Churches, organizations and committees also have a spiritual – or energy – life! Even the most inspired, noble efforts get bogged down in catabolic energy -- a tired, blaming and potentially self-destructive energy. Do any of these sound familiar?
-- Your group gathers regularly to rehearse good intentions and list “failed” endeavors.
-- Your committee is blocked from moving into new terrain by unstated fears of departing from time-honored traditions.
--Your church values inclusion of diversity, but some members are frustrated that steps you’re taking are too “slow.”
--Your entire staff works extremely hard for social change, with the stress taking its toll on morale, performance and sustainability.
This may seem normal, but it’s NOT NECESSARY! What would it look like to feel…
Faithful, Effective?
Free to Experiment?
Balanced, not Fearful?
Free to Slow Down, Pull Back?
Like you’re on the Same Team?
As an Energy LeadershipTM coach, I will meet you just where you are. Through empowering “what’s right?” questions, radical non-judgment, and values clarification we will set the foundation for charting a new, exciting and attainable course. Freed from unnecessary discouragement and judgment, you will unleash the creativity and trust needed to objectively renew and live out your current, authentic mission. Together, we’ll set new standards for accountability that help, not hinder, people’s sustainable contributions. Depending on your circumstances, some combination of coaching and consulting may be helpful.
Contact me at jacki@livingwellministries.net or 773.655.4357 to discuss package options, including group Energy Leadership Assessments.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Spiritual Life Coaching
Are you committed to living well with God, Self and others? Do you seek support which recognizes and draws upon YOUR values and vision? Do you desire support for charting a course and keeping focused, all the while experiencing non-judgmental companionship and accountability?
My clients are building bold lives of blessing through their commitment to honor themselves and others. Committed to living well -- like you -- they are choosing to create lives which:
EMBRACE AUTHENTICITY
CLAIM COMPASSION
TREASURE TIME
BUILD “BELOVED COMMUNITY”
SUSTAIN SERVICE
FORGIVE FOR FREEDOM
You may benefit from coaching with me if you share some of these priorities…
You want to live well, and are committed to not being self-centered in a world of great need.
You want to understand what you really believe, and how you got where you are today.
You want to actively share your gifts and time, and are tired of old depleting habits.
You want to let go of your hurt, and don't want to act like your pain never happened.
You want to accept yourself, including your sexuality, and make loving choices about sharing yourself. You know that others may judge or oppose you.
You want to grow with your loved ones as they change, but don’t know how.
You want your organization to be healthy and efficient, vibrant and accountable.
YOUR SPIRIT/YOUR ENERGY
So, what do I mean by “spiritual life coaching”? By “spiritual life,” I simply mean your energy -- that core energy -- that animates all you think, feel and do. We'll learn together the ways that energy is working for you or against you. As a core energy coach, I will empower you to connect your inner passion and values with your outer goals in order to experience extraordinary and sustainable results. That’s what I mean by “living well.” We can also think of it as Energy LeadershipTM, the basis of this coaching practice. We’ll name and remove the energy blocks – the thoughts you hold that are getting in the way of living well.
I am open to serving people of any faith background (or none) invested in living well. Thanks to telephone and email, I partner with individuals and organizations across the United States and world.
Why do my clients love their coaching experience? With Energy LeadershipTM tools, clients successfully make choices to “live from the inside out.” Together, we find that the energy of integrity is the energy of joy.
HOW DOES COACHING WORK?
Coaching works so well because it’s a focused short-term partnership to support the growth, discernment and action that you intend. In addition, many clients choose to do this work by phone, which erases geographical and accessibility limitations (as well as the time and expense of commuting to appointments).
Coaching is a fairly new discipline. Think of a coach as one using a unique toolbox – bringing together certain habits of listening, dialogue, visioning, brainstorming and even homework. My clients, for instance, may be interested in things like a time management inventory, forgiveness exercises, journaling, new self-care practices, Bible study or experimenting with new spiritual practices or communities. Coaches believe that you are most empowered for abundant life when you are supported in your own discoveries, values clarification, and goal-setting. As your coach, I will help you name and achieve your vision of growth. I will be a conversation partner and a cheerleader as you take new steps in living with empowerment and abundant joy.
COACHING IS/IS NOT
Coaching is focused on you, the expert-in-training of your life. Coaching is not about my expertise, although I take seriously my responsibility to hear, honor and help you. Coaching is focused on your present and future, and how you are shaping them right now. Coaching is not an in-depth plumbing of your past, although your story about the past is certainly important to today’s decisions.
Like all meaningful one-on-one work, coaching relies on attentive listening in a safe and supportive environment. Unlike other spiritual direction, spiritual coaching will routinely be action-plan oriented. We will craft measurable steps and goals for the changes you choose. I’ll provide radically non-judgmental accountability and celebration as you live it out.
Coaching works very well alongside therapy, spiritual direction or other resources you may already be choosing in your commitments to living well. Like all tools for transformation, spiritual coaching requires mutual investment. In a sense, you’re becoming your own coach. I will be honored to help you on the way.
Unlike much therapy or spiritual direction, coaching is short-term, generally including three-to-six months of focused weekly or bi-weekly work. Coaching is not an open-ended relationship; this helps both of us to avoid the subtle temptations to dependence or complacency. In addition to the satisfaction of focusing on short-term visions and goals during a threshold time, clients appreciate the affordability of this short-term approach.
Contact me for current rates and policies:
LIVING WELL MINISTRIES
6554 N. Rockwell Street,
Chicago, IL 60645
www.livingwellministries.net
jacki@livingwellministries.net
773.655.4357
Living Well Ministries does not offer medical or psychological counseling. For advertising purposes, LWM coaching may be publicized along with other individual therapies when "life coaching" is not an available subcategory for ad placement.
My clients are building bold lives of blessing through their commitment to honor themselves and others. Committed to living well -- like you -- they are choosing to create lives which:
EMBRACE AUTHENTICITY
CLAIM COMPASSION
TREASURE TIME
BUILD “BELOVED COMMUNITY”
SUSTAIN SERVICE
FORGIVE FOR FREEDOM
You may benefit from coaching with me if you share some of these priorities…
You want to live well, and are committed to not being self-centered in a world of great need.
You want to understand what you really believe, and how you got where you are today.
You want to actively share your gifts and time, and are tired of old depleting habits.
You want to let go of your hurt, and don't want to act like your pain never happened.
You want to accept yourself, including your sexuality, and make loving choices about sharing yourself. You know that others may judge or oppose you.
You want to grow with your loved ones as they change, but don’t know how.
You want your organization to be healthy and efficient, vibrant and accountable.
YOUR SPIRIT/YOUR ENERGY
So, what do I mean by “spiritual life coaching”? By “spiritual life,” I simply mean your energy -- that core energy -- that animates all you think, feel and do. We'll learn together the ways that energy is working for you or against you. As a core energy coach, I will empower you to connect your inner passion and values with your outer goals in order to experience extraordinary and sustainable results. That’s what I mean by “living well.” We can also think of it as Energy LeadershipTM, the basis of this coaching practice. We’ll name and remove the energy blocks – the thoughts you hold that are getting in the way of living well.
I am open to serving people of any faith background (or none) invested in living well. Thanks to telephone and email, I partner with individuals and organizations across the United States and world.
Why do my clients love their coaching experience? With Energy LeadershipTM tools, clients successfully make choices to “live from the inside out.” Together, we find that the energy of integrity is the energy of joy.
HOW DOES COACHING WORK?
Coaching works so well because it’s a focused short-term partnership to support the growth, discernment and action that you intend. In addition, many clients choose to do this work by phone, which erases geographical and accessibility limitations (as well as the time and expense of commuting to appointments).
Coaching is a fairly new discipline. Think of a coach as one using a unique toolbox – bringing together certain habits of listening, dialogue, visioning, brainstorming and even homework. My clients, for instance, may be interested in things like a time management inventory, forgiveness exercises, journaling, new self-care practices, Bible study or experimenting with new spiritual practices or communities. Coaches believe that you are most empowered for abundant life when you are supported in your own discoveries, values clarification, and goal-setting. As your coach, I will help you name and achieve your vision of growth. I will be a conversation partner and a cheerleader as you take new steps in living with empowerment and abundant joy.
COACHING IS/IS NOT
Coaching is focused on you, the expert-in-training of your life. Coaching is not about my expertise, although I take seriously my responsibility to hear, honor and help you. Coaching is focused on your present and future, and how you are shaping them right now. Coaching is not an in-depth plumbing of your past, although your story about the past is certainly important to today’s decisions.
Like all meaningful one-on-one work, coaching relies on attentive listening in a safe and supportive environment. Unlike other spiritual direction, spiritual coaching will routinely be action-plan oriented. We will craft measurable steps and goals for the changes you choose. I’ll provide radically non-judgmental accountability and celebration as you live it out.
Coaching works very well alongside therapy, spiritual direction or other resources you may already be choosing in your commitments to living well. Like all tools for transformation, spiritual coaching requires mutual investment. In a sense, you’re becoming your own coach. I will be honored to help you on the way.
Unlike much therapy or spiritual direction, coaching is short-term, generally including three-to-six months of focused weekly or bi-weekly work. Coaching is not an open-ended relationship; this helps both of us to avoid the subtle temptations to dependence or complacency. In addition to the satisfaction of focusing on short-term visions and goals during a threshold time, clients appreciate the affordability of this short-term approach.
Contact me for current rates and policies:
LIVING WELL MINISTRIES
6554 N. Rockwell Street,
Chicago, IL 60645
www.livingwellministries.net
jacki@livingwellministries.net
773.655.4357
Living Well Ministries does not offer medical or psychological counseling. For advertising purposes, LWM coaching may be publicized along with other individual therapies when "life coaching" is not an available subcategory for ad placement.
Testimonials of Jacki's Coaching Style
Jacki has such a broad background of experience and religious practice to draw from, so she always comes with a different perspective that makes me think and pushes me a little further… -- K.P.
Jacki is an affirming and insightful coach. With gentleness and love, she asked me the hard questions that challenged me to a deeper understanding of my relationship with Christ and the Church… -- C.S.
I’ve been consistently challenged in my own thinking and felt I was being nudged toward things I had yet to consider… --S. R.
Jacki Belile is a source of hope and a person who assisted me to grow in my Christian faith as I was struggling very hard to integrate it with my sexuality… --- L.S.
Jacki has helped me to look at my life more holistically. She has a great way of holding space for me so I can be with myself. She gives me wonderful assignments that challenge me but that are doable each time we meet… --T.D.
She struggles to understand you on a level that is deeper than most. Her call to the ministry is evident in her desire to develop herself spiritually and the spiritual life of others… -- J.S.
Jacki's peaceful, centering presence and prayerful support have meant the world to me as I've moved through some life-changing events and decisions in the past year. Through Jacki's careful and intentional coaching presence, I have found a sense of hope and support for which I am so grateful… -- J.P.
As my life coach Jacki always showed concern for what I needed to make my life more joyful; she was encouraging and willing to share her intuition as it unfolded. Jacki wanted what I wanted for my life: peace… ---S.I.
Jacki is an affirming and insightful coach. With gentleness and love, she asked me the hard questions that challenged me to a deeper understanding of my relationship with Christ and the Church… -- C.S.
I’ve been consistently challenged in my own thinking and felt I was being nudged toward things I had yet to consider… --S. R.
Jacki Belile is a source of hope and a person who assisted me to grow in my Christian faith as I was struggling very hard to integrate it with my sexuality… --- L.S.
Jacki has helped me to look at my life more holistically. She has a great way of holding space for me so I can be with myself. She gives me wonderful assignments that challenge me but that are doable each time we meet… --T.D.
She struggles to understand you on a level that is deeper than most. Her call to the ministry is evident in her desire to develop herself spiritually and the spiritual life of others… -- J.S.
Jacki's peaceful, centering presence and prayerful support have meant the world to me as I've moved through some life-changing events and decisions in the past year. Through Jacki's careful and intentional coaching presence, I have found a sense of hope and support for which I am so grateful… -- J.P.
As my life coach Jacki always showed concern for what I needed to make my life more joyful; she was encouraging and willing to share her intuition as it unfolded. Jacki wanted what I wanted for my life: peace… ---S.I.
Testimonies about Organizational Coaching
Jacki is warm, caring, compassionate and amazingly organized! She sees the forest and the woods...
– Rev. Peter Carman, Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
Committee Collaborations, 2004-present
Jacki has an incredible gift of facilitation - hearing others, helping group members to hear each other, asking insightful questions, and moving the work forward with utmost respect for relationships…
--Rev. Dr. Joanne Lindstrom, American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago
Committee Collaborations, 2000-present
Our agency has engaged the professional coaching services of Jacki Belile to facilitate interview meetings with prospective staff persons. We have been extremely pleased with the results. They were thorough, insightful and well managed. And, the documentation provided for our review following the interviews far exceeded our expectations and was very effective in the process of selection…
-- Craig Darling, Executive Director, Companis (Seattle, WA)
She has the gift of being able to capture the essence of a thought, connect it to another thought and move the group forward…
--Rev. Carol Jamieson Brown, Pastor
First Baptist Church (Park Forest, IL)
Committee Collaborations, 2007-present
– Rev. Peter Carman, Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
Committee Collaborations, 2004-present
Jacki has an incredible gift of facilitation - hearing others, helping group members to hear each other, asking insightful questions, and moving the work forward with utmost respect for relationships…
--Rev. Dr. Joanne Lindstrom, American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago
Committee Collaborations, 2000-present
Our agency has engaged the professional coaching services of Jacki Belile to facilitate interview meetings with prospective staff persons. We have been extremely pleased with the results. They were thorough, insightful and well managed. And, the documentation provided for our review following the interviews far exceeded our expectations and was very effective in the process of selection…
-- Craig Darling, Executive Director, Companis (Seattle, WA)
She has the gift of being able to capture the essence of a thought, connect it to another thought and move the group forward…
--Rev. Carol Jamieson Brown, Pastor
First Baptist Church (Park Forest, IL)
Committee Collaborations, 2007-present
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