Thanks for giving me the chance to share with others what
coaching with you has meant to me, Linda. What you have helped me accomplish
in my life is nothing short of a miracle to me. By asking the right
questions, supporting me to stay true to myself, acknowledging and affirming
my best talents and gifts, and encouraging me to do what I knew in my
heart was right for me, I have created the life and career that I have
always wanted. Your own special gifts are many, but it is your unfailing
ability to always be there for me and to gently nudge me at exactly
the right pace for me that has kept me moving forward. You have touched
my life, my heart, and my spirit in ways that really do bring out the
best in me! I'm very happy to have you as my coach as I continue to
develop my own new business of teaching others the tools they need to
make their own successes.
Debbie
lifetools inc.
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Hi Linda,
Michelle and I were reflecting back over the past year and
a half (as we were hot tubbing in the sunshine) and we really want to
thank you for coaching us. It's funny, you would think when coaching
stops that you would revert back to your old ways, but we haven't. We
are still using the concepts we learned in coaching. For instance, we've
really learned to put our couple relationship first, especially with
family. We see them now on our terms, when we have time, and when we
can handle it. They're getting used to it, and we feel so freed up . . . no
more resentments about obligatory family visits. Now we even want to
see them when we get together, what a difference when we take OUR needs
into consideration. It doesn't sound very radical now, but it sure did
when you first started talking with us about it.
It was tough paying for the coaching when we first started,
but it was an investment that has really paid off. We're now on track
with our bills and our spending habits. We never thought we would see
daylight on that one. With the plan you helped us develop we are aiming
at having our debts cleared up in just about another 14 months. Thanks
for encouraging me to take that new job, even though I wasn't sure I
could handle it. I'm thinking now that I may actually want to go out
on my own, there's a real market for what I do. Can I call you back
to work with you again about making that transition?
Pat
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Dear Linda,
I can't believe these words are coming out of me, but THANK
YOU for helping me come out to my family and my friends. Remember when
I told you it wouldn't make any difference if I actually talked with
them, since they probably guessed it anyway? Was I ever wrong. I didn't
even know what I was missing. It's sooooo very different now. My Dad
actually told me that he wants to walk me down the aisle when we have
our commitment ceremony next year. I wasn't even going to ask him, but
we both started crying when he said it. I knew in my heart that he would
always love me no matter what, but this just blows my mind. Wait till
I tell him I'm going to wear a tuxedo! Think he'll still do it? I do.
Corey
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Dear Linda,
Of course I'll be happy to tell the whole world on the Web
how coaching with you has changed my life. I really mean it. I was so
tired of pretending to be something other than who I really was. After
spending over 15 years working in Corporate America as the only woman
in the old boys network in our company, I was on the verge of self-extinction.
Even my partner said she hardly recognized me anymore. Dull, boring,
and a confirmed workaholic. You came into my life, sent by the Angels
I'm sure, when she was about to leave me if I didn't change. You helped
me get my priorities in the right order, realize how out of touch with
myself I had become, and stay focused on what I really, really wanted
my life to be like. Thanks to your persistence in sticking with me,
I now have a job that I love that allows me to be completely out (I
told them I wouldn't take it unless I could be), and work stops at
5 PM every day. I finally have a life back . . . and my partner and I
are enjoying each other more than we have in the past 10 years. I don't
think it would ever have happened without your input . . . it really woke
me up!
Barbara
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Dear Linda,
Having you as part of my support system for the past 2 years
has made such a huge difference. After losing 5 of my best friends to
AIDS, I felt emotionally and spiritually drained when a friend of mine
recommended you after you had coached him through a career change. I
don't know if part of what you do could be considered spiritual coaching,
but it sure helped me get my own life back in perspective again. You
really helped me see that we can only live life in the present moment,
and we have to live fully and be the best of whatever we can be for
ourselves and for others. I think I've discovered my true calling this
time; no more doing what I think others think I should do. And since
I'll be moving out of state to go back to school, I'm sure glad you
can continue to coach me over the phone.
David
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Hi Linda,
We often wonder how we would have made it through so many transitions
in our lives without your guidance and support. Learning to deal with
other people's judgments, losing friends, having to come out to family
members, letting go of past relationships, and living in a community that
is decidedly in the heart of the Southern Baptist Bible Belt have been
incredible challenges for us. From understanding our values and needs
as individuals and as a couple, to working out the ways we communicate
and handle stresses in work and life — you have helped us partner with
one another in a way that encourages us to respect and honor both the
ME and the WE in our relationship. Our relationship was very strong before,
and yet we marvel at how much deeper it is now. Your relationship with
Gloria over such a long time really does inspire us to keep growing and
keep learning about each other. We feel more prepared to handle whatever
comes our way because we have developed the skills and strategies to really
stay connected with each other even through the difficult times. Wish
we could use our real names, but one of us is still in a job that doesn't
permit it!
Anonymous (for now)
