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Sarah Lewis
She was brilliant at her job. She had been promoted twice in three years and was the woman everyone described as “going places.” Her parents were proud. Her friends were impressed. But every Monday morning, she woke with a heaviness she could not explain. One evening, a friend asked her...
Sarah Lewis
The moment a client feels judged, they begin editing themselves. They soften what they really think. Leave out the uncomfortable parts. Say what they believe the coach wants to hear. The conversation may continue, but the honest work has already started to disappear. Listening without judgment is therefore not simply...
Sarah Lewis
There is a moment in every coaching relationship when something shifts: your client stops thinking about her problem and starts thinking about herself thinking about her problem. She steps back from the swirl of daily anxiety and looks at it from a distance, with more clarity than she's had before....
Sarah Lewis
Making Progress Visible What gets measured gets managed. This holds just as true in coaching as it does in business. When clients can clearly track their progress, the work becomes more tangible. Progress is no longer something they hope is happening. It becomes something they can see, reference, and build...
Sarah Lewis
Goal-setting sounds simple. You ask a client what she wants to achieve, she tells you, and you write it down. Done. But anyone who has coached for any length of time knows that goal-setting is actually one of the more complex and nuanced skills in coaching. The goals clients bring...
Sarah Lewis
Small, daily steps often get overlooked in favour of chasing big milestones and dramatic breakthroughs. In coaching, though, the idea of "small wins" is one of the most useful shifts you can make in how you think about progress. At Coachivas, we work with women who are ambitious and often...
Sarah Lewis
There's a moment in every coaching relationship, if it's going well, where something shifts. The client stops being someone working on her problems and starts being someone moving with real purpose and energy toward what she wants. That shift is momentum. Knowing how to create it quickly, reliably, and sustainably...
Sarah Lewis
When most people picture a breakthrough, they imagine something dramatic: an emotional catharsis, a sudden moment of clarity, a big shift in perspective. Sometimes breakthroughs do look like that. But more often, real breakthroughs in coaching are quiet, subtle, and easy to miss if you're not paying attention. Learning to...
Sarah Lewis
If you're building a business, changing careers, or stepping into a leadership role, you've probably asked yourself whether you need a coach or a consultant. The two terms get used interchangeably, but they serve different purposes, and picking the right one can make a real difference, especially for women balancing...
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