There are lots of people and companies out there who can coach you to reach a specific goal. Coaches are functionally oriented and task oriented. People often confuse coaching and mentoring. Though related, they are not the same. Coaches don’t mentor, but mentors can sometimes coach when needed and wanted.
In a previous article http://www.midlifemessages.com/coach-or-mentor-is-there-a-difference-do-i-needwant-one/ I talked about coaching.
Now, I’d like to share some thoughts on mentoring as well.
Mentoring characteristics:
Relationships are personal–a mentor can provide both professional and personal support. In the context of spiritual mentoring, the mentor honors the divine intuition of the mentee and fosters an internal locus of control. In other-words, the mentors role is to ask appropriate questions and give examples so that the mentee might find his/her own answers by going within.
I have often found that using Journaling techniques can be very helpful in this process. When I meet with people, either on Skype, phone or in person on a monthly basis, I suggest (emphasis here on suggest rather than assign) specific journaling tasks to encourage self-reflection.
A good Spiritual Mentor will:
- Help you to get clear on what you are really wanting.
- Explore and discover blocks in your belief system and teach you effective ways to eliminate these blocks.
- Listen carefully and reflect back to you what I’m hearing you say.
- Encourage you to focus on the positive aspects of life rather than rehash the things you are uncomfortable with at the time.
- Support you in honoring ‘what is’
- Nurture the Knower within you
- Guide you in a process to learn to release fear and live in faith.
If you are looking for this type of service, please click on the PAGE link for Spiritual Coaching
