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Vision Powered Coaching

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About Vision Powered Coaching

I am a Life Stage, Family, and Relationship Changes Certified Coach (Big changes, Hard choices, and Second chances) specializing in changes related to loss, bereavement, aging and sandwich generation issues, reinventing yourself and retirement life planning (not financial) and also to the adoption community (infertility, readying for adoption, adoption process help, raising multi-cultural families, birthparent loss, teen and adult adoptee, and help and search exploration and assistance). My decades of experience working with families and individuals running a non-profit agency and my caring, creative approach have carried over to my coaching practice. I coach people with a practical heart, which means I am both tender and tough simultaneously. I care about my clients a lot and am known for this, but I expect a lot from them. To get the most out of working with a coach, you have to put in the time and effort.

I work with men, women, gay, straight, single, married, divorced and widowed clients. I don't care what your "label" is. If you are stuck and suffering and want a different life, want to dream again and grab onto the things you have been missing, I can help.

I want you to know that I am not all about money, though I have to make a living like everyone else, so don't decide you can't afford a personal coach before we talk. Let's see what we can work out. If you are serious, please contact me. Most coaching is done via phone and email and it WORKS. You can be located anywhere.

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Bloomfield, CT 06002

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  • 5/5 stars February 25, 2013

    Coach Iris demonstrates compassion and a genuine concern in her coaching style. I have not been disappointed, and have had support through coaching that has help me maintain a balance in my life while I'm transitioning to my next life phase.

  • 5/5 stars February 25, 2013

    Iris came into my life at a very critical turn. Suffering from depression for years, I began withdrawing further and further into myself. I had been working with my doctor and taking the medication he prescribed, but it just wasn’t enough. I rarely left the house except to go to work and I associated only with family and only as needed. I wanted to make changes, but I didn’t know how to take that first step.
    Iris put a lot of effort into getting to know me. She is generous with her time and talents. Iris listened carefully and shared tools and ideas that were tailored to my specific needs. I knew within the first two sessions that I was on the right track and with the right life coach.
    I’m not where I want to be yet, but I am definitely on the right track. Iris breathes life back into flagging hopes and dreams. I feel courageous again for the first time in a long while.

  • 5/5 stars October 18, 2011

    Iris coached me during one of the most difficult periods of my adult life. I would cite, among her many strengths, her ability to "hear" a client. "Hearing" a client is much more than listening to words; hearing a client acknowledges a client's mood, energy, and thought processes.

    Iris has remarkable recall and there is no need to "start from the beginning" for every session. Iris prepares meticulously.

    She is able to avoid creating an unhealthy relationship of dependence. Her suggestions and assignments make a coaching session a shared venture, a balanced relationship. Iris is able to identify a client's strengths and weaknesses and use her insight to steer a client in a healthy direction.

  • 5/5 stars October 15, 2011

    I have known Iris for many years. She is a warm, wise, caring person who is interested in helping people, and she will be a positive force in the life of anybody who engages her coaching services.

  • 5/5 stars October 14, 2011

    Iris is an insightful and compassionate person and an excellent life coach. She has been of great help to me through some very difficult times.

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  • There are so many different kinds of #loss but if loss is holding you back or causing you pain, consider getting some life# coaching!
    Apr 12, 2013 at 11:39 am

  • Are you wanting to explore # adoption but confused by it all. Maybe you need an #Adoption# Coach?.
    Apr 12, 2013 at 11:38 am

  • Would love to see Thumbtack have sort type of screening process for those who want a life coach, so a better match could be made.
    Apr 12, 2013 at 11:36 am

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Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. I work a lot with the adoption community and birthparent grief, and with widows, widowers and those having a hard time with the realities of being aging Baby Boomers and thinking about the next phase, or are part of the Sandwich Generation. Also work with young adults with loss that holds them back and gives them pain. I work with those facing or wanting to plan for a big life change and who are ready and motivated to stuff suffering and to begin the process of reinventing themselves.

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. A coach must feel like a good fit. I always told my adoption clients this and it holds true for the coaching relationship as well. You do a lot of important work with your coach and a trust must be built. If you don't feel compatible from the get-go this is not too likely to happen.

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. Prospective coaching clients must decide if they are ready to do the work it takes to achieve their own goals or to change their lives. The coach doesn't do the work for the client but facilitates the change, provides an ear, prodding, insight, help and accountability to make change possible.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. I coach with a practical heart. I have a nature that is a combination of creative visionary and practicality.
Not only have I helped many people over the years but aside from professional skills, I have moved through many life changes and losses myself. I know how to help people move from pain to passion and purpose.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. It is so terrific to watch the growth and change that we facilitate as coaches and to be able to cheer our clients on. I have many stories. I guess watching a particular widow blossom and grow after she thought she would never feel "normal" again, and also helping birthmothers begin to look forward to new lives and start to set goals are among my favorite accomplishments and "stories" from my coaching work.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. Coaching is not therapy or mentoring, though at times a coach can also wear a mentor's hat. Clients have to be ready for the changes they are commiting to and for the work and new perspectives that will come their way.

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. After running an adoption agency for nearly 30 yrs that had a unique, client-centered approach, someone pointed out to me that I did a lot of coaching at our agency and that was unique for the field. I decided to look into further training and became a certified professional coach, as well as continuing to take advanced training at every opportunity. I love the work.

Q. Write your own question and answer it.

A. What do you tell people who say they probably can't afford coaching.

I ask them if they can afford to remain just the way they are without doing what they want to do or growing out of the pain they are in. I ask them what they can afford and tell them we can probably work something out if they are serious about coaching and getting help.

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