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Turning Fear into Flow: Why Coaching Works and Why You Should Try It

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How does someone go from being a musician with a role in church leadership to a career in cutting-edge tech marketing?

In this episode, Marianne speaks to a former client about what helped him to unlock more. It’s a relaxed conversation packed with insight about what holds us back and how coaching isn’t so much about giving us the answers as lending guidance so we can bravely find our own.

Key takeaways:

  • Self-knowledge and clarity aren’t always the same thing. What happens when you’re aware of what you’re good at and the skills you have but have no idea how they fit together?
  • Sometimes life feels like a collection of unfinished puzzles. Coaching allows you to spread the pieces to make sense of them and put them back together to make one cohesive picture.
  • When you’re feeling rushed into a career decision, this is the very point at which you need to stand back and consider your options.
  • Learning how to fail is a key part of the learning process.
  • Digging deep and finding your hidden talents and your more obvious ones is worth the effort. What raw materials are you underusing?
  • When you find your fit and flow, that’s when opportunities open. It’s not so much about having everything in place before you make the jump, rather than knowing you’re working with purpose doing what you love using your own unique talents.
  • You have to start somewhere, but often, the first step is the hardest. You’re more likely to take it if you have a coach beside you.
  • You find traction when you’re in your lane.

    • If you’ve enjoyed this episode, check out episode 3 – Marianne’s powerful conversation with leadership coach Grant Phyphers on why it’s not just an option to find out what we’ve come here to do and then go do it, it’s our responsibility.

    Check out Marianne’s website here: https://mariannewelshcoaching.com/

    And drop her a line at: [email protected]

    Catch up with her regular snippets of encouragement on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariannewelsh/

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