Kate E. Stephenson
Holistic Life & Career CoachTransforming Untapped Potential into Personal Power
Hi, I’m Kate! What would you want your life to be like if you could blink and make it so?
My Coaching Philosophy
As a Goal Imagery™ Certified Holistic Coach, I hold the belief that you are whole, creative, and resourceful. As such, you are capable of
- understanding your own drives and motivations
- defining your own dreams and goals, and
- walking your path to personal success and fulfillment.
You are the captain of your own ship. You may not be able to dictate life’s current or waves. But, you can set your destination, chart your course, and steer in the right direction for you. You can also course correct as necessary along the route, with the full prerogative to change your mind along the way. Building a solid frame based on the Pillars of Personhood℠, together we will ensure that your ship is seaworthy and ready to handle any wave.
Coaching is a goal-oriented practice. We explore your past and present to identify the goals that will get you toward the future you want. In addressing specific goals, all sessions involve a comprehensive process that may explore all areas of your life, including work, finances, health, relationships, education and recreation. This is the hallmark of a holistic approach that is concerned with the totality of your personhood.
Career Design
Taking a broader view of your career, we can explore where you are now, where you would like to be in the future, and what it will take to get there. We might explore questions like:
- What makes your professional heart sing?
- How do you want to show up as a professional?
- What role do you want your career to play in your life?
In a process directed by you, we can uncover your motivations, goals and desires to identify clear steps that you can take toward the professional life you want.
Relationships
Every aspect of life is influenced by relationships–our relationship with ourselves and with all of the people around us. Personal and professional, local and global, we can explore what your relationships mean to you, how they show up in your life, and what you want from them.
Health and Wellness
Providing support and a platform for accountability, coaching can help you:
- identify your health and wellness goals
- recognize any obstacles between you and those goals
- brainstorm useful solutions for overcoming the obstacles, and
- bring resources and tools into focus to help you stay on track.
Business Building
The challenges of 21st Century life have opened many doors for new business ventures. The ideas are plentiful. Coaching can help you successfully make the leap from idea to viable business. Holding a nonjudgmental, supportive space to dream bigger and play with ideas and options, the coaching process can reveal the patiently waiting opportunity in perceived obstacles.
Life Balance
There is no such thing as time management or work/life balance. There’s only the priorities you set and the process by which you manage them. It is a basic truth that time is a nonrenewable resource, so what we choose to spend that time on by nature makes it a priority. Approaching the act of prioritization purposely through the prism of your values can help you reclaim your time and allocate it to what really matters to you.
And so much more...
The areas of your life that can be explored are limited only by our imagination. Activating your resourcefulness, creativity and wholeness can open space for opportunities that we cannot currently imagine. It would be my honor to partner with you on the journey.
What Is Life Coaching?
The International Coach Federation (ICF) “defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” The coaching process is directed and driven by the client; the coach is a collaborative partner who actively listens and contributes reflection, powerful questions, and resources.
What does a Coach do?
A coach creates and holds a safe, nonjudgmental, confidential space for you to identify, express and clarify your goals, as well as define and structure action steps to achieve them. As a support system, a coach will help you explore your values, beliefs and character to help you more fully understand and contextualize yourself in all of your life experiences.
Helping You Achieve Your Vision of Success
Unlock Your Personal Power. Say Hello to THE REAL YOU
In my practice, I’ve developed a 5 P’s approach to help you embrace your unique you, showing up in the world as the person you want to be. In every session, I explore your goals with the 5 Pillars of Personhood℠ in mind:
Perception: What do you see?
Perspective: How do you see it?
Priority: What importance/time are you assigning it?
Purpose: What intention do you ascribe to it?
Practice: How do your daily actions support it?
My Approach
Using every resource in my toolbox, I am here to partner with you in dreaming, discovering, and designing the future that you want. I believe that the key to designing this future is understanding the pillars upon which you are building it. I call these the pillars of your personhood. In our sessions, I employ these 5 Ps to help you explore who you are and what you want:
Perception, Perspective, Priority, Purpose, and Practice.
We are all challenged by setbacks, breakdowns, uncertainty, inertia, and immobility at some point in our lives. Engaging your power to expand your perception, broaden your perspective, and appropriately prioritize will help you to identify and live into your purpose through your daily practice. I look forward to helping you speak and live into your story.
Featured Publications
Articles
- Failure and Walking Away Are Not the Same Thing. LinkedIn Pulse
- Sensory Overload, Spirit Overboard. LinkedIn Pulse
- What’s Your Happy. Pillars of the Dream
- A Conversation with Kate. Clancy Tucker’s Blog
Mindful Mindset Series
- Part 1 – Refresh: 3-minute Meditations to Refocus Your Mindset
- Part 2 – Renew: 3-day Retreats to Refresh Your Spirit
- Part 3 – Reboot: 30-Day Bootcamp to Restart Your System
