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Change Your Life On A Budget
Something I find difficult about working as a coach is the number of calls I receive from people I could genuinely help but who simply cannot afford to hire me to work with them.
It’s frustrating for both of us.
I could fill my practice with clients who can’t pay – but I wouldn’t be practicing very long if I did that. One of the important reasons we write the newsletter at Fiona Harrold is to provide inspiration to anyone who is not in a position to hire a coach.
Dealing with money, dealing with life
The subject of money is a thorny one though and how we each deal with it can be enormously revealing about how we deal with ourselves and our life. If we’re honest with ourselves, feeling unable to afford to hire a coach can sometimes point to underlying things:
- I don’t value myself sufficiently to spend my money on hiring a coach to help me
- There are more important things to spend my money on
- I’m not prepared to stop spending my money on ‘x’ and save up so I can spend it on a coach instead
And sometimes, it can actually be a welcome smokescreen for the fact that we don’t really want to change our lives. Maybe it’s simply not our true priority.
Desperate to change
HOWEVER, what if you DO want to change your life but in all honesty you cannot afford a coach? What if you are desperate to leave your job but you simply cannot afford to resign tomorrow?
What if, for instance, you’re a single parent and the sole breadwinner and your job pays the bills but nothing else? What if you feel trapped by your job because you hunger for something more but you can’t put your finger on what that ‘something’ is - how, you might ask, does a person like you find what they are meant to do; where do you start?
See Sue's Top Tips For Changing Your Life On A Budget here
