CoP: Life Coach (Session 2)

Karen Capello subbed for Bill today, and she made me want to free up my days to study with her! Very perky, very energetic, very positive, very insightful.

I got to be the client tonight, and it was nice to stand in those shoes again. It’s tough to really delve into your situation with 15 minutes to start and end (especially with a babbler like me), but Coach Fanny definitely helped me reframe myself more than anything. Instead of being frustrated with the wedding planning when something isn’t taken care of right away and going through each task at lightening speed (blatantly ignoring Due Dates and other handy inventions), I’m the one that needs to step back, see the task that needs to be completed and when, and communicate that to Luke. Instead of “We found a florist - now on to the invitations! Do you like Invite A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, or J?” and have his head spin, I need to say “Babe, we need to order the invites by May 15th so I’d like to start looking at some options with you soon. Can we carve some time out this weekend?” I think that would make us both saner and actually get things done efficiently and with little (OK, not-as-much) stress.

These Life Coach classes are so important because you get to hear so many different styles of coaching, while being coached and getting to coach. I have a feeling I’ll keep dialing in even after I’ve taken the required 12 sessions.

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Today I’m grateful for FreshDirect, and not having to physically go food shopping this week.