How Can a Coach Assist You to Become Self-aware?

As we edge towards a hyperconnected world where anyone can interact or collaborate with you from anywhere in the world, we have noticed a weakening of the connection within us – the bond shared by your body, mind, and soul.

Self-awareness is the process of rediscovering this lost connection which enables you to make better life choices by recognizing and understanding the emotions you experience and those experienced by others.

When you start a journey towards self-awareness, it may usually begin with the practice of becoming mindful of your emotions. But this is the first step which helps you scale the pathways to higher self-awareness and makes you a better human being. When you are self-aware, you are mindful of your behavior in response to the way you feel in a certain situation.

A lot of times your words and actions impact the people around you in ways that you may not necessarily intend or be aware of.

Our belief system drives our responses

All our actions, all our thoughts, and all our responses stem from the philosophies of life that we have either embraced over time or have been conditioned to accept and adopt. When we are unaware of these underlying beliefs that form our behavior, then we become ignorant of the impact of our responses on others.

Gaining self-awareness helps you shine the light on your values and beliefs, which inevitably form our needs, wants, and desires. It also gives us crucial insight into how others perceive us and provide us with the ability to become honest with ourselves about our strengths and limitations.

A coach helps you on the journey of discovering yourself

One of the elementary ideologies of coaching is that the solution lies within you. When you visit a coach for help with self-awareness, the coach will provide you with a safe and supportive environment that encourages you to discover your emotions and your belief system.

Once you become more self-aware, you will be able to find the solutions for existing problems related to work and personal life and move forward to achieve your goals.

This goal of creating self-awareness happens in a holistic way where the coach uses a wide range of coaching tools and techniques including the display of coaching presence, active listening, powerful questioning, and the use of direct communication.

Successful coaches are always curious about their clients. You will find them asking questions about your life, your health, your state of mind, your emotional wellbeing, and the people close to you. This is not just for the coach to understand you better but for yourself to learn more deeply about the things that affect your decisions and influence your responses.

With the help of coaching, you will be able to discover pathways that you never knew existed and you will be able to accelerate your journey to your goals. Higher self-awareness makes you mindful of the way you behave with others and the amount of love and compassion you show to yourself. This, in turn, helps you transform a ‘could do’ attitude to a ‘will do’ attitude bringing in energy and motivation that helps you work harder and with more awareness towards your goals.

Reach out to Kamelia Allow, an ICF Certified Business Coach, via email coach@kameliaallow.com or or book a free discovery session with Kamelia and work together to boost your self-awareness!