ABOUT LIFE COACHING
WHAT IS LIFE COACHING? | BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH A LIFE COACH | IS COACHING FOR ME?
HOW TO CHOOSE A LIFE COACH | THE COACHING PROCESS | ABOUT DR. Moji A. Moghadam

"A (wo)man is not old until regrets start taking the place of dreams."
- Anonymous

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
- Walt Disney

WHAT IS LIFE COACHING?

Coaching is a confidential co-creative relationship in which a professional coach guides a client towards the actualization of his or her goals and dreams.  Coaching has its basis in a number of disciplines including sociology, psychology, career counseling, and numerous other types of counseling. The coach, or counselor, applies mentoring, values assessment, behavior modification, behavior modeling, goal setting, and other techniques in assisting clients.  It is "a powerful relationship for people making important changes in their lives." (Whitworth et al, Co-Active Coaching, 1998) Coaches make the assumption that individuals are creative, healthy, and competent possessing the resources to direct their lives. Coaching clients are typically highly functioning people who seek help for specific challenges and who are capable of making positive changes in their lives by clarifying goals and priorities and taking action towards success. 

The benefits of working with a Coach are too numerous to offer a complete and comprehensive list here.  Furthermore, specific benefits will depend on the unique needs of each individual client; however, we can and will offer just a few of the more universal benefits to working with a coach.  The coaching relationship will offer one-on-one support in:

• Discovering what's really most important to you in your life.
• Designing a simple plan you can easily put into action to achieve your goals.
• Eliminating any obstacles or blocks that stand in your way by Identifying and overcoming the challenges that are holding you back from accomplishing your desires and dreams.
• Getting organized, focused and staying accountable and on task
• Keeping your eye on the prize through motivation and enthusiasm 
• Creating better relationships with others
• Getting to where you want to be -, intellectually, financially, and spiritually - next month...  year... and five years down the road.
• Living the life you have always envisioned for yourself
• Experiencing greater satisfaction in all facets of your life through balance and flow
• Learning to live intentionally
• Learning to coach yourself towards your best Gaining the tools to choose to swim in sweet success

We will help you through every step, to succeed at turning your dreams into reality.

Coaching is a fast growing profession.  Many organizations and individuals are realizing the positive impacts of engaging in a coaching relationship. To ensure that you are among the over 98% of all coaching clients who are completely satisfied with their coaching, here are some suggestions to help you choose a great coach:
* Choose someone that is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF).  ICF is THE definitive governing body that oversees and monitors the practice and ethics guidelines of professional coaches. This is important. The ICF also sets and accredits coaching prepatory educational programs.  ICF is internationally recognized and is the credentialing equivalent of APA for psychologists, ACA for counselors and the Bar Association for Lawyers.
* Ensure your coach has completed advanced training though an ICF accredited school. Just as you'd want your doctor to have graduated from an accredited training program, so too should you look for a coach that has graduated from an accredited program.  There are many hundreds of coaching schools popping up however, only a select few have ICF sanctioned and accredited programs.  All of the others are unaccredited and as such untested and unmonitored.  ICF accreditation ensures that a program meets the highest academic and practical rigors.
* Choose a life coach that has achieved ICF certification at the ACC, PCC, or MCC level. This will ensure that your coach has undergone extensive quality academic and practical training.  Certification is granted only after the ICF testing board is satisfied that a professional coaching candidate has demonstrated, through oral and written testing as well as cumulative practical experience, a high level of proficiency.  
* Stay away from coaches who have not taken the time or made the effort to receive specialized training in this emerging field and become certified as bonafied professionals of the trade.

The coaching process is an interactive didactic process between coach and client.  It can occur in person, by phone, and electronically.  The frequency and length of sessions are tailored to each client's individual needs. After an initial information and assessment call, the specifics of a coaching plan can be mutually discussed and agreed upon.  Please contact us to set up your complimentary first session or to discuss rates.

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ABOUT Dr. Moji A. Moghadam

Live to ride and ride to live!!

You don’t always have to follow the beaten path to get to where you want to be. Get creative, get brave, get adventurous, get into the success vehicle and get going! This is your time to discover and clear a new path.. Get a firm handle on the steering wheel of your life and head straight for where you TRULY want to be. Sharpen your skills to effectively negotiate life's terrains. Reach your destinations faster and smoother and have the time of your life in the process! 

Our trip together will be goal oriented, creative solutions focused, and forward moving. Together we will explore your current surroundings and circumstances, where you REALLY want to go and what you REALLY want to achieve and finally how to get there no matter the distance or difficulty. YOU CAN DO IT! Successwiz Coach can help you. If you can dream it, you can make it so. Together we can rmove steadily onward and upward to your ultimate and inevitable success.

My academic background is grounded in Psychology and Counseling.

• Bachelor’s in Psychology (GWU) 
• Master’s in Psychology with an emphasis on Cross Culturalism and Multi Cultural issues (UDC)
• Doctorate in Counseling with an emphasis on Rehabilitation and Disability issues (GWU)
• Currently completing certification as an ACC through the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
• Advance Level Certified NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped) Instructor
• Member of EFMHA (Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association)
• Certified Level I EAL through EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association)