Live Without Limits
Coaching and training for Coaches
Because Coaches are humans too.
OK. Maybe that’s a bit melodramatic (and also true).
But when was the last time someone helped you achieve the massive breakthroughs you help your clients with?
Yep, never...
Hi, I’m Sandra Illsley, the ‘Coach's Coach.’ I hold a Master’s Degree in Coaching and Mentoring practice and I can guarantee that every dark corner, rabbit hole or bog of indecision you’ve found yourself stuck in, I’ve experienced myself over the last four years of running my own Coaching practice.
I’m also a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and in the process of becoming a Senior Practitioner.
When I first started my practice, there wasn’t any business help that was Coaching specific, so I muddled through in communities where lots of prospective clients were also hanging out, trying to figure out what I needed to do to grow my practice. It was exhausting. I felt like I couldn’t be honest in any of those communities about my own struggles. I couldn’t say “I’m struggling with…” because I’d look totally unprofessional and people wouldn’t trust I could help them if I couldn’t even help myself.
But we’re Coaches… We can’t be seen to have THOSE challenges. Shouldn’t we be able to fix them all by ourselves, otherwise people will think we’re a fraud?
How about a bit of fresh perspective. Would you expect a surgeon to be able to whip out their own appendix?
No, I didn’t think so.
So, why are you treating yourself like the surgeon who could? You’re a Coach, so you know more than anyone that being objective isn’t something you can do very easily by yourself.
There isn’t anything I haven’t seen in the industry or experienced myself in my time as a coaching practice owner.
Such as:
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Being epic at helping your clients but feeling like a fraud because you can’t figure your own sh*t out.
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Overplaying your empathetic strengths and ‘accidentally’ coaching everyone for free.
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Buying yet more training or coaching qualifications because then everyone will want to buy into your services, but they still don’t.
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Resisting niching your area of practice because you can help everyone.
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Not getting the help you need to overcome your own mindset demons because you’ve got the skills to work on yourself.
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Telling yourself that you should be able to coach yourself, even though you know you’re holding yourself back.
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Knowing you could achieve more but burying your head in the sand and focusing solely on your clients.
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Getting really frustrated that you’re getting amazing results for your clients. (Like helping them to achieve a career opportunity of a lifetime, their dreams or increasing their earnings.) And you’re still not achieving those things for yourself.
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Telling yourself that you’ll charge a proper price ‘one day’...
Get more clarity, make more progress
You deserve to have the support, perspective, clarity, direction and success you give your clients. You don’t have to hide behind the professional mask, or try and figure it out all by yourself and get nowhere fast. I hold a safe space for you, so we can figure out what’s keeping you stuck, gain clarity and make tons of progress just like your own clients do.
“I came to you feeling unfulfilled even with the success in my career, life & business. I knew I was about to embark on a tough journey of self-exploration and trusted you from the minute we first spoke.”
“I contacted Sandra at a time when I felt completely at sea. Everything felt overwhelming and I wanted to get some clarity on my life and what I was doing but I had no idea where to start. She held a space for the bottled up emotions to come out.”
“I went from utter chaos of not knowing how I wanted to proceed in my life and business and going from that to an ordered sense of self, a business to focus on and creating exciting new opportunities.”