The Coaching Lab

“Through the Coaching Lab, I learned that we all have conflicting commitments in our mind about what we actually want to do and what our heart desires to do. And addressing that, identifying that, sitting with that, and then taking action towards that to then explore, okay, how far can we go with this? Because only when we step out of that conflict, are we able to then explore how far those capabilities can take us?”

So when I joined the Coaching Lab, I was in a very confused state. I was extremely conflicted between running and managing my consulting business at the time and giving space and attention to the coaching business, which was a new part of my life that I was just beginning to build.

So, that was very hard for me to manage the time, but also then manage my commitments to it. There were also these events that I’d been wanting to create for career women who find themselves stuck in their lives and want something more. This idea came to me back in September or October last year, but as I've already mentioned, I was in this conflicted stage. I couldn't get it off the ground. I was only able to get it off the ground once I was in The Coaching Lab. Because of the work that we did, and I was also able to bring in more authenticity, I was able to bring that bar down for myself. I wouldn't have been able to find the courage to begin these events if not for Coach Sid and the lab. If there's even an ounce of you that says that you should do the Coaching Lab, then you absolutely should!

You know, I've had a lot of experience in my life. built a multi-million dollar business. I was a scientist in the Nobel Laureate lab.

I transformed a lot of people's lives before I even came to coaching. And then I had gone through three certification programs. So I had a lot of training. And yet in this lab, I learned more about myself and more about the other people in the lab and how we can be in the world than I ever imagined possible." “I came to the lab, kind of struggling to articulate my story, both to myself so I could be really clear on what that event had done within me and to others. Because the story was there but not framed in a way in which I could really communicate it, it was holding me back. In the Coaching Lab with Sid, we had that one session where we really worked on the framework of crafting and sharing our story and I just went for it. When that happened the inner fabric of the universe opened up and everything that I knew to be true became untrue in a single moment. And then to say, yeah, everything, it felt like everything had been stripped away from me. But what I learned was that nothing can be stripped away from you.You are that essence of who you are.”

I didn't have any focus on business. didn't know how to do business. I didn't know what steps to take to promote my coaching business. I was working full time in the hospital. And coming out of the coaching certifications doesn't mean that I had the next steps I needed to take to call myself a coach..

So Coach Sid, when I first saw this program being offered, it was that if we go back to swimming, it was that life preserver. It's like, oh, I’m going to have some help with this. Oh, I’m going to have this broken down into some actionable steps that I can take. In the Coaching Lab, I learned how to do things more efficiently. Learned a better approach as far as coaching goes. And then business was absolutely right on target on steps I could take and have taken to feel very comfortable in my value, in my knowledge, and me getting out there.
I've left a full-time hospital job to transition coaching, and this is exactly what I needed to get there. So anybody who is thinking about jumping on it, it's worth it!