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A look at life coaching
"If you knew you could not fail, what would you do next?" It's a question that appeals to all of us
We all want to be the architects of our own future, and yet sometimes, when we wish to make healthy, happy transitions to new experiences, our designs for change seem to be less a crystal clear blue and more a dim, hazy grey.
As we grow, we can feel that we have less time and fewer opportunities to change our lives, and therefore we become anxious about getting it right. This can lead to doubts which use up the energy required to help us make positive change, and we begin to fear failure. Fear then wins the day and we're back where we started:
It doesn't have to be like that, as Alain van Gils of Unizen Coaching explains. He claims that after a few sessions, and in a short time, you will see that:
* Limitations caused by fear and doubt are easily and quickly removed, giving you the freedom and confidence to successfully transform your life
* You will have more than enough physical and emotional energy to put your plans into action
* The gap between where you are now and where you want to be is much smaller than you think
* You're already a success, and you have all the tools at your disposal; you just need to find and push the 'go' button
* A perceived lack of time, resources and money is an illusion, and often an excuse. You have everything you need to fulfil your dreams
Unizen Coaching programmes are quick, easy to adopt, and solution focused for you. Have a look around the website (www.unizen.co.uk), see what you think, and if you like what you see, then please get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.
Not for you? That's perfectly fine. It maybe that you came here on behalf of another, or so that you know where to return to when the time is right. Hopefully we’ll see you, or someone close to you, soon.
What is Unizen? Which end of the hammer do I hold?
Have you ever tried knocking in a nail with the handle of a hammer? You’ll get there eventually, but let’s face it, it’s not a great way to build a shed. What’s important is that you already have the right tool; you just need to know how to use it.
Unizen Coaching is transformational coaching that believes, first and foremost, that when it comes to creating the most compelling, page-turning chapter of your life, you are much, much closer than you realise to being its successful author.
You are inherently capable of making dramatic, positive changes with very little effort. Why? Because all the tools, talents, skills and attitude that you need are already firmly in your possession.
Unizen coaches create a safe space for freedom of thought and exploration, with no fear of failure, to bring out those abilities and align them perfectly with who you are. We show you how to remove limiting beliefs and doubt, and our time together is free from judgement, justification or expectation. When negative inertia is banished, then only positive thoughts, clear choices and decisive actions can fill the space. When that happens, you’ll discover and fully understand the power of self-transformation and its breathtaking potential. Just turn the hammer round and see what a dramatic difference it will make. Shed loads, in fact.
Who is it for? What do you want to be now that you've grown up? Our form of coaching is good for you if:
* You want to make a transition from one lifestyle to another
* You want greater fulfillment from your current career, or something else entirely
* There are changes taking place in your family
You have retired or are contemplating retirement:
* You are lost in frantic ‘doing’, stressed, under pressure or feel you have stagnated
* You know that there is more to life but have run out of places to look
* You want to fulfill a long held ambition, or discover once and for all what you are capable of.
Unizen Coaching is probably not for you if:
* You are suffering from clinical depression or an emotional condition that may require help from a GP, psychiatrist, therapist or counsellor
* You are convinced that you lack the time, resources and commitment to help yourself
* You are unwilling for a moment to consider other perspectives
Still not sure? Then please get in touch and we can have a free, confidential and easy chat to see whether or not you would benefit from working with us. You can contact Unizen Coaching Limited at www.unizen.co.uk
Received wisdom: Light blue touch paper and retire. Unizen wisdom: Retire, and light the blue touch paper…
Unizen Coaching is particularly suitable if you have retired or are about to do so – or if you’re the partner of someone who is.
When you were younger, people retired to do less. Today, the intention seems to be to get more involved in life and grow old disgracefully. And why not? You have all that experience, all that wisdom and all that time to explore new possibilities.
Older people make fantastic students – smart, wise and philosophical. With a strong desire to really celebrate life, the results can be outstanding. Unizen Coaching respectfully taps into your new-found free spirit and helps you discover ways to make transitions that can create the most exciting and fulfilling chapters of your life. Sound a little bit too esoteric? Come on, you went through the 60s. Live a little. In fact, live a lot. You’ll love it, and life will love you back.
How does it work? If rediscovering your powers of self-transformation is like learning to ride a bike again, then coaching is about not repeating the same old cycle route.
We have a great deal of resources to work with and many ways of doing things, but here are a few of the basic principles of the Unizen Coaching method.
The coaching
In a practical sense, there are three parts to your Unizen Coaching programme: the preparation for a meeting or phone call, our time together, and the actions you decide to take afterwards. This format continues throughout. You are fully supported at all times by phone, text and the internet.
Challenging thinking
To assist you in becoming a natural expert at self-transformation, the coaching resides in sharing with you new ways of thinking: about yourself and who you are, about what you tolerate, and about what you really want. It can be hard to begin with, but when it becomes second nature, amazing things happen.
Getting it to work
We believe that for new knowledge to really graft itself into your natural pattern of being, it is best learnt through putting each step of self-discovery into action as soon as possible. This is what happens between the meetings, the most potent time for expanding your awareness and reaching the right conclusions of your own accord. These steps build an increasingly strong bond between self-discovery that stays with you and positive, successful application. It’s what evades people so often when they embark on such important journeys: "I get it, but I can't do it." Unizen Coaching empowers you with a remarkable, compelling awareness that you can do it, and shows you how.
It's all about you
Unizen coaching is solution-focused. You can come to us with a very specific problem (we prefer challenge) or desire (vision) and we will dedicate the coaching programme to resolving that issue or achieving that outcome. You will learn new ways of dealing with all of the transitions in your life, and the transformation that is uppermost in your mind now is usually the one we work on first.
Is starts with now
We understand and fully acknowledge that there are various life paths that will have brought you to where you are today, and we have a great deal of compassion for the difficulties you may have encountered previously. But working successfully together also means agreeing to start from now. Because part of our programme is to help you remove the limitations that have prevented you from moving forward before, it begins with recognising that here and now – today - whatever happened in the past, you are a success, and we take it from there.
Getting it wrong is fun
As the saying goes, "I've learnt so much from my mistakes, I plan on making a few more." One of the central aspects of our work together is poking fun at our mistakes and thus diminishing the power they have over us. It's one of the ways you remove negative limitations. And besides, if our mistakes brought us to where we are now – deciding to take positive action for change - might there not be perfection in them?
We recognise that setbacks are inevitable but that they should not weigh too heavily upon us. Resistance too - that fixed response to change - can be looked at with a lighter heart so that it goes from being a barrier to being a powerful force for transformation. So, everything that might be wrong is probably right in some way, and that’s why you’re already a successful candidate for self-transformation.
Who is Unizen?
Unizen is run by lead coach Alain van Gils. There are other Unizen coaches covering specific aspects of transformational success. All our life coaches are trained and certified by CoachInc, the largest coach training organisation in the world and they are ACC or higher accredited. We are also accredited and regulated by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Through our membership of the ICF, we abide by a recognised code of conduct and ethics.
Unizen coaching is the culmination and refinement of the latest studies in Neural Science, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Quantum Physics, Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences and the perfection of transformational and transitional life coaching models. This scientific and holistic approach has become the new standard for life coaching. In order to get in touch with the unstoppable powerhouse that is your inner self, you need to first get in touch with Unizen Coaching here: Unizen Coaching Limited, 11a Jew Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1UT. (Tel: +44 (0)1273 746312) - email: coaching@unizen.co.uk
