"I would sincerely recommend that you enter a coaching relationship with Gina if you are ready to do a lot of work and you want a supportive relationship in place as you explore your concerns. Gina is gentle and firm. She listens before she talks. She always has your best interest in mind. It will not necessarily be a fun-filled three months, but it will be worthwhile. At the end, you will love yourself - and Gina - much more than you did before you started this journey."

"It has been a pleasure to work with you this last few months. I have explored things about myself and my life that can only help me to enhance the life I choose to live. Our work together was a reminder that there are choices and that we are always making choices - whether we do/say anything or not..."

 

 "I just looked over the notes that I have from our sessions. It was interesting to see where we started and where we ended. In late October I wrote: "I need to set my magic free to become who I am and who I deserve to be." That seems to be what I get when I "get it"."

 

"I greatly respect and appreciate your professionalism. When we started out, I had a number of issues going on - and some serious life purpose questions. You pointed out right away that you were not a therapist and that if these issues remained, you would recommend that I see a therapist. I don't think everyone would be as willing to come straight out with what could be perceived by the client to be criticism and rejection. It seemed more important to you to ensure that I was - for want of a better word - safe than it was for you to pursue what you wanted for yourself from the relationship."

 

"It was really good and helpful to make a three-month commitment to look at myself with the help of a professional coach. When I was feeling down, you were always there with words to cheer me up. When I was feeling great, you were also there to celebrate my victories. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to do with a friend the kind of work that we have done. You seem to have so much faith in my potential and me. Sometimes I wish that I had as much faith."

 

"If I had to sum up what coaching is based on our interaction, I would say that it involves a commitment on both the part of the coach and the part of the client to work through issues, even when it's no fun - or more especially - when it isn't fun. I found myself thinking more about my life and what I want my life to be in preparation for our sessions. I spent some time before each session reviewing my notes and identifying things that I wanted to discuss/get your input on. You were always on time for our sessions which really matters. It showed me that you were taking our time together very seriously. Coaching is bringing who you are to the relationship and being willing to look at yourself differently and being willing to listen to what others hear when you express yourself. We can get so caught up in our own clear understanding of what we mean that we need to step back and listen to what someone else hears in what we say. I think it helps if that someone else has no particular vested interest in seeing things one way or the other. You always listened..."