Coaching for those who want to coach others in difficult times

Thank you for trusting me with the next few minutes of your time. I'm not a great blogger, actually I'm not even a good one, but with lots of practice I might be as good as Jason Crouch one of these days. :)

Like most people, my life has been complete with blessings as well as tough challenges. I'm as grateful as anyone can be for my life and wouldn't change a thing. Seeing the blessings amidst trials takes practice, but it is possible.

Four years ago my husband and I decided to open a company for real estate investing so we could teach our eldest sons the trade of construction. We both grew up helping our fathers build so we had life experiences to draw from. Word spread that we were doing this and people seem to come out of the wood work to ask if we could buy their homes to help get them out of tough situations. We saw the housing crisis begin to emerge back then, and felt a bit helpless in handling the distraught callers, but there was definately a blessing to come amidst the trials...

God's hand was guiding. Through sheer determination to be a servant, I had a thirst to understand human behavior, and studied social sciences, years prior to opening the real estate door. After entering the investing world, economics and real estate took me around the country to learn from the experienced gurus. I have no formal degree, but by the beginning of 2006, I was booked one year in advance as a life coach and we had earned a fair share of money by selling the properties we had rehabbed. Life was good until 2007 came. My nephew was killed, my youngest sister died, my partner left the company and I fell on ice and suffered a serious brain injury causing daily seizures and complete bed rest for 2.5 months; but the blessings were still present and more were to come...

A different kind of help. Determined to be grateful under any circumstance, I awoke every morning thanking God for my healing, thanking him that I could still help others even through the brain seizures. I felt it to my core, believing it every time I said it. My healing was painful but it gave me more time to learn where I was to take the residential rehabilitating and coaching even though the simple task of thinking was at times overwhelming. I slowly began to assist people again by 2008, in knowing where to go, who to talk to, what to ask when they get there, and although I would never claim to have all the answers, I know I can help encourage people and bring them hope regardless of my circumstance...and so can you with a GOOD working brain.

Everyone is searching for something, hope, financial solutions, healing in marriages and even help for their children. The problems seem endless, especially when you don't know how to help, but Lord willing, we can continue offering a caring heart, recommendations as to where people can look for assistance and listen, listen, listen.

May 2009 bring you abundant blessings and a multitude of support when you need encouragement.