REALIFE Conversations from the Porch

Episode 371 – Coaching from Rest, Not Rush

In this conversation, erica and I  reflect on how our weekly rhythms and internal posture directly impact the quality of our coaching presence.

This episode is especially for coaches who want to build a sustainable practice—one that allows space for rest, discernment, and long-term faithfulness.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why “being always available” often leads to burnout
• How to determine how many clients and sessions feel right for this season
• The difference between managing time and stewarding it
• The importance of margin before and after coaching calls
• Entering sessions with prayer, presence, and grounded intention
• Coaching the person, not just the problem
• How honoring your capacity supports long-term sustainability

Resources & Links:

Learn more about the REALIFE Process Accelerator:

• 👉 https://therealifeprocess.com/accelerator
• Certification information:
• 👉 https://therealifeprocess.com/certification

Upcoming Accelerator Dates:

• February 24
• March 19

Accelerators are intentionally small (3–4 people) to allow for depth, presence, and meaningful engagement.

As a Christian coach, I’ve wrestled with this question for years: Am I a Christian coach… or a coach who is a Christian?

In this episode, Erica and I open an honest conversation about the tension many coaches feel around faith, integrity, and how explicitly to lead with our beliefs in our coaching work.

We talk through two frameworks that have helped us personally and professionally:

Faith-forward coaching and Faith-focused coaching. Neither approach is right or wrong—but each carries implications for our clients, our ethics, our messaging, and the kind of practice we’re building.

Rather than offering quick answers, we invite you into discernment. To notice where your faith currently sits in your work.

To reflect on who you feel most alive serving. And to consider what integrity might look like if you stopped trying to please everyone.

This conversation is especially for you if you care deeply about faith, want to coach ethically, and are learning how to show up fully and honestly in this season of your life and work.

You don’t have to decide this forever. You just have to listen for the invitation right now.

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My Book Link

Teresa’s Book  Do What Matters, Live from Rest Not Rush is available. ! Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters. Learn more at DoWhatMattersBook.com.

LifeMapping Tools

Would you life to discover  Life Mapping tools to help you recognize and respond to God in your Story. Check out New Digital Downloads for personal or professional use  here https://www.onelifemaps.com/

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY & CONNECT WITH ME:

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About Teresa McCloy:

Teresa McCloy is the founder and creator of the REALIFE Process®, a framework designed to empower individuals and groups with the tools, training, and community needed for personal and professional growth. Through the REALIFE Process®, Teresa is on a mission to help others grow in self-awareness, establish sustainable rhythms, and enhance their influence and impact by integrating faith and work into their everyday lives. She lives with her husband of 42 years on their 5th generation family farm in central Illinois and enjoys great coffee, growing beautiful flower gardens and traveling as much as possible. 

About Erica Vinson:

Erica Vinson helps clients walk through defining moments with confidence and courage enabling them to move forward in freedom and embrace fearless living. As an ACC Credentialed and Certified Professional Life & Leadership Coach, she uses wisdom from all 3 Centers of Intelligence to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. Erica is a certified REALIFE Process® Master Coach, an ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner, and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center. She lives in the Metro East St. Louis area and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, golfing, tennis, boating/water skiing, traveling, is a bit of a technology nerd and loves learning!

After seven years of weekly podcasting, we felt it was time to pause, reflect, and make a thoughtful shift.

In this episode, we talk honestly about change—what it is, what it isn’t, and how to recognize when it’s time to realign rather than quit. This isn’t about ending something. It’s about pruning, tending, and creating space for healthier growth.

We share why the podcast is shifting to an every-other-week rhythm, how our two sister podcasts will now work together, and what this kind of discernment has looked like for us as coaches and leaders. We also talk about capacity—how honoring it isn’t failure, but wisdom.

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering:

• Is it time for something to change… or are we just tired?
• How do we honor our capacity without giving up on meaningful work?
• What does healthy growth actually look like in this season?

This conversation is for you.

Our hope is that as you listen, you’ll feel permission to slow down, notice what needs tending in your own life and work, and trust that change—when discerned well—can be a gift.

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Ready to uncover more time on your calendar? This FREE download will help you remove what doesn’t matter, so you have space for what does. Click here to get this FREE resource!

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Join the REALIFE Practice Membership!

The REALIFE Practice Membership is designed for those who want to grow spiritually, but feel like REALIFE is getting in the way. We’ll learn how to integrate meaningful spiritual practices and tools into our daily lives through live group calls, group coaching, training videos, downloadable resources, and an interactive community. Visit www.therealifeprocess.com/membership to join us today!

Check out our YouTube Channel!

Prefer to watch AND listen? Check out our YouTube channel for the podcast episode on video! Make sure to subscribe so you get all the latest updates.

My Book Link

My new book, Do What Matters, is available NOW! Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters. Learn more at DoWhatMattersBook.com.

LifeMapping Tools

Would you life to discover  Life Mapping tools to help you recognize and respond to God in your Story. Check out these tools here https://www.onelifemaps.com/

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY & CONNECT WITH ME:

Become part of the FREE REALIFE Process® Community! Connect with Teresa and other podcast listeners, plus find additional content to help you discover your best REALIFE.

Connect with your host, Teresa McCloy, on:

Facebook - The REALIFE Process® with Teresa McCloy

Instagram - teresa.mccloy

LinkedIn - teresamccloy

About Teresa McCloy:

Teresa McCloy is the founder and creator of the REALIFE Process®, a framework designed to empower individuals and groups with the tools, training, and community needed for personal and professional growth. Through the REALIFE Process®, Teresa is on a mission to help others grow in self-awareness, establish sustainable rhythms, and enhance their influence and impact by integrating faith and work into their everyday lives. She lives with her husband of 42 years on their 5th generation family farm in central Illinois and enjoys great coffee, growing beautiful flower gardens and traveling as much as possible. 

About Erica Vinson:

Erica Vinson helps clients walk through defining moments with confidence and courage enabling them to move forward in freedom and embrace fearless living. As an ACC Credentialed and Certified Professional Life & Leadership Coach, she uses wisdom from all 3 Centers of Intelligence to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. Erica is a certified REALIFE Process® Master Coach, an ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner, and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center. She lives in the Metro East St. Louis area and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, golfing, tennis, boating/water skiing, traveling, is a bit of a technology nerd and loves learning!

January often comes with pressure—to reset, to plan, to figure everything out quickly. But what if the beginning of the year is meant to be entered slowly?

In this solo episode, I reflect on the year that was, shares my Word of the Year—Quiet Trust—and invites Christian coaches, therapists, spiritual directors, and helping professionals to consider a gentler way of beginning the year.

Drawing from personal experience, Let’s explore:

• Why January doesn’t have to be a deadline

• How honoring the year we’ve lived shapes the year ahead

• What Quiet Trust means in both life and leadership

• How a word or phrase can guide us from being into doing

• Why sustainable, faithful work requires trust more than urgency

I also want to share  ways listeners can stay connected and supported throughout the year through pop-up workshops, community, and certification opportunities.

This episode is my  invitation to walk into the year—not run—and to trust the work God is already doing.

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Ready to uncover more time on your calendar? This FREE download will help you remove what doesn’t matter, so you have space for what does. Click here to get this FREE resource!

OTHER RESOURCES:

Join the REALIFE Practice Membership!

The REALIFE Practice Membership is designed for those who want to grow spiritually, but feel like REALIFE is getting in the way. We’ll learn how to integrate meaningful spiritual practices and tools into our daily lives through live group calls, group coaching, training videos, downloadable resources, and an interactive community. Visit www.therealifeprocess.com/membership to join us today!

Check out our YouTube Channel!

Prefer to watch AND listen? Check out our YouTube channel for the podcast episode on video! Make sure to subscribe so you get all the latest updates.

My Book Link

My new book, Do What Matters, is available NOW! Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters. Learn more at DoWhatMattersBook.com.

LifeMapping Tools

Would you life to discover  Life Mapping tools to help you recognize and respond to God in your Story. Check out these tools here https://www.onelifemaps.com/

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY & CONNECT WITH ME:

Become part of the FREE REALIFE Process® Community! Connect with Teresa and other podcast listeners, plus find additional content to help you discover your best REALIFE.

Connect with your host, Teresa McCloy, on:

Facebook - The REALIFE Process® with Teresa McCloy

Instagram - teresa.mccloy

LinkedIn - teresamccloy

About Teresa McCloy:

Teresa McCloy is the founder and creator of the REALIFE Process®, a framework designed to empower individuals and groups with the tools, training, and community needed for personal and professional growth. Through the REALIFE Process®, Teresa is on a mission to help others grow in self-awareness, establish sustainable rhythms, and enhance their influence and impact by integrating faith and work into their everyday lives. She lives with her husband of 42 years on their 5th generation family farm in central Illinois and enjoys great coffee, growing beautiful flower gardens and traveling as much as possible. 

About Erica Vinson:

Erica Vinson helps clients walk through defining moments with confidence and courage enabling them to move forward in freedom and embrace fearless living. As an ACC Credentialed and Certified Professional Life & Leadership Coach, she uses wisdom from all 3 Centers of Intelligence to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. Erica is a certified REALIFE Process® Master Coach, an ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner, and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center. She lives in the Metro East St. Louis area and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, golfing, tennis, boating/water skiing, traveling, is a bit of a technology nerd and loves learning!

As we step into a new year, I invite you as a  listeners into a quieter kind of beginning.

This episode features a prayer I originally wrote on New Year’s Eve of 2023—a prayer I’ve returned to again and again. This prayer isn’t bound to one year. It’s a companion prayer for every season.

In this reflective episode, I  shares the full prayer and then walk through the heart behind each line—inviting you to consider how planning, presence, stillness, work, and faith can be held with open hands rather than pressure.

This conversation is for anyone who wants to begin again gently—without hustle, without fixing, and without urgency—by returning to what matters most.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

Why beginning again doesn’t have to be dramatic

How to plan well while holding your days with open hands

The importance of noticing people in ordinary moments

Rethinking stillness as presence, not perfection

How daily practices shape a grounded, faithful life over time

Reflection Question:

What might you want to carry into this year as a practice—not a pressure?

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FREE Download: 4 Steps to Simplify Your Calendar

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OTHER RESOURCES:

Join the REALIFE Practice Membership!

The REALIFE Practice Membership is designed for those who want to grow spiritually, but feel like REALIFE is getting in the way. We’ll learn how to integrate meaningful spiritual practices and tools into our daily lives through live group calls, group coaching, training videos, downloadable resources, and an interactive community. Visit www.therealifeprocess.com/membership to join us today!

Check out our YouTube Channel!

Prefer to watch AND listen? Check out our YouTube channel for the podcast episode on video! Make sure to subscribe so you get all the latest updates.

My Book Link

My new book, Do What Matters, is available NOW! Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters. Learn more at DoWhatMattersBook.com.

LifeMapping Tools

Would you life to discover  Life Mapping tools to help you recognize and respond to God in your Story. Check out these tools here https://www.onelifemaps.com/

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY & CONNECT WITH ME:

Become part of the FREE REALIFE Process® Community! Connect with Teresa and other podcast listeners, plus find additional content to help you discover your best REALIFE.

Connect with your host, Teresa McCloy, on:

Facebook - The REALIFE Process® with Teresa McCloy

Instagram - teresa.mccloy

LinkedIn - teresamccloy

About Teresa McCloy:

Teresa McCloy is the founder and creator of the REALIFE Process®, a framework designed to empower individuals and groups with the tools, training, and community needed for personal and professional growth. Through the REALIFE Process®, Teresa is on a mission to help others grow in self-awareness, establish sustainable rhythms, and enhance their influence and impact by integrating faith and work into their everyday lives. She lives with her husband of 42 years on their 5th generation family farm in central Illinois and enjoys great coffee, growing beautiful flower gardens and traveling as much as possible. 

About Erica Vinson:

Erica Vinson helps clients walk through defining moments with confidence and courage enabling them to move forward in freedom and embrace fearless living. As an ACC Credentialed and Certified Professional Life & Leadership Coach, she uses wisdom from all 3 Centers of Intelligence to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. Erica is a certified REALIFE Process® Master Coach, an ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner, and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center. She lives in the Metro East St. Louis area and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, golfing, tennis, boating/water skiing, traveling, is a bit of a technology nerd and loves learning!

This Christmas-week episode is a special re-release from the early days of the podcast. Recorded six years ago, Teresa listens back with fresh ears and chooses to let this raw, honest reflection stand as it is. Through story, Enneagram insight, and an original song written from the heart, this episode invites listeners to slow down, make room, and rediscover wonder in the Christmas story.

FREE RESOURCES:

Take the FREE Intro to Needs & Values Assessment

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FREE Download: 4 Steps to Simplify Your Calendar

Ready to uncover more time on your calendar? This FREE download will help you remove what doesn’t matter, so you have space for what does. Click here to get this FREE resource!

OTHER RESOURCES:

Join the REALIFE Practice Membership!

The REALIFE Practice Membership is designed for those who want to grow spiritually, but feel like REALIFE is getting in the way. We’ll learn how to integrate meaningful spiritual practices and tools into our daily lives through live group calls, group coaching, training videos, downloadable resources, and an interactive community. Visit www.therealifeprocess.com/membership to join us today!

Check out our YouTube Channel!

Prefer to watch AND listen? Check out our YouTube channel for the podcast episode on video! Make sure to subscribe so you get all the latest updates.

My Book Link

My new book, Do What Matters, is available NOW! Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters. Learn more at DoWhatMattersBook.com.

LifeMapping Tools

Would you life to discover  Life Mapping tools to help you recognize and respond to God in your Story. Check out these tools here https://www.onelifemaps.com/

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY & CONNECT WITH ME:

Become part of the FREE REALIFE Process® Community! Connect with Teresa and other podcast listeners, plus find additional content to help you discover your best REALIFE.

Connect with your host, Teresa McCloy, on:

Facebook - The REALIFE Process® with Teresa McCloy

Instagram - teresa.mccloy

LinkedIn - teresamccloy

About Teresa McCloy:

Teresa McCloy is the founder and creator of the REALIFE Process®, a framework designed to empower individuals and groups with the tools, training, and community needed for personal and professional growth. Through the REALIFE Process®, Teresa is on a mission to help others grow in self-awareness, establish sustainable rhythms, and enhance their influence and impact by integrating faith and work into their everyday lives. She lives with her husband of 42 years on their 5th generation family farm in central Illinois and enjoys great coffee, growing beautiful flower gardens and traveling as much as possible. 

About Erica Vinson:

Erica Vinson helps clients walk through defining moments with confidence and courage enabling them to move forward in freedom and embrace fearless living. As an ACC Credentialed and Certified Professional Life & Leadership Coach, she uses wisdom from all 3 Centers of Intelligence to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. Erica is a certified REALIFE Process® Master Coach, an ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner, and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center. She lives in the Metro East St. Louis area and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, golfing, tennis, boating/water skiing, traveling, is a bit of a technology nerd and loves learning!

As the Christmas season unfolds, Teresa and Erica invite you into a gentle, honest conversation about making room. Drawing from Advent themes, personal rhythms, and real-life coaching experiences, they explore what it looks like to create space on both the being and doing sides of life.

In this episode, you’ll reflect on simplicity, intentional scheduling, communication, and making room for God without striving or guilt. Whether you’re navigating a full calendar, a tender season, or simply longing for a pause, this conversation offers permission to exhale and lean into what truly matters.

Themes for this Episode

• Making room as an invitation to pause and breathe
• Honoring your wiring and rhythms without guilt
• Simplifying schedules and lowering expectations
• Pre-deciding holiday boundaries and priorities
• Making room for God through Advent and Christmastide
• Letting go of “not right now” things for a season

FREE RESOURCES:

Take the FREE Intro to Needs & Values Assessment

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FREE Download: 4 Steps to Simplify Your Calendar

Ready to uncover more time on your calendar? This FREE download will help you remove what doesn’t matter, so you have space for what does. Click here to get this FREE resource!

OTHER RESOURCES:

Join the REALIFE Practice Membership!

The REALIFE Practice Membership is designed for those who want to grow spiritually, but feel like REALIFE is getting in the way. We’ll learn how to integrate meaningful spiritual practices and tools into our daily lives through live group calls, group coaching, training videos, downloadable resources, and an interactive community. Visit www.therealifeprocess.com/membership to join us today!

Check out our YouTube Channel!

Prefer to watch AND listen? Check out our YouTube channel for the podcast episode on video! Make sure to subscribe so you get all the latest updates.

My Book Link

My new book, Do What Matters, is available NOW! Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters. Learn more at DoWhatMattersBook.com.

LifeMapping Tools

Would you life to discover  Life Mapping tools to help you recognize and respond to God in your Story. Check out these tools here https://www.onelifemaps.com/

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY & CONNECT WITH ME:

Become part of the FREE REALIFE Process® Community! Connect with Teresa and other podcast listeners, plus find additional content to help you discover your best REALIFE.

Connect with your host, Teresa McCloy, on:

Facebook - The REALIFE Process® with Teresa McCloy

Instagram - teresa.mccloy

LinkedIn - teresamccloy

About Teresa McCloy:

Teresa McCloy is the founder and creator of the REALIFE Process®, a framework designed to empower individuals and groups with the tools, training, and community needed for personal and professional growth. Through the REALIFE Process®, Teresa is on a mission to help others grow in self-awareness, establish sustainable rhythms, and enhance their influence and impact by integrating faith and work into their everyday lives. She lives with her husband of 42 years on their 5th generation family farm in central Illinois and enjoys great coffee, growing beautiful flower gardens and traveling as much as possible. 

About Erica Vinson:

Erica Vinson helps clients walk through defining moments with confidence and courage enabling them to move forward in freedom and embrace fearless living. As an ACC Credentialed and Certified Professional Life & Leadership Coach, she uses wisdom from all 3 Centers of Intelligence to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. Erica is a certified REALIFE Process® Master Coach, an ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner, and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center. She lives in the Metro East St. Louis area and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, golfing, tennis, boating/water skiing, traveling, is a bit of a technology nerd and loves learning!

In this honest December conversation, Teresa and Erica open up about what it means to live into Christmas in whatever season you’re walking through. From grief and transition to joy and renewal, the holidays rarely come wrapped in just one emotion.

Together they unpack:

• Why naming your season matters
• How joy and sorrow can coexist
• Practical tools to stay grounded (Rule of Life & OneLife Maps)
• How to coach well when you’re holding your own stuff
• How to build margin, set boundaries, and “finish soft”

This episode is an invitation to presence, compassion, and grace—for your life, your faith, and your clients.

FREE RESOURCES:

Take the FREE Intro to Needs & Values Assessment

Ready to discover what uniquely matters to YOU? CLICK HERE to take our FREE Intro to the Needs & Values Assessment.

FREE Download: 4 Steps to Simplify Your Calendar

Ready to uncover more time on your calendar? This FREE download will help you remove what doesn’t matter, so you have space for what does. Click here to get this FREE resource!

OTHER RESOURCES:

Join the REALIFE Practice Membership!

The REALIFE Practice Membership is designed for those who want to grow spiritually, but feel like REALIFE is getting in the way. We’ll learn how to integrate meaningful spiritual practices and tools into our daily lives through live group calls, group coaching, training videos, downloadable resources, and an interactive community. Visit www.therealifeprocess.com/membership to join us today!

Check out our YouTube Channel!

Prefer to watch AND listen? Check out our YouTube channel for the podcast episode on video! Make sure to subscribe so you get all the latest updates.

My Book Link

My new book, Do What Matters, is available NOW! Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters. Learn more at DoWhatMattersBook.com.

LifeMapping Tools

Would you life to discover  Life Mapping tools to help you recognize and respond to God in your Story. Check out these tools here https://www.onelifemaps.com/

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY & CONNECT WITH ME:

Become part of the FREE REALIFE Process® Community! Connect with Teresa and other podcast listeners, plus find additional content to help you discover your best REALIFE.

Connect with your host, Teresa McCloy, on:

Facebook - The REALIFE Process® with Teresa McCloy

Instagram - teresa.mccloy

LinkedIn - teresamccloy

About Teresa McCloy:

Teresa McCloy is the founder and creator of the REALIFE Process®, a framework designed to empower individuals and groups with the tools, training, and community needed for personal and professional growth. Through the REALIFE Process®, Teresa is on a mission to help others grow in self-awareness, establish sustainable rhythms, and enhance their influence and impact by integrating faith and work into their everyday lives. She lives with her husband of 42 years on their 5th generation family farm in central Illinois and enjoys great coffee, growing beautiful flower gardens and traveling as much as possible. 

About Erica Vinson:

Erica Vinson helps clients walk through defining moments with confidence and courage enabling them to move forward in freedom and embrace fearless living. As an ACC Credentialed and Certified Professional Life & Leadership Coach, she uses wisdom from all 3 Centers of Intelligence to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. Erica is a certified REALIFE Process® Master Coach, an ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner, and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center. She lives in the Metro East St. Louis area and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, golfing, tennis, boating/water skiing, traveling, is a bit of a technology nerd and loves learning!

In this solo episode, Teresa invites you into her living room—Christmas tree, snow, and all—to share the sacred story of how oneLife Maps (also known as Listen to My Life) has shaped her spiritual journey and the REALIFE Process®. She walks through each of the eight maps, explains how they can be used in coaching, spiritual direction, and ministry, and shares the deeply personal story of how the Maps became part of the REALIFE toolbox.

If you’re a Christian coach, spiritual director, or ministry leader longing for tools that help your clients explore their story and notice God’s presence, this episode will give you language, vision, and very practical ideas.

Mentioned in this episode:

• oneLife Maps / Listen to My Life – learn more or order maps at oneLifeMaps.com
  
  
• REALIFE Process® Coach Certification & Accelerator – get details at therealifeprocess.com (click “Get Certified”)

FREE RESOURCES:

Take the FREE Intro to Needs & Values Assessment

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FREE Download: 4 Steps to Simplify Your Calendar

Ready to uncover more time on your calendar? This FREE download will help you remove what doesn’t matter, so you have space for what does. Click here to get this FREE resource!

OTHER RESOURCES:

Join the REALIFE Practice Membership!

The REALIFE Practice Membership is designed for those who want to grow spiritually, but feel like REALIFE is getting in the way. We’ll learn how to integrate meaningful spiritual practices and tools into our daily lives through live group calls, group coaching, training videos, downloadable resources, and an interactive community. Visit www.therealifeprocess.com/membership to join us today!

Check out our YouTube Channel!

Prefer to watch AND listen? Check out our YouTube channel for the podcast episode on video! Make sure to subscribe so you get all the latest updates.

My Book Link

My new book, Do What Matters, is available NOW! Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters. Learn more at DoWhatMattersBook.com.

LifeMapping Tools

Would you life to discover  Life Mapping tools to help you recognize and respond to God in your Story. Check out these tools here https://www.onelifemaps.com/

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY & CONNECT WITH ME:

Become part of the FREE REALIFE Process® Community! Connect with Teresa and other podcast listeners, plus find additional content to help you discover your best REALIFE.

Connect with your host, Teresa McCloy, on:

Facebook - The REALIFE Process® with Teresa McCloy

Instagram - teresa.mccloy

LinkedIn - teresamccloy

About Teresa McCloy:

Teresa McCloy is the founder and creator of the REALIFE Process®, a framework designed to empower individuals and groups with the tools, training, and community needed for personal and professional growth. Through the REALIFE Process®, Teresa is on a mission to help others grow in self-awareness, establish sustainable rhythms, and enhance their influence and impact by integrating faith and work into their everyday lives. She lives with her husband of 42 years on their 5th generation family farm in central Illinois and enjoys great coffee, growing beautiful flower gardens and traveling as much as possible. 

About Erica Vinson:

Erica Vinson helps clients walk through defining moments with confidence and courage enabling them to move forward in freedom and embrace fearless living. As an ACC Credentialed and Certified Professional Life & Leadership Coach, she uses wisdom from all 3 Centers of Intelligence to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. Erica is a certified REALIFE Process® Master Coach, an ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner, and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center. She lives in the Metro East St. Louis area and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, golfing, tennis, boating/water skiing, traveling, is a bit of a technology nerd and loves learning!

In this episode of REALIFE Conversations for Christian Coaches, Teresa and Erica welcome their longtime friend and coach, Elizabeth Simmons.

Elizabeth shares how discovering the Enneagram and the REALIFE Process® became a turning point in her spiritual formation, eventually leading her back into the local church as a women’s ministry leader. You’ll hear how she’s using all the tools  of the process such as oneLife Maps, Needs & Values, and the Enneagram with women in her church, in programs, studies, premarital counseling, and in retreats—helping others create their own rule of life process.

They talk about:

• How the Enneagram first opened up a new season of spiritual growth for Elizabet
• The role of community and coaching in discerning a call back into ministry
• Using the REALIFE Process® and tools inside the local church for real-life transformation
• Practical spiritual practices that help her live from rest, not rush (like barefoot grounding in the backyard!)
• Why formation happens best in community and around real, ordinary moments

Connect & Next Steps:

• Connect with Elizabeth at [email protected]
• Learn more about becoming a REALIFE Process Certified Coach at therealifeprocess.com/getcertified
• Join our free Circle community (look for the Community tab on the website)

FREE RESOURCES:

Take the FREE Intro to Needs & Values Assessment

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FREE Download: 4 Steps to Simplify Your Calendar

Ready to uncover more time on your calendar? This FREE download will help you remove what doesn’t matter, so you have space for what does. Click here to get this FREE resource!

OTHER RESOURCES:

Check out our YouTube Channel!

Prefer to watch AND listen? Check out our YouTube channel for the podcast episode on video! Make sure to subscribe so you get all the latest updates.

My Book Link

My new book, Do What Matters, is available NOW! Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters. Learn more at DoWhatMattersBook.com.

LifeMapping Tools

Would you like to discover  Life Mapping tools to help you recognize and respond to God in your Story. Check out these tools here https://www.onelifemaps.com/

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About Teresa McCloy:

Teresa McCloy is the founder and creator of the REALIFE Process®, a framework designed to empower individuals and groups with the tools, training, and community needed for personal and professional growth. Through the REALIFE Process®, Teresa is on a mission to help others grow in self-awareness, establish sustainable rhythms, and enhance their influence and impact by integrating faith and work into their everyday lives. She lives with her husband of 42 years on their 5th generation family farm in central Illinois and enjoys great coffee, growing beautiful flower gardens and traveling as much as possible. 

About Erica Vinson:

Erica Vinson helps clients walk through defining moments with confidence and courage enabling them to move forward in freedom and embrace fearless living. As an ACC Credentialed and Certified Professional Life & Leadership Coach, she uses wisdom from all 3 Centers of Intelligence to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. Erica is a certified REALIFE Process® Master Coach, an ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner, and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center. She lives in the Metro East St. Louis area and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, golfing, tennis, boating/water skiing, traveling, is a bit of a technology nerd and loves learning!