can do that through LinkedIn. Or, you can follow her Facebook Account and join her private Facebook Group. It was an honor having this interview with her.
Suzanne Fensin is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her unique approach.
She sees potential where others don’t. She sees the best in people and helps them change their perspective to see the hidden greatness within.
We all have a special purpose for being here, and she helps her clients discover what that is.
She is using a little known and ancient process to help her clients connect with the sound codes in their name and align with their Soul Purpose in life. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Suzanne Fensin:
Name: Suzanne Fensin
Pillar: The Spirit
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to find their Soul Blueprint and align with their true purpose in life.
How they can help: By using a secret technique to discover the sound codes in the client’s name that reveal their Soul Purpose in life.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
My life was completely shaken as I had to completely re invent my business from personal 1 on 1 coaching to 100% online with both 1 on 1 and group coaching programs.
It was stressful with a steep learning curve and uncertainties, but my life is in a better place now.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
I definitely saw an increase in confusion, fear, and depression amongst my clients.
I had my moments of confusion also, but I relied on my intuition and soul connection which helped me see the situation from a greater perspective, thus enabling me to use the time to build and grow and I encouraged this in my clients also.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
Always trust your intuition.
Don’t let others take your power.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I have always been that person that total strangers feel comfortable sharing their personal stories.
There’s always so many treasures I love to see in that person’s experience.
I see potentials where others don’t, and I love to share what I see to shift their perspective and empower them to make the changes necessary to attain that soul level potential.
I had lived my life based on family and cultural expectations which were to be a corporate manager with the nice salary and benefits.
I was completely dis illusioned by the actual corporate experience.
My fellow employees were miserable, and they came to me for help.
I saw so much potential being wasted because they were bullied, weren’t given the opportunity to thrive in their jobs, and they felt they had little choice in changing their situation.
The heartbreak of working in dysfunctional companies and the desperation of fellow employees increased my stress to the point of complete collapse.
From that collapse, and a lot of self work to see that these situations were a mirror of my own not living up to my potential, I realized I was holding onto what was expected of me, and what was safe.
A big change was needed.
That realization opened space for synchronicities that aligned with this new potential.
My life became magical, and within a few weeks, I was led to a coaching certification program.
With a lot of courage, I left the corporate world to start my own coaching business and I found even more joy with helping clients see their own potential and claim their empowerment.
That was over 20 years ago and I’m still loving the richness and celebrating each success of seeing the light in my client’s eyes as they realize they are so much more than they had previously given themselves credit for, and then supporting them through the wobbly stage of standing up for their true selves and taking those steps through personal discovery and changing their lives, sometimes in very drastic ways.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
As a sensitive child, I shut down emotionally to survive a traumatic environment.
That shutting down set up intense stress, dysfunction and disease in my body, which ultimately contributed to my complete collapse.
This was a major energetic blockage which doctors couldn’t see on their scans and tests, so I had to learn why I was so sick and how to overcome this invisible illness.
It took years, and I’m still working on it, but with my own self growth comes synchronicities and tools that are greatly assisting this multi layered healing process.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
To understand one’s life and their challenges and successes, I go directly to the individual’s soul plan or soul purpose.
The soul plan is the driving force of the potential so I utilize a little known and ancient process which connects the individual with the sacred sound codes in their name.
We all have these codes which represent our life purpose, the challenges we are here to work through, the talents we use to help transmute those challenges, and the goals our soul seeks for us to achieve in this lifetime.
This is the soul blueprint.
It is the unique solid foundation from which the individual can confidently build the life they desire.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
Being seen and validated is important for my clients.
I have found that cookie cutter coaching programs don’t always address this need, so I discover what is most important for each and coach with a high degree of intuition, compassion, and nurturing, with an eye on their overall potential and soul plan.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
Validation and a whole new perspective of who they are, why they are here, and confidently moving forward to knowing and being comfortable with who they are and how to create their life with grace.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Discovering the sound codes in client’s names instantly gives a blueprint of that soul’s purpose which encompasses their challenges, talents and goals.
This opens the way to discover even more of what the client needs to be whole and discovering the best way to work with those needs to create the life they desire.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
Don’t be afraid to do the work to uncover your true self so you can thrive.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
Set boundaries around toxic people and situations.
Trust and honor who you are at your core. If it doesn’t feel good, that’s your intuition telling you it’s not for you.
Your final thoughts?
Our world is changing rapidly in ways we can’t conceive of.
Having a coach to help you through navigating these changes is necessary.
We are all going to have to make even more pivots in the coming times, but to do that gracefully and with the vision it will take to create the world of our dreams, we will need to go within to discover our truth and clear our blockages.
When we focus on our own self work, that assists the collective make expansive jumps in consciousness which is what is needed now.
Where Can You Find Suzanne Fensin?
If you liked this interview and you would love to see how Suzanne can help you find the sound codes in your name, go to https://suzannefensin.com/ and discover the next step of your journey.
If you like to connect more personally with her, you can do that through LinkedIn. Or, you can follow her Facebook and Instagram. It was an honor having this interview with her.
Ugo Chijiutomi is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her dedication to help others find their inner greatness.
She is helping people heal past trauma and discover their inner greatness.
She calls this inner greatness finding the “Eagle” within. And she believes that we are all destined to be our best selves.
Through her guidance and coaching she helps people find greatness, courage and will to live their best life. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Ugo Chijiutomi:
Name: Ugo Chijiutomi
Pillar: The Spirit
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to find their inner greatness.
How they can help: Using techniques like spiritual reading, EFT, NLP, just to name a few.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
I am very well thank you and my family are also very well.
My family and I are thriving and that is all Grace
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
Okay the pandemic affected in both positive and negative ways.
But I choose to see the positive side of it.
Before the pandemic I was just living life, after the pandemic I am now living life with purpose and intentionality.
You see, one of the reason I got a wake up call was that I was very ill with the virus and I also lost a dear cousin to it and so, I had a wake up call that life was precious and you just never know when is your last day, it is important to live life on purpose.
And this is what I help my clients to see, to see the beauty and the gift that life is so as to unlock their greatness.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
That life is a gift… It’s a gift and I am so grateful for the gift of life.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
Okay this is a bit of scene in my life story that got me into coaching.
I was called into this work, in fact I never knew I was going to be a coach or anything.
I had a life transformational journey and realised I wanted to help more people be the best version of themselves.
For many years I suffered depression and was even suicidal.
I thought there was nothing to me and I had no idea what my life direction was, I was totally lost.
And so I was so depressed and all I wanted to do was just take my life.
Until one day like a friend reached out to me to attend a program called soar, which was were everything started to change for me.
I started to see that my purpose was in deed to serve others and encourage people.
I started to see who I was, and what I was and why I am , I realised that my purpose was to help people see the Eagle within them.
Suddenly I was called to empower, encourage and uplift other.
And so that was how I started coaching.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
I had to overcome depression and suicidal thoughts.
That was my biggest obstacle. The feeling of worthless and no purpose.
I found out that I was getting in my way and I had get out of my own way and be the best version of myself.
I stopped thinking of my own selfish thoughts and started to think about how I could serve others and make an impact by transforming the minds and lives of the people I work with.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
Oh I am constantly innovating by listening to their needs.
You see, coaching is more that just setting goals for clients and making sure they achieve it, it is a deep connection d’or me.
I am an intuitive coach as I have a natural gift of inner wisdom which I use to help my clients.
So I work with them to get them to dig deeper into their spirit as their spirit knows all truth and is connected to the source of creation.
So I am very dynamic in my approach.
And I feel my clients love it because they come for a session asking to work on their Money issues but the spiritual intelligence that I have access to will tell me it was a relationship issue, and so I will gently direct my clients to the real issues they wanted to solve which was probably a relationship issue.
And so it is always amazing to see.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I Am unique in the sense that I am using spiritual intelligence to help elicit the information that my clients need.
I am also a psychodynamic psychotherapist in training and also NLP practitioner and EFT practitioner so I have all the right tools to work with my clients looking to unlock their purpose and potential locked up in them.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
They get to know who they are, what they are and why they are.
They get live a more transformed live and aim for bigger goals than they think possible.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Yes I am blessed with so many tools.
I tend to use EFT to resolve emotional traumas stopping my clients from moving on, and also spiritual reading if the client has any unresolved pain or problems stopping them.
Like an intuitive reading and also NLP.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
It will be that you were made to fly and soar like an Eagle and it is time to unleash the Eagle within You so you can soar to greater heights.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
Purpose will find you, if you seek for it you will find it.
And I also believe we are all Eagles and created to soar like Eagles.
You see I started to study the Eagle and realised as human this is what we are supposed be like… be fearless.
To rise above the storms of life and soar.
Your final thoughts?
My sole purpose is help transform lives and help people see themselves as limitless human beings as they can achieve anything they set their mind to do they just have to believe and I am here to help them do that.
Where Can You Find Ugo Chijiutomi?
If you liked this interview and you would like to see how Ugo can help you find the Eagle within you, go to https://ugochijiutomi.com/.
If you like to connect more personally with her, you can do that on LinkedIn. Or follow her Instagram or Facebook.
You can listen to her podcast here. It was an honor having this interview with her.
You may find it absurd, but some people rely on gambling for their daily income.
These individuals do not just gamble for fun.
They have received thorough training in how to engage in profitable professional gambling.
These individuals are typically found at gaming tables and at betting shops.
Most individuals used to have to physically travel to casinos to gamble in the past.
However, technology has improved their quality of life and now they can wager at almost any place in the world from anywhere, be it on online casinos in Vietnam or Canada from the smartphone in their pockets.
Technology and the abundance of casino sites that have a variety of games of chance on their offer has made it so much easier for people to get addicted.
Online gambling has grown in popularity, which has also increased the online popularity of professional gambling.
However, some people continue to lose their wealth because they lack the expertise and understanding required in this field.
As a professional gambler, the following advice can help you live a more balanced life.
Top 10 Tips for Professional Gamers to Find More Balance:
1. Never Depend on Luck.
Most people typically believe that luck plays a big part in professional gambling.
This is not always the case, though.
A skilled gambler does not only rely on chance.
Everything comes down to knowledge and expertise.
This raises the likelihood of success together with greater education and training.
A seasoned gambler will carefully assess the circumstances to predict the most likely results.
As a result, they will always triumph and accumulate greater wealth over time.
2. “Sure Thing” Does Not Exist.
You may be certain that seasoned gamblers do not depend on luck.
Nobody relies on the chance!
When playing the odds, world famous pro players, like Doyle Brunson, can win by lowering luck to a small statistic.
To learn more about how this expert got so much money from professional gambling, read his biography.
For instance, playing blackjack correctly boosts your chance of changing the odds in your favor.
You could lose numerous games at once in this situation.
But if you persevere for a longer length of time, the results will stabilize and you will be able to earn more money.
In gaming, nothing is guaranteed.
Therefore, you should not stake all of your hard earned cash on a single wager.
In the event that you lose a game, this can lessen your frustration.
3. Keep Your Cool.
Everyone enjoys winning.
No one enjoys losing.
You will always have wins and losses when playing professionally.
When you start to experience success, you continue to chase that sensation harder and harder.
Earning an additional dollar is always satisfying.
You might experience losses, nevertheless, in some circumstances.
Do not let losing scare you.
In order to become a successful gambler, you must always maintain your composure and wait for the outcome.
Making better decisions is aided by maintaining calm.
4. Improve Your Skills by Practicing More.
The majority of people often start out as amateurs in the gambling sector.
They eventually develop additional talents, though, and turn into pros at gambling.
You must practice for a very long time if you wish to fall into this category.
The majority of the time, pros play more frequently and against a wider variety of opponents, which helps them get more proficient at the game.
It is important to note that every game will require a unique collection of abilities.
Knowing every facet of your game can help you make wiser choices and win more games.
You can initially select demo mode to play and thereafter develop your skills over time.
5. Set up a Bankroll.
You will see that almost all seasoned gamblers have a bankroll.
You’re probably familiar with the adage “to make money you have to spend money”.
When we talk about gambling, this is true.
To prevent things from getting out of control, always keep a bankroll on hand.
You can typically know how much money you make and lose each week if you have a bankroll.
To start, you should figure out how much you can handle losing each month.
The number you choose ought to be lower than what you earn.
Make sure you can still afford to pay your expenses on time even if you shed that much money.
This money needs to be kept in a distinct account, like an online wallet.
6. Accept Defeats the Same Way You Accept Winnings.
It is difficult to stay ‘alive’ at the casino tables.
It might be upsetting to see your hard earned money disappear in such a manner.
However, this is standard practice at numerous casinos worldwide.
You must accept the fact that you will constantly experience profits and losses at certain points.
Even if you are excellent, you will nevertheless experience a streak of unfavorable outcomes.
You should not let this stop you from playing at a casino.
You ought to be prepared to embrace both successes and failures.
If you frequently lose, you could take a pause and return to the game later.
As a result, you might succeed and recover your lost funds.
7. Obey Discipline.
When you are in the casino, you might well be tempted to consume one or two bottles.
This might be harmful.
You might make poor choices and end yourself losing more money.
This is a surefire prescription for catastrophe.
Alcohol can have a bad impact on your thinking.
When gambling, rational thought should be used as much as possible.
Your money should not be spent just because you feel compelled to.
Spend it since you desire to succeed and have enough tactics to boost your income.
8. Keep an Eye on Your Results and Games.
If you decide to play casino games the whole day, you will need to select a variety of games before trying your luck.
You ought to monitor the outcomes of these contests.
You should have a well structured history of your wagers if you are a professional gambler.
It will be challenging to maintain a solid bankroll if you do not keep an accurate record of your gains and losses.
Keeping track of your progress through these documents might be beneficial.
You will be able to tell if you are progressing or not.
As a result, you will be able to make wiser choices moving forward.
9. First, Try to Find a Stable Job.
Winning is not the only goal of gambling.
Long term, you will suffer significant losses. You will still be required to pay your expenditures even if you incur losses. You should ideally not rely solely on gambling.
This is to prevent you from becoming angry and possibly committing suicide.
This has been done earlier by some people.
Having a side business can assist you to escape these annoyances because you will continue to make money regardless of how the casino games turn out.
For some professional gamblers out there, this has been effective.
10. Stay Concentrated.
You will see that gambling demands a lot of effort and concentration.
You risk suffering significant losses if you lose concentration.
A larger wager would have likely resulted in much greater losses for you.
To make intelligent selections, you should have a clear mind.
Avoid the casino if you have trouble getting distracted because it could have negative effects.
You should refrain from coming till your mind is at ease.
You can be confident that you will probably win if you pay attention.
Professional gamblers never play casino games while distracted.
Balance Throughout the Life of a Professional Gambler:
