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Vanessa Yu

Vanessa Yu

Transformative Coaching

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    Hi, I am Vanessa! I am a professional personal development coach certified through the International Coach Foundation (ICF). My calling is to get you from surviving to thriving personally and professionally. I partner with clients and organizations who are ready to make a bigger impact and live out their potential and core values. How do I do this with my clients or organizations? I focus on their core values, critical needs, and strengths. I empower my clients to know who they are so that they can take on life and their profession with vision, clarity, and confidence. I guide my …

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    • November 2020

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    • I’m exploring what is means to rest until I’m bored. Crazy, right? I’m about to embark on an adventure for my business, and I need real rest before I start. How on earth do I do this with 3 kids, an active community life, and a business that is growing? I don’t know but I’m super curious that I’ve decided to experiment and figure it out. —————————————————————I went on my normal walk where my mission is always to burn calories, do business with God, and clear my brain for the day. It’s really about me doing and not so much about resting. So I changed things up: I engaged 4 of my senses on the walk. I looked 👀for things that caught my eye. I felt 🌬the breeze. It felt amazing. I listened 👂for sounds and I heard birds 🦅 chirping, the leaves 🍃 rustling, the sound of my shoes 👟 crunching the gravel, the runners next to me breathing. I touched nature—a tree trunk 🌳and some 🍃 . I found my mental chatter stop 🛑 , I felt my heart ♥️ beat, I felt grateful for nature, sunshine ☀️ , and all the living creatures I was seeing and hearing. I felt such a deep rest on my walk…so much that I had to sit on a bench and allow myself to take it ALL in. We often hustle so much that we miss the rest that is so easily accessible if we learn to quiet the mental chatter. How do you rest?
    • Am I being the coach I would hire? 

This question sits on my desk. When I look at it, especially when I am at a crossroads, when I am about to choose a risky choice, when I am trying to decide if investing in myself is worth it. . .

This questions always aligns me to my vision, my playing big.

🌱Who do I want to grow into? 

I ask you this:

❓Are you the leader you would choose to be under?

❓Are you the sales person you would buy from?

❓Are you the manager that you would love to work under?

❓Are you the business owner you would buy from? 

❓Are you the real estate agent you would buy a home or commercial property from? 

I'll even get more personal:

Are you the friend you would want?
Are you the parent that you would want? 
Are you the spouse you would want? 

These are my Monday thoughts as I start my work week. 

Go reflect! 

🌟Hold yourself to a vision that guides you daily. 

If you need help with exploring your vision, I'd love to partner with you to play big! 

#deepcoachingwork #leadershipdevelopmentcoaching #personaldevelopmentcoaching #brightenyourlight
    • Have you ever written a personal manifesto? 

I haven’t until now. 

I was challenged by a brilliant coach to write one. 

It was awkward and uncomfortable at first because I was coming from a place of a “wise” leader. It was an uncomfortable place to sit in. Then I tried writing one from the place of speaking to my clients. 

It began to flow. 

It’s a good beginning and will continue to evolve. 

I want to share it with you all to inspire you to think about yours or maybe something I wrote will help you. 

- Surrender in the storm.
-Get comfortable in the discomfort. 
-Don’t give a flying flip what others think. 
-Know your anchors. 
-Water your root system. 
-Know your tribe; invest in them. 
-Pay attention to your energy and flow. 
-Learn to sit with the difficult emotions
-Embrace what lights you up. 
-Stay curious, it’s here where you’ll discover compassion. 
-Everything you need is right there within you and in front of you. 
-Be in the present moment without judgement. 
-Stop fighting your season of life, but give yourself permission to be in it, fully present, and find flow there. 
-Not everything needs to come into fruition right now, so hold on tight to your vision. 
-Honor the creative space. 
-You are always at choice.
    • Imagine what you could do if your inner critic could quiet down?

What businesses would be started? 
What passion work would be lived out?
Whose life could you change? 
What dream would be fulfilled? 
What relationships could be formed? 
What kind of impact could you have? 
What ideas would be shared? 
What talents would be used finally? 

Here are some more thoughts around the inner critic, the voice of self-doubt as a follow up to my video yesterday on tools to dial down the inner critic...

🌟Don't argue with your inner critic. Would you argue with a scared child? The scared part of us needs reassurance.

🌟Don't see the critic as a motivating ally. Do you want criticism motivating you? Does that serve you well long-term? 

What could you say to your scared self to reassure and quiet the self-doubt?
    • Let’s talk about the inner critic, the voice of self-doubt. 

❓What is the inner critic? 
❓When does it show it’s ugly face?
❓What can you start to do today to relinquish its power when you are playing big and taking risks? 
❓What are some tools you can use? 

In this video, I use the example of being told YOU NEED executive presence and consider what the inner critic will say in this situation. 

Warning: it’s 7 minutes because I have lots to say about this and share some personal experience. #video 

✨There’s a little bonus for you at the end if you are thinking about coaching or are curious if it’s for you. 

🌱Let me know in the comments what “aha” moment you had while watching the video.
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