Marisa Padilla is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her encouraging and motivating personality.

She is a philanthropist, a life coach and a motivational speaker. She didn’t graduate from high school but that didn’t prevent her from chasing her dreams and reaching her goals.

She says that in order to really help her clients she listens deeply to what they have to say.

Her approach is always client focused and she customizes her methods depending on each individual. She believes that we were all created for a purpose and with a purpose. Here is what she said.

Meet Life Coach Marisa Padilla:

Name: Marisa Padilla

Pillar: The Spirit, The Mind

Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to start seeing a way out of their problems and get a sense of their purpose.

How they can help: By listening and customising the approach to fit each individual’s needs.

First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?

Thank you for asking. We are doing well.

How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?

It really has been hard for most.

For me I was fortunately not affected by it. My business grew.

What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?

Nothing is ever guaranteed but all things can be worked out and you can still thrive in life biggest hurdles.

In the hardest times of life is where true strength, character and grit is born.

The Origin:

Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?

I am a Philanthropist, Life Coach, Motivational Speaker.

I started my journey long ago but went full time almost 2 years ago now.

I’ve always had a passion to serve others and found that sharing my story in full transparency from the extremely difficult times to what has led me to the most beautiful times in order to help others stay encouraged and continue to pursue their dream.

One of my stories I love to share is that I did not graduate from high school but that did not stop me.

Even though I did receive my GED, school just wasn’t for me.

I pursued my dream and it led me to making half a million a year.

What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?

Being bullied as young child to marrying someone who was just as hard on me. And yet, pushing through and having faith in God and myself to know that I was meant to live a purposeful life.

Only God knows the burning desires of my heart therefore, I will trust in Him and Him alone to see my dream become my reality.

Faith without work is dead so having both has led me to where I am today.

The Coaching Style:

How do you innovate with coaching your clients?

I listen.

Listening to each and every single individual gives you the knowledge and understanding of how to help serve that particular person.

We all have a story and each one of our stories matters.

In order to be a well respected coach you need to be fully transparent and honest with who you are.

The more hardships we face in the we become more of an asset to the world as we are then more relatable which allows you to understand and continue to grow in your career all the while serving others.

You see.. while one is out helping and serving someone it actually serves you.

For that reason alone I am honored to live out my passion in helping serve.

What’s unique about your coaching approach?

I focus on the takeaway from the moments in life that were hard or beautiful and how to showcase the messy times in our life as actually a beautiful message, it is all perception.

What benefits do your clients get after working with you?

Seeing the transformation and confidence that is born through a different way of thinking and watching others dreams become their reality.

Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?

Every single individual is different so in order to truly help serve that individual I listen to them, hear their story and then I know how to best serve them.

The Impact:

If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?

Believe in yourself.

Know that your mess can become the most beautiful message.

We are all created on purpose for a purpose, so live your life with confidence knowing you’re meant to be here and live a purposeful life.

What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?

To cherish one another, enjoy the simple things, and to work endlessly on helping to make this world a little bit better before my time is up.

Unlimited Time is something no one has guaranteed so it is extremely important to cherish your time and the time of others and spend your time wisely.

Your final thoughts?

God makes no mistakes.

You are created on purpose for a purpose and your mess can serve as a beautiful message.

Don’t quit on yourself and your dream. It has been instilled in you to be brought to life.

Where Can You Find Marisa Padilla?

If you liked this interview and you would love to find a way out of your mess and rise like a phoenix toward your purpose, go to Marisapadilla.com and see how Marisa can help you do that.

If you like to contact her directly, you can send her a message through her Email [email protected] or connect with her through LinkedIn.

If you like to capture a glimpse of her coaching, subscribe to her YouTube channel or follow her Instagram. It was an honor having this interview with her.

Ting Wong is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her dedication and persistence.

She spent most of her career in the corporate world trying to find herself.

She knew she is meant for something greater and her intuition lead her to coaching.

Her approach is all about realignment with the self. In her view, a major cause of unhappiness stems from a fundamental disconnect from ourselves. Here is what she said

Meet Life Coach Ting Wong:

Name: Ting Wong

Pillar: The Spirit, The Mind

Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to get clarity on what they truly want to do with their life and realign with their real purpose

How they can help: By supporting people to reconnect with and rediscover themselves

First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?

We’re doing fine.

In Singapore where I live, we’ve very much gotten used to living with the virus.

We’re seeing a lot more physical events and meetups as well as travel, a sign of how much people value the human touch as well as experiences.

How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?

Some of my clients were suffering from burnout when they came to me, and the pandemic no doubt played a key role.

Typically my clients would be the kind who suffer from boreout (chronic under stimulation associated with a crisis of growth and meaning), so interestingly during the pandemic, some of them suffered from a combination of boreout and burnout.

The pandemic definitely affected me as it was in the midst of it when I took the leap into the path of solopreneurship and what I consider to be my calling.

The desire to live and work on my own terms was greatly amplified during this time.

What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?

The first big lesson is the importance of self care, as I got close to burnout when starting the business, with so much to learn and do on my own.

I learnt to create a lifestyle that fulfills my personal needs while achieving my business goals, in order for this journey to be sustainable for the long haul.

I’m still learning and continuously refining in this regard, as I go along.

The second big lesson, which is related to the first, is to allow myself the space to be, instead of always focusing on doing.

By supporting myself to be in a state of wellbeing and ease, I connect better with my intuition and there’s more space for inspiration to drop by for a visit.

The Origin:

Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?

I worked in the corporate world for almost my entire career, mostly in governance, risk and compliance roles.

It was a path I was nudged into, and I’ve always felt like something was missing, that I was meant to do something more with my life.

I tried different careers and did lots of personal development work to try to “find myself” and discover what I really wanted to do with my life.

On this journey, I stumbled upon life coaching and found that it benefitted me and others around me tremendously.

I got myself trained but stayed in my day job, until The Universe decided to kick me in the butt during the pandemic.

What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?

Healing from traumas and letting go of old belief patterns that no longer serve me. An ongoing process!

The Coaching Style:

How do you innovate with coaching your clients?

I developed my own framework, methodology and program for helping clients get clarity on their life and career direction by reconnecting with and rediscovering themselves.

The methodology was born out of experimenting with my own data from my personal exploration journey.

I call this program the “Inspired Life Program”, because it aims to support people to live their most inspired life!

The program has gone through a few iterations as I refined it based on actual client experiences and also incorporated new tools I’ve learnt along the way.

I’ve also had to adapt my process to suit clients depending on their pace.

I’m actually planning to create a new program in the mid term which really excites me. Stay tuned!

What’s unique about your coaching approach?

My approach to helping clients get clarity, be it for their life or career, is to start from the self.

I believe a key reason for a prolonged dissatisfaction with our lives and the lack of clarity on what we really want, is that we’re disconnected from who we are.

This is a result of social conditioning, where we keep our true selves suppressed in order to follow societal norms.

What I do is support people to reconnect deeply with and realign with their true selves, so that the life and career decisions they make are congruent with who they are.

What benefits do your clients get after working with you?

Having connected deeply with themselves and their Why, clients get clarity on their life and career direction as well as the motivation to act on it.

A number of them have successfully pivoted to their new career path of choice pretty quickly, because opportunities open up when they have the clarity and intention.

Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?

I get my clients to imagine things.

The Impact:

If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?

When you live in alignment with who you truly are, you’ll be supported in life. Because that’s the best thing you can do for yourself and for the world.

What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?

That we can surmount tremendous challenges with self love, which translates into self belief and continuously showing up for ourselves in life.

Your final thoughts?

Life is really short and will be over before we know it.

If we do the things we’ve always done, we’ll get the life we’ve always lived.

If you want a change in your life, you have to be prepared to do something different.

Where Can You Find Ting Wong?

If you liked this interview and you would love to see how Ting Wong can help you get clarity on your life and career direction to align with your calling in life, go to https://tingwongcoaching.kickoffpages.com and discover your next step.

If you’d like to connect more personally with her, you can do that through LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. It was an honor having this interview with her.

Rouchelle Cota is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her honesty and passion for helping.

She was in a very dark emotional place few years ago after discovering her husband’s addiction.

She went through hell and back, blaming herself and thinking what she did wrong. But with the help of her community she found ways how to heal the deepest parts of her self that were infested with anger and resentment. Sometimes we realize something bad about others who are dear to us and we believe it is us to blame. And that leaves big emotional scars within that we carry with ourselves. But we don’ have to.

She says that we need to realize that we cannot change other people. The only person we can change and we are responsible for, is ourselves. Now she helps other people find ways how to heal in the same way she did. Here is what she said.

Meet Life Coach Rouchelle Cota:

Name: Rouchelle Cota

Pillar: The Mind, The Heart

Who is this coach for: Anyone who has been through tough emotional times and wants to heal, to learn how to keep the focus on themselves, and reach their goals.

How they can help: By using NLP and different creative methods like acrylic painting, coloring, calligraphy, just to name a few.

First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?

We are doing well, much better than during the Pandemic.

I am so grateful that times have gotten better.

At the time, I was a home maker, so I wasn’t affected by job security.

However, my husband was a Peace Officer, so his position was still necessary although they still had to follow the mandates by the state (i.e., wearing a mask, social distancing, etc.)

It was a very scary time with all the uncertainty happening in the world.

We didn’t really know how long the shutdown would last or how his job would be affected long term.

We were very worried about him contracting the virus since he had contact with the public and he worked in close proximity with his colleagues.

If he were to get the virus, he would bring it home and family members would get it before he even knew he had it.

How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?

It was at this time that I decided to start my coaching business, so I really wasn’t affected by the Pandemic.

I attended a Conference, and the host asked such a profound question that it changed the trajectory of my retirement.

He asked, “Do you have a message? If you do, then you have a moral obligation to get it out into the world.”

It was at that point in time that I realized that I did have a message to get out into the world.

There was so much pain and despair, so much isolation and loneliness, and self-harm and suicides were increasing.

I needed to find a way to share my message with the world so that people would be aware of the dangers of pornography, how it harms people of all ages and of the shame and self hatred that porn addicts feel.

What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?

I learned that anything is possible.

Although there have been some tragically sad things happen, I have seen a lot of good things come out of this situation.

Opportunities have been created that weren’t available before like Virtual learning.

More people have access to this than ever.

There are also more ways to earn an income than before because you don’t have to travel.

You can do it all online.

Reaching out is so much easier too.

You can actually see people face to face through virtual meetings.

The Origin:

Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?

I worked as a Police Dispatcher aka. Call Taker for many years and during that time, they had created a Peer Support group to provide mental and emotional support for those personnel that had taken traumatic calls.

I was blessed to have been chosen as one of the mentors.

This is really where my passion began.

I learned that I really enjoyed being able to support people during their time of need.

I found it rewarding to help people get grounded after the call and out of the despair they experienced days or even weeks later after the call took place.

After experiencing an emotional trauma myself about 12 years ago, I hit my rock bottom.

It was just a year later that I decided I didn’t want anyone to go through what I had so I chose to mentor others that were in similar situations.

Although it isn’t possible to pay back everything I’ve gotten, I did it gratis because I wanted to give back to the community for all they did for me at the worst time in my life.

What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?

About 12 years ago, I was affected by a very traumatic situation aka the discovery of my husband’s pornography addiction.

I struggled with depression and despair.

Anxiety was my best friend and panic seemed to drive my every move.

I became hypervigilant about everything because fear overwhelmed me.

During that time, I had learned that those last few years I had been living a LIE.

I was shocked and devastated. I couldn’t function, mentally, emotionally, physically.

I had no idea that pornography addiction even existed.

During that time, I had to learn more about myself than ever before.

I had to go deeper to discern the true reasons for these monumental emotions and how to manage the chaos in my mind and in my life.

I did this by keeping the focus on myself.

I had to learn that I didn’t cause his addiction, I can’t control it and I can’t cure it.

In order to survive and thrive, the focus remains on me and my growth, what I need to be happy and how to fill my cup in a positive way.

I do that through giving back to others who need help.

The Coaching Style:

How do you innovate with coaching your clients?

I have incorporated NLP and creative expression through Art into my coaching.

Although I am not certified in either, I think it is important to utilize methods that help integrate our learning and creative expression through art is very effective in doing that.

I used it myself to heal a very deep part of myself where anger and resentment lived.

At that time, I couldn’t access those emotions any other way. It was so transformative for me that I would love for everyone to experience this.

What’s unique about your coaching approach?

I mentioned creative expression through Art earlier.

There is healing that goes on when you can go into this trance like state and just focus on the pleasure of doing what you enjoy.

You literally get lost in the flow of creativity.

When you focus on the intent and combine that part of the healing process, it just brings about a degree of healing that we can’t usually access through other methods.

What benefits do your clients get after working with you?

I help them keep the focus on themselves.

We can’t change anyone but ourselves.

I help them learn how to detach with love from their partner.

I help them create action plans, so their goals become attainable.

I help them create their own space for healing through creative expression.

Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?

NLP and different creative methods (acrylic painting, coloring, calligraphy, etc.)

The Impact:

If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?

I want people to know how damaging pornography can be to everyone.

Pornography is damaging to individuals and relationships especially children.

Heal yourself to break the cycle of pain.

It’s crucial, especially if you have children, because if you don’t, you will just carry the pain forward to the next generation and group of people that interact with them.

Your children and loved ones will continue to suffer the pain you have. It is time for a new cycle, a cycle of joy.

What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?

I have learned that whatever action I take or don’t take affects others.

It affects those around me such as family members, loved ones, collegues, neighbors, friends, etc.

In order to make the world a better place, I have to work on myself and heal my own hurts.

They say HURT people hurt people.

This is so true.

It has been a life long vision that I can heal myself and show my children that they can do it too.

I don’t want to carry forward generational pain.

I want the cycle to stop with me.

I would very much like others to be aware of that and take action as well.

Your final thoughts?

I want people to know there is H.O.P.E.

Which stands for Hold On, Pain Ends.

There is hope of healing, even if you have a partner that has an addiction.

It does take time and a lot of work, but it is doable.

There is a way to rebuild the future and there are people out there that are willing to help you.

Where Can You Find Rouchelle Cota?

If you liked this interview and you would love to see how Rouchelle can help you heal, keep the focus on yourself and reach your goals, contact her at [email protected].

If you want to connect more personally with her, you can do that through LinkedIn or her Facebook profile. It was an honor having this interview with her.