Is Your Coach Certified?

Life Coaching is a useful, affordable way to reach your goals. Life Coaching is valuable because it gets right to the point of where you are trying to go. Different from therapy, Life Coaching is about setting goals, moving forward and identifying the blocks that come up along the way.

If you are using a life coach, make sure they are certified. Certification ensures that the coach has met the industry standards and has been appropriately trained in the field of coaching. There is a difference between a skilled coach and someone who has a lot of advice and experience.

The Faydra Projex

I am teaming up with Jill Becker, Owner of Body Projex to promote the book I am writing. Follow my progress on my Snarky Evolution Blog.

Ten years ago, I lost 100 pounds in about nine months without diet pills, weight loss clubs or surgery. Ten years later, I am writing about that journey and how most of the weight I had to lose was in my head.

Follow me as I blog about the journey I take writing the book In The Meantime~ Ten Habits To Develop While You Are Losing Weight.

You can catch all my struggles and triumphs on the Sanrky Evolution Blog.

Hope Bears All Things

In marketing there is a name for the answer given to someone who asks "what do you do?"it is called an elevator speech. An elevator speech tells people what you do in a concise way and quick way. When I was in the marketing phase of my certification, all the coaches were asked to create an elevator speech that highlights our specific talent. We came up with many clever speeches that showcased what our specialty is and delivered the benefits of coaching in a succinct way.

The truth is, I simply give people hope and I solve problems.

When you move from despair to hope, the world seems brighter. When you move from having no idea how to reach your goals to having a plan, the load seems lighter.

Hope bears all things. Hope is the spattering of light that cuts through the darkness of loss, hurt, anger, fear and all things negative. Hope turns the tables.

Designing a way to solve a problem is an empowering way to take back your life, your pride and your dignity.

As a coach, I encounter people who feel lost. Some think that they have no options or that life is happening to them without their consent. After they see that they have many more options than they thought, I see that moment in their eyes when hope returns. Sometimes it takes more than one session, but eventually there is what Oprah calls the Aha moment. I live for that moment.

I am a coach, I solve problems and give people hope. Pretty cool job isn't it~

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Faydra & Company Success Coaching has just broken the 100 fan mark! In our effort to give back, we will donate $1.00 to Haiti Relief for every new fan that joins our site in the next twenty four hours. Make a difference and join a site that helps you succeed in life, one goal at a time.

No More Ms. Nice Coach

It's 2010 and I know that the changes in the economy, presidency, environment and humanity are sparking people to change. My column this week in the Red Bluff Daily News spells out the fact that it is time to get past sugar coating and pleading you to change and start getting you pumped up and challenged.

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work and if you want something in life you have to take action. Coaching is an excellent way to get the support that you need.

Most think that only elite athletes have coaches, but all highly successful people have many types of coaches. Think of coaches as a tutor, a teacher, a cheerleader or a mentor. Whatever label you place on it, it is coaching.

Faydra and Company offers coaching with a twist that no other program is offering, old school one to one time. Many high end coaching companies offer you a scheduled appointment to go over your worksheets and to give you some pumping up. I have proven that by providing people support when they need it most, in the moment, they affect change easier and faster.

If you are ready to change your life contact me at lifecoach@shasta.com

Work Ethic Starts Young

This is video of the Red Bluff Spartans cheerleaders at the annual Holiday Classic basketball tournament rally. These girls have practiced as a team since last July and the season culminates with this rally.

As a spectator, it is wonderful to see the time and effort come to fruition for these athletes. What is more impressive is knowing that for the seniors, this is their last harrah.

The work ethic instilled in these athletes will serve them throughout their lives. The time commitment, the toll on their muscles and their pursuit of excellence is something that they will take with them into their adulthood.

I know for my daughter, her day as a Red Bluff High student, begins at 5:30 AM where she meets her track coach at the gym to train for track. She trains year round for her field events in shot put and discuss. After her workout, she puts in a full day of academics and then two or more hours of cheer followed by at least two hours of intense basketball training. She is the only cheerleader on the track and the basketball teams.

As far back as I can remember she has had a drive to give anything she puts her mind to all that she has. It has paid off in her esteem, her opportunities and her experiences. She is well thought of and liked by her teachers, coaches and friends at school.

Work ethic starts early. It is taught in many forms. It isn't just about your GPA. It is about the overall well roundedness of a person. These girls have what it will take to make something of themselves in life. It started young and it is as strong as this performance. Spartans~Prepare for Glory!

I have a great friend named Kimberly who is always looking for ways to help other people. She remembers all too well how it felt when she was a young mother trying to make the best life possible for her family when things were really tight.

A couple of weeks ago she and I were talking and she decided that this season she wanted to touch the lives of as many people as she could to make their holiday season as good as possible. She and her youngest daughter began helping people by doing random acts of kindness as often as possible. She bought someone their groceries unexpectedly at the store and she has purchased gifts off the angel trees and she has bought a lot of coffees for people behind her in the line at Starbucks.

I was inspired by her idea and have been doing the same. So far I have committed and kept the promise to put "paper" money, no coins in every single red kettle I encounter. I have passed many, I must say. I bought toys for the biker dudes who gather toys for kids; one for a boy and one for a girl. If I see an angel tree, I pick someone and buy their gift. I am at about four so far. I have tipped every single person who is tippable as I go about my day.

One day, I saw a young family in Wally World and they had a little girl about 2-and-a-half. She was flitting around the store admiring the toys, especially the big baby doll packages with all of the accessories. I moved through the isles remembering when my two daughters were little and how fun it was to get them toys that they really wanted. Nowadays their lists are very different as they live in the big-girl worlds of college and teendom. I stopped and gave the family a pretty good chunk of change and said "My little girls are all grown up. Would you help me remember the feeling of them being young by buying your little girl toys that she really wants this Christmas?" ~ Embarrassingly, I started crying before I could get away!

What can you do to pay it forward this season. Imagine if everyone who reads this decided to pick one way to make lives better. Imagine all the happiness we could spread. Please know that what you give comes back to you over and again. It is with pride that I say Kimberly is my friend and she inspires me to be a better person. Thanks for the great idea!