Why Do Coaches Have Coaches/ Mentors?
Written by: Dr. Dusya Lyubovskaya, Executive Contributor
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I was recently on a podcast where I was answering that exact question and so I decided to talk about it here as well.
You see, no matter how good we are and no matter how popular we are as coaches, even a high ticket performance coach needs a coach or mentor.
The reason being, we are human!
Coaches are humans with daily struggles like taking care of our families and paying bills.
We have days when we are not doing so great and need to take a break and postpone sessions with clients. As humans, we don’t always recognize, though that we need a break/practice self-care.
That is where a coach or mentor comes in. A coach helps us stay accountable to ourselves and our clients.
Imagine a scenario where your kid/s is sick or another emergency happens unexpectedly. You will not be yourself because you are worried. Sometimes you are fully aware that you are not in the space to work with a client, however there are days when you are overwhelmed and can’t think clearly and when you meet with a client, you are respectful, however the client feels that something is off.
It is your energy. You could put makeup on to hide the tears or frustration due to the emergency you JUST had, nevertheless your energy speaks a different language.
When it is a client who already has been working with you, said client will ask if you are okay, but a new client will not be sure if it is a good fit. In some cases, a potential client who is empathetic will ask if postponing would be ok. You will be wondering why and the potential client will not have the guts to tell you that something is off and just suggest postponement.
When you then have a talk with your coach/mentor and talk about this particular scenario or any equivalent scenario for that matter, you will receive valuable feedback and of course compassion due to your current situation.
A coach/mentor can also assist you with grounding techniques and guide you in the process.
A Coach/mentor can also guide you when you are having doubts about a client and offer you insights from an outside perspective.
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Dr. Dusya Lyubovskaya, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Dusya Lyubovskaya is a leader of ancient holistic modalities. After growing up with an abusive father, her trauma caused her to develop health issues that doctors could clear diagnose. Although Dusya has been passionate about science since her youth, she went into the medical field because she had to be the breadwinner at an early age but never gave up her dream of going into science. During her work taking care of patients, she realized there was more than western medicine could offer. However, she felt she was running into walls. Dusya took care of both of her parents, who died from terminal cancer, and knew that she could at least ease their suffering with the holistic modalities she learned about growing up. After her mother’s passing in 2014, she discovered meditation and Reiki, and a brand new world opened to her full of opportunities! She got trained in reiki, and after a year, she was encouraged by many clients to get paid because she appeared to be very talented.
She would perform energy healing on and off on the side, and in 2018 with additional training, became a holistic life as her clients around the world greatly appreciated her positive energy and experience. Dusya has also evolved in her medical career and started speaking for health care agencies as well as government agencies seeking her advice and expertise. Dusya discovered that many chronic health issues in her clients were caused by trauma so she used her western medicine knowing combined with ancient healing modalities and has been very successful. Meanwhile, Dusya has expanded to helping entrepreneurs who struggle to make more than 5k by helping them increase their money mindset and helping them get unstuck by helping them with inner child soul retrieval and helping them reconnect with their inner child as every issue we face as adults is affected by what we learned as children.
