It’s only a couple weeks to the Coaching Your Growth Conference, so let’s take a moment to talk about why we do what we do. It all starts with what you do and why you do what you do. So, we do what we do because you do…
Okay, let’s break it down a little better.
What You Do
You’re a first responder. You have a job to help others and to respond to that need first. You work in emergency services, either as law enforcement, fire, EMS, dispatch, search and rescue, military, corrections, another related emergency field.
You handle the stress because it’s part of the job. You see the ugliest of humanity, have (or at least hear) the dirties of gallows humor, and work the oddest hours. Someone’s worst day is your typical day, and you have to remain level despite the trauma. You also have to keep that trauma from hitting home, because you’re human too. You have a life outside of the job. You have a family, friends, and maybe even other dreams and aspirations for yourself.
But you have a job to do and that usually comes first, right?
What We Do
We’re first responders too, and responder spouses, parents, kids… we’re family. Some of us have done the job, and some of us have seen the job come home to us. We get it.
We’re life coaches. We believe everyone is whole, healthy, and resourceful. We walk our coaching partners through their path, helping them navigate the situation and finding their goals one step at a time. We ask powerful questions to make you dig deep, think differently, see from new perspectives, and make big strides toward a better you, the person you want to be.
Why, you may ask? You have a similar “why,” so let’s look at that.
Why You Do What You Do
Why do you do what you do? Are you into shiny badges, fire science, emergency medicine? Maybe you just really like telecommunications.
Truth is most first responders have a similar reason for doing what they do. Variations aside, you want to help people. You want to save someone from their trauma, making a difference, making things better. Maybe you experienced trauma and you couldn’t do something then. Maybe you were influenced by a first responder and you want to do the same. Whatever your story, you’re here to help as best you can.
If that weren’t the case, you wouldn’t be pushing yourself aside so easily. You wouldn’t prioritize the call over your lunch, or shifts over sleep. Sure, you need the pay, but let’s face it, most first responder jobs don’t pay that well. You’re here for the job or something about the job.
So what drives you? What brought you here to this field and keeps you here?
We have an idea.
Why We Do What We Do
We’re driven very much the same way. Helping others is why we do what we do. Similar experiences of trauma or mental health crises drove us to try coaching. Success in coaching drives us to want to coach you. We know you because we are you. We know the stress, the trauma, and the burdens of the job. Bearing those things either as a first responder or family member is familiar to us. Using coaching to crawl out of dark or desperate places is familiar to us.
Why do we do what we do? Because we want to show you a better path. We believe you can have satisfaction in your career, yourself, and your relationships. If we say we want to help you find new perspectives, it’s because we’ve done so ourselves and been blown away by how eye-opening it can be. We want the same joy and goal-crushing success for you too.
Conclude
If you’re still hazy on how coaching works, check out some samples here, here, and here. If you’re skeptical, we challenge you to a consult. If you’re interested, pack your bags and come check us out in November for the Coaching Your Growth Conference. Seriously, who can pass up a family (of 4) vacation for under $500 at the Kalahari water park—and that includes two admissions to the conference!? What to really know why we do what we do? We’ll be happy to show you.