Mainsail Wellness & Performance

What Is Coaching?

We are living in a demanding, fast-paced environment with competing priorities. We may not be able to change the pace of life; however, we can cultivate the routines and behaviors that allow us to thrive.

A coaching partnership provides you with the mental space, strategic framework, and continuous support needed to create momentum towards your highest-priority goals. We focus our initial coaching sessions on moving past "feeling stuck" and developing the confidence to take action.

The overall coaching process deepens one's awareness, develops clarity, and promotes a sense of agency over the direction of life. Integrative coaching honors that progress takes time and leverages realistic, incremental action steps that align with one's values.

Mainsail's Coaching Process: The Neuroscience Of Change

Step 1: Finding Your True North

You will work one-on-one with your coach to complete our proprietary value assessment form. This form provides a template to identify your top values and priorities for life-long fulfillment. Initial coach-client discussions will focus on defining, clarifying, and visualizing these unique values and priorities.

Step 2: Charting Your Course

This is the phase of coaching where we identify the gap between where you are now and where you want to be in the future. Coach-client discussions will focus on uncovering your unique strengths, better understanding your day-to-day schedule, and determining creative solutions to help you move forward. The end state of this phase is to develop a strategic framework, including actionable goals, to allow you to set sail.

Step 3: Setting Sail

Our coaching sessions focus on providing you with the tools to take action. This phase of coaching is where, through guided trial-and-error, you implement these tools and reflect upon your successes. Coach-client discussions will focus on self-reflection, identifying any barriers to action, improving accountability, and maintaining behavior change for life-long personal/professional growth.

What Does A typical Engagement Look Like?

The integrative coaching process is highly individualized. The coach and the client collaboratively determine how many sessions-per-month work best based off of the client's schedule. The most successful engagements span over four to six months, with initial sessions occurring twice in the first month and transitioning to monthly thereafter. Each coaching session is delivered via a virtual format that lasts between 30 minutes (for a periodic check-in) to a full hour. After experiencing success with the initial coaching process, many clients elect to extend their contracts as they navigate life's many transitions and pursue new personal/professional goals. Please contact us today to learn more about the coaching process and to embark upon your personalized journey!