"i guide you in seeing your strengths and values. I hold and reflect your powerful vision so you can make decisions from an aligned unity of mind and body."

Coaching Overview:

If your life is like a river, full of islands to explore, shallow stony rapids, mysterious currents, and unexpected bends, it can be a great service to have someone alongside you to help navigate, even for a little while.  This service is called coaching.

Coaching provides a framework to evaluate both where you are now in your life and what you need to motivate and inspire you so you can consciously choose where you are going and how best to get there.  A life coach helps you navigate transitions in career and relationships by uncovering that sense of “home base”, the knowledge of standing on our own solid ground, which supports us as we make decisions about how to move forward in a series of continually shifting landscapes.

How coaching works:

As your coach I hold and reflect your powerful vision of your ‘big picture” by using several key principles.

*Fulfillment
We discover and claim what is important to you. We highlight strengths and values that can aid you in overcoming obstacles and reaching your goals.

*Balance
We identify your primary focus and explore possible perspectives on that topic.  Together, we find the resonant perspective that inspires you to make more authentic and vital choices about your life.

*Process
We dig into what is here for you in the present, so that you can let go of old patterns, take yourself off of “Automatic Pilot”, and fully commit to yourself and what is true for you now.

I offer a free initial 45-minute phone session so you can get a taste of coaching and we can both see if it’s a good fit. After that, you can decide to get a package of 6 sessions spread over 3 months or a jumpstart package of 5 months with four weekly sessions for the first month. Sessions are primarily done over the phone, providing a convenient, time-saving way of working together. Please call me at 301.891.2057 or email me at eliza.gnik@gmail.com to set up an appointment and learn details on pricing etc.

Testimonials:

"Eliza is a gifted coach. I’m amazed at how quickly I am seeing results. Eliza has helped me lift some blockages in my creative work, and I am feeling inspired and motivated!"
C.H., Silver Spring MD.

“I feel so grateful to have met Eliza when I did, in the midst of a great deal of transition.  I've come to her with a wide range of personal and professional issues, and each time she has been able to effectively help me reach the next level of transformation I needed. Her skills of intuition and inner-knowing are beyond impressive. 
I've made quite a few positive changes in the past couple months, and I can thank Eliza and her guidance for many of these changes. Having never worked with a life coach before, I didn't know what to expect, and I've honestly been very impressed and amazed at how helpful this type of coaching can be in effecting positive change in one's life. But, I also believe that Eliza's abilities go beyond those of the typical life coach. She brings in her own unique blend of a life-time of skills to the standard coaching model, which takes everything to the next level.
If you're looking for someone to help guide, support, inspire, and gently yet firmly challenge you to take the steps forward you've been desiring in your life, seek out Eliza. It's worth the investment. Your payback will be huge.”
Ellen Kittredge, CHC, Nutrition and Health Coach

“Coaching these past few months has been crucial as I make a major transition from one career path to a new one. Eliza is very intuitive and seems to know exactly where to go with our sessions. These past few months have been life changing! I can't imagine having accomplished this transition without her coaching.”
Kat@academiccoachingandwriting.org

My background:
I am trained in Co-active Coaching by the Coaches Training Institute which has one of the most rigorous and respected training programs in the coaching industry.  I love working with people who are in transition or want to make a change in their lives. For the last nine years I’ve held customer service and human resources positions at a small business in the DC area. In my most recent position as Staffing Coordinator for four years, I managed, hired, and trained thirty plus volunteer workstudies and four part-time sales associates as desk and store attendants.  Coaching offers me the opportunity to share my skills and go deeper with people.
I’ve also taught and practiced yoga and meditation which has given me deep respect for the body’s wisdom. I recognize that each person I work with is creative, resourceful and whole. My unique role, as a coach, is to help my clients to step into being the best of who they are, even when this feels like a stretch! My gift is in seeing people for who they truly are, and helping them be courageous in seeing themselves and living that vision.