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About Jacquie Hale Hi,
If you are going to work with me as your coach, you'll want to know a
little about me. At my very core, I’ve always wanted to help
people. I started out working in a hospital lab where I had lots of
patient contact and could follow their progress and discuss their
treatment and prognosis with their doctors. Eventually, that kind of
medicine went the way of the country doctor who made house calls and I
ended up disgruntled with the big business attitude on modern medicine. |
I made a lot of changes.
In my mid-thirties. I changed careers, I changed husbands, I changed
where I lived and how I lived. It was a long roller coaster ride where I
made mistakes and made amends and tried new things and gave up. I did all of
that ?a lot. Even though I made all those
changes, by the time I was in my mid-forties, I had a new life but I was
bored and boring. I had changed circumstances but I didn’t really know how
to change me.
Luckily, I woke up.
I didn’t need a sledgehammer, I had just accumulated enough entropy to be
uncomfortable—heading toward miserable. Here are some of my characteristics
from that time:
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I was restless and unable to be still unless I was
at a movie, then I fell asleep.
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I inwardly blamed and criticized my husband for
things that didn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things. I kept a
mental list of all my grievances and reviewed them frequently.
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I felt like there was something important that I was
missing.
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I did my work well but longed for it to be more
meaningful.
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I was lonely and sad a lot of the time.
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I could not relax. I always had to be working at
something or I felt lazy.
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I got busier and busier!
I had created a nice little
life with all my hard work but I didn’t enjoy it very much.
That’s when I could have used a coach. I also could have used one in my 30s
too, and I need one now. There always seems to be room for growth!
I set out on my own to find a
solution to my apathy. At the core of it all, I knew it had to do
with love. I yearned to love and serve others and what I discovered
was I had to love myself first. Through a lot of trial and error, I added
skills and began to discover what made me truly happy. I followed my love
for health and studied acupressure, herbology, nutrition, and eventually got
an advanced degree in natural health, but I still felt something was
missing. I began to read self help literature and became deeply involved
with personal growth—mine and everyone else’s.
Everyone came to me to discuss
their troubles and I longed to be able to help them more. I had
great gut instincts but felt I lacked the skills needed to really help
people discover what was most important to them. That’s when I found out
about coaching. I was delighted to train as a coach! I got great coaching
myself and learned how to identify and solve my own problems.
I set goals and reached them.
I turned my own life around to be vital and exciting and completely
fulfilling. My relationship with my husband flourished and my adult
daughters became great friends. Best of all, I used the processes that
helped me and created tools for helping my friends and clients. Being
coached and coaching are the best two things I’ve done with my live. I only
expect it to get better because everyday I take responsibility for what is
happening to me and how I react to it. If it makes me happy, I am thrilled.
If it doesn’t make me happy I find a way to make it better. Coaching is all
about making things better. It’s about making dreams come true.
My Credential and Experience
Western Medicine I
have a BS in Biochemistry and am a Medical Technologist certified by the
American Society of Clinical Pathologists. I worked in hospital labs for 17
years.
Complementary Medicine
I have an advanced degree in Natural Health and I am certified in
Acupressure, Emotional Release through Acupressure, Massage, Herbology,
Iridology, Dark Field Microscopy. I have studied nutrition and weight loss
extensively. I have been a health consultant for 15 years.
Resources
I have an enormous and well-read library of books on health and
personal growth. I also have a massage table and microscope for when I work
with people on their health issues. Of course, I have a computer
Coaching
I trained at the Coaches Training Institute and was certified by the
International Coach Federation. I was personally trained and mentored by Gay
and Katie Hendricks of the Hendricks Institute. I have been in private
practice as a coach for five years. I will soon be certified as a Master
Coach by the ICF.
Writing I have been
a professional writer for 20 years, writing user manuals, online Help, and
tutorials for major software and hardware companies.
My Practice In
addition to one-on-one coaching I have lead teleclasses and workshops, I’ve
written three books:
Serenity Is an Inside Job: How to Relieve
Stress and Reclaim Your Life
Transformation: Coach Your Self to Wholeness
Coaching Skills for Bodyworkers: How to engage
your clients in their own health process.
You can order all of these books from the
Bookstore.
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