During our regular check-ins, we simply take account of what you did or didn’t do since our last session. There’s no shaming here, just facts. Think of it like a scientist examining data rather than a judge passing verdict.
How Do I Hold You Accountable?
An approach built on curiosity and partnership, not judgment or shame
We start each session with a straightforward review.
For anything you didn't complete, we become detectives together.
We fully explore the reasons why. Was it a time management issue? Competing priorities? Fear or resistance? External circumstances? I help you distinguish between barriers that were within your control versus those that weren’t because the strategy for addressing each is completely different.
We address self-imposed barriers right away.
For internal barriers like procrastination, perfectionism, limiting beliefs, fear of failure and more, we do targeted coaching right in the moment. The specific coaching methods I use will depend on the nature of the struggle. I have a wide range of tools I can pull from to help you gain insights and make internal shifts that change the way you experience this barrier differently next time it comes up. This gives you a chance to make different choices and gain a different result.
Even if the result is not exactly what you hoped for you’ll still learn something new about yourself, which becomes valuable input for our next coaching session.
We strategize ways to overcome external barriers outside of your control.
Perhaps you had a family emergency, work demands, or unexpected life events that derailed you. No worries! Life is full of surprises like that. It might be as straightfoward as pushing out the deadline for those actions by a week. However if the external barrier persists, I help you strategize and brainstorm ways to work around these obstacles or minimize their impact on your progress, so you stay moving forward even when life gets messy.
Sometimes we make tweaks to the plan.
When that happens, we can absolutely let them go, but we do it thoughtfully, making sure you’re not just avoiding something difficult versus genuinely reprioritizing.
You get better at taking action, and I get better at coaching you.
The deeper value from coaching emerges over time. As I get to know you, our coaching relationship becomes a powerful source for insights and personal growth. As you make progress on your goals, I bring to your attention all of the values, strengths and qualities I see you exhibiting along the way. This gives you clarity about who you are being in the world and how you are transforming through taking consistent action towards your life’s most important goals.
I also become more skilled at spotting ways you might be playing small or unknowingly be getting in your own way. I’ll point these out not as criticism, but as observations for you to consider. I describe what I see so you can reflect on it and decide what’s useful for building better strategies moving forward.
How is Accountability Coaching Different?
ACCOUNTABILITY COACHING
Starts with the End in Mind
VS
Life Coaching
Lots of Open Exploration
Accountability Coaching works best when you already have a clear vision of what you want to accomplish. You come to the table knowing your destination—whether that’s launching a business, completing a creative project, improving your health, or achieving a specific professional milestone. While we’ll spend time exploring why this goal matters to you (which often leads to refining and strengthening your objectives), the foundation is your existing clarity about what you want to achieve.
Life Coaching takes a more holistic, exploratory approach. You might enter life coaching feeling stuck, unfulfilled, or simply knowing that something needs to change without being sure what that is. Life coaching emphasizes discovery and visioning work, helping you uncover what you truly want across multiple areas of your life before moving into concrete action steps.