My current full-time job requires me to coach people that don’t necessarily want to be coached. Many of them are on a time crunch with a few minutes to talk and they just want to ask a simple question and receive a simple answerโฆ Sadly, when these people don’t engage in conversation, your call receives a poor evaluation. โฆ and receiving a poor evaluation never feels goodโฆ. โฃ
(Even when I know that the evaluators have little to no experience coaching othersโฆ they still sting,)โฃ
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Needless to say, my life comes alive when I remove my headset and punch out of my 9 to 5. A 30-minute break is all I need to recharge and prepare for the work that I love to do. I am a Coach for Humans.โฃ
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As the owner of my own coaching practice, I strongly refuse to work with anyone who doesn’t want to be coached. โฃ
โฆ and what I experience as a transformational life coach is a complete opposite of what I experience in my full-time gig. โฃ
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This evening, I had the privilege of coaching a young man from South Asia who was struggling to process grief. Our conversation was empowering for both of us. As we prepared to end our call I asked him what his biggest takeaway from our conversation was. He stated, “๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด.” โฃ
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This coaching conversation, along with two others that I had this week, reminds me of why I do what I do. โฃ
โข I love empowering people to create the change that they desire to have in life. โฃ
โข I love helping people to connect with their authentic selves. โฃ
โข I love helping people to discover their purpose. โฃ
โข I love helping people to develop the beliefs and practices that they need to live life to the fullest. โฃ
โข I love being able to tailor each session to meet the needs of each client using my complete toolbox of modalities that are backed by evidence-based psychological theory. โฃ
These are the moments that make me come alive.โฃ
Unapologetically Yours,
John Eli
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John Eli Garay, MBA/MS, LAC 
Isn’t it awesome when we can be in our element using our God given abilities to do what we are passionate about and help others?!! Way to go John! ๐๐
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absolutely. There is no greater feeling that stepping into the person that God created you to be. ๐ฏ๐๐ฝ
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Coaching people who donโt want to be coached is hard, brother. I encounter that a lot at my gig, too. But, just like it took me wanting to make a change, I understand that is what it will take for them to desire to make changes. Good post.
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I appreciate you, bro. Keeping a positive perspective when facing this is challenging. Nevertheless, I show up every day and give my 100%.
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