COACHING THOSE WHO LIVE UNDER PRESSURE

Imagine that a client comes to you and asks, “Can coaching help me with all the pressure I live under? I have a company to lead, a family to take care of, bills to pay, and a million other things, can you help me handle all of these pressures?” How would you respond? What would you say?

I would immediately say, “No, can’t do that.” After the shocked look and/or even the question, “Why not?” I would explain that first of all we have to set a realistic and ecological goal, and right now you do not have a healthy goal that will serve your long-term well-being, happiness, and effectiveness. I would then expect one of the following responses: “But I’m under so much pressure and the stress is wearing me out, and I can’t keep living like this.” “It’s not? Then I’m really up a creek because I have to do all of those things; there’s no other alternative.”