My Old Thoughts (Before Coaching)
When life coaching found me, I felt like I was giving non-stop (especially in my role as a mom of littles) except for tiny moments to myself which I almost always attached to feelings of guilt if I wasn’t “getting things done.”
Can you relate to any of these:
“I don’t have time in this season of my life to really take care of me.”
“I’ll be less stressed or happier when… my circumstances about my finances, my body, my kids or extended family (and so on!) changes.”
“If I just study more or have more faith, or become more Christ-like, THEN I won’t be jealous, angry, frustrated, overwhelmed, etc.”
“Life is happening to me.“
“I need to turn to God, but really just for the hard, big things.”
These were some of my past-CaSaundra thoughts that led me to subtle layers of frustration, anger, and guilt piled on-top of the already hard parts of life! I didn’t know there was an even more empowering way to think and live my life with both self-help tools tied into principles in the gospel of Jesus Christ! I didn’t know HOW to live with Christ’s atonement as an “ever-present power to call upon in [my] everyday life” (Boyd K. Packer, “The Touch of the Master’s Hand,” General Conference, April 2001). I have come to find that I can intentionally co-create my journey with God. I can authentically feel harmony (even with big emotions!), find joy in changing, and continously progress in my goals with Him as I intentionally allow space (and gratitude even!) for an array of emotions to healthily process through me.
For me, this transformative method of life coaching has:
-> increased my confidence as I gradually leveled-up my self-care in ways I didn’t even know my soul wanted and needed
-> given me the most compassionate and effective strategies I’ve ever tried to overcome and find balance from my addiction to sugar & negative self-talk
-> significantly lowered my levels of social anxiety, stress, and overwhelm with techniques of how to face my emotions with compassion and learn from them (instead of resisting them)
-> increased the amount of freedom & light I feel in various relationships as my thoughts and words grew into a purer truth, including the release of lengthy “manuals” I would internally write of what so-and-so “should-do”
-> and completely changed my understanding of how to empower (and even enjoy!) my thoughts and get out of emotion-loops in order to move forward with peace and hope!