Yannick Baylon is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with him. He impressed us with his playful approach to coaching.
He is someone who has traveled the world and lived in many countries, from Italy to China and all the way to Egypt. He was on a personal quest to find himself and learn how to love himself, and he did.
As a teacher, he says that coaching was always part of his work even before he knew that he was actually coaching.
He loves helping people share their emotions, thoughts, he loves to listen and guide people into their transformation to become the best version of themselves. And he loves to use games as part of his coaching. Here is what he said.
Meet Life Coach Yannick Baylon:
Name: Yannick Baylon Pillar: The Mind Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to gain more clarity and balance in their life. How they can help: Through deep listening, playing games, and using various tools.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
In these pandemic times, my family has been doing as well as they can be.
Thankfully no one in our immediate family suffered acutely.
I was in China at the beginning of the pandemic and left there in August 2021. It was an interesting experience to say the least!
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
I only started coaching last year but I recall some of my ex students saying that they want a space to talk about their feelings.
I felt compelled to hold that space open and listen to them even more deeply.
Personally, being in China, I was missing home and was finding the treatment of locals towards foreigners becoming more hostile. That was an interesting challenge to manage!
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
Keep moving and draw out the lessons when you can’t celebrate life directly.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I was an English teacher who has lived and travelled in many countries (UK, France, Italy, China and Egypt).
I have been starting coaching before I realized I was coaching!
Many of my high school age students had very little to no space to speak about their emotions, wants and visions for the future.
I set up mini classroom labs that provided them with the safe space to explore their emotions, discuss issues concerning their lives and try to develop their emotional intelligence to navigate through life.
Some of them, have contacted me for life advice and guidance even after having left my former school.
A friend of mine saw this and advised me to try coaching.
I became enamored and haven’t looked back since.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
I lived in a country, despite the distance (physical and cultural), language barrier and a breakup, for five and a half years to eventually learn to love myself and embody acceptance.
I got to learn about my light as well as darkness, started meditating, getting myself on track to become someone who smiles when they look at themselves in the mirror.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
I try and experiment with exercises that I think would be of benefit with my clients.
It’s like playing, we try out new games and see what brings out the most fun way of being their best versions!
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I’m silly and bring playfulness to coaching.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
They say they have an extra spring in their step, have more clarity and their partners have immediately noticed the difference.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Nothing beats deep listening. From there, my toolkit can be moulded accordingly.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
We are one.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
Invest in your own energy, manage and align with it as best as you can.
The way you relate to others often stems from your relationship with yourself.
Your final thoughts?
Come and invest some time in yourself with my guidance. If we align, let’s explore you deeper.
Where Can You Find Yannick Baylon?
If you liked this interview and you would love to find out how Yannick can help you, go to https://www.yannickbaylon.com/ and see what’s your next step.
You can book a Free Discovery Call. You will find out whether or not you are a good fit to “play” with Yannick and become a better version of yourself.
If you like to connect personally with him, you can follow his Facebook and Instagram account. It was an honor having this interview with him.
Chloe Lindsey is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her raw honesty and strength of character.
What she has been through till now not a lot of people can say they go through in one whole lifetime. She has learned one of the hardest lessons of life when she was very young.
However, she is using all those difficult lessons to evolve more and help others transform into their most authentic versions.
She is an entrepreneur, an experienced and licensed life coach, speaker, and DISC trainer through The Maxwell Leadership Team. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Chloe Lindsey:
Name: Chloe Lindsey Pillar: The Spirit Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to transform into their most authentic self. How they can help: Mindfulness and meditation practices, guidance, support.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
We are doing just fine. At this point, I feel we have all begun to adjust to “The New Normal”.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
My clients seem to have acclimated, at this point.
I personally had the virus twice. The last time was the worst experience. I had it for almost a month and it felt as if I were dying every night and then waking up the next day, to do it all again.
I also am more careful about my brother being exposed.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
To just “BE STILL”.
I feel that we were all given an opportunity to slow down and figure out who we are, who we are not, what we want and what we want to release.
Trying to control anything outside of yourself, just causes chaos.
So, Just “BE STILL” and KNOW.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I am an entrepreneur, with a life coaching business. I am certified as a Life Coach, Speaker, and DISC Trainer through The Maxwell Leadership Team.
My business is Soul2.Soul.Connections LLC. My website is s2sconnections.com. I am a Mindfulness, Transformational, and Embodiment: Life Coach and Spiritual Consultant.
I am certified in Crystal and Chakra Healing as well as certified in Sound therapy: Singing Bowls, Tuning Forks, and Pyramids.
I got started in coaching because I have gone through so much life in a short amount of time. I have been a C.N.A since the age of 17, taking care of the elderly and disabled.
I have raised and cared for my brother, who has Cerebral Palsy and is wheelchair-bound, and have since, the age of 7.
I have lost both of my parents by the time I was 28. I have known “death” and “loss” every year since the age of 5.
I have had 9 near death experiences in my life, the last one was this past March. I was involved in a hit and run that totaled my car, broke my hip in 2 places, fractured my ribs, and had internal bleeding.
I have and continue to turn all my pain into my purpose. My purpose is to speak to people and coach and inspire them. If I CAN do it. They can TOO!
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
If I must choose JUST one, it will probably have to be the loss of my mother. She was my rock and the only constant in my life. After her tragic death, I had to learn a new way of being.
Someone who had to become 100 percent self sufficient and self reliant. I had to step up in the world and decide, who I wanted to be and release all that I was not.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
I use my personal experience, my 20 years of spiritual connectedness, practices, and techniques.
As well as all of the schooling and coursework I’ve learned along the way.
So, I can offer a more personal experience, with my own curriculum, courses, and programs.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I’m just authentically myself. I am a safe space and people can feel that energy NEVER lies.
I offer them love and support, as well as life experiences and the knowledge, to be able to fit them in the “right for them” program.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
They get knowledgeable information to help assist them in their transformation.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Mindfulness and Meditation Practices.
Helping people see the importance of being intentional with their thinking and the power they hold within.
Using their inner power as the only tool they need to get the success, they are seeking.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
To LOVE YOURSELF.
When you truly love yourself, I mean, all aspects of who you are, the “good” and the “bad”, while showing yourself forgiveness and compassion, you evolve.
Being that we accept the love we think we deserve, we must KNOW our limitless potential.
That will then mirror back to you in the form of other people.
And if we all have this unconditional love for ourselves, we will find our way back to a world that knows peace.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
My greatest lesson learned is that nothing is permanent, the flow of life, is both the “birth” and the “death” of something.
To know the differences between “Attachment” and “Connection”. The importance of boundaries, healing, and Self Love. And most importantly to live UNAPOLOGETICALLY AUTHENTIC.
Your final thoughts?
Life is not easy, but it is worth it.
I don’t think people are truly afraid to “Die”, I feel like they are afraid to “Live”. Because that means you must take 100 percent responsibility for your own life.
You don’t get to blame anyone or anything else, and only the courageous can sit with themselves, and face all that pain, without numbing themselves.
To LIVE is to mindfully decide every day, what thoughts and emotions are serving your highest good and releasing the rest.
Attachment is ego based and will hurt you every time and connection is divine and it always shows up, right on time.
Where Can You Find Chloe Lindsey?
If you liked this interview and you would love to find out how Chloe can help you transform into your most authentic self, go to https://s2sconnections.com/ and you’ll find the next steps of your journey.
If you like to connect with her directly, make sure to add her on Facebook or follow her on Instagram. It was an honor having this interview with her.
Deb Jones 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 courage.
She has always been empathetic and wanted to help people. From being a police officer to being a life coach, Deb faced many lessons that made her wiser and more experienced.
Over the last 17 years she has been growing, learning and expanding her business and skills to support her clients with their mental, emotional and spiritual growth.
She is definitely a woman that walks her talk. She helps her clients unstuck themselves from subconscious blockages and live a life full of meaning. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Deb Jones:
Name: Deb Jones Pillar: The Spirit Who is this coach for: Anyone who feels stuck or blocked in life and wants to liberate themselves. How they can help: By using a drawn timeline of the client’s life and a Block Clearance Therapy.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
I am lucky to say we all made it through and are fighting fit.
The pandemic was life changing for us all. Seeing the meaning to what we were facing helped both me and my older children to maximize our experiences in a positive way, however challenging it was at the time.
Personally, my life entering lockdown looked very different to what it has transformed into.
I decided to uproot my life and move to another country, taking my business with me to Spain from the UK. My need for growth and expansion pushed me beyond my limits to a new life I could not have imagined!
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
Like most therapists, my business previously was all in person before switching to zoom almost over night.
Naturally, I lost some clients in the lockdown due to finances and those who were unable to gain privacy within their home to talk about their issues.
This was a tough time for most, having given up their freedom, social contact and income and the difficult experience of family being together in the confines of their home, and for others to be completely alone.
For me, I suddenly found myself alone, unable to see my children and fear and panic set in.
I was recently separated and had just bought my own home, how was I to financially cope? How would I mentally survive?
What I so quickly learned was how my external world pulled together, and were so resourceful in keeping in touch and providing entertainment for each other.
We made it fun! I was learning a new way of being and was loving it!
I could see I was being given time, time to complete tasks I had not yet accomplished, time to heal and work on my separation and financial support for my business, so The Universe provided for me in SO many ways.
I felt very grateful for this time that I would never get again in my life and I took as much meaning from it as I could.
I transferred this insight to my clients to help them understand their learning and stay positive and connected.
And then, my life changed. I woke up one morning with the idea to move to Spain.
I have no idea where that came from other than a previous dream laid dormant, but I intuitively knew to trust it.
I put the house on the market, told my family and friends and 5 months later I’m on a plane with my son to Malága!
The pandemic gave me a gift and a path that I chose to follow and so pleased I did. I will be forever grateful.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
I learned to be still, to listen to my inner world and not be afraid of it.
To enjoy the simple things in life and take away the white noise of the life we previously led and notice all that is important.
To be resourceful, productive and consistent.
And most importantly that what we want in life does not need to be a dream, it can be a reality!
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I feel I have always possessed empathy. It has always felt natural for me to want to help and listen to people.
I had gone through life with a want to help people on a deeper level, which in previous professions as a Police Officer and Parenting adviser, could not meet. So, I trained as an Integrative Counsellor in 2005.
Over the last 17 years I have been growing, learning and expanding my business and skills to support clients with their mental, emotional and spiritual growth.
In 2010 I had a spiritual awakening with the sudden sad loss of my cousin, which led me to explore my life and beyond it. My life needed to change if I was to grow and complete my life purpose.
Through my own discoveries and finding an esoteric spiritual guide I found a therapy called Block Clearance Therapy®, this connected me to my spiritual higher self and from here my life accelerated and I felt my purpose became clear.
My purpose was to help others with their understanding of their deeper mental health process and their spiritual connection.
I have noticed that the clients who are drawn to me very quickly tell me they are looking for that connection. I enjoy using the mix of traditional therapy, subconscious work and spiritual meaning in my sessions to give a holistic therapeutic approach to my work.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
Outwardly I have always appeared to have confidence. I have been a performer, a police officer, mother, wife, therapist, friend and appeared to do it with ease but this has not always been the case for me internally.
I have always needed hand holding. My inner child is vulnerable at times, scared and lacks confidence and self belief and at times it deceives me.
I believe becoming single again, in a pandemic and finding myself living this chapter alone, has taught me self reliance, self confidence and belief and that I can move forward and face challenges far beyond my parameters.
So the push to move to a new country, to a culture and language I did not then know has now catapulted me to the next level of growth. In my eyes, that’s a huge obstacle overtaken!
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
I have no set plan at the outset.
I work with what the client brings, often described as a ‘jumbled up ball of wool’, so we grab a strand and follow it.
It often feels like a mess for them and it is from my skill set that I can see more clearly what is the root cause of their distress.
Clarity is what they are coming for, so they feel less powerless and regain hope.
Understanding and applying meaning to each of their situations helps my clients to find their lesson.
When they discover this, we can then work together to turn that back into power and balanced responsibility to help them get back on track in their lives.
Using the subconscious, Block Clearance Therapy helps us to access their early memories to find the root cause and reconnect with their inner child, this empowers them to make positive changes and recreate new patterns.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I have a unique skill set, that I built up for over 50 years even before I was a coach. It’s like no other toolkit.
I love the different dimensions of the work I offer, the pure essence of me that allows me to help people grow. I’m warm, intuitive, honest and at times direct but always from a place of compassion and intention.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
A client described my therapy as a laundry basket, washed, ironed and folded at the end of each session. I walk their journey with them until they are ready to walk it alone.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
In my first session I draw a timeline of the client’s life, from birth to the present day to include everyone and everything significant that has been part of their journey.
From that, we can follow family patterns to where they are struggling now. Ordering their life in chronological order is a powerful tool of self reflection and insight, and I believe that the biggest part of our work together is done in those early weeks using the timeline.
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 you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got”
If you want change, if you feel stuck or blocked I’m here to help you free yourself to live your life with more meaning.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
That we can only be happy, truly happy, love and truly feel love if we know ourselves.
We can seek validation, love and happiness from outside sources, but unless we spend time with ourselves and in our internal world, nothing will feel stable.
I have loved this chapter of my life alone, learning about what I want and don’t want moving forward, what fills me with joy, who I want in my life and what I want to do to fill my time.
For the first time, life feels like I’m living it.
Your final thoughts?
I am here in this life to fulfill a purpose to heal myself and others on their soul journey of growth and expansion.
I feel privileged to support those souls through their pain, and to help them gain meaning to their life that can often lighten the load of this road we travel.
Doing this healing work gives so much joy and meaning to my life.
I send love and light to the souls on my journey from the past, present and yet to come.
Where Can You Find Deb Jones?
If you liked this interview and you would love to unstuck yourself to live a life that truly makes you happy, go to https://www.theenglishtherapist.com and see how Deb can help you.
If you like to catch a glimpse of her coaching, follow her on Instagram or connect with her directly on Facebook. It was an honor having this interview with her.
David Hebbard is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with him. He impressed us with his experience.
He understands how the human mind works and most importantly, he understands how to dive beyond the thinking and into the subconscious where the real work happens, if we talk about transformation.
He consumed over 20,000 hours of books, audiobooks, YouTube, podcasts, and over 10,000 hours researching different processes to understand how the conscious and subconscious mind work.
Now he is dedicated to helping people discover who they really are and become the best possible versions of themselves. Here is what he said.
Meet Life Coach David Hebbard:
Name: David Hebbard Pillar: The Spirit, The Mind Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to better understand themselves and become their best self. How they can help: Through active and deep listening and using tools like hypnotherapy, Reiki, and sound healing if it’s required.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
My family did pretty well in these times of the pandemic as it didn’t affect us as much, and we could work with it because it didn’t affect our state where I live too severely.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
During the pandemic, I put my coaching on hold because one of my children started to go through a mental illness that was not due to the pandemic.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
Humanity needs to develop more kindness and compassion towards each other as the pandemic divided many people.
We need to learn to love one another regardless of someone’s choices.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I am a holistic coach with a diploma in clinical hypnotherapy, level 2 reiki, and a yoga teacher.
I have consumed over 20,000 hours of books, audiobooks, YouTube, podcasts, and 10,000 hours researching different processes.
I was drawn to helping people because of the changes in my life, and over the last seven plus years, I have been developing new ways to understand, see and live life from my true self and to have inner peace, contentment, and emotional well being.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
I had to take responsibility for being close minded, stuck in my limiting thinking, and not being happy in my life.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
I see beyond the limited thinking and system with compassion and a level of deep listening and support to create change from the inside out view of life.
I believe everyone is unique and can be the best version of themselves. I aim to help people escape the limited conditioning that holds them to society’s status quo.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
My approach to coaching means pointing my client back to understanding how life and our minds work, and it is not about fixing the surface level problem like a bandaid.
It is working with the body, mind, and spirit as a whole, doing the deep inner work, and hearing beyond the words to tap into the internal resources in all areas of their life.
It points them back to discover their true selves again and enjoy life.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
With transformation, support, and connection, they feel appreciated, accepted, and understood and will be the best version of themselves.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Deep listening, time, and I respond to what shows up at the moment.
If I’m out of my head, I can hear beyond the words and that way, I am in a place to use any other tools like hypnotherapy, Reiki, and sound healing if it’s required.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
My vision is to globally bring an innovation to support, teach and share with compassion to everyone.
No one is left behind as we aim for everyone to learn, to grow in all areas of life, connect to their inner teacher, and be the best version of themselves.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
Live with compassion and kindness and never stop growing as a spiritual being.
Be open to growth and continue to learn to be a better person.
Your final thoughts?
When we all learn to tap into our innate intelligence, it gives us exactly what we need, when we need it, in the contexts we need it.
Everything happens for a reason, and it is everyone’s responsibility to continue two grow and learn through any situations we have in life.
Anything in life can be learned even if you have not learned it before, you can start today and learn it now.
For example, if you want to be better in the relationship with your partner, you can begin to learn to do that.
Where Can You Find David Hebbard?
If you liked this interview and you would love to become the best version of yourself, go to https://davidhebbard.com/ and see how David can help you.
You can get a glimpse of his coaching on his Instagram account or his YouTube channel where you can find coaching videos with huge amount of value in each.
If you want to connect with him directly, you can do that via his Facebook or LinkedIn profiles. It was an honor having this interview with him.
Aga Dietrich is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her professionalism and bravery.
Being a spokesperson for one of the biggest energy companies in Poland and a passionate coach, she is truly a person that knows how to communicate. And communication is crucial when it comes to productive coaching.
She helps her clients gain clarity and change their outlook on life through various tools like breathing techniques and meditation.
Even though one of her greatest challenges in life is showing her potential to others, we are more than happy that she told us a little bit about herself because she has so much wisdom and goodness inside of her, she can offer the world immense amount of value. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Aga Dietrich:
Name: Aga Dietrich Pillar: The Mind Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to gain bigger clarity and direction in life. How they can help: Through guidance, communication, various breathing techniques and meditation.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
Thank you, we are doing well. To be perfectly honest the pandemic helped me to focus on myself and at the same time to spend more time with my family.
The only issue we faced was difficulties in traveling.
Of course there was a moment, especially at the beginning of the pandemic where I was concerned about the older members of my family but thankfully we are all healthy and doing fine.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
It definitely affected because there are more people searching for a coach now.
Some of us struggle to keep up with home office work, some are afraid of the pandemic, being bombarded by the media which creates fear of any issues including of course the coronavirus.
The lockdown seriously effected my children and I am pretty sure we will see the results of this effect soon in the future.
What I am saying is that coaching services are very valid right now to overcome fear, to support and help others in making life decisions, finding meaning in life and changing their perception of how they see the world around themselves.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
Our culture, society, family are teaching us to be focused on the world outside, and that is wrong.
Everything what we are looking for, all the answers, all the changes in our lives are inside of us.
The biggest value is to be connected with yourself, to know yourself, what you like and what you don’t and thanks to that we can create our own world.
If we change ourselves the world around us will change.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I live in Warsaw Poland with my husband and 2 teenage daughters.
I work as a spokesperson in one of the biggest energy companies in Poland. Coaching is my side job, which I truly treat as my life mission.
I have been always a good listener, to whom others entrusted their secrets or problems. So when there came an opportunity to take a program and graduate with a life coach certification I decided to do it.
It was not without reason that the program was made by Evercoach Mindvalley. And that’s how I started my coaching journey.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
I guess going out to the world, showing myself.
Even this interview is something unique for me.
I know I have a lot to say and I can help others but I had that inner conviction that others will not be willing to listen to me.
Today I have my own website, blog, fan page and I am active on LinkedIn.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
I am not sure if it is a big innovation, but during the sessions I follow my intuition, not paying so much attention to coaching tools.
Of course, when I see potential or a need to use them I do that, but my goal is to be fully present, listen and guide the client to the right direction, so they could find the answer by themselves.
I also introduce breathing technics and meditation to my clients. I truly believe that both methods should be permanently introduced to the school program for all the kids. That would have an enormous impact on people’s life and upgrade their perception.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I guess my communications skills and ability to be present and listen to the client. Thanks to that I very easily and very quickly can guide the client to the right direction, right for them, not for me.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
They definitely have clarity about themselves and the direction they want to follow in the moment.
They are joyful, in love with their life, they know how to approach their challenge.
They are able to gain a new perspective on things and solve their issues, which ultimately leads to greater happiness.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Breathing technics and meditation which can completely and very quickly change their perspective.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
That love and gratitude are the most valid.
Be gratitude for who you are, where you are and what you have.
Practice gratitude every day and all your challenges will despair.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
What you focus your attention on grows. This true and simple sentence changed my life.
I focus on what is good for me, what makes me happy and joyful, what frees my creativity, what helps me grow.
I also listen to myself, to my emotions, which are my turn signals.
If I feel anxious or I am upset this is a clear message for me that whatever I do it is not right for me. If I feel thankful or joyful and I am happy or excited it means that I follow my heart and soul.
Your final thoughts?
I truly believe that we can all create our own lives by simply focusing on our inner selves and on what is good for us, what feeds us, what brings us joy and happiness.
I would love to show others and guide them to their own happy and fulfilled life.
Where Can You Find Aga Dietrich?
If you liked this interview and you would love to see how Aga Dietrich can help you gain clarity in your life, go to https://agadietrich.pl/ and find out more.
If you would like to connect with her directly, you can do that via her LinkedIn account. Don’t be shy to shoot her a message. It was an honor having this interview with her.
Marilyn Simmons Bowe is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her adventurous life, her persistence, faith and innovative mind.
Starting from a a clapboard house, with no running water, she climbed the social ladder through education and through understanding something about the nature of humans that not a lot of people know.
She calls this SEL coaching, Social Emotional Learning. She invented her own approach and assessment method where she tests her clients’ 96 emotional dispositions.
Through this method she discovers the real socio emotional profile of her client. She reveals to them WHO they are and HOW they are at the moment. All with an intention to give them a recipe for their best life. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Marilyn Simmons Bowe:
Name: Marilyn Simmons Bowe, PhD Pillar: The Heart, The Spirit Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to learn more about themselves and their emotions, and live their best life, happy and empowered. How they can help: Through an assessment tool that she developed and a plan of action based on the results.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
My extended family and I fared well during the pandemic.
I live alone and spend 100% of my free time alone, pre pandemic, so the pandemic did not impact my social life.
I am a long distance runner, who runs alone everyday, so during the mask mandated time of the pandemic, I wore a mask while running.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
The coronavirus pandemic affected my clients in much the same way that it affected most individuals: It reduced their social interactions outside of their dwelling places.. it forced them to take a deeper dive with self reflection.. and it tested the strength of the relationships, for those who were coupled.
As stated previously, it did not affect me at all.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
The world was a very small place because everyone was experiencing the same thing. As such, I learned to have even more belief in the human ability to support each other in trying times.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
My story, as a child, was one of impoverished conditions with food insecurity, at times. I was not supposed to amount to much by society’s standards! I was born a child of poverty in Nassau, Bahamas, in an urban low socioeconomic area.
I was the sixth of eight children to live in my first home, a clapboard house, with no running water or electricity.
It was located on a street called “Burial Ground Corner”, because there was once a graveyard on the site. This was in the part of Nassau called “over the hill”, which is away from the glitzy tourist mecca of the city of Nassau.
I spent my childhood between the city and a rural “outer island” of The Bahamas, called Harbour Island. My Mother was born there, and my maternal grandparents still lived there.
Whether in the city of Nassau or on Harbour Island, my childhood, in the Sixties, was spent like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
I enjoyed rambling around with the boys rather than sitting around with the girls! We dove for coins that tourists threw off of their boats in Nassau Harbour.
While in Briland, as we affectionately referred to Harbour Island, we roamed the rural areas of that tiny island for seasonal fruit and berries, went fishing, and built boxcars!
I was always a curious person. As such, my curiosity led to a stellar academic life.
I graduated from high school at the age of fifteen and earned an Associate of Science degree (A.S.) in Biochemistry, at the age of seventeen.
After an initial career as an industrial lab chemist, I earned a Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) in premedical Biology with minors in Chemistry and Education, magna cum laude and a Master of Science degree (M.S.) in Biomedical Sciences with a special focus on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology.
Additionally, I completed a self designed, quantitative Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) in Education and Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
My career has spanned from Biotechnology to Public Education. Currently, I combine all of my career and academic expertise as an SEL Coach and Achievement Specialist.
When I am not in pursuit of social empowerment for all, I enjoy traveling, reading, active researching and long distance running.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
My biggest obstacle was my impoverished childhood.
I was told that education would be my way out of poverty. As such, I embraced every opportunity that I had to gain both academic and worldly education.
This approach has helped to make me the person that I am today.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
Living a wellness focused life requires that we have an intrinsic desire to achieve something that will sustain us along our quest.
This is how the work that I am doing is helping to make a bigger impact in the world.
As a part of my offerings to my clients, I start with an assessment that I developed which measures 96 emotional dispositions.
The instrument, while having the ability to give clients great insight into who and how they are, is simplistic on the surface. Each item is a statement that is algorithmic and measures the following:
8 discrete achievement emotions:
Five negative emotions: anger, anxiety, hopelessness, boredom and shame. Three positive emotions: joy, hope, and pride.
4 neurological domains:
Cognitive: thinking Affective: feelings Motivation: drive Physiology or physical: response
3 achievement timeframes that tells what the client’s disposition might be:
Before an event. During an event. After an event.
Once the results are calculated, I create a results profile and plan of action that is presented to the client.
During the post assessment session, the results are explained or interpreted, and clients get a plan of action that is used as a scaffold on which to build their wellness focused journey.
I have many success stories of clients who were able to use the results of their SEL profile to live a wellness focused life.
One story that stands out is a young lady, let’s call her Sally. Sally sought my assistance for life coaching because she felt trapped in a status quo of family and friends who refused to accept her for who she was: a freethinker who operated outside of the proverbial box.
Sally was on the verge of “giving in” and “giving up her dream” to get married because her status quo felt that she was “getting too old to be chasing her dreams”, at the ripe old age of 28!
After taking the assessment and getting her results, Sally felt “vindicated” that she should follow her dreams. She said the results were as if I had “read her palm”.
The results indicated that Sally’s dominant positive emotion was hope; her negative emotion was anxiety; her dominant neurological domain was cognitive; and her achievement timeframe was “before an event”.
My analysis of Sally’s results stated that Sally believed in future possibilities and positive outcomes (hope). That she was very particular of planning, cross checking and following up (anxiety). She tended to think these through from every angle before making a move (cognitive). And that she was willing to give it her all from the very beginning (before an event).
Today, Sally is still unmarried but happily living her dream as an exotic location realtor where she connects her clients with their dream properties around the Caribbean.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
It has a unique foundation in my self designed quantitative PhD on the effects of emotions on achievements.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
They learn how to put themselves first because they get to know their dominant positive and negative emotions, as well as their dominant achievement domain, as described above.
As a result, they are able to, more effectively:
1. Really believe in themself.
2. Learn to say “No”… and mean it.
3. Always keep their word to themself and others.
4. Smile from their soul.
5. Embrace every experience as a lesson.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Yes, my SELf Assessment tool and a unique communicative approach based on my PHD work.
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 I could give a message to the whole world, it would be immersing the concept of social emotional learning, SEL, into every facet of society.
SEL is how we interact with each other; how we communicate, and how we respond to each other. Unfortunately, SEL is being marketed as a compilation of restorative practices and is being implemented only in grade schools, predominantly.
I believe in SEL for adults and this is the basis of my coaching approach.
I believe that an SEL movement is needed because we are so busy living that we have forgotten how to feel towards each other.
We have created a society where “being emotional” is considered a bad thing. Yet we are surprised when employees get violent on the job. Simply put it is because of pent up emotions that have not been addressed.
We implement rules and regulations all over our society. These are based on law and order, rightly so, but there is no or very minimal consideration given to the human aspect.
My SEL movement would help to bring about a chance to balance what is necessary, i.e., rules and regulations, with consideration of the human element of emotions.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
The greatest lesson that I learned was a very hard one!
I learned that you cannot start a business by depending on family, friends and acquaintances! The people closest to me did not support my business venture in social emotional learning.
My business is designed to help others understand “who” and “how” they are, so that they can live their best lives. The people closest to me told me that I was “very smart” and my services were “very necessary” but they did not want to use my services to help themselves.
Some said that they did not want to know “who and how” they were. Others simply said that they “did not need it because nothing was wrong with them”.
Your final thoughts?
Life can be tough! Nonetheless, we need to embrace every experience as something that is happening for us, rather than something that is happening to us.
Every experience has a lesson. I believe that if we do not embrace the lesson, when it is first presented, then The Universe will continually present the experience until we do.
For example, when I was in the midst of a self pity party back in 2014, thanks to my lackluster business, I kept blaming others.
After a few more trying experiences, I realized what the lesson was: I needed to swallow my pride so that I could reboot and fulfill my desire to provide service to the world that was greatly needed.
Hence, I had to stop thinking that “I could not get clients” and use the lesson of regrouping and retrying. I had to dig deep, believe in myself, and let my passion carry me forth.
After all, my entire life has been based on the concept of social emotional learning, SEL, long before I knew it and long before it even had a description!
This speaks to my intertwined trio of persistence, perseverance and passion, I am now able to rebrand and deliver SEL coaching services to all facets of society.
Where Can You Find Dr. Marilyn?
If you liked this interview and you would love to find out WHO and HOW you are, go to https://www.drmarilynsimmons.com/ and see how Dr. Marilyn can help you.
If you like to catch a glimpse of her coaching make sure to follow her Instagram account, Twitter, and Facebook page. You can find lots of value nuggets there.
If you like to connect directly with Dr. Marilyn, you can do that via her LinkedIn profile. It was a honor having this interview with her.
Derrick Snow is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with him. He impressed us with his unshakeable faith in the human potential.
Ever since he was a kid, he discovered the power the narratives we keep telling ourselves have over our lives.
He saw amazing people with huge potential live mediocre lives just because of what they chose to believe.
Derrick is able to see the inner beauty in each person. But most importantly, he is able to guide you and help you see it for yourself so you can transform. Here is what he said.
Meet Life Coach Derrick Snow:
Name: Derrick Snow Pillar: The Mind Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to eliminate their sabotaging assumptions. How they can help: Through various techniques like wheel of Life, imaging exercises, breathing exercises, role playing, just to name a few. The approach is customized to each individual.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
We’re doing well. Our 7 year old son is healthy and happy, so I cannot ask for more!
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
Every client I’ve had during the pandemic stated it affected their lives in one way or another, whether it was the simple act of seeing loved ones or questioning their entire purpose in life, it touched all of them.
It prompted thoughts and reflections that otherwise may not have happened, which often centered on making the most out of their lives.
As a coach, that’s an exciting part: the self awareness and the feeling that more is out there. My clients took something terrible, like the pandemic, and used it to spark positive change in their lives.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
There’s no better time to start than now because you never know what tomorrow will bring. I learned it early in life at 8 ½ years old when my father passed away, and the pandemic cemented this lesson.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I was a curious and empathetic child, who loved hearing stories from everyone around me.
I found it fascinating to learn what inspired them, how they interpreted life circumstances, how everything came together to form a whole, and how they narrated their stories.
I realized that the “narrated their stories” part was instrumental in one’s ability to live a happy, purposeful life.
My mom, who battled life long depression, narrated her story as one of failure, saying on a near daily basis that I was the only good thing to come out of her life.
This had a profound impact on me because I knew it wasn’t true, she was one of the most loving and emotionally gifted people I ever met, whose talents extended to animals as well (seriously, wild animals would come to her).
She just couldn’t see her own inner beauty and worth, but I always saw it. Because of her, I see a light in people that they sometimes do not see themselves.
Once I entered the corporate world, I found myself drawn to different roles that allowed me to coach and mentor… even though, I didn’t know that was what I was doing!
Whether it was as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Scrum Master, and now as an Agile Coach, the people I serve and their growth inspires me on a daily basis. It was through this journey that I learned of the coaching profession, allowing me to follow my heart into Holistic Life and Career Coaching.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
Myself!
Life has thrown many things my way, as it does all of us, but the things holding me back were largely manifested by me. Liberating myself from sabotaging ideas like “perfect” or “error proof” has been a lifelong journey.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
That’s the amazing part about coaching, because the innovation, that creative process feeding the client through exploration, awareness, and action, changes based upon the individual client.
For me, coaching is like dancing. One client comes in and says, “Today, let’s tango!” Okay, let’s tango. Another client comes in and says, “I want to waltz today.” Absolutely! Let’s waltz.
The key is attention, which you need to move together as a singular unit during the session, so the client can breakthrough and design actions, that’s the innovation.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I focus on the whole person. What I’ve found personally and professionally is that we are interconnected in all facets of our lives.
When clients come to me for more corporate style coaching, it’s not unusual for personal circumstances to come into play and vice versa.
If a potential client asks for my niche, I say my niche is you.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
My clients constantly tell me that our partnership empowers them to overturn sabotaging assumptions to produce positive, actionable results in multiple areas of their lives.
Seeing it happen is the most rewarding part about what I do.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
I like to explore based upon the client’s needs, so I’ve used a variety over the years: the Wheel of Life, imaging exercises, breathing exercises, role playing, and brainstorming with IdeaBoardz, Mural, Miro, and Jamboards to name 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?
Inside you, right now, there’s something you are ready to unlock.
You know it, you feel it. Each day is a precious gift, so why not start today?
Stop thinking about the person you want to be and start being it!
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
It doesn’t matter the road you take, just as long as you are getting there.
The beauty of life is this short, wonderful little journey we’ve each embarked upon. Birth and death are the only two certainties in this form, the rest of it is up to us!
Your final thoughts?
Transformation happens one step at a time, so be kind and love yourself.
You have ideas and dreams, and you want to bring these things to fruition. I understand. As someone who rose out of my childhood low income environment, taught myself how to play music, went from a failing high school student to graduating from a top 10 public U.S. university, and losing 100 pounds, I’ve had my fair share of ideas and dreams.
I can tell you it’s a journey, and nurturing yourself is key! Feed your mind, body, heart, soul, and your environment. Tend to your inner garden, making sure your roots are strong, and you will reap a lifetime of bountiful harvests.
Where Can You Find Derrick Snow?
If you liked this interview and you would love to discover and eliminate your sabotaging assumptions, connect with Derrick via LinkedIn and see how he can help you.
It’s not that often that we find someone who has such faith in the human potential as Derrick. It was an honor having this interview with him.
Cecian Boyce is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her strength of character and courage.
After a serious accident, she became physically disabled when she was at the age of 18 but that didn’t stop her to be the person she is today.
And of course, it wasn’t easy. She battled with self confidence for a long time but that helped her get stronger and become one of the most inspiring people in the world today.
She always had a strong passion for coaching so she decided to start focusing on being a life coach earlier this year. Ever since, she has been changing the lives of her clients. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Cecian Boyce:
Name: Cecian Boyce Pillar: The Spirit Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to become a conscious creator of their life, overcome their challenges, and get more control over their life experiences. How they can help: By using techniques and practices like shadow work, self love meditations, positive affirmations, journaling, gratitude practice, just to name a few.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
We doing very well. We were not really affected much with the pandemic.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
I believe that it did affect them indirectly or directly however they have recovered from the negative affects of the pandemic.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
That the law of realism and that every thing is expressed and felt differently by different people.
That a specific concept can be understood differently and expressed differently by people.
That having a strong sense of self can help you survive or cope in the most difficult times.
That hope and fearlessness are needed to survive life’s painful challenges.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
Life coaching to me is a passion as I am full time employed in the ICT field and life coaching. Wanting to assist people to create their ideal life is like a calling or passion to me.
I started focusing on my coaching passion earlier this year as I have always been the go to person for advice and encouragement in my inner circle.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
I became physically disabled at the age of 18 and I become a physically challenged person who uses a wheelchair for mobility after a traumatic head injury.
This traumatic event did change how my life is now as I had to battle with self acceptance and self confidence to become the successful person I am today.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
I use a technique which is used by most coaches. I get the client to express their challenges and concerns and then I question them to let them see or realize certain insights by using the normal coaching process.
I then allow them to find their own answers to their challenges.
My coaching is based on accountability and inner work. I am a manifestation coach so my clients get to understand that the current situations they don’t really like was and is being created by them and that they can create better situations or circumstances simply by changing or tweaking their current perceptions and practices.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I am a unique individual and my past experience is painful and it can be used to inspire and encourage others to overcome all their life challenges. See it is not about what happens to you but how you react to what happens to you.
My coaching style is all about positive change by using the basic manifesting techniques. My clients are encouraged to become creators of their own realities and not be victims of their own circumstances.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
My clients take away a feeling of empowerment and control over their own life experience. They feel in control of their life.
They feel more in charge over their life as they learn techniques and approaches to address their life stresses positively.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
I use manifesting and spiritual methods and practices. Shadow work practice Like self love meditations, positive affirmations, journaling, gratitude practice.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
You are a creator of your own life experience, you are the god or savior you been looking for outside of you. Take your power back and begin creating and living your best life yet!
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
Never to underestimate my strength and resilience but to know that I can overcome all life’s challenges that nothing last forever.
I learnt to embrace all my life challenges and stay positive and optimistic. I learnt that I have the ability to inspire and encourage others to live their best life.
