Hiring your own coach is already part of the process of building an empowered relationship with academia.
Your coach is someone you choose to support you. You want this to be a wholehearted choice, based on confidence and excitement about my way of working and our interpersonal dynamic. Based on a real sense that I can hold a supportive and empowering space for you through ups and downs. That our relationship will make a genuine difference to your personal and professional life and will be worth your investment of time, energy and money.
For this to be possible, we have to meet and talk first, and do some actual coaching as part of that exploratory meeting. This meeting will give both of us a good indication of whether the vibe is right. And whether there’s a fit between what I offer and what you’re truly looking for.
This exploratory session is confidential. It is free of charge. It doesn’t oblige you to go forward. It’s designed that way because I want you to be confident in your choice. And because it is in my interest, too, to have clients who are a good fit for me and whom I am confident I can support.