Jessica Li Phillips
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Jessica Li Phillips

coaching

The invitation is to…

Directly experience our lives as they are, not as we imagine them to be, and hold it all with kindness, curiosity, and compassion.

Feeling more connected, embodied, and at home;
we can discern what no longer serves us,
cultivate new actions,
begin to call in what brightens and enriches our lives.

It all starts with arriving in the present moment: a shift in perspective can open a whole new world to wellbeing. And from this place of embodiment, when we are returned to our selves, small or large transformations can be made. It is possible to learn to live with a greater sense of embodiment, health, self-compassion, and connection to those around you.

There is often a nagging from within when the time has come to embark on a journey to forge a more sustainable, healthful and thriving way to live.

It is a liberating sojourn to the heart of your own unique self. Give yourself the gift of being intentional about cultivating a powerful, personalized holistic wellness program.

 

Presence and Space
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I support clients in the radical act of slowing down, prioritizing nourishing the areas in your life where you feel disconnected and out of alignment with your dreams of wellbeing.

Curiosity and Warmth
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Clients learn how to shift from overwhelm or avoidance into a safe space for inquiry and embodiment.

Clarity and aligned action
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Perspective and accountability for new dreams of being to emerge. We co-create and cultivate new wellness routines, changing habits, one day at a time.

clarity and TRANSFORMATION
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Thriving, connected and in action, we can discern what no longer serves us, calling in what brightens and enriches our lives.

"OUR BODIES KNOW THAT THEY BELONG ;

IT IS OUR MINDS THAT MAKE

OUR LIVES SO HOMELESS. "

- JOHN O’DONOHUE

 
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WHY COACHING ?

There are many reasons an individual might decide to hire a coach. Some of the reasons people decide to work with a life coach are: looking for direction, needing help or support implementing a health plan or managing a new diagnosis, overcoming old patterns, experiencing a feeling of being “stuck”, going through a life transition, looking to discover what they want (in work or in life), experiencing a feeling of being lost, or simply looking for a shift or a change. But ultimately the reason many people seek a life coach is to improve relationships. Most importantly, being in clearer relationship with oneself.

Some possible GOALS OF WELLNESS COACHING:

  • Customize a powerful and sustainable self-care and holistic health toolkit for yourself and your life

  • Connect with the parts of you that have been overlooked and begin the journey toward wholeness and liberation

  • Through a variety of movement modalities, cultivate a balanced body capable of strength, flexibility, stillness and deep rest

  • Understand the neuroscience of mindful breathing

  • Deepening one’s relationship to curiosity, play and the healing power of joy

  • Enjoy nourishing meals through mindful eating

  • Cultivate empowering communication practices

  • Learn tools and practice skills that build up your inherent capacity for resilience

  • Clarify who your social resources are and practice making requests for the support you need

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COACHING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY OR COUNSELING ?

As your coach, I work with you where you’re at in the present moment. Unlike medical professionals and psychotherapists/psychoanalysts, I do not diagnose illnesses or prescribe medications. The coaching work we do may be life-enhancing and transformational, but I do not view clients through a lens of pathology or unresolved psychological issues. My lens is one of basic goodness and inner wholeness. In our work together, we may use somatic techniques to address nervous system dysregulation to enable the body to feel less stress and more balance. As a coach, we focus on your life as whole person today, facilitating a process that may open doors to a brighter tomorrow. At times, my clients have private psychotherapists and they find the coaching work we do together can help support them further.

Coaches motivate and encourage people to achieve specific goals and to create accountability around those commitments. A coach acts as mirror for the client and takes a strong stand for the clients values, purpose and desires. 

While both therapy and coaching can invite an exploration of the past, the work with coaching is almost always done in the present. The present moment is the doorway into exploration.

Therapy digs deep into the “why” and coaching explores more of the “what” and the “how”.

WHO IS COACHING FOR?

Anyone who is open to expanding their knowledge of themselves and exploring their full potential and to shift from surviving to thriving and to begin reclaiming life’s joys.

I work with individuals, families and groups from all walks of life. They’re business professionals, artists, actors, filmmakers, founders, activists, organizers, teachers, executives, creatives, therapists, students, and more. They span the racial, sexual orientation and gender identity spectrums. Folks come from different socioeconomic backgrounds and lead varied lives.