BEYOND MODULE
The arena of Life Coaching now extends beyond high school. College students and young adults are in need of acquiring the necessary skills that will help them navigate college, secure employment and start a career. It involves incorporating these essential abilities in the design, self-navigation and the launching of their life and future.
College and Beyond…
When we graduate from high school, we leave behind lives known to us only as compact semester chunks with goals already set up for us. We are thrust into a life that no longer has syllabi to help guide us. There are numerous things a young person feels they need to know and achieve by the time they are leaving school. This stage of life can be a balancing act; young people are learning who they are, trying to make friends, family and teachers happy, as well as figuring out what their life success will look and feel like.
Individuals who take the time to explore and make commitments along the way construct and design stronger self-identities. They have more self-esteem, are more persevering and realistic. OPENMIND coaching helps put you on a path to identity associated with a clearer sense of self, increased life satisfaction, better stress management, stronger reasoning and resistance to conformity.
You deserve to be a part of designing your own life. OPENMIND helps identify your personal assets. These are the individual resources that you gather over a period of your lifetime. They are your strengths and talents that become a part of who you are. They are the personal investments you make with yourself. It’s been referred to as your identity capital. They go on your resume, such as degrees, jobs, test scores and club memberships. More personal identity capital is related to where you are from, how you speak, solve problems and more. Over time, you build yourself one block at a time. The most important identity capital is what you bring to the adult marketplace. Metaphorically, it’s the currency you use to purchase jobs, relationships and other things you desire. Be intentional. Start planning and claim your adulthood!
Life Launch
There are psychological stages, called Ages that every person has to go through in order to end up a happy adult who contributes to society (which also contributes to the person’s happiness). What I have found is many of these failure-to-launch young people have not mastered some of these crucial early stages. More and more kids are not mastering the Ages, which make them struggle with starting their own lives, such as leaving for college, graduating, and getting a job. They literally are unable to develop a solid identity, true intimacy, and independence because they did not successfully complete each developmental stage.
Sometimes young people can feel like they are stuck on a never-ending rollercoaster. Expectations they have for themselves, as well as the pressures of fitting in, growing up and planning a future, can feel overwhelming and make it difficult for them to cope. Each young person responds to life’s difficulties differently. One person may be able to express their thoughts and feelings, another may act out. Young people under stress may repress their emotions; their behavior may start to change and may not feel confident enough to discuss their concerns with their parent or friends.
This is where the Coach can assist. It’s an impartial source of support that can listen and understand the challenges they are facing. The Coach will work with them to listen to their concerns and help identify their needs. The Coach will partner beside them while they jump the hurdles toward a stable future. While some may require support throughout the journey, others may only need to be pointed in the right direction.
Design your own certainty. Define yourself by what you know and by what you do.
• College and Graduate School
• Career
• Employment
• Life Launch
• Work-Life Balance
“OPENMIND proudly supports our future Leaders…
…one MIND at a time.”
OM Architect
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• Line Things Up
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• Move Forward
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