Episode 23: Reevaluating Productivity Strategies: Setting Realistic Goals and Managing Distractions

Send us a textIn our latest episode of The Coaching Confidential Podcast, we sit with our client Shalani to explore the challenges of maintaining productivity in a remote work environment. Listen as Shalani, an experienced professional working in Corporate America, gets coaching on recalibrating her goals and creating a more focused work routine. Inside this episode there are great insights for anyone looking to boost their productivity! #CareerDevelopment #ProductivityHacks #ProductivityCoachingAn essential takeaway from the session is the importance of setting achievable goals. Shalini outlines her primary targets, which include revenue benchmarks and client acquisition, emphasizing the aim to achieve at least 75% of these goals. The conversation highlights a common challenge: the allure of over-ambition. Both Shalani, and her coach, Vimla reflect on the fine line between setting high goals and setting oneself up for frustration and stress.As the session wraps up, both Shalani reflects on the insights gained and enthusiasm for applying these strategies in their daily routines. They agree to check in after a month to assess progress and discuss further adjustments.For those listening with a coaches ear, be sure to tune into the post session wrap up where your hosts, Lisa & Vimla discuss some of the ICF competencies obvious in this session.If you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast

Send us a textIn this powerfully emotional episode of The Coaching Confidential Podcast, certified life and wellness coach Adriana Paletta becomes the client and explores the topic of boundaries. She discusses her journey towards setting boundaries and the challenges that come with it. Adriana shares her insights on the importance of self-care, mindfulness, and the acceptance of personal growth. She also delves into the concept of forgiveness and its connection to boundaries. Join Adriana and host Vimla as they navigate the complexities of boundaries and discover the power of finding ease within them.After the coaching session you'll hear ICF Credentialed Professional Coaches Lisa DiMatteo and Vimla Gulabani discuss the session. You'll hear what it was like for the coach, Vimla Gulabani to partner with her client Adriana, in this session. You'll also hear Lisa and Vimla discuss the skills used in the coaching session as pulled from the ICF, International Coach Federation's framework for ethical coaching.If you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast

Send us a textIn  episode 21 of the Coaching Confidential podcast, host Lisa DiMatteo welcomes Veronica Wolff Casey, a clinical ayurvedic medical practitioner and ayurvedic yoga therapist. Veronica shares her journey and expertise in natural health and well-being, discussing her mission to educate and empower people to live their best lives. The coaching conversation revolves around Veronica's desire to launch a podcast and the challenges she faces in getting started. Lisa helps Veronica explore what is holding her back. By the end of the session, Veronica gains clarity on her podcast's mission, and realizes that she doesn't need to know all the answers to begin her podcasting journey.Resources mentioned in this episode include:Veronica Wolff-Casey's Ayurveda & Yoga HQDr. Mona Warner's Book "Ayurveda's 3 Pillars of Health"More about the coaching session: The session highlights the importance of embracing uncertainty and taking action, even without knowing all the answers, a highly relatable topic for these modern times.One of the key insights that emerges from the session is the idea that Veronica doesn't necessarily need to know what is holding her back in order to take action. Lisa challenges Veronica's belief that she must have all the answers before starting her podcast, suggesting that sometimes the knowing comes in the doing. This notion challenges Veronica's tendency to seek certainty and pushes her to embrace the uncertainty of starting a podcast without all the answers.As the coaching session progresses, Veronica gains clarity on her podcast's mission and format. She articulates her desire to educate and empower people to live their best lives through ayurveda, yoga, food, and other modalities she has studied throughout her life. Veronica's mission is to simplify these often esoteric concepts and make them accessible to a wider audience, breaking down barriers and ensuring that anyone can understand and benefit from this knowledge.Throughout the coaching session, Veronica's fear of rejection emerges as a significant barrier to launching her podcast. She worries about putting in time and effort only to have no one listen or engage with her content. This fear is rooted in a deep desire to make a meaningful impact and serve her community. Veronica's dedication to helping others and her commitment to providing valuable content drives her fear of not being able to meet these expectations.However, Lisa reframes this fear by highlighting the potential positive outcome of people loving Veronica's podcast. She encourages Veronica to consider the possibility that her podcast could resonate with listeners and create a meaningful impact. This reframing helps Veronica recognize that the fear of success is also preIf you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast

Send us a textIn episode 20 of @thecoachingconfidentialpodcast, we host a conversation with a well known coach & coach educator for the Co-Active Training Institute, Shannon Kelly.Shannon discusses the essence of coaching, which is not about problem-solving but rather about unlearning and opening up to curiosity. She emphasizes the importance of deep listening and creating a space for clients to hear themselves. While problems may be discussed in coaching sessions, the focus is on the person and their inner resources. Shannon also highlights the role of the coach in managing their own problem-solving tendencies and staying present in the moment. Coaching is a transformative process that empowers individuals to tap into their best selves and live a fulfilling life.Key Takeaways:Coaching is about unlearning problem-solving and opening up to curiosity.Deep listening allows clients to relax and hear themselves.The coach's role is to point the listening towards the best parts of the client.Coaching is an improvisational process that unfolds in the present moment.The coach helps clients tap into their naturally creative, resourceful, and whole selves.Quotes:"Coaching is about unlearning problem-solving and opening up to wild curiosity." - Shannon"Deep listening allows the person to relax and actually hear themselves." - Shannon"Coaching is rerouting people and reintroducing the best parts of themselves." - Shannon"The coach's role is to point the listening towards the best parts of the client." - Shannon"Coaching is an improvisational unfolding of two people who are present." - ShannonIf you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast

Send us a textDecision making isn't always easy even when we think it's supposed to be. In this engaging session, Vimla coaches Emilie, a dynamic entrepreneur and yoga instructor at Seasonal Intentions.  Emilie is looking to get clarity that will help her make a decision  impacting her career, family and finances.From a place of uncertainty, Emilie emerges clear, reconnecting with important elements of herself that are her surest guides toward 'the right' decision.If you've ever struggled to make a decision you're likely to get a lot from this episode.  Our client Emilie Reid is an entrepreneur and the founder of Seasonal Intentions, an online business that focuses on Ayurvedic-inspired yoga and seasonal living. She is also a part-time teacher at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts.Key Takeaways:Starting Point and Desired Outcome: The session began with Emily's question about when to invest in continuing education. Her desired outcome was to gain clarity, rather than making an immediate decision.Defining Clarity: Vimla skillfully helped Emily identify how she would know when she was clear about her decision. This involved connecting with the feeling in her body as an indicator of clarity.Reflective Exploration: The conversation revolved around walking metaphorically through a labyrinth, circling the topic of continuing education, and exploring different energies and perspectives.Empowered Decision-Making: The session focused on the process of decision-making and choosing the energy from which decisions are made.Outcome: Clarity and Process: The primary outcome was not a definitive decision but rather the process of gaining clarity through self-awareness and exploration.Quotes:"I want time to integrate. I want time to actually feel the effects, I want time to experience." - Emilie"I feel like I'm coming around again, kind of like in my previous life... I'm a little bit like, why do I need this certification?" - Emilie"I want less scattered, more integration, more wholeness." - EmilieIf you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast

Send us a textIn episode 18 our client Ammarah arrives to her first-ever coaching session completely open to whatever the process might uncover for her and no defined topic.  In this episode you'll hear this deeply thoughtful, fast paced, dynamic tech professional begin the session with nothing clear in mind and leave the session with an actual drawing of a BIG, audacious goal. A goal that is a deeply resonant portrait of a 'pie in the sky' dream she holds AND some concrete steps to walk toward it.This session investigates what really matters to Ammarah. It happens  fluidly. Like a playful invitation to resonance, energy and vitality. She dives into the impact she wants to have in her work and life; the social causes and communities, and what she wants for herself.  If you feel like there is something inside you that you don't have the language for but an energy is calling you - you may be inspired by the way this session brings language and the client's own images to life via the coaching process.#dreambig #lifegoals #values #coaching #newtocoaching Get to know Ammarah Ahmed on LinkedIn or Growth Mentor  If you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast

Send us a textIn episode 17 of the Coaching Confidential Podcast we present a session with Jan Taylor of Get Lively Health and Fitness.  Jan is a successful business owner who has built her brand on her vitality. In this session Jan brings a desire to shift the relationship she has with her energy. In this powerful session you'll hear Jan bring a deep level of self awareness, lots of curiosity, and a heap of courage to this session where coach and client spiral down the path of 'relationship with...' and land on judgment. So many of us are plagued by our own judgment and lose a lot of energy to this. What if we could take this energy back and use it for something that really matters to us?In this episode you'll also hear Jan come up with some ideas that will support shifting her relationship with judgment - which will in turn support a shift in her relationship with her energy.If you struggle with judgment this episode may be one you want to hear.#innercritic #judgment #roadblocks #curiosity #courage #energy #relationshipwithself #coachingconfidentialpodcast If you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast

Send us a textIn this episode, Vimla coaches Zarrina. The session starts out one place but through the skillful, gentle invitation to get into action *on the spot*, lands in another place.This session explores parenting, desire to be different, experimentation in the moment, and ends with a realization on the clients behalf that the coach isn't actually privy to.We will explore the skills Vimla as the coach embodied including; self management, inviting action as experimentation, deep presence & connection,  and evoking awareness.If you are a parent, you may want to hear to hear this.If you are a coach, you may be inspired by this.If you are curious about coaching, you will learn how little time and information a coach needs to bring a client where they want to be by the end of a session.Zarrina Allieva is co-active coach & podcaster. Her podcast is called Beyond One Lens. You can follow this podcast on instagram.#parenting #change #compassion #reconnecting #kids #children #relationship #experimentation #action #presence #realization #exploration #deeplistening If you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast

Send us a textIn a departure from our live, unscripted coaching format we are continuing our "Conversations with Coaches" series exploring how life changes when one goes through coach training and begins are career as a professional coach. You might be thinking, is this such a big shift - becoming a coach? Well, most coaches we know have indicated significant life shifts and we decided to talk to coaches about the relational shifts.In this episode we chat with Howard Stanten of Vanguard Coaching. Howard is married to Erin McGuire, also of Vanguard Coaching. This is an insightful conversation outlining the shifts in the relationship between a married couple as they somewhat simultaneously move through coach training and start a business coaching other couples.You'll hear questions & nuggets such as:What's it like as a coach to be married to another coach?"How do you BE curious vs. DO curious?""How do we use these new tools to help each other in ways we know we want to be helped?""We were learning new ways to be...and there were a lot of blurry lines.""Being committed to each other's growth is the stake of our relationship.""...it would stir up defensiveness...we still needed permission to be 'coach-like' in the early days.""We don't often have the conversation about the conversation and it's so important to relationships.""With friends and family we can have agendas...and we can get triggered when they are not showing up aligned with those agendas.""Let it go and bring curiosity...or a sense of wonder to the conversation."As always we love to hear what comes up for you when you listen. Please reach out to us here.A free way to support our show is by leaving it a five-star rating and review on your podcast platform. It's a chance to tell us what you love about the show and it helps others discover it, too. If you're interested in being coached as a guest on our podcast let us know here.If you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast

Send us a textEpisode 14 continues our conversation series with professional certified coaches. This episode features a chat with coach Edwin Vega. You'll hear from Edwin about how he feels he's always been a coach, or at least coach-like. We learn about his particular approach with clients informed largely by his 'why' in life and his love of children.  Edwin shares how he even tells some of his corporate clients that he loves them. We know for some this may sound revolutionary! Interesting to note that Edwin has become more of who he always was through his coaching journey. Perhaps just a more deeply concentrated version of himself. His essence is palpable in our chat and the very thing that is his signature with his clients.Edwin is faculty at the Co-Active Training Institute. Another example of Edwin's investment in human via teaching, learning, and loving. We were thoroughly inspired by this conversation with Edwin and hope you are too!#coaching #coachtraining #becomingacoach #essence #coachlike If you would like to sample coaching for yourSelf, CONTACT US.If you'd like to share what listening was like for you, DROP A LINE. We'd love to hear you!Follow us on Instagram.Follow us on Facebook.Follow us on LinkedIn.#thecoachingconfidentialpodcast #coaching #podcast