Life Coaching & Black Women’s Wellness
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You can feel it in your gut—something is off in your life.
Perhaps there’s no flow. No sustained happiness or clear direction. You sometimes feel “lost” or “stuck”—hopeless even. Maybe self-doubt and worry derail you from feeling like your best self.
But you’re here for something more—a bold transformation!
Let’s harness your power to . . .
- Boost your self-confidence—take up space
- Gain self-knowledge → clarify your life direction
- Prioritize your wellness and practice radical self-care
- Figure out what’s next—new job, career, or role
- Design—and live—the life that’s buried within you
We are your development partner and will guide you to:
- work through obstacles and limiting beliefs that block your path
- capitalize on your strengths to achieve your goals
- develop measurable plans of action to achieve results
Let’s get started today!
Life Coaching: What Is It?
Life coaching has exploded as a powerful profession especially in the last decade. Nowadays, it’s relatively easy to find life coaches online through Google searches or on social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube. Life coaches of all stripes (e.g., wellness, career) especially those dedicated to supporting women, are setting up “shop” to help willing clients achieve their goals.
But what is life coaching?
The International Coaching Federation (ICF), the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to professional coaching, defines life coaching in this way:
In life coaching, “the emphasis is on the client as the designer and creator of his or her life. From this perspective, the client is viewed as the expert on his or her life and is believed to be competent, capable, creative, and resourceful. At the same time, the coach is the expert on the coaching process only. This means that the coach’s responsibility is to ‘discover, clarify, and align with what the client wants to achieve, encourage client self-discovery, elicit client-generated strategies and ideas, and hold the client responsible and accountable. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance, and enhance their quality of life’ (IFC Code of Ethics)…”
– International Coaching Federation (ICF)
When looking for a life coach, it’s a good idea to inquire about background and training.
Coaching is a profession with certification expectations.
Key Takeaways
A Transformational Conversation
Many first-time clients are surprised to learn that a life coach’s role isn’t to give advice. Instead, the life coach uses powerful coaching questions to get you to examine the things in your life that matter most from new angles. A coaching conversation can transform the way you look at life.
A Transparent Relationship
A life coach is a neutral success partner, confidant, and someone who strives to bring out the best in you. A transparent relationship with your life coach frees you to go to places you’ve never gone before.
A Support System for Change
With support, encouragement, and accountability from someone who believes in us, we can do far more than we’d ever accomplish alone. A life coach helps you stay on track, overcome obstacles, and convert your “want- to’s” into concrete steps that you can add to your schedule.
Continuous Leadership Development
Life coaches don’t provide solutions; they help you solve your own problems. Coaching is helping you learn instead of telling you what to do. By leveraging every situation to build your capacity as a leader and a person, life coaching prepares you to conquer much bigger challenges in the future. – Adapted from Lifeforming Leadership Coaching
Black Women’s Wellness & Power
Here at AIW, Black women’s wellness and power matter to us. Even as we celebrate #blackgirlmagic, we remain mindful of the disproportionate burden of discrimination Black women face in their daily lives from microaggressions in the workplace to the unequal pay gap and their ongoing resilience and fight for a more just, equitable world. Therefore, we are committed to partnering with Black women to rewrite painful scripts and to thrive as the architects of their lives—and of the world!
Marcia’s journey as reflected in the case study below is one of many examples that illustrates how our brand of life coaching facilitates healing and leads to powerful, authentic living. This is our mission and vision for Black women.
From “Stuck,”
Unemployed Divorcée to
Financial Professional:
A Client Case Study
The Transformational
Journey of
Marcia O. Prioleau
Background: How It Started . . .
In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Marcia sought coaching with Audacious Inner Works Institute because she felt “stuck” in her life. She was an unemployed, middle-aged divorcée with two young adult daughters living at home. A few years prior, she had relocated back to New York City, found work, and was making strides paying off debts. And then, the pandemic unleashed, bringing commerce and our lives to a halt, and Marcia found herself jobless and fearful once again.
Determined to change the trajectory of her life, Marcia partnered with Life Coach Glenda M. Francis for six months, from late fall 2020 to spring 2021, for weekly coaching sessions. She wanted to achieve from coaching greater self-knowledge of her strengths and gifts. She believed deeply that there was so much more she could accomplish and bring forth but wanted some guidance. And, she wanted to achieve financial stability for herself and her daughters.
Do you ever wish you could just push a button and hit reset when life gets chaotic?
– Marcia
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The Life Coaching Session
01
Setting the Session Goal(s)
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Identifying Measurable Outcomes
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Digging Deeper
04
Designing an Action & Accountability Plan
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Self-Reflecting & Closing
Throughout the course of the session, you’ll be engaged in a coaching conversation where you will do most of the talking and problem-solving. Your coach’s role will be focused on the coaching process—e.g., deep listening, questioning, and direct communication—to guide you towards the desired outcomes. This is the essence of the “Coaching Agreement,” which governs and sets the parameters for each coaching interaction.
Life Coaching Style
Desired
Clientele Profile
Clients who fit this profile tend to respond well to our life coaching, which has a heavy emphasis on the client’s self-directed learning. Unsurprisingly, these clients more readily experience critical shifts in perspectives and learning, which are prerequisites for the transformation they seek.
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