What is Life Coaching?

Life coaching is a dynamic and goal-oriented partnership between the coach and the client. Unlike therapy, which often delves into past experiences, life coaching primarily focuses on the present and future. Karen’s coaching sessions are forward-looking, aiming to assist individuals in identifying and achieving their personal and professional aspirations.

Why would I want life coaching?

Unlock Your Potential

Life coaching with Karen is centered around the belief that every individual possesses untapped potential and inherent strengths. Through personalized coaching, you can gain clarity about your goals, identify barriers holding you back, and leverage your strengths to propel yourself forward.

Clarity in Direction

Feeling lost or uncertain about your life path? Karen’s coaching provides a structured process to help you define your vision, set achievable goals, and create a roadmap for success. Whether it’s in your career, relationships, or personal growth, life coaching can provide the clarity needed to navigate life’s complexities.

Overcome Challenges

Life is full of challenges, and navigating them alone can be overwhelming. Karen’s coaching equips you with actionable strategies to overcome obstacles, build resilience, and face adversity with confidence. Together, you and Karen will develop tailored solutions to address the specific challenges you’re encountering.

Personalized Guidance

In a world filled with generic advice, life coaching offers personalized guidance. Karen’s client-centered approach ensures that your coaching journey is uniquely tailored to your needs, preferences, and aspirations. This personalized guidance fosters a deeper understanding of yourself and empowers you to make choices aligned with your authentic self.

In essence, life coaching with Karen Smith is an investment in yourself—an opportunity to explore your potential, define your path, and overcome challenges with a supportive and experienced guide by your side. If you are seeking positive change, clarity, and personal growth, life coaching may be the transformative journey you need.

Are you self-confident?

Picture yourself standing confidently in a room full of others, comfortable in your own skin, and not worried about what others are thinking. Imagine not just smiling, but glowing with newfound confidence as you navigate your life.

If this isn’t your story, but you want it to be, I’m here to help.

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Together we will re-shape your life

Through Connect Coaching, I’m here to guide you on a journey where you truly come to know your worth. Through our sessions, I’ll help you peel back the layers to uncover your strengths, values, and unique qualities. You’ll learn to embrace yourself fully, understanding that your worth isn’t tied to external validation.
Connect Coaching provides a safe and supportive space for you to share vulnerably. We understand that opening up and being vulnerable can be daunting, but it’s also incredibly empowering and transformative. Through our sessions, I’ll guide you in exploring your emotions, thoughts, and experiences without judgment. You’ll learn to trust yourself and others, cultivating the courage to express your true feelings and needs authentically.
Connect Coaching empowers you to walk confidently in every aspect of your life. I’ll help you uncover your unique strengths, values, and passions, providing you with the tools and strategies to overcome self-doubt and insecurity. I will work with you to set meaningful goals and create actionable plans to achieve them, boosting your self-esteem and self-assurance along the way. I will challenge limiting beliefs and negative self-talk, replacing them with a positive mindset and a strong sense of self-worth.
Connect Coaching is your partner in fostering meaningful and fulfilling relationships. I will help you develop the skills and mindset needed to cultivate authentic connections with others. I will guide you in understanding your own communication style, preferences, and boundaries, empowering you to express yourself confidently and assertively in your relationships. We’ll also work on developing empathy and active listening skills, enabling you to truly understand and connect with the people in your life on a deeper level.
Connect Coaching offers a path to healing through forgiveness. Our coaching sessions will provide a supportive and non-judgmental space for you to explore past hurts and grievances, empowering you to release the weight of resentment and find peace. I will guide you through the process of forgiveness, helping you understand the underlying emotions and beliefs that may be holding you back. Through reflection and introspection, you’ll gain clarity and insight into the impact of forgiveness on your own well-being.

Who am I as a Life Coach?

I am a transformational and creative coach, sharing warmth and mentorship with women while helping them to uncover their passions, find their voice, and develop confidence so that they can better connect with God, themselves, and others.

Book Karen to speak for your next event

Karen is available to speak at various settings including churches, women’s retreats, support groups, and small groups. Her goal is to empower others to live life transformed by God. From eating disorder to healing, from struggle to faith, from isolation to connection, from caterpillar to butterfly, we are being transformed into His image each and every day. Karen also has a desire to help connect the hearts of ladies together. She enjoys leading ladies to learn the barriers to connection, the reasons we are afraid to connect, and give them plenty of connecting opportunities. Karen also teaches others how to truly love and care for one another.

Karen has authored a book entitled Nearsighted: Choosing to See Eating Disorders Differently. about loving people with an eating disorder. She speaks often to eating disorder support groups and parent groups!

I look forward to the opportunity to work with you and share my life in person with you!

Testimonials

I saw more clearly the ways I fear others’ opinions and strive to be a people-pleaser and how that steals my joy and confidence. With Karen helping me identify negative thought patterns, I have been able to embrace more freedom and joy, pursue what I desire, and be confident in who God created me to be.

A Client

Inspiring and insightful, Karen is extremely real and comfortable in her own skin. She helped me to embrace who I am and be more confident in my identity, while letting go of guilt and shame over making and taking time to care for myself.

A Client

When I first thought about receiving life coaching I was excited but had some reservations about yet another thing fitting into my busy life. Would it be stressful just one more thing heaped on my to-do list? I found Karen accommodating and encouraging. Seeing her was like spending time with a good friend.

A Client