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Client Testimonials

The real gauge of a coach's effectiveness is the success of his clients in achieving what they want out of the coaching alliance. Here are some comments written by current and past clients:

• Tom is an awesome coach. He has helped to uncover "me" and challenged me to be fully who I am. When I feel stuck or a victim, he helps me to see things from a different perspective. Early on in our coaching relationship, we defined my highest value and that has been the foundation from which we have built. Coaching has not only helped me make decisions, but given me a sense of freedom, a sense of knowing where I am going and why. Being a very practical person, I greatly appreciate the metaphors Tom creates. I often carry them through the week following our conversation. I have come to a session in a state of confusion and found him to be a master at distilling my wordy responses down to phrases, word pictures and practical applications though the powerful questions he asks. As a result of our coaching relationship, I feel freer, more confident, encouraged and purposeful in life. - TL
  
• Tom’s ability to listen, identify easily and laugh at the follies of being human established trust and a feeling of camaraderie with me quickly. There is something powerful about having someone beside me who feels like they are really ‘with me’. I don’t feel so alone and am strengthened and inspired by it. Since I started coaching with Tom, I find myself thinking in new ways and feeling more at ease. The coaching challenges and supports me to move through my uncomfortable, fearful feelings and walk right up to the ‘paper tigers’ I have living inside me that seem so strong, real and big but in actuality are lies, as Tom reminds me. Tom understands the value of abstaining from giving advice and is skilled at interrupting patterns that hold me back. He has an ability to ‘sniff’ out what is blocking me while conveying that he is seeing me as a fully capable, whole and wonderful person. Overall, Tom’s coaching seems to be leading me back to myself – reminding me of that place inside me that cultivates and feeds my natural joy. --TB

• Tom’s insightful coaching has been a tremendous gift in my life.  Insightful because he is really in tune with what he hears coming out of my mouth beyond what I myself am hearing.  It’s this between-the-lines intuitiveness that Tom leverages joyfully to let me know what’s REALLY being said — and this is a tremendous gift.  He helps my un-stick myself when I get stuck and champions me when I’m on a roll. Through Tom’s coaching, I find myself empowered and activated by the truth of what IS for me.  There is no greater gift a coach can bring than to give you more of yourself. --CW

• Focus, focus, focus! The man is a genius at focus, both for himself and anyone who works with him. It's a pleasure to look forward to what is always a very productive session with Tom. --SN

• My goal for coaching was to move forward in creating the life I want to lead. Tom supported this goal with gentle inquiry;guiding me toward my own truths. I credit him with helping me to achieve a "shift' in thinking. This enabled me to see new options and problem solve creatively. Tom Stein of Coaching for Purpose is committed and skillful at helping his clients achieve their goals. --MW
  
  
• Discovering my purpose was easy. The decision to make the most of it was something that Tom has helped me to put into action on a daily basis. Tom reminds me to celebrate life, create balance and abundance while achieving my dreams. His perception and ability to change perspectives has helped create a vision that I can truely live by and be accountable for in my life. He is always keeping my personal life in balance so that I can focus and acheive the greatest outcome possible in my business life to feed my purpose. --G
  
  
• Thanks so much for asking the right questions and for encouraging me that I can have my life workout the way I would like it to workout. The business is working the best it has ever worked, again thanks to you. I am free to now do what I want to do with my time. --TH
  
• When I met Tom, I was "stuck in a job where I hadn't received a raise or recognition in five years. Within six months of my coaching experience and one great big push, I  landed a new job and two raises.  He's a great coach who reminds me to celebrate the person I am by taking off my metaphorical "lampshade" and "trying on new shoes."  The homework is fun-filled, the exercises make you go "hmm" and the one on one's are  exciting.- TA