Coaching Philosophy

Michelle is passionate about working with individuals going through life transitions and is awed and honoured to be a collaborator and a witness to their self insights and personal growth. Michelle partners with clients to move forward and claim their right to live a fulfilled and balanced life that is authentically aligned with their values. She is equally adept at working with individuals as she is working with teams.

As a co-active coach, Michelle holds that:

 * The client has the answers and her job is to listen and empower, rather than inform and advise.

 * All people are naturally creative, resourceful, whole, and completely capable of finding their own answers to whatever challenges they face.

 * There is innate wisdom within each of us. Michelle partners with her clients to discover and understand this.

 * All parts of people's lives -- their careers, relationships, recreation, personal growth, and finances, for example -- are interrelated and should be addressed as such. In other words, we coach the whole person.

The Co-Active Coaching model employs techniques and strategies specifically targeted to forward the action (in the specific directions identified by the client), while deepening the life learning and enjoyment for the client.The key modes of Co-Active Coaching focus on creating genuine Fulfillment and Balance for the client, while engaging him/her more fully in the Process of life as it unfolds.Co-Active Coaches believe that all parts of people's lives -- their careers, relationships, recreation, personal growth, and finances, for example -- are interrelated and should be addressed as such. In other words, we coach the whole person.