Written by: Ruth Hescock, Executive Contributor
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As a business owner, there are many forms of coaching to choose from when pursuing mentorship to help with attaining your business goals. Holistic business coaching with Internal Family Systems (IFS) differs from other forms of coaching in that it recognizes that business decisions and outcomes are influenced by an individual's internal system, including their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and somatic response.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a coaching approach that promotes a deep level of inner work. It is a present moment, mindful somatic-based approach to business coaching. This form of coaching helps business owners identify and work with their inner parts, or sub-personalities, to resolve inner conflict. This promotes healing, growth, self-awareness, and ultimately good business decisions which then lead to positive tangible business outcomes.
Here are some ways that holistic business coaching with IFS can help you as a business owner to overcome inner barriers and achieve tangible outcomes:
Clarifying values and goals: IFS business coaching can help you identify your core values and goals, and understand how they align with your business decisions. This can help you create a clear direction for your business and make decisions that are in line with your values and objectives.
Overcoming limiting beliefs: It is often our wounded “parts” that hang on to limiting beliefs, and these limiting beliefs often hold us back from achieving our business goals. IFS business coaching can help you identify and work with your limiting beliefs. This is a somatic approach that can help in identifying the origin of these beliefs and where you experience it in your body. This helps to resolve the inner conflict between the mind and body. When we can say empowering positive beliefs out loud and believe it in our bodies at the same time that frees us to take the necessary actions to achieve the desired outcomes.
Resolving emotional wounds: IFS can help you address and heal emotional wounds that may be impacting your business decisions and outcomes. During this process, we identify which “Part” of you is making your business decisions: For example, you may be making fear-based decisions such as working around the clock in fear that you will lose your clients if you are not available 24/7, or you might be underselling your services because you have difficulty believing your worth. IFS can help with gaining a deeper understanding of what is driving your business decisions. Approaching emotions such as fear or doubt with curiosity and acceptance can help us move toward business ownership and decision-making with calmness, clarity, and confidence.
Addressing self-sabotage: Have you ever felt afraid you might fail? Or maybe you have a part that actually fears success. IFS can help you identify and work with parts of yourself that may be causing self-sabotage in your business decisions and outcomes. You can learn how to recognize these patterns and develop strategies to overcome them.
Promoting self-care and balance: IFS coaching can help you prioritize self-care and establish a healthy work-life balance, which can reduce stress and enhance your overall well-being. This can help you show up as your best self in your business, leading to better outcomes and more satisfaction.
Holistic business coaching with IFS can help business owners overcome internal barriers to achieve tangible outcomes. By clarifying values and goals, overcoming limiting beliefs, resolving emotional wounds, addressing self-sabotage, and promoting self-care and balance, business owners can achieve greater success and fulfillment both in their personal lives and business endeavors.
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Ruth Hescock, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Ruth Hescock MS, LPC, is an Executive Coach bringing Internal Family Systems (IFS) to the professional world. After years of working in the mental health field and witnessing the effects of toxic work environments on individuals, she founded Inner Insight Consulting LLC. She brings a new approach to leadership coaching integrating IFS, a model that promotes deep inner work to help her clients thrive in leadership positions and own them with aligned confidence whether they are an executive in a corporation or running their own business.
