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Jeannette Samanen, Ph.D.

"I feel privileged to participate in a process that empowers my clients to transform their lives for the better."

SUCCESSES - Using stress management to handle a difficult boss

Life Coaching enabled the COO of a regional telecommunications company to keep her job. The stress management she learns through Interactive Imagery empowers her to deal successfully with a difficult boss.

SITUATION

Joan, the COO of a large regional telecommunications company, sought life coaching to learn stress management. Joan loved her job and she was great at it.

The problem was her boss, the CEO. Joan had been with the company since its inception, fifteen years earlier, and had watched Craig become increasingly irrational, unpredictable and abusive as the company grew. In fact, when Joan came to me for life coaching, her single most important role in this multimillion- dollar company was to protect the rest of the organization from the vagaries of Craig’s moods and behavior.

While she had handled the situation successfully for years, the stress had become too much for her. She was experiencing health problems and was considering seeking a position elsewhere.

Joan wanted to stay at her job, but to do so she needed to find ways to deal better with Craig’s irrationality and abuse. If she were unable to learn stress management, she would have to leave. Joan turned to life coaching for help.

LIFE COACHING APPROACH

We used Interactive Imagery to help Joan. Interactive Imagery takes Intuition Coaching to a deeper level, allowing you to connect deeply with your inner wisdom for advice.

When we turned to Joan’s inner wisdom for help, what emerged was the image of an angelic figure. This image provided direct guidance and practical suggestions for handling Craig and managing the stress that he created.

The Guide taught Joan to look at Craig from a more detached perspective and to avoid taking the things that he did personally. It helped her recognize that, despite the occasional verbal abuse that Craig directed at Joan, he really trusted and respected her. She saw, too, that when Craig made choices that were particularly ill-advised, he generally heeded Joan’s counsel and modified his decisions.

RESULTS

Improved stress management enables Joan to handle her challenging boss and remain at her job.

• Through ongoing contact with her inner Guide plus some relaxation training, Joan has become calmer at work.
• She is able to check in with her inner Guide during the day at moments of particular stress.
• The brief relaxation that is part of the process of Intuition Coaching enables Joan to remian calm even when her boss acts in inappropriate, even abusive ways.
• Joan takes a few moments at the end of each day to take stock of the events of the day and to consult with her inner Guide for counsel.
• In this way, she is able to leave the situations her boss creates behind her when she goes home each evening.
• She enjoys improved work/life balance.

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