Coaching for the Recovered Life

My understanding of the Recovered Life has been shaped by multiple factors:

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• my personal experience of recovery from addiction

• my formal education in counseling and pastoral care

• my work in the criminal justice system, adult education, front-line addiction treatment, and overseeing the development of treatment policy at the national level

• my training as a coach and continuing education in advanced skills

• my many interactions with individuals who feel trapped by the difficult circumstances of their lives 

 

As a result, my approach doesn’t focus on a single ideology or methodology, but reflects a blended approach that grounds and gives shape to my work while allowing me to be responsive to the individual wants and needs of my clients. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My clients set the agenda and I work alongside them, offering support in the key areas that I have found to be significant in our efforts to create and sustain meaningful change:

 

• The ability to see our circumstances and ourselves clearly.

• The ability to accept what cannot be altered or controlled.

• The ability to fully own what belongs to us: our actions, beliefs, and attitudes, and to let go of what doesn't.

• The willingness to take risks.

• Living in authentic connection – with ourselves, with others, and with the Divine.