"I highly recommend Kim for both experienced artists and those just beginning to explore creativity. Kim has provided me with exceptional support, encouragement, and accountability. With her help I am accessing much more of the practical tools I need to be more effective and enjoy life as an artist! Thanks Kim, you're fabulous!"
- Evan, coaching client
"The time I have spent with Kim has changed my life and the way I am living. As a busy Mum of a 3 year old and a 5 month old, it's been so enjoyable to find small pockets of creativity and joy through the accessible exercises she's suggested. Kim's exhortation for me to be "awake to my own life" has been a timely message for me, and I feel I'm enjoying my children and my own life so much more. Thanks, Kim!"
- Joanna, coaching client
I wasn't sure what to expect from my first session of coaching. I mean, really, what could possibly happen in an hour? But Kim amazed me with her insight and her ability to come up with creative solutions as well as ask the questions that encouraged me to find my own. I was impressed by how much progress we made in such a short time.
- Sonya, coaching client
Schedule a complimentary ½ hour coaching session by emailing Kim here.
Luscious Living Life Coaching
The year I was 12, it was a hot, dry spring without rain. The hills above my house were brown and parched and the wild purple shooting stars I loved so much were dying. One day after school, I carried bucket after bucket of water from our garden hose up the steep path to water the shooting stars. I remember the way the water collected in the lines over the cracked earth. Afterward, I would look up from my yard and see the green and purple places where I had watered and something in me felt deeply happy and satisfied.
Looking back on that story, I see how in many ways it foreshadowed my work as a life coach. I love to see things and people come to life, and if I can in any way "water" someone's dreams, creativity or personal life, I feel like I'm doing my life's work.
What is a Life Coach?
A life coach is someone who acts like a sounding board for your life, offering support, feedback and a structure for moving forward. A life coach is not a therapist or a counselor. A coach focuses on where you are now, where you want to go, and how you will get there. Personal insight and healing may happen along the way however, and a coach is someone who will hold you accountable to living these lessons. A life coach is your own personal "assistant", helping you to connect with your dreams and create a strategy for achieving them.
Kim McMechan's Coaching:
As a life coach, I take my clients first through a process of connecting with their lives and their desires. Then, together, we create a structure for their dreams and goals to find life. The process uses joyful, nourishing daily practices such as journaling, meditation, walks, and list making. Then it changes "someday" dreams into small, do-able action steps. Together, we break goals down into grounded, concrete movements that feel sane and balanced, not "driven" or overwhelming. Support and feedback is given throughout the process.
As a working artist, free-lance writer and mother of 2, I specialize in coaching other busy women and mothers, as well as those on, or wanting to embark on, the creative path.
Luscious Living Coaching is Perfect for You If:
- You long for a richer, deeper personal journey
- You desire to move forward with your personal or creative dreams
- You seek a greater sense of balance and joy
- You Are a busy mom longing for more time for what matters
- You are an artist (or artist in hiding) who wants to pursue a creative dream
- You are feeling stalled but unsure of how to move ahead
- You need clarity in a life-transition
How it Works:
Contact me to schedule a complimentary trial coaching session. During the session, we will discuss the things you want to focus on and the barriers that have kept you from achieving your goals thus far. We'll set in place some small practices which will be helpful for you in the coming week. I'll also give you a fun, soul-searching assignment to complete.
Then, I will follow up with you by email and we'll establish whether or not you wish to carry on with further sessions.
Additional Coaching Focuses include:
- Working to uncover limiting beliefs
- Clarifying priorities and "non-negotiables"
- Implementing the magic of small adjustments
- Eliminating activities and behaviors that are holding you back
- Cultivating joy and balance in the midst of life's busyness
- Finding time and space for what matters most
- Developing a plan to help you achieve your goals
Coaching sessions can be done over the phone or in person, both are equally effective. Creative and reflective tools are given as homework, to be discussed at the next session.
Sessions are 45 minutes to an hour long and include weekly summary emails from Kim. Additional personal time will be required by the client to complete assigned weekly tasks.
Fees:
- Basic Package:
These are sessions to jump-start you in clarifying and moving toward your goals. It is the minimum number of sessions recommended to experience substantial results.
$188.00/month with a commitment of 2 months (6 sessions)
*Includes support emails, and weekly assigned tasks. - Intensive Package:
A more extensive process, allowing for greater movement and accountability.
$155/month with a commitment of 4 months (12 sessions)
*Includes support emails, and weekly assigned tasks. - Single Gift Session for a friend:
$50.00
*includes a 1 hour-long session, a follow-up email and a fun assigned task.
Group Coaching:
Small group sessions are also available locally for groups of women who would like to experience the benefits of coaching along with the synergy of togetherness. The sessions often take on the quality of "story circles", an ancient practice whereby women are healed and strengthened through the sharing of their stories.
- Cost per person goes down depending on the number in the group.
Email Kim for a quote.