International I know-what-my-niche-will-be Day

It seems appropriate on International Women’s Day to stake my claim on the coaching world: it’s been a long road – lots of different fields that I’ve worked in, people I’ve worked with, committees I’ve served on — all that.  I became a coach because it felt like a calling, but my specialty and niche eluded me for the longest time.  I just trusted that I would be shown the way when the time was right.  Well, the time has come, and I am full bloody steam ahead!

Over the past few weeks, things have fallen in my way, demanding that that I take notice, and when I had a session with MY coach last week, the next arc became obvious.  I am going to focus on the following in my coaching:

• women’s leadership – cultivating it, empowering it
• wellness – self care, time for growth, creating space for this work
• connection and community – I love the energy when you put a group of women in a room, so building on this and providing a safe place for networking and community will be a big part of what I offer

Now all that I am working on has a new sense of purpose and a driver.  Very exciting.

In the works is my website launch (April 1), my inaugural women’s networking event/conversation about wellness as women (April 5), and a myriad of other exciting ventures.  Do stay tuned…

I am headed back to the note book of scribbles…I now have a new appreciation for every shit-ass website I’ve ever visited.  The people wanting the site likely gave up at some point and decided to instead go have root canals, clean out the fridge, or reuniting 450 random socks back into their pairs. I am almost at that point: I have a list of things I am to write, create, find, provide to the <poor> web designer, but I seem to continually run out of hours in the day, and I have found that procrastinating is one of my most loved hobbies.  I am working to a deadline, but should tell the designed to launch with or without my brilliant words – perhaps a blank site will be motivation enough to write about how fabulous I am and post it..

Back to it, with a glass of wine at my side and a puppy sleeping with his head on my foot.

Please ensure your seatbelt is securely fastened

March will be exciting for the following reasons:

• the friggin sun is coming out
• we are mere days from daylight savings, so will no longer have to work out, wake up, drive, live in the DARK
• I am launching my website: www.biglifecoaching.ca in just a few weeks (don’t go there now, it’s ugly–holy crap)
• my coaching practice is going to take. off.  
• I am planning big things for the end of this month – info to follow
• my budgets will be hit at work
• my house will magically start cleaning itself
• elves will clean my car
• I will stop hating people with whom I share the roads (really?  really with the blinker on for days???!???!  really?)
• by the end of the month, I will be 2 weeks from finishing 3 rounds of Boot Camp, and will be running again – hopefully in new shoes
• the shoe fairy will bring me new Sauconys while I sleep.  Like the tooth fairy, except it’s better than losing your damn teeth
• I will be able to wear pre-CHRISTMAS clothes.  fuck.  
• kayaking and overnight hikes will be that much closer.  I am already planning our first trip into the mountains
• the lottery will be mine, and I won’t even have to buy a ticket, because I never do
• every day will feel just like this one

ciao.  off to make it great.