How the coaching partnership works

I support people in moving forward on their individual journey of personal, professional, social and spiritual development. I enter into a partnership with you, without an agenda. The focus of a coaching session is on you, establishing who you are, and what you want to achieve in your life. Together we establish a vision for your life. We work to identify gaps between where you are today and where you want to be. We develop strategies to help you reach your goals and identify any challenges or obstacles that may prevent you from doing so.

As a client you:

• make a commitment to a regular coaching schedule
• are prepared to share the vision you have for your life
• are willing to learn and discover things about yourself
• focus on what is a priority for you and come to the coaching session prepared to work
• are willing to undertake action to achieve your goals
• advise me in advance when you are unable to make a scheduled appointment.

As your coach I will:

• be your partner to help you achieve your goals
• focus on your agenda for the coaching sessions
• encourage you to achieve your best
• challenge you to “stretch yourself” whilst leaving the final choice for action to you
• ask powerful questions to help you gain clarity about the current situation and your goals and actions
• listen with compassion and be your sounding board for ideas
• help you succeed.

In addition I will:

• ask you to fill in a “Weekly Prep Form” that will cover your wins for the previous weeks, your current challenges and areas you want to focus on in the coaching session
• require you to sign a contract that outlines our coaching agreement and covers fees and procedures.

Why not try the coaching experience firsthand? What have you got to lose? Contact me at jfr@zipworld.com.au and include “I am looking for a coach” in the email header.

How to choose a coach?

Coaching involves working closely in a partnership based on trust, respect, support and encouragement. It involves you communicating your vision and dreams with your coach, and sharing what is important so that you can move freely towards your goals and potential. It is important that you have the right coach to work with.

Here is a process to help you find a coach who is right for you.

• Be clear about what you want and why you feel coaching, and not a consultant or counseling, is right for you
• Find at least three coaches to talk to about coaching. You can do this by asking for recommendations, looking at listings or visiting websites (See my blog roll for some recommendations)
• Interview the coaches and ask them some questions. I have included some for you here.
• Evaluate your interviews and consider your impressions of each coach. How did they make you feel? Were you feel relaxed? Did you feel understood? Was it easy to talk to the coach? Were you listened to? Did you have fun and enjoy your talk? Do you think you could work together and achieve your goals?
• Think about your evaluation scores for a couple of days Make a decision on which coach felt right for you and what you want to achieve at this point in time. (Remember as you achieve your goals your needs will change)
• Call the coach and start coaching.

Good luck finding the coach who is right for you.

What is coaching?

Coaching is a collaborative relationship and a personalised approach to self-development and growth. Coaching is about closing the gap between where you are now and where you'd like to be, and how best to get there.

In coaching a client and a coach come together to work on how best to achieve the client’s personal, and /or professional, goals to enable the client to reach their fullest potential.

A client and a coach work together to define and achieve the client’s best. The coach is the support person who assists you to:

• clarify and determine goals
• make informed choices
• explore options and potential barriers to success
• develop strategies to reach your goal, and
• live the life you choose for yourselves. 

The International Coach Federation, of which I am a member, defines coaching as follows:

“Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.

Professional coaches provide an ongoing partnership designed to help clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Coaches help people improve their performances and enhance the quality of their lives.  Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual client needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client; they believe the client is naturally creative and resourceful. The coach's job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that the client already has.”

Is coaching for me?

Let me ask you some questions to help you clarify whether coaching is right for you:

• Do you enjoy a comfortable balance between work, home, family, and play?
• Are you happy with the way you spend the majority of your day?
• Do you enjoy the 8 hours plus you spend at work?
• Are you the one setting the direction of your career?
• Are you satisfied with your present quality of life?
• Do you spend as much time as you would like doing the things that “make your heart sing”? Can you remember what those things are?
• Can you remember the last time you did nothing (no TV, email or internet surfing, reading, listening to music, talking on the phone etc) for at least an hour?
• Are all your financial affairs like your tax return in order?
• Do you remember the last time you did something totally spontaneous?
• Are all your health checks (dentist, eyes, blood pressure, cholesterol etc) up to date?
• Do you have a regular exercise and wellbeing routine?

If the answer to the majority of the above questions is NO and you would like them to be YES, then read on.

Would you like to:
• create more time to yourself to pursue the things that are important to you?
• spend more time with your family and friends and all those who matter in your life?
• enjoy what you do and feel more enriched by your working day?
• have all your financial affairs in order?
• have all you health checks up to date?
• ensure that you have time to be spontaneous in your day?
• have a day where you have nothing planned and just have fun?

If the answer to the majority of the above questions is YES then coaching may be the best gift you've ever given yourself. It's your choice.

Where do I start?

For a free, no obligation consultation, or to find out more about my services, please contact me and include “I am looking for a coach” in the email header. I look forward to speaking to you.

My Coaching Services

I offer a range of services to people interested in undertaking coaching and working with me to achieve their goals.

The focus of my coaching is on change and with people who are facing challenges in their current life situations – life & work balance, career, health routines, relationships, financial stability, life’s overall purpose. Given my work within the creative arts industry, many of the clients I partner with are people exploring and developing their creativity and artistic practice.

I am a licensed Corporate Coach U Coaching Clinic facilitator. I am accredited to deliver the Corporate Coach U Coaching clinic into corporate environments.

I tailor my coaching according to your needs and what you are trying to accomplish through coaching. Please contact me to talk about what you are looking for and we can discuss how we could best work together to achieve your goals.

Individual on-going telephone or skype coaching
Package A - One-on-one coaching where the client calls in for 30-40 minute, regularly scheduled calls, three times a month. Individual coaching fees range from $350-$500 a month. This includes email support between calls as negotiated.

Package B - One-on-one coaching where the client calls in for 30-40 minute, regularly scheduled calls, twice a month. Individual coaching fees range from $250-$350 a month. This includes email support between calls as negotiated.

A minimum 3 months program is recommended to enable you to achieve sustainable change.

SPECIAL OFFER


If you are new to coaching I offer an “introductory special” to give you a taste of the coaching experience - the first month at a reduced rate of $200 when you book 3 months of package A or B. See the section on my website called “Is coaching for me?” to get an idea of what coaching can offer. Contact me to arrange an initial consultation.

In-person individual and group coaching
I offer “in-person” coaching sessions to people living in the inner city Sydney area. Please call for services and pricing.

Book suggestions

I have enjoyed the following books - check them out!! You may find them helpful. (And I haven't even included my favourite novels.)

Choosing Happiness: Life and Soul Essentials by Stephanie Dowrick

Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui by Karen Kingston

Coaching for Performance by John Whitmore

Coming To Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and The World Through Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Free Yourself From Fears by Jospeh O'Connor

Happiness: It's Never Too Late by Patrick Lindsay

Practical Spirituality by Marshall B. Rosenberg

Soul Coaching by Denise Lim

The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner

The E Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

The Portable Coach by Thomas Leonard

What Men Don't Talk About by Maggie Hamilton

Your Life Matters: The Power of Living Now by Petrea King

5 X 2 - connecting the blogs

Sunday afternoon and I am happily reading Leah's blog about being tagged, what I didn't know about Leah and admiring her new hair cut. I check out some of Leah's links and tags and then next thing you know my coaching buddy Pete has tagged me - in a valiant effort to get me off my rear end and blogging. Thanks Pete and also for sharing such personal and touching things about yourself.

5 things you don't know about me:

1. I love music and like Pete I have ecclectic taste. Or as my friends say, I listen to that weird world music/electronic fusion/trance stuff. I have the entire collection of the Buddha-Bar series.

2. My favourite DJs on the series are Ravin and Claude Challe (I have many of his other cd's as well).

3. When I get to Paris I will be visiting the actual Buddha Bar itself and cutting loose on the dance floor. Stay tuned for the pics!!! (due in late 2007/ early 2008)

4. The person who has had the most influence in the development of my music tastes, fostering the diverse range of music I listen to, is my mother. When we were kids Mum was a members of the World Record club and exposed us to a diverse range of music at an early age - everything from classical to Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass to the Red Army Choir. At 76 she is till open to hearing new music - rock on Mum.

5. One of my favourite authors is Italo Calvino and I have a great number of his books (happy to share with you Chris Barrow)

Now for the hard part. As a slow starter to the world of blogging I don't have many people to tag - so its not 5 but it's a start (at last Leah and Pete!!!) over to you Sarah Lovett and , Lesley Yasso.

About Julie Regan

Welcome to my site - please stay a while and have a look around.

I am a professional coach. I love working with people who want to achieve their potential and fulfil their dreams - a challenging and exciting thing in a modern, busy world.

I am a Coach U Core Essentials Program graduate; I am a licensed Coach U Coaching Clinic Facilitator; I am an International Coach Federation (ICF) member; I have my own mentor coach; and I am coaching people who are setting goals and partnering with me to achieve these goals.

I have worked for many years in the creative arts. It is an area I am very passionate about. I have over 20 years experience as an arts manager and screen arts consultant in both government and non-government art, and community organisations. I worked at the Australia Council for the Arts, ScreenSound Australia and the Australian Film Commission in roles responsible for the development, implementation and delivery of arts and film funding programs and client based services.

I was president of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras from 2000 to 2002, working in a voluntary capacity along with many talented and creative people to present the world's premier annual pride festival and march, to thousands of people. I am a member of the Rainbow Coaches Alliance group

My life challenges are to achieve a balance between work and home life, creativity and spirituality. When I'm not coaching I can be found taking early morning walks in the park; cooking up a storm in my kitchen for my friends and family to enjoy; browsing the shelves of the local bookshops or library; spending time with people who inspire and challenge me - my much loved friends, family and awesome personal fitness trainers; listening to music; watching films; reading books. Occasionally, I give myself the indulgence of doing nothing - an activity highly approved of by the two cats who have decided my life's purpose is their comfort.

I love travelling and I love meeting new people, my most recent trip being a return to China. I believe that you treat people how you would like to be treated yourself - and that you can never belong to too many book clubs! The two important things I am known for are my enthusiasm for life, and my warmth and openess with people.

Client comments

My first experience with a Life Coach has been life changing. I am more focused and less anxious. I found the Clean Sweep a great way to start the process of thinking differently. Julie was able to facilitate the sessions so I could identify the areas that I wanted to work on. The process of coaching allowed me to set short, medium and long-term goals that were / are realistic and achievable. In retrospect it is wonderful to look at the goals, ideas and homework from each session and see the progress from then to now. I can see the possibility of engaging a Life Coach again in the future when the input from an independent person can help clarify one’s direction in the journey of life. Thank you Julie.

Kate D - June 2006

To anyone thinking of working with Julie, I started working with Julie as my life coach in January 2006. At that time I was pretty much living month to month, with little or no direction. As an artist my work was never consistent and there was always fear of the unknown. Julie helped to take away the fear of uncertainty by making me answer questions that I would avoid asking myself. By checking in with her on a weekly basis I started to see the power of my own intentions and how to demystify negative right-brained thought patterns.

Quite quickly my situation began to change, I found myself making decisions that empowered my true self. With Julie's guidance I began to make the shift into living life fully, free from destructive actions and taking responsibility for my choices. Julie has been my touchstone. Six months on I feel my life is going places I didn't think possible.

Jaason S - April 2006