My Journey through Coaching – Blog 9 of 12

Part 2: A Curious Coaching Student by Brandi Alvarez

As a student of coaching I have discovered that I am a kinesthetic learner followed by visual and it’s my auditory I tend to ignore.  I am also a pleaser and investigator.  It is this pleasing side in me that tends to push my emotions overboard.  I know this is why I seem to so together to others and yet I am so fallen apart behind closed doors.  Going through the sessions as a student it is giving me more insight to myself, how I learn to react, and reasons I do it.  As I reflect back I wonder how my at home pleaser or outside student investigator played in to my coaching sessions as a client.  I am eager to learn more on neuro-linguistics, focus, and motivation.  I feel as if I have only scratched the surface on these topics.

As I am moving to the coaching practicum sessions I hope I once again benefit.  I learned how hard it can be to change.  I am amazed by people who do.  I know I have only begun the process as first a coaching client and then as a student.  I am looking forward to seeing how I feel about being a coach.

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.

Podcast: https://www.coachcert.com/podcast.html

Publications: Coaching Perspectives (a series of books with chapters by coach training graduates) https://www.coachcert.com/resources/recommended-reading/coaching-perspectives-series-by-the-center-for-coaching-certification-and-more.html

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