Report for Class: Self-Discovery Through Co-Active Coaching
by D. Ashworth

Who am I and what makes me unique?  Certainly, my personality type plays a large part in how I approach the world and how the world sees me, but I knew that there was more to me than just my personality.  As human beings, we have the ability to make choices and the ability to change our lives in both positive and negative ways.  There had been a number of events in the past few years that affected me profoundly, all of which required me to respond and make choices:  the death of both of my cherished and adored grandparents, divorce after nine years of marriage, being laid off from work and the resulting 11 months of unemployment, and returning to school after 20 years.  I realized that how I responded to each one of these situations and the choices that resulted from those responses affected my life deeply, sometimes in ways I am only now discovering.

I also recognized that I was not always responding in ways that honored my path in life, so I decided to seek out help to deal with these issues and learn how to acknowledge my own strengths and weaknesses, thus enabling me to take responsibility for my life.  I originally tried counseling, but discovered that it was not particularly helpful.  Although talking was valuable, it was not helping me to move out of the “stuck” feeling that was so pervasive in my life.  I knew there had to be another way, a way that focused on exchanging what was not working for what would work.

At the same time I was searching for what this “other way” might be, I was also investigating Myers-Briggs® personality types, thinking if I could understand my personality better that might lead me to discover a more holistic, healthy, balanced, and “unstuck” life.  

Sometimes one click of the mouse can change your whole life!  I discovered Vicky Jo Varner’s Type Insights website on which she offered something called “Self-Discovery Process^® Packages.”  The title of the packages said it all for me and I contacted Vicky Jo regarding this self-discovery processes.  I did not know, at that time, what life coaching was, or how it was going to change my life, I only knew that it was something I needed to do.

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