My daughter was struggling in high school and came to me for help. From my perspective she lived a great life.  I felt frustrated and helpless. I had lunch regularly with a good friend who was a life coach.  I really didn’t understand anything about coaching. What I did know was that I thought my friend was amazing.  After a while of pulling my own hair out with concern, I felt impressed to ask if she would talk with our daughter.   The results of their discussions were amazing.  I wondered what magic my coach friend had worked.  I didn’t get much of a response from my daughter when I probed.  It was evident that she was happier. My friend was like a Jedi, she had worked some kind of magical force on my daughter and she was different.  I wanted some of that magic so, a few years later I hired a coach for myself and it was a game changer.  What I quickly realized was the impact the coaching, I was doing, was having on my entire family.  We all benefited from my coaching sessions.  Coaching a parent is super impactful because their influence is huge.  When a parent gets coached, they change the environment in the entire home. 

A few years before I hired my own coach, I had another friend who was a therapist who offered tools to cope with anxiety for teens.  Every year my friend offered small group sessions to teenagers in our area.  With anxiety levels escalating every year I desperately wanted my 3 boys, who still lived at home, to attend her classes.  Each of them refused to do her course.  I asked countless times.  But, to no avail, they would not go.  Here is the amazing thing, my kids now have the tools because I got the coaching.  The way I live my life is different.  I see the world from a different lens.  Because I have a huge influence in my home, my kids learned the life coping tools from my investment in myself.  We all want to change other people.  It doesn’t work.  We can change ourselves and then be amazed when our kids pick up on our new habits, see our new perspectives, and thus become new people.  Our kids do what we do, not what we say.  If you want to see a change, be the change.

My husband and I raised our four children in 6 cities.  I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  I am a woman trying to reduce anxiety in the world. In my quest to reduce anxiety, I have come to realize the power of my own peace. One person, with good tools, can change the tone of a room, increase confidence and bring serenity to any situation.  In your world you can bring harmony to any situation.  Work with me to gain the tools you need to bring peace and confidence into your life.