My Journey through Coaching – Blog 5 of 12

Part 1: A Reluctant Coaching Client by Brandi Alvarez

Today is priority day during my coaching session and I have decided to focus on communication, health, and an independent professional life.  So is any of this measurable?  Do I measure by the conversations I have, my first client, or regular exercise routine?  Hearing this out loud to me sounds silly.  I realize that while I may have 3 college degrees now I do not think I have absorbed a lot, and school did not really change me in the ways I think it should have.

Once again the digging is deep and it all sounds so hard and so unlike me.  I realize I have a lot to put in the past and I did not utilize my support system well before.  When we begin to talk about the resources I have and want my self-confidence waivers.  I have resources and have had them so thinking about actually using them is different.  All of this for me is really hard to process and I have never gotten this personal about my life before.  I wonder if I can do this; I know that sounds negative and I know about focusing forward after all I have learned lately.  I have to ask the question, “Do people really succeed at their coaching goals?”  I think as long as you have a coach all of this may work.  The moment you walk away, do you just retreat back into your old ways?

Cathy Liska

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Most blog posts here are written or curated by Cathy Liska, Guide from the Side®, CDP, MCC.

Cathy is CEO/Founder of the Center for Coaching Certification, CCC. As Guide from the Side®, she is a sought-after trainer and coach with over 30 years of experience in business management and ownership. Cathy built her diverse team at CCC that includes trainers, customer service, and coaches. She was Co-Leader for ICF’s Ethics Community of Practice, on the Leadership Team for the review and updating of the Code of Ethics in 2024, and active in the Ethics Water Cooler. To ensure she stays current in related areas of expertise, Cathy has earned the following: ICF’s Master Certified Coach (MCC), Certified Coach Trainer, Certified Consumer Credit Counselor, Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Grief Support Group Facilitator, Certified in the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool, Certified Apartment Manager, Certified Civil and Family Mediator, and Certified in DISC.

Cathy’s clients range from attorneys to corporate executives, government to nonprofit, entrepreneurs to children, under or unemployed to newly retired. She specializes in communication, management, conflict, and leadership. Her personal mission statement is “People.” Cathy is known for her passion to serve others so they achieve the results they want.

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