Coaching vs. Therapy

Coaching vs. Therapy 

 Counseling is more focused on solving painful problems from the past-Coaching is focused on finding creative ways to reach one’s potential  in the future 

 Counseling guides clients toward experiencing relief through recovery-Coaching is driven by one word- results in peoples’ lives   

  

Counseling helps people build support systems to stabilize their lives-Coaching guides clients toward strategic ways to maximize their lives 

      Counseling develops healthy emotions and relationships to experience peace-Coaching builds healthy patterns with accountability to experience personal power 

        Dwight Bain, Christian Counseling Connection, Vol 17, Issue 2, American Association of Christian Counselors

Dwight Bain Life Works Group

                            

Life coaching with Joyce has been a tremendous blessing in my life. It has helped me to establish a framework to bring order to an otherwise chaotic household with five children and a family business. Thank you for all your time, insights, and efforts to help our family. Diane

FREE 30 Minute Sample Session

In our sessions we will work together creating a crystal clear vision of your current activities and how they are lining up with God’s priorities for your life. 

Together we will uncover what your personal challenges are and which activities and beliefs are sabotaging your ability to make the necessary changes to balance your life or make progress toward that goal.

There is hope. We can create steps and inspire you to balance your life, release some of your stress and know that you are living your life according to God’s priorities for you.

Call Joyce at 830-227-5500 or email at Joyce@SetFreeLifeCoaching.com.

Set Free Life Coaching

Garage Sale Purge

Garage Sale Purge

Purge your home of excess items and make extra cash. Your unused possessions may fill another person’s need. When you keep things from your past you no longer use, often you will stop moving forward to new goals and relationships. Make the hard choices. Find a new freedom by only living with belongings you love and are useful in your life today. 

KEEP

1. Only items you have used in the last 6 months
2. Items you love
3. A few belongings with special sentimental value 

GIVE AWAY OR SELL

1. Everything you have not used in the last 6 months
2. Anything you don't love 

THROW AWAY

1. Trash
2. Broken and unusable items 

3 STEP GARAGE SALE PURGE  

1. Make a list of all the rooms in your home.
2. Plan to purge 1 room per day.
3. Give all items not sold at your garage sale to a local charity

Let's Talk

Let's Talk

# 12- Love that Lasts

In our first fifteen years of marriage we had collected orange bedspreads, lamps, rugs, and even an orange chair.  While on a two day road trip to visit his family, I worked up the courage and told my husband I didn’t like the color orange, his favorite color.

Fortunately the trip provided plenty of time for talking and figuring out how we were going to solve this problem. We couldn’t get rid of all the orange in our home right away, so we slowly changed our color scheme to colors we both liked, adding a little dark blue and forest green.

Couples need daily, weekly and annual times to talk without the children. When our kids were little we chatted while they slept.  As the boys got older, we had coffee and tea in our bedroom after dinner to connect and stay in touch with the major events of our day.

You fell in love dating, doing fun activities, talking and getting to know all about this man with whom you would spend the rest of your life. Continue dating your mate; it is the best way we and other couples have found to keep the spark alive. Each week enjoy some activity you both like and plan for some special intimate time.

No money or time for dates you say, or I’m too tired? Have you chosen to create a marriage that will last? Then you will need to date your man again. Get creative, make the changes and stop the excuses. It’s worth it!  

Our dates each week often didn’t require a babysitter and have been close to home, free or very inexpensive. Here are some of our favorites.

·         Enjoy coke and candy bars in the back yard

·         Get donuts and coffee

·         Eat a  home cooked dinner in a unique location

·         Go for a drive

·         Eat lunch out or at home alone while the kids are at school

·         Study a book together on marriage or communication

·         Take a walk in the woods or around the neighborhood 

 We took our first overnight date when our sons were two and four. I arranged for the baby sitter and after my husband got home from work we rushed out for dinner-alone. A night together in a local motel without disturbances from the children, making dinner, toys to pick up or washing clothes and dishes-it felt wonderful.  More in love and rejuvenated after less than 24 hours on our own, these getaways became a priority in our annual budget.

 Honest communication each day, weekly dates and an annual overnight get away are the key ingredients for great communication between a husband and wife.

Ageless Style

Ageless Style

Are you wearing outfits really meant for a twenty year old? Ok, if you are twenty then don’t dress like a teenager. But the rest of us need clothes for the bodies we have today, not the ones we wish we had.  Covering up in big baggy gear doesn’t make you look any thinner either. You just look like a big bag.

Ouch! Did I step on your toes? I know you can look great no matter what your size or age! 

Embrace these tips today and develop your own “Ageless Style.”  

__Wear mostly classic clothing with just a touch of something trendy- think 1 item- an accessory, jacket or shoe

__Rely on your neutral basic pieces for most outfits with a few bright colors to give a bit of punch

__Dress with confidence- how you dress tells others how you feel about yourself and what God has created- a BEAUTIFUL YOU!