What if the reason you’re hesitating to get coaching…is the exact reason you need coaching?
There’s an interesting phenomenon I often tell people about on consult calls, and today, I’m going to share it with you.
Here’s the phenomenon—
One of the mental blockers you need to work on in coaching…is blocking you from investing in coaching.
Let me give you some examples of what I mean.
If someone says—
“I’m really interested in working with you.
But I feel like I should be able to do it on my own.
Give me a few weeks to see how much progress I can make by myself and then I’ll come back to you later.”
I would say—
“Pause!
“I should be able to do it on my own” might be one of the mental blockers we actually need to work on in coaching.
Should you be able to do it on your own?
If you’re honest with yourself, HAVE you been able to do it on your own? (And is that an uncomfortable question to even ask yourself?)
What resistance does your brain have to getting outside support?
I’m not saying you have to work with me.
But I want you to contemplate the possibility that “I should be able to do it on my own” is one of the assumptions that’s keeping you stuck overall.
One of the mental blockers you need to work on in coaching…might be blocking you from investing in coaching.
What do you think?”
If someone says—
“I’m really interested in working with you.
But my life is so busy right now. I feel like I won’t have enough time to implement everything we’re talking about.
Let’s reconnect when things get less busy for me?”
I would say—
“Pause!
“I don’t have enough time” might be one of the mental blockers we actually need to work on in coaching.
Are there specific, one-time things you’re currently going through, with clear end dates?
Or do you just always feel like you don’t have enough time?
If it’s the latter, that’s probably one of the things we’ll work on in coaching!
We’ll create time and space to figure out WHY you’re not implementing the things you want to implement, and we’ll keep trying until we figure it out.
I’m not saying you have to work with me.
But I want you to contemplate the possibility that “I don’t have enough time” is actually one of the assumptions that’s keeping you stuck overall.
One of the mental blockers you need to work on in coaching…might be blocking you from investing in coaching.
What do you think?”
If someone says—
“Everything you’ve talked about sounds great.
But I’m really afraid I’ll do all this work and find out that my problem is just fundamentally unsolvable.
And I’ll feel so terrible if that happens!
I’d almost rather stay in the dark than have it confirmed that I can’t get what I want.”
I would say—
“Pause!
“I’m afraid my problem is unsolvable” is definitely one of the mental blockers we need to work on in coaching!
Right now, your fear that the problem is unsolvable is blocking you from even working on the problem.
If you don’t work on the problem, there’s a 0% chance of solving it.
If you DO work on the problem, there’s a >0% chance of solving it.
Even if you don’t solve it all right away, by starting to take a few steps and try some things, you’ll learn SO much more about what’s causing the problem and what works or doesn’t work to solve it.
I’m not saying you have to work with me.
But I want you to contemplate the possibility that “I’m afraid my problem is unsolvable” is actually of the assumptions that’s keeping you stuck overall.
One of the mental blockers you need to work on in coaching…might be blocking you from investing in coaching.
What do you think?”
If you’ve been following my work and feel compelled by what I have to say, and you’ve been thinking you might want to work with me…
But you have something in you that’s holding you back…
I just want you to contemplate this question.
What if the reason that your brain is giving you for NOT investing in coaching…
…IS the exact reason that you need coaching?
What if the reason your brain is giving you for not reaching out to me…
…is the EXACT mental blocker that’s keeping you stuck overall?
Just try that idea on in your head.
And then come talk to me and let’s see what coaching could unlock for you :)
What my clients have to say…
“I had a bit of a conflict where I was like: ‘No one can relate to me. My problems are so unique. My work situation is so unique. No one will ever be able to understand what I'm going through and what I'm feeling.’
And I was so surprised because Pooja got things immediately, she was seeing things that I hadn't seen.
She was making these connections. I felt that she could relate and could see things so clearly.”
—Client | VP at Major Financial Institution
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