It was about four years ago when I was with Habitat for Humanity International in the position of Rocky Mountain Regional Director.

I’ve been a client with The Brande Foundation for about four years now. I was prompted to use Life Coaching because I was dealing with a number of issues both professionally and personally, and I needed to make some critical decisions about how I wanted to move forward in my life. Frankly, I jumped at the chance. It seemed like a great opportunity to deal with a trained, objective person who would help me through a critical time.

I’ve been able to develop more clarity about what I want and need. I am seeking peace and joy in my life. Through Life Coaching I’ve learned techniques that I wasn’t aware of before that I can now use to bring those things to my life.

I’ve found that I am able to deal with friends and family in a clearer manner. In fact, both friends and family have commented to me that they’ve seen a change in me. I have a great deal more personal power than I had before I began Life Coaching.

At the time I became a Life Coaching client, I was dealing with a number of critical issues in my organization. These were issues that the company heretofore had been unwilling to deal with. My Life Coach taught me that I had a right to demand that those issues be dealt with. In fact, he helped me write policy so that I could present it to the company. Later they adopted that policy and we were able to move forward on these issues. I’ve learned to speak more candidly about what I need in my professional position. I’ve learned to use language with more clarity, and I’ve learned that I had a right to get what I want in my professional life.

My Life Coach explained to me that being open and candid with him about everything would be the best way to develop a good relationship. When we first started, of course, I didn’t know him. As time passed, I developed a great trust in the coaching techniques we used together. I was able to be very candid with him about very personal issues that I was dealing with in my life.

There is one situation in particular that stands out for me that made a dramatic change in my life. I was dealing with a difficult personal challenge that I needed to resolve, and it had been going on for some time. I had not come to any decision about it. My coach frankly asked me if I wanted to be in this situation five years from now. I immediately said no. That taught me, right then, that indeed I needed to take some action.

Since I received the gift of having a Life Coach, I have spoken to many people about it and they are very intrigued. There are many people who want to speak with someone in a confidential manner and receive some objective approaches to problems. In fact, this morning I spoke to one of my colleagues here in the office and he said to me, “Could you get me a Life Coach? I really need somebody to talk to right now!”