Beginning in early childhood, we all have relationships, experiences, and events that directly impact how we are formed.  When we are young, our brains develop through repetition- we take in information through engaging with the world around us, whether it is mirroring others, observing responses from others, or observing interaction between others. The information we take in shapes our personality and our worldview, it forms us and directly impacts patterns of behaviors and habitual responses to others as we grow.  During early formation, we all settle on a childhood message- a story we subconsciously tell ourselves that enables us to survive and to get our needs met. Once that childhood message is formed, it becomes our unconscious dominant narrative through which we build all our expectations... it's the lens through which our thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors are formed.

 

But here's the thing- what served us as children doesn't always serve us as adults... and here is where coaching comes in. Challenging the message created in childhood is healthy, necessary, and beneficial to self-awareness, but it usually doesn't happen unless we get stuck or hit a crisis or transition. This is when we have to ask ourselves:

How well do I know who I am and who I want to be?

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This is where Integrative Coaching comes in. By integrating tools from multiple disciplines, including narrative coaching, spiritual formation coaching, enneagram practice, and neuroscience- we can gain a wholistic understanding of "why." Why we are who we are, why we continue to have specific struggles and responses, and why we feel stuck, frustrated, overwhelmed or anxious. We can also gain an understanding of "what"- what we can do to shift our internal message. and as a result, our perspective, responses, behavioral patterns, and habitual responses. In short, Integrative Coaching can lead to an integrated person, and an integrated person is one who is aware of themselves and how they impact others.

 

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If you are ready to learn your why and what you can do to be the healthiest version of you, Integrative Coaching may be exactly what you need... behavior change, thought awareness, self-love, soul-wholeness... the possibilities are endless!

Are you up for the exploration? 

 

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