Life Coaching is a designed alliance between coach and client where the coaching relationship continually gives all the power back to you, the client. Life Coaches believe that you know the answers to every question or challenge you may have in your life, even if those answers appear to be obscured, concealed or hidden inside right now.
The skills of a Life Coach are about knowing the right questions to ask and having the right tools and techniques to empower you to find those answers within yourself.
You, the client, are the only expert in your entire life who truly knows who you are and what you need. You are the only expert who can recognize what is absolutely best for you. We are simply experts in the coaching process. Your coach, will help you discover what your own personal "best" can be.
Every day we make choices to do or not do many things. These choices may range from profound to trivial and each one has an effect that makes our lives more fulfilling or less fulfilling, more balanced or less balanced, that make our process of living more effective or less effective. Life coaching helps you learn how to make choices that create an effective, balanced and fulfilling life.
Grow Your Wings. What is Life Coaching?
Barbara Ihrig, CPCC, ACC
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, Associate Certified Coach (ICF)
Founder & Magical Director, Life Coach
How did I get into coaching? Well, everything started out with an apprenticeship in Hospitality Management, followed by two years in Room Reservations in Europe’s oldest luxury hotel. It became obvious very quickly, that numbers were my thing and so I moved into Revenue Management. After one year in the beautiful city of Erfurt, Germany and a 70 or more hour week I knew that there had to be more to life than what I had found so far.
In order to sort myself out I took a year off and went travelling, once around the world. Met many very interesting people, had great conversations along the way, worked in some amazing places, came across a lot of fantastically breathtaking views and most importantly found my inner child and guiding light.
Back home I was very quickly sucked back into the ‘everyday life’, found myself another job in a hotel and eventually went about my life looking the same on the outside but forever changed on the inside.
When presented with the opportunity to do an MBA a friend of mine challenged me to try something different, something that did not suit me as much as academics did… After a bit of thinking it through I did end up enrolling into the CTI Leadership Program instead. And what a once in a lifetime experience it turned out to be. The seed of something bigger was sown and took about two years to grow into a beautiful, magnificent and resourceful 'Beauty Deer Dreamer' Personality.
Those two years I used to get certified in CTI’s Co-Active Coaching Program, become a certified SICI Bike Fitter, do two Ironman Triathlons, participate in a 8 day mountain bike stage race over 704km and 15,900 meters of climbing, enrol in and get started with a Nutrition Course. I pretty much found what fulfils me, brings me joy and let's me live my life on purpose.
