Life Coaching
Life is a mystery and a challenge, and we’re all in it together. Sometimes it helps to step out of the action and talk with someone about what’s going on. This could be about a particular problem or issue, but it doesn’t have to be. Sometimes it’s about hopes and dreams. About ways to get unstuck and accomplish something – something very particular or as-yet-to-be. Through a coaching session, I see us “walking along” together and “airing things out." As we do this, sometimes, something emerges that sheds light on the mystery and makes the challenges of life more do-able.
A prime power of coaching is that I (the coach) am outside of your life and operate as an advocate for you -- for your life. My role is to be in your corner and see things from outside of your life, not from the inside of it like yourself, your friends, family, or co-workers are. In a coaching session with me, you can express things that might not be true or pleasant and that could have a potential negative impact if you were to carry them out -- and then get feedback on it -- a check on your thinking about it. You can hear yourself think in a more objective way without repercussions to the ones you love or work with. We strategize together on next steps. This is a snapshot of what happens in a coaching session: helpful feedback, good questions, challenging you to move forward, strategizing, and reassuring you on your path.
More info at “What is a Life Coach?” (and below) and at www.benjaminbennettcarpenter.net (on this website)
Give me (Ben) a call or text at 248 854 8340. Or call or text Sollars & Associates at 248 787 0855 and ask for an appointment with Ben Bennett-Carpenter, Life Coach.
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Life Coaching is a non-medical practice that is oriented primarily by personal growth. Rather than medically diagnosing a client, a life coach seeks to help an individual identify obstacles to growth and to set goals for the future. This often begins with dreaming a little bit about what the future could be. How do you see your future? Where would you like to be in your life and/or projects in 1 year, 5 years, or 10 years?
Coaching clients often tend to be high-functioning individuals who have run into an obstacle of some kind, reaching an impasse they seek to overcome. Sometimes they have a specific goal they are seeking to achieve. Other times the goal may be a vague dream or hope for the future. In other situations, the goal is clear, but the path to get there is obscured. A person who comes to their first coaching session often seeks an increase in effectiveness or growth for themselves, their work, or their relationships.
Life coaching may be refreshingly liberating, and I invite you to experience it for yourself or by referring a client. I am the father of two adult sons, author of two books, and partner with my spouse, an artist. I have a doctor of philosophy degree (PhD) in a humanities area of study with a focus in media studies and a master’s degree (MA) in clinical psychology. Clients and I meet for a fee at an agreed upon time and location in person or through tele-coaching / video chat by arrangement.
-Ben Bennett-Carpenter, PhD, MA
Institute of Coaching (IOC), fellow
Association for Coaching, International (AC), member
Particular areas of Life Coaching interests / specialization / expertise:
-self-cultivation / personal growth
-life planning / dreaming / goal setting / achievement
-work issues
-identity issues
-relationship issues
-creativity / creative projects
-spirituality / secularity / life philosophy issues
-mortality / legacy issues
-organizational skills / effectiveness
-communication skills / effectiveness
-couples coaching
For more information, to set up an appointment, or to make a referral, contact Sollars & Associates voice or text at 248 787 0855 or Ben by voice or text at 248 854 8340. Note: Tele-coaching (remote) available.
Sollars & Associates
Locations in Southfield, Sterling Heights, West Bloomfield, and via Tele-coaching (remote)
bbennettcarpenter@sollarsassociates.com
+1 248 787 0855 (office contact)
+1 248 854 8340 (mobile)
Image credit: Marcelyn Bennett-Carpenter, 2013
Life is a mystery and a challenge, and we’re all in it together. Sometimes it helps to step out of the action and talk with someone about what’s going on. This could be about a particular problem or issue, but it doesn’t have to be. Sometimes it’s about hopes and dreams. About ways to get unstuck and accomplish something – something very particular or as-yet-to-be. Through a coaching session, I see us “walking along” together and “airing things out." As we do this, sometimes, something emerges that sheds light on the mystery and makes the challenges of life more do-able.
A prime power of coaching is that I (the coach) am outside of your life and operate as an advocate for you -- for your life. My role is to be in your corner and see things from outside of your life, not from the inside of it like yourself, your friends, family, or co-workers are. In a coaching session with me, you can express things that might not be true or pleasant and that could have a potential negative impact if you were to carry them out -- and then get feedback on it -- a check on your thinking about it. You can hear yourself think in a more objective way without repercussions to the ones you love or work with. We strategize together on next steps. This is a snapshot of what happens in a coaching session: helpful feedback, good questions, challenging you to move forward, strategizing, and reassuring you on your path.
More info at “What is a Life Coach?” (and below) and at www.benjaminbennettcarpenter.net (on this website)
Give me (Ben) a call or text at 248 854 8340. Or call or text Sollars & Associates at 248 787 0855 and ask for an appointment with Ben Bennett-Carpenter, Life Coach.
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Life Coaching is a non-medical practice that is oriented primarily by personal growth. Rather than medically diagnosing a client, a life coach seeks to help an individual identify obstacles to growth and to set goals for the future. This often begins with dreaming a little bit about what the future could be. How do you see your future? Where would you like to be in your life and/or projects in 1 year, 5 years, or 10 years?
Coaching clients often tend to be high-functioning individuals who have run into an obstacle of some kind, reaching an impasse they seek to overcome. Sometimes they have a specific goal they are seeking to achieve. Other times the goal may be a vague dream or hope for the future. In other situations, the goal is clear, but the path to get there is obscured. A person who comes to their first coaching session often seeks an increase in effectiveness or growth for themselves, their work, or their relationships.
Life coaching may be refreshingly liberating, and I invite you to experience it for yourself or by referring a client. I am the father of two adult sons, author of two books, and partner with my spouse, an artist. I have a doctor of philosophy degree (PhD) in a humanities area of study with a focus in media studies and a master’s degree (MA) in clinical psychology. Clients and I meet for a fee at an agreed upon time and location in person or through tele-coaching / video chat by arrangement.
-Ben Bennett-Carpenter, PhD, MA
Institute of Coaching (IOC), fellow
Association for Coaching, International (AC), member
Particular areas of Life Coaching interests / specialization / expertise:
-self-cultivation / personal growth
-life planning / dreaming / goal setting / achievement
-work issues
-identity issues
-relationship issues
-creativity / creative projects
-spirituality / secularity / life philosophy issues
-mortality / legacy issues
-organizational skills / effectiveness
-communication skills / effectiveness
-couples coaching
For more information, to set up an appointment, or to make a referral, contact Sollars & Associates voice or text at 248 787 0855 or Ben by voice or text at 248 854 8340. Note: Tele-coaching (remote) available.
Sollars & Associates
Locations in Southfield, Sterling Heights, West Bloomfield, and via Tele-coaching (remote)
bbennettcarpenter@sollarsassociates.com
+1 248 787 0855 (office contact)
+1 248 854 8340 (mobile)
Image credit: Marcelyn Bennett-Carpenter, 2013
