A Life Gardening Strategist?
You don't have to know what to call it to do it anyway.
I have a confession. I haven’t been helping as much as I could because I didn’t know what to call myself.
I have spent a lot of time adjacent and in the coaching world and I always knew I wasn’t a life coach. Coach never resonated. They are in charge. Their objective is usually one beyond the individual. They are rewarded on production/performance. I’ve seen many an athletic coach last much longer than the players whose bodies they churned through on their way to success. If you’ve been around for any of my Permission work you’ll understand that isn’t anything I’m interested in doing. And I don’t want to take anything away from the great humans who were acting through the role of coach that also help and support and teach meaningful and loving things. But for me the word didn’t work.
In my corporate life the title of Business Development Consultant worked great once I went beyond my VP Marketing role. It hid all manner of sins. I could work alone or as part of a team. I could actually build and do a project or just advise what was in my experience the best thing to build and do was. I could see how to get the absolute most out of what was available too. But this didn’t seem to be wide enough, kind enough, human enough to describe helping people feel grounded and take action on things that were meaningful to them. My favourite work in this space was always when working with a small to mid-size CEO and being the person they could talk through their own ideas with and support them finding a way that they could execute them successfully. I loved that work honestly.
Now I’m in this stage of my life where I had the international corporate career success in Canada, the US and the UK. I’ve learned how to take action on my own dreams—publish a book (I have 4), move to the west coast of Scotland for 3 years to reground and heal my burnout, and then to return to my home country of Canada after 25 years away to know and support my family more and learn how to be myself here. I’m passionate about other people getting their shots (or next shot like me) too. Dreams aren’t just for children. Things you think about all the time, those niggly dreams you put off are so important. And sometimes we need some help creating the environment in our lives for that to happen. If doing it alone worked it would be done by now.
We have to be the ones out there creating a life and pathway that considers our health, work, creativity and community because the best version is always going to be unique to you. And I want to support that. So I’ve decided to try something different with my own back to school energy. I want to offer a more realistic and nervous-system aware environment to support you in your growth.
I still don’t know what to call it. But maybe consider me one of the members of your Personal Privy Council? A Life Gardening Strategist? The pace of our lives is almost unmanageable right now and despite everyone on Instagram wanting to run away with a book to the forest, most of us can’t. But that doesn’t mean we can’t meet ourselves in this place we are and start making the plan and taking the steps that take us in the direction of where we want to end up. I want you to have to go away on vacation to think about what you want to do next because we’ve checked off some longstanding things on your list!
Whatever its name, throughout the month of September I am starting a package of UNLIMITED 15 minute mentoring sessions through the end of the year! 15 minutes because we need digestible chunks of life right now. It’s kind to your nervous system, your calendar, and won’t overwhelm your to do list.
Here’s what you’ll get:
1 x 30 minute Kick Off Call to get us oriented with what you might be trying to achieve. Business, art, a new career, life pivots whatever you want to do and feel supported progress on by the end of the year.
Unlimited x 15 minute sessions. You receive the recording and summary of each session. Once you take action on what you’ve decided is the digestible action from the session, you can book your next session. (Don’t worry if you get stuck or change direction, we can get you reset).
1 x 30 minute State of the Union call in early December where we talk about what has happened so far and what might be next for you. (You’ll still be able to book 15 minute sessions as available until the holidays).
Cost $2500 CDN which means it’s totally on sale if you use USD or GBP! Purchase necessary to start, but if we don’t click at the Kick Off Call you can get a refund then (minus payment processing fees).
The sessions will be on Zoom.
Availability for sessions: M-Th 10-4 CST (let me know if you are non-North American and we can find something that works better for you).
As always you don’t have to want to do this—that’s a great answer. But if you do, I’d love to be that person. Reply or Comment and I’ll get us moving forwards.
Susie
