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Coaching is a series of conversations between two individuals (coach and client).  The purpose of the conversations is to enable clients to examine some aspect of their life that they are hoping to improve using critical thinking, logic, and reason.  Clients reflect on how they feel about what they learn, then set goals for managing that area of their life more powerfully.  Coaching differs from counseling in that counseling tends to deal with issues from a client's past while coaching focuses on setting strategies for the future.

At Life Matters coaching is based on the Socratic method of inquiry—a method of questioning beliefs and assumptions and their resulting behaviors—life coaching provides a supportive and safe partnership for self-assessment and self-improvement.  In a relationship of mutual respect and trust, clients can examine whether they are letting past failures, fears, or negative beliefs about themselves or others influence their ability to accomplish what they hope to accomplish in life.

Life Matters counselor and life coach, Marylin Newell is a skilled listener who provides objective feedback and insight during the conversation, generally by asking very direct questions designed to help you critically assess your current belief to see how the way you think is influencing your ability to achieve your goals.

Marylin uses a whole-person approach to coaching, working with each of the roles you have in your life as you choose to focus on them.  "People can't separate who they are from what they do or what they believe, so it is really an artificial distinction to say I only do business coaching, career coaching, or relationship coaching.  I am able to work with the client on whatever aspect of life is most important to them at that time."