Sound familiar?
Nobody hires a coach because life is going perfectly. They come because some version of this:
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"I am answering work emails at dinner and at 11 pm. Again."
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“I know I want something different. I just can't see what — or how.”
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“I'm starting over, and it's equal parts terrifying and overdue.”
Stuck is a symptom. You've probably known that for a while. What's been missing is momentum, and someone in your corner who won't let you talk yourself out of it.
HUMAN, FIRST
There's a moment in every session when someone says the thing they've never quite said out loud. I hear it, all the way to the end of the sentence, without flinching and without rushing in to fix it. That's what this is. A human on your side, paying full attention, wanting what you want for yourself. And still there next week, saying, right, what are we doing about it?
What coaching actually is. And isn’t.
Coaching is a straight-talking partnership. I ask the questions nobody else in your life will, listen properly to the answers, and then hold you to what you said you wanted.
As a Co-Active Coach®, I don't hand you a five-step plan someone else wrote. We build yours from your values, your life, your personal definition of good.Then we make it happen, one honest conversation at a time.
THE FINE PRINT, UNFINED
Not therapy. And I'll say so if therapy is what you need.
Not someone telling you how to live your life.
Is listening to yourself in a way no one's allowed you to.
Is honest questions, real listening, real accountability.
Is you, moving. Finally, and on purpose.
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Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.
— Jonathan Safran Foer
Hi, I'm Carol.
I coach people who are smart, capable, and completely done with circling the same crossroads. My job isn't to give you the answers. It's to ask the questions that shake yours loose, and then make sure you actually do something about them.
Warm, direct, occasionally cheeky. No judgement. No agenda of my own. The only outcome I am attached to is yours. The same plain language human who co-authored Practical Manifestation: The Magic Formula. Second edition out now.
CPCC · TICC · Co-Active Coach® · Author
Don't take my word for it.
"When I met Carol I felt somewhat stuck and overwhelmed. Slowly the fog was lifting — and I now know what I need to do next. I could not recommend her highly enough."
— C.M.
"If you're looking for a kind, honest and challenging coach, look no further. This isn't pink and fluffy stuff. I asked Carol to challenge me when I wasn't being my authentic self, and she did just that — calling me out when I wasn't being honest with myself. She's made a huge difference to my confidence and my focus."
— T.D.
"I was initially sceptical about coaching before I met Carol, but she has convinced me of its value. She helped me find the solutions that were probably right under my nose all along. I would not hesitate to recommend Carol to anyone."
— M.C.