In consultation with the client, Lynda applies techniques and methodologies tailored to best suit the client’s needs and ensure that the desired outcomes are achieved for the individual, team or business. Coaching methodologies incorporated by Lynda include:
The following developmental and diagnostic tools and personality assessments are available to clients:
Coaching facilitates the process of growth and development by working through honest self-awareness, self-assessment, self-motivation and self-regulation. The journey to accurate self-awareness and honest self-assessment can be deeply challenging. Our coaches therefore strive to assist and guide our clients as they embark on this intense journey to ‘self’ by creating a nurturing and non-judgemental environment.
As challenging as undergoing coaching may be, it is equally as rewarding and empowers our clients with the choice to change their way of thinking and attain their full potential, after all, mastering yourself is true power.
It is important to note that coaching is a development tool and differs from therapy. Therapy deals with past issues and traumas, the intention being to interrogate and resolve past events and lead a patient back to a level of wholeness. Coaching takes the client along a positive and impactful journey from their current place of being ‘stuck’ to realising their potential using a variety of methodologies.
Neuro-coaching is a partnership between the coach and client in which the coach becomes what is referred to as the client’s ‘thought, challenge and accountability partner’. As such, by equipping a client with the necessary techniques and tools, a coach aims to assist and guide the client in their journey to self awareness and development in which the client confronts their challenges and forms their own solutions. The role of a coach is not to counsel the client or prescribe actions to be taken by the client.
Mindfulness is an awareness of your present experience or what most of us more commonly know as “living in the moment” in which we give 100% of our attention to what we are doing. This gives purpose to the present moment instead of focusing on the past or worrying about the future.
Through training, we assist our clients in focusing their attention and awareness in the present moment, acknowledging and managing their thoughts, feelings and body sensations without judging or being critical of themselves. This enables clients to identify stress and triggers that evoke an emotional or physical reaction within them.
When clients are aware of their stressors, they are better able to anticipate them and hit the “pause button” when stress and triggers arise, assessing the situation in which they find themselves and formulating an appropriate response instead of reverting to an emotional or physical reaction.
While guiding our clients through mindfulness coaching, the four areas that our coaches will concentrate on with regards to creating self-awareness are BEST:
Practicing mindfulness in our daily lives is a powerful tool and is shown to have the following benefits:
“Mindfulness is about focusing your attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment and with the absence of judgement.
– Jon Kabbit-Zin
Neuroscience is the study of the brain and nervous system. By way of individual nerve cells or neurons firing up a vast network of interlinking circuits throughout our nervous system, the brain is responsible for our thoughts, emotions, mood and intelligence, as well as our physical movement, heart rate, breathing and sleep.
Our brain essentially makes us who we are and facilitates almost every aspect of what it means for us to be alive.
Through the study of neuroscience we can gain a deeper understanding of how our brain affects our cognitive functions, reasoning, attention, language, memory, responses, behavioural functions and social interaction.
Building on this methodology, neurocoaching equips our clients with the ability to understand their neurological design, as well as what drives and motivates their thoughts and behaviour. Thereafter, clients are enabled with the power of choice to change, reframe and re-programme their thought patterns, social awareness and relationship management.
Today we find ourselves living and working in what is referred to as a VUCA World:
V – Volatile
U – Uncertain
C – Complex
A – Ambiguous
In order to not only survive but thrive amid these challenges, our neurocoaching methodology aims to equip our clients with the necessary tools and techniques required to transform themselves, becoming adaptable and better able to manage challenges.
We refer to this as ‘Change Fit’ enabling our clients to out-learn, out-think, out-create and out-perform their competition.
Personal mastery is about fully understanding yourself, how you think, why you do things the way you do and having clarity around your purpose and direction in life. This can be a lifelong journey, taking steps towards continuously learning and evolving to develop and enhance oneself, broadening your outlook and seeing life from renewed perspectives.
Our journey to personal mastery is guided by principles such as purpose, vision, belief, commitment and knowing oneself. Personal mastery is not something that is achieved overnight, but rather something that each and every one of us can strive towards in our journey of life, creating a satisfying, successful, happy and fulfilling existence.
The principle of personal mastery underlies the coaching methodologies used by our coaches. In partnership with the client, our coaches will guide individuals and teams as they embark upon this journey, equipping them with practical tools and techniques that can easily be applied.
Ultimately, personal mastery is about creating your own life and fulfilling your own destiny. You are in the driver’s seat and you have the power to navigate your life’s journey.
Health and wellness coaching is a blended form of coaching that incorporates coaching and mentoring to inspire and assist coachees in reaching their health and wellness goals.
Health coaching incorporates mentoring, something that is not usually present in traditional life coaching because the Health Coach has specialist knowledge in the specific area in which the coachee wants to improve (e.g. health and nutrition).
Health coaching helps clients to create a new and exciting lifestyle and enjoy an improved attitude to health. Clients approach health coaches when their health is deteriorating – when they feel exhausted, are gaining weight and finding it harder to lose, are going through menopause, experiencing hypertension, poor sleep, low mood or are pre-diabetic… the list goes on.
The aim of health coaching is to:
In 2019, the World Health Organisation listed non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, respiratory disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease) as one of the top 10 threats to global health. These diseases:
*More than 85% of premature deaths related to non-communicable diseases occur in low- to middle-income countries.
Besides the current health and wellness challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a worldwide health crisis. For the first time in history, there are more obese and overweight people than underweight people (with a total of 1.9 billion overweight adults, and 650 million obese adults worldwide). Despite the medical profession’s efforts and modern drug treatment options, greater numbers of people are experiencing ill health.
One cannot ignore mental health and wellbeing. Health and wellness coaching addresses issues causing stress and assists clients to build resilience through practical tools and techniques that are mindfully incorporated into everyday life.
Health coaching works on prevention, ideally working with people before they become one of the above statistics. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) target set in 2011 is to reduce preventable deaths by 25% by 2025. We believe that health coaching is a key component in reaching this target.