Next Steps
Next Steps
Next Steps to Achieving your Full Potential
A 30-minute sample session will help you understand how coaching works and how it can move you to achieve your full potential.
Fill out the form below to arrange your free coaching session. We will tackle an important issue you want to work on, and set up a plan for getting where you want to be. Following the sample session, you can decide how to proceed. There is no obligation.
Or feel free to join one of the workshops below. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
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Please note: All information is confidential, and will not be shared with anyone without your permission.
Upcoming Workshops |
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Transitions can be challenging and also a time of discovery and joy. The “empty-nest” transition can also open the door to the most exciting and productive phase of your life. Join us the second Tuesday of each month to discover how this can be true for you.
Each workshop will center around one facet of dealing with empty nesting and will help you rediscover your identity, your strengths and your passions. Each session will begin with an overview of the subject area followed by reviewing assigned exercises in smaller groups, and end with a homework assignment.
Workshops are generally held the second Tuesday of each month in the Fireside Room at Christ Episcopal Church in Los Altos. The April date has been changed to accommodate Spring Break vacation.
Cost: $50 per workshop. Each will run from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Reserve a seat now by emailing joan@wildsage.com. Space is limited so reserve soon.
Schedule:
February 10 – Letting Go - Embracing Your New Identity
How do we embrace the next phase of our lives? We’ll discuss techniques for letting go, accepting what can’t be changed, new perceptions, and how to flow into new beginnings. We will explore how to be supportive of our children’s independence and how to stay involved in their lives while allowing their growth. There will be a questionnaire to fill out prior to the class.
Assignment for the next week: taking the StrengthFinder Test (Available for $14 at workshop or order online)
March 10 - Enhancing Your Strengths
Whether you’re thinking of going back to work or school, or developing a new interest, how do you focus on your strengths and not your weaknesses? We’ll evaluate the results of your Strength Finder assessment, and discuss what direction to go with the information you learn.
Assignment for next week: The Passion test – we’ll find where your true passions lie.
April 21 - Purpose and Passions
You have been focused on family for the last 18 years, and perhaps a tandem career, but what is it you really want to accomplish with the rest of your life? We’ll review your Passion Test, prioritize what you would truly like to accomplish and create a new vision for your future.
Assignment for next week: Taking your goals and breaking them into 20 small steps.
May 12 - Planning for the Next 50 Years
Once you have determined what to focus on, how do you get there? What is holding you back, what are potential roadblocks that could get in the way and how do you avoid them? We will discuss how you give yourself permission to give your goals priority, and review your 20 small steps
Assignment for next week: Questionnaire on what activities you love or used to love to do with your partner.
June 9 - Becoming a Couple “Again”
The kids will soon be out of the house, and it will just be you and your partner. Some are leaping for joy and others need to remember how to start dinner table conversation and cook for just two. As a group, we will discuss concerns, tips and techniques to reinvigorate and strengthen your relationship.
Assignment for next week: Complete personal plan worksheet.
July 14 - Autumn’s Approach – What do I do First?
How can the Fall be a new beginning? We’ll address concerns you have around letting go, and will summarize the stages of transition. We will discuss how and when to move on to new plans and activities. Then we’ll celebrate what you have accomplished (yes, a party).
After this workshop you find yourself:
• Connected with your purpose in life and a comfort level with your new identity without the kids
• In sync with the upcoming changes, a sense of harmony, and ease of achievement
• Confident, unstoppable, energized and ready for new possibilities
• Motivated to make a positive difference in the world