My current long-term challenge is caring for my mother, who has dementia. This involves daily care, finding a suitable care facility, preparing for her move and for her leaving her long-time home, and lots of administrative work. It’s taking a heavy toll on me, especially because I’m ultimately on my own as an only child and I also have a chronic illness. The pressure and stress I experience are immense. For this reason, I’ve decided to have regular life coaching sessions with Job.
I highly value my coaching sessions with Job; I would grade them 9/10. They keep clarifying my situation, clearing obstacles. Job acts as a supportive mirror, showing me my potential and personal strengths.
Specifically, the sessions provide me with valuable insights into my situation – tools to chart the problems, organize my thoughts, and create solutions where necessary. In our coaching sessions, Job helps me to identify and better understand the many facets of what I’m dealing with. He also makes me aware of my strengths, which helps me learn how to avoid pitfalls. Thanks to that warm counterbalance I’m making progress and experiencing something that can best be described as empowerment: I’m gaining control and achieving results that are crucial for me and my mother.
My contact with Job is a dialogue in every respect, in which he sometimes shares experiences. This makes it human and empathetic. After all, we’re human beings with our emotions and our subconscious. The conversations are therefore also an interaction, adding quality. As a result, the support and insights they provide me are not temporary, but are truly long-term effects.
– a university-educated knowledge worker on life coaching