https://www.jacobsmithyang.com/home daily 1.0 2020-10-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f8c841a820fc27e9c2474eb/t/5f8c8c042ebbb35046e924c1/1603046409632/Jacob+Smaller.jpeg Home https://www.jacobsmithyang.com/about daily 0.75 2020-10-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f8c841a820fc27e9c2474eb/t/5f8c9ebe4b54194d13b680b0/1603051367558/jacob+vision+board.jpg About - Vision Board Vision boards are a tool I use in coaching. This is my board from my coaching certification capturing the key elements of my approach. This René Magritte painting with a big eye with clouds represents the shift in perspective my coaching promotes. Similarly, the figure gazing out the window signifies how coaching helps expand the view of what's possible. Reflecting back what you say so you can hear it is a new light, expressed by the figure holding a mirror up to its legs, is a key part of coaching and what leads to developing action plans. Chairs facing each other evoke the coach-client relationship, where attention is focused on you. Coaching sessions are focused and contained, like the bright room depicted. Notice, the bump in the carpet between the chairs? My coaching aims to uncover what may be beneath the surface for you. Coaching helps identify any internal or external constraints shown as the barbed-wire fence as well as that sense of not knowing what to do, feeling unmotivated, and "stuckness," see the faces looking stuck or inquiring in the lower right-hand corner. Similarly the steps with hardened cement express the impediments to your growth and satisfaction that we can work on together. My coaching style is grounded and calm. My coaching will hold and work with you respectfully and empathetically, as reflected by the hands in white gloves, The barking dog conveys multiple meanings. Through coaching, we can examine what is yearning for more attention in your life, and also any loud inner critics that might be holding you back. Fierce coaching, making requests of and offering challenges to you that promote your personal and professional growth, is also a key part of what we can do together. Stripping away false perceptions is embodied by the Budhdhist protector Mahakala, in the center. Coaching is also about getting the support you need to grow and make changes, represented by the smiling face being whispered to, to the left of the big eye. https://www.jacobsmithyang.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-10-18