Welcome to . . .

Making Sound Choices

Darlene Y. Graham, MA, CEC 
Coach, Speaker, Trainer 

"Because everything comes down to a choice!"   

Making Sound Choices, LLC
PO Box 68286
Indianapolis, IN 46268
United States
ph: 317-956-9413

What is coaching?

What is a Life Coach?

A life coach is a professional who partners with people to improve their lives in very specific ways.  People typically hire coaches to help enhance career, relationship, family, spiritual, health or purpose-related aspects of life.  Time management, stress management, boundary setting, goal setting, values clarification are just some of the ways in which life coaches help people obtain more satisfying lives as well as improve the quality of their lives.

Life coaching differs from therapy in that it has a more present and future focus.  Whereas therapy explores past issues or traumas, life coaching is very action and future oriented.  Life coaches work with relatively healthy people to take them from a functional place to an optimal place!

The expert in a coaching relationship is always be the client.  The coach is just a catalyst or facilitator who helps the client find his/her own answers.

What can a coach do for you?
  • Coaches help bring out the very best in you.
  • Coaches help you reach beyond your self-imposed limitations.
  • Coaches help you connect or reconnect with your confident self.
  • Coaches hold your agenda and help you be accountable for what you say you'll do.
  • Coaches help you connect with the answers within.
  • Coaches help you create the life you want.
  • Coaches help you discover untapped resources and solutions.
  • Coaches help you cultivate a positive mindset and a possibility mindset.
Why hire a coach?
  • You've been uncertain about how to make much needed changes in your life.
  • You're dissatisfied with your career, but don't know where to begin to bring more satisfaction.
  • You're not as passionate about life as you used to be, but can't figure out why.
  • You want to spend more time with your family and need help juggling your schedule.
  • There's more you want out of life, but don't know where to start.
  • You need someone to talk to about ideas.
  • You need a source of accountability to reach your goals.
  • You've wanted to start a specific personal or professional project for years, but haven't taken steps yet to do so. 
What can Making Sound Choices Coaching Do for YOU?
  • You will learn how to use past experiences as stepping stones for success!
  • You will learn practical approaches and new ways of thinking to enhance personal change!
  • You will learn to use "slip-ups" as tools for growth!
  • You will learn to evaluate your own readiness for change!
  • If you feel a lack of control, you will gradually learn to regain greater degrees of control while building higher and higher levels of confidence!
  • You will learn to make better choices on a consistent basis to improve the quality of your life!  (It's not about perfection, but about steady improvements over time!)
  • You will learn to manage your life by managing your choices (about how you think, react, behave, etc.)!
  • You will learn to exchange old habits for new ones, one habit at time!
  • You will learn how to connect with your personal inner motivations for successful change! 
  • You will learn about the importance of self-awareness and self-acceptance for ultimate growth!

Darlene Y. Graham, MA, CEC, copyright 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making Sound Choices, LLC
PO Box 68286
Indianapolis, IN 46268
United States
ph: 317-956-9413