Life Coach Blog | Washington, DC

Setting a Positive Intention for the Holiday Season

Author: Catharine EctonDec 09Categories: General, Life Coaching

Setting a Positive Intention for the Holiday Season

During this time of year when the days are short but the to-do lists are a mile long, it’s easy to start living life on auto-pilot. Here are some signs you might be: Your “to-do” and “have-to” lists are endless. You feel...

Life Coaching for Transitions: Adapting to Change

Regardless of who you voted for, I think we can all agree that there’s more than enough being said the topic of the U.S. Presidential Election. I think we can also agree that something has gone very, very wrong when: Friendships end over political...

Life Coaching: Top 3 Signs You’re Bringing the Office Home

Author: Catharine EctonOct 12Categories: Career Coaching, Life Coaching

Life Coaching: Top 3 Signs You’re Bringing the Office Home

Career Coaching, Life Coaching

My hard-working Washington, DC life and career coaching clients often struggle with finding a healthy work-life balance, and “bringing the office home” with them. Most are high-achieving people, yet still unsatisfied with their lives. I put...

Life Coaching: Get off the Hedonic Treadmill

Author: Catharine EctonSep 15Categories: Career Coaching, Life Coaching

Life Coaching: Get off the Hedonic Treadmill

Career Coaching, Life Coaching

My DC Life Coaching clients often tell me that they feel stuck, like they’re on a treadmill. I recently learned about this concept, the “hedonic treadmill” and it fascinated me. Many psychologists and behavioral scientists have studied...

Light Up Your Life: What Schoolchildren Can Teach Us

Author: Catharine EctonAug 19Categories: Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Authenticity, Life Coaching for Women, Transition Coaching

Light Up Your Life: What Schoolchildren Can Teach Us

Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Authenticity, Life Coaching for Women, Transition Coaching

Fall can be a refreshing new beginning for my Washington, DC area life coaching clients with its cooler weather and new routines. I am brought back to my children as young kids, and their sense of excitement, anticipation and even nervousness about the...

Life Coaching: Feel Better by Watching Your Words

Author: Catharine EctonJul 14Categories: Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Women

Life Coaching: Feel Better by Watching Your Words

Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Women

Here are some quick ways to take control of your speech, feel better and communicate more effectively with more intentional words. Be careful with: – Never and always. They are extreme, final words. – Break the habit of using the word depressed to...

Why Hire a Life Coach? Get Results & Feel Better Quickly: Pam’s Story

Author: Catharine EctonJun 29Categories: Case Studies, General, Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Women, Relocation Coaching, Retirement Coaching, Transition Coaching

Why Hire a Life Coach? Get Results & Feel Better Quickly: Pam’s Story

Case Studies, General, Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Women, Relocation Coaching, Retirement Coaching, Transition Coaching

When I speak with someone in DC – or anywhere – for the first time about Life Coaching, they typically ask some combination the following questions: How can I make a change in my life that will stick? How do I get “unstuck”?...

Quick Way to Have a Better Day: Set A Powerful Intention

Author: Catharine EctonMay 16Categories: General

Quick Way to Have a Better Day: Set A Powerful Intention

General

Are you living life on auto-pilot? Here are some signs you might be: You know exactly where you’ll be in 5 years – and it’s not exactly where you want to be You chose your current situation (like your career, location or what you do day-to-day)...

Life Coaching for Bold Action: Bill’s Story

Author: Catharine EctonApr 27Categories: Career Coaching, Case Studies, Life Coaching, Transition Coaching

Life Coaching for Bold Action: Bill’s Story

Career Coaching, Case Studies, Life Coaching, Transition Coaching

[huge_it_share]I recently attended a talk by author and life coach Rick Tamlyn. His central message was that life itself is one big game. And if life is a game, then why not play one that excites, fulfills, and challenges you to fully express your talents...

Life Coaching for Leadership: “Tribes” and Values

Author: Catharine EctonApr 07Categories: Career Coaching, Life Coaching

Life Coaching for Leadership: “Tribes” and Values

Career Coaching, Life Coaching

Are you trying to please others when they’re looking to you for leadership? When you’re seeking validation, approval, compliments, being thought highly of, respected, or wanting to be seen as a great friend or leader, it’s a drain of...