Totally Coached, Inc.

The Intrinsic Coaching® methodology has the potential to change the world

Self management and making the choice to value the person rather than my own thinking (or curiosity) has given me opportunities to be of greater service to my work environment, home,and social network. I listen to conversations and I ask myself what would I ask this person (or persons) to open their thinking or support them in achieving their goal(s). When I take the initiative to ask a question I have to stop and ask myself is this for my edification or the expansion of thinking of the person in front of me? When I do that the question is more impactful and even if the person does not have an answer, I can tell that they are thinking. I have had conversations that basically stopped because I was more concerned about doing a "good job" as a coach than listening to the coachee and staying where they were in the conversation. I have not been as supportive, when I focus on what I think should be happening in that moment. When I think systemically, the questions are not serving the coachee. When I suspend me and elevate the coachee, the coachee's thinking develops and expands to a solution or conclusion that is right for them and not my idea of them....The Intrinsic Coaching® methodology has the potential to change the world, because at the heart of every conflict are two or more people who want to be heard and valued.

Sharon Smith, B.S. ED, A.A.S., CIC
Mather Life Ways
Chicago, IL

Sharon, a CIC, has been working on her skills since 2008 and shared this learning at the end of her second ICDS II, which followed her second ICDS I.

Learning the Intrinsic Coaching® methodology has completely enriched my life.  Professionally I’m appreciating my work again.  Personally I’m feeling more calm.  It has everything to do with my new way of thinking.  It’s taken the focus off what I valued before (which really wasn’t working) to putting my focus on what is valuable.  My patience has further developed which leads to calmness in my thinking which leads to being a better listener and being more choiceful in my thinking.  It’s been a great awakening!

Jack O'Connor, IC®, BS Kinesiology
Fitness Specialist
Advocate Medical Group
Chicago, IL

I>E>S gives me a way to be me

I have really grown and am starting to discover a new person in myself! I>E>S has given me a way of letting go of who I should be or what others think I ought to be and instead be me.

Audrey Guegan-Bombardier
Geneva, Switzerland

I>E>S brings about a new freedom...

I>E>S brings about a freedom! I have new freedom in my thinking, in my choices, in my life! I'm learning that it's okay to be exactly where I am (because where I am is valuable). I'm valuing people (myself included) as unique and each moment as unique.

Mary M. Zeppieri, BS Exercise Science
Health & Fitness Professional
Pawcatuck, CT

Lives being changed through I>E>S. Hear what our coaches are saying:

•There is so much aliveness and hope that comes with the intrinsic and I>E>S! I want that for people.

•In continuing to learn about I>E>S I have received 2 gifts...patience and wisdom!

•Learning the Intrinsic Coaching® methodology and participating in this ICDS II has been a tremendously rich experience! What I'm learning is affecting every area of my life in such a profound way!

•This has been such a journey for me. I have new thinking, and because of it, new behavior. As a result I'm a better wife, daughter, sister, friend, listener, person overall I really like who I've become.

•As I continue my development with this methodology I'm finding I'm becoming even more compassionate.

•I am now valuing me for me (valuing me outside of my role).

•Allowing for the pause both for myself and people has been so valuable for me! It's saved my life, my career, and my relationships. I'm now giving myself permission to just be.

•Clarity...it's magical!

•I>E>S has given me a way of letting go of who I should be or what others think I ought to be and has enabled me to experience my own sacred journey discovering who I am and what I'm wanting.

•I'm wanting for others an experience that honors the intrinsic and opportunities that invite and expand new thinking.

•My thinking and knowledge of the IC Methodology has really expanded as a result of this ICDS II. I'm living (and wanting to continue to live) I>E>S and couldn't be happier!

This group of Certified Intrinsic Coach® candidates recently completed the ICDS II led by Certified Intrinsic Coach® Mentor Jodi Sivon.  Congratulations to all!

Intrinsic Coaching® truly has changed my perspective of people and the world.

I really cannot thank you enough for what you are doing at Totally Coached, Inc.  Intrinsic Coaching® truly has changed my perspective of people and the world.  The way that I communicate with people is more healthy and effective.  I feel like I truly see and understand people in a way that most do not.  This shift affects every part of my life and even my business.  The way I teach and the programs we create are all influenced by the ideology and methodology of Intrinsic Coaching®.  I am truly grateful to be a part of the IC® movement.

- Charity N. Butler, CIC, Exceed Sports, LLC, Founder/Managing Member, Exceed Sports

I>E>S brings peace out of the chaos of life and the world

Intrinsic Coaching® and I>E>S brings peace out of the chaos of life and the  world. Through Intrinsic Coaching® I have learned to step back and see others as they are, not what I think that they are or should be. Intrinsic Coaching® has really helped me to be a kinder, more open person who can see more potential in myself and the people around me, than I have done before. I love asking people the wanting question because it is a question that most people have never been asked, but the answer for them, eventually emerges and brings such clarity. What a terrific gift!

Donna Henault, LCSW, IC®
Phoenix, AZ

After the ICDS II...I'm taking forward an incredible sense of compassion for people.

•I have a greater appreciation of where people are coming from and a greater appreciation for people, their thinking, and the unfolding.  I also have a greater ability to really meet people where they are at.

•Intrinsic Coaching® is really unique.  It gives time and space for people to be where they are at instead of trying to make something happen.  It works with the uniqueness of people and the uniqueness of moments.  I can really value that now and work with that now.

•I am much more aware of I>E>S and have much fuller understanding of it.  I>E>S really guides me and my thinking.

•As a result of this ICDS II, I am much more comfortable and much more skillful with the methodology.  I've experienced a shift in thinking where I can't go back, nor do I want to go back.

•I’ve grown so much more as a person through the ICDS II. I am able to see my own uniqueness and value through the Intrinsic Coaching®!  This translates into me being a better coach, a better parent, a better person.  I truly value the journey and the unfolding for myself and for others.  What I’m wanting for myself and people is full aliveness that I>E>S brings.

•Through this ICDS II experience, I am becoming more respectful and honoring the uniqueness of me!  Some of these more advanced learnings (process-vs-content; in-between) have been very valuable for me as well.  What I want for people is more opportunity to reach others through Intrinsic Coaching®.  I want clarity for others, best thinking for others, love for others.

•As a result of continuing my development as an IC®, when I look at people, no matter what they’re doing, all I see is love for each person.  I see all the differences, all the uniqueness, yet everyone is the same...valuable for who they are.  I can see the completeness of people.

•Everything is different now...my thinking, my experience and interactions with other people, and my experience and interactions with myself.  I’m taking forward an incredible sense of compassion for people.  ‘Your pain is my pain, your joy is my joy,’ is taking on a whole new meaning for me.  I can truly appreciate a person and where he is at and have a greater ability to be with a person in that moment.

•With the ICDS II, Intrinsic Coaching® is more effortless.  I’ve gained more comfort, understanding, and ability as an IC®.

•I’m embracing the continuation.  With this ICDS II, I’ve gone places that I didn’t think were possible.  My continued awareness, learning, and development have put me in a place of an ‘intrinsic walk’ where it’s always with me.  I always have I>E>S to guide me, my thinking and my choices. With my increased intrinsic capacity, I’m seeing more.  I>E>S makes life so much more peaceful.  It makes things so much better.  It’s a better way of living!

•It’s a continuing process and I like that.  There’s more excitement, more possibility, more unfolding with the intrinsic!

•How do we launch our kids into the world to be successful?  Intrinsic Coaching®!  Support them with the ability to find their best thinking in moments of choice.  What better way to prepare them for success!

•What I’m taking forward is an even bigger shift in the way I think about things, myself, people and life.

This group of IC® professionals recently completed the ICDS II led by Certified Intrinsic Coach® Jodi Sivon.  Congratulations to all!

I am happy and inspired to be a human being.

•I'm the happiest I've been in a long time because I have a way to really engage my best thinking and that of others!  I'm living I>E>S! 

•I'm finding that where I am right now is the best place I can be!  It's all good. 

•The experience of the Advanced Hours has been a quantum leap for me. I'm understanding the IC® methodology and I>E>S so much more. I'm grateful, excited and inspired.

•I want to keep all that I've learned here going. I am so grateful for this experience. Valuing the uniqueness is absolutely beautiful. With IC® I can serve people to their highest good.

•As a result of this, I see so much more, everything is bigger. I've gained more experience, more understanding and more of an appreciation for I>E>S.

•IC® and these advanced hours have been a gift and a godsend to me!

•Wow! I'm happy and inspired to be a human being.

•Best thinking enriches our lives and the lives of those around us.

-These are experiences of people who continued their Intrinsic Coach® development and recently completed the Advanced Hours I led by Certified Intrinsic Coach® Mentor Jodi Sivon.

Now that I'm an Intrinsic Coach®, I want important, new things for people.

•I want for people the clarity of what's important to them and a way to cut through problems and confusion that situations (and thinking) can bring. Intrinsic Coaching® can provide that missing piece to go right to what people really want and support them in moving forward in that.  We lose focus and don’t always get to that.

•I want for people an understanding that it’s their thinking that moves them forward, and that the things that they do are a result of their thinking.  I want for people the ability to engage their own best thinking.  I want for people the realization that they have what they need inside of themselves (in their own thinking), and to view themselves capable, creative, and complete.

•What I want for me personally and others is the experience and the gift of the intrinsic. That is where there is the freedom to explore our thinking and gain clarity around the things we're wanting. There are so many resources available within the intrinsic.

•What I’m really wanting for people is the clarity that will happen in learning what is important to them -- not us -- and the outcome that will happen naturally [because of this clarity].

•What I want for myself and others is “world” intrinsic thinking.  Just think how that would affect people -- maybe we would have peace.

-Collective sharings from a group of Intrinsic Coach® professionals who recently completed the ICDS.