Career & Creatvity Coaching for Midlife Seekers
Create a new midlife narrative
One moment you’re the wunderkind, the next minute you’re the “old” person at work frustrated with the new tech. It’s the clichéd stuff of a midlife crisis, but it doesn’t have to turn into one.
I call this time in our lives the midlife reckoning.
It’s that time in your 40s, 50s, 60s when a new creative period is burbling up from the your subconscious, but you don’t have the words for it. And our culture keeps calling you old.
Midlife is a time that is ripe for a coach as your roil through the waters of no longer young and not yet old, and that’s where I come in! I’m here to coach you through you it to unearth the treasures on the other side.
Midlife reckonings typically have recognizable themes.
Career, as in you're feeling a need to change something about your career.
Creativity, as in you're really like to integrate more creativity into your life. You may be mourning past incomplete projects.
Spirituality, as in you’re feeling called to up your spiritual game.
Culture, as in you’re wondering what the role and meaning of a middle age person is in our culture.
My role as a coach is to help you figure out which flavor, or combination of flavors, is captivating you, latch on to it’s core message, re-imagine the possibilities, experiment, and execute change in your life. I’ll also hold you accountable in the process. Outcomes may include, but are not limited to, a new career, a new business, prioritized creativity, bettter balance, and a greater sense of fulfillment or purpose.
As our lives get longer, this time of our life is more important, setting the stage to anchor our runaway culture in years to come.
Working Together
Here's how it works: Contact me via the web-form below to set up a time to video chat. I’ll also send you an agreement for you to review before our session to get a sense of the commitment involved. If we both want to go forward after about 30 minutes of talking, we’ll discuss payment and signing the agreement. Three month packages for 9 sessions are $1,300 when paid in full, which is the best value. I offer individual sessions at $150.
Hi, I’m Kay
I’m an ICF PCC accredited professional coach. I’ve been in this business for about 10 years, and I’ve coached people from across industries, sectors, and walks of life.
My work is informed by the latest science and ancient wisdom traditions. Prior to coaching I worked in development, communications, and program management.
One of my greatest joys is to coach people in the direction of their dreams. As you may have guessed, I’m middle aged.
Testimonials
One of the themes that I grasped as [Kay and I ] worked together is that life is about process. Too often, I want to make a decision about something, such as "who I want to be" and then be done with it. But this isn't reality. I am constantly evolving and changing. I will hold on to core values and characteristics that we identified, but am more comfortable with the idea of venturing out into the unknown and exploring. Coming into coaching, I wanted to "figure out" what I was to do next year. I've since learned (or re-learned?) that it's ok to live with ambiguity and to enjoy the journey. What I end up doing is not as important as living by my values.
Professor
Kay has provided a safe supportive space for me to work through issues impacting my effectiveness. She's helped me build confidence in my own ability to come up with solutions by prompting me to explore viable options in an encouraging and questioning way.
Technololgy Professional
Coaching with Kay was empowering. I got the opportunity to create together with my coach, a vision of what I wanted to accomplish and where I wanted to go. The process of coaching exposed the subtleties of the influence of my “subconscious” on my present life, and through that process, small but practical and useful changes were added to begin the journey towards my destination. The best part was getting a glimpse of how I could tap into myself and my surroundings to empower my transformative journey.
Research Scientist
COACHING, PSYCHOTHERAPY, AND CONSULTING
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
Typically the difference between a coach and a therapist is that coaches focus on moving forward toward desired change, with an emphasis on “what,” such as what do you need to move forward, and what is keeping you from making this change? Psychotherapists and mental health care practitioners focus on healing the wounds of the past, with an emphasis on “why,” such as why do I feel so much anxiety, and why can’t I get out of bed? Both practices utilizing knowledge of human behavior, motivation, behavioral change, and interactive counseling techniques, and there can be some overlap, but as a coach I am ethically bound to tell you when we have crossed over into territory where I don’t have training.
People who seek coaching are generally in good health, or already under the care of a mental health provider, and want to improve and deepen their relationship with their inner guidance to function at a higher level. In contrast, psychotherapy is a health care service people seek out to restore their emotional selves back to baseline health and frequently reimbursable by insurance.
Consultants are experts in a particular field who you hire to help you solve specific problems. They focus on the word “how,” such as here’s how you do this. A coach will never presume to be an expert on your life and will not provide consultative advice unless otherwise agreed on.
ETHICS
Coaches are not subject to government oversight. As a commitment to my clients and my integrity I keep my accreditation up-to-date and adhere to the International Coaching Federation's Code of Ethics.
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