Coaching involves developing a special relationship between a person who seeks change (the Client) and one who facilitates that change (the Coach).

Coaching is both an art and a science. It involves intense listening on the part of the Coach and honest sharing on the part of the Client. Through this interaction, goals are developed, plans are made, visions are made real, problems are solved, accountability is kept and relationships are strengthened.

Professional coaches work with individuals or groups. They meet regularly, either in person or over the phone. The agenda always belongs to the Client and the Coach has special training in holding the Client’s agenda and asking questions that forward the action and deepen the learning of that agenda.

Coaching helps people to:

  • Reduce stress and tolerations (not tolerance but tolerations)
  • Achieve a More Balanced Life
  • Set Focused Goals that get Results
  • Focus, Prioritize and Simplify their Life
  • Find more Time, Money and Energy

Coaching sessions involve:

  • Listening, Challenging and Motivating
  • Asking Powerful Questions
  • Evoking Excellent Answers
  • Discovering Your Life Agenda and Mission
  • Working only in the Present and Future

If you are ready to make changes in your life and to begin living in communion with your Core Values, give me a call. If you have a friend or a loved one who seems “stuck” in an uncomfortable situation, give them my number. We will arrange a free coaching sample session and help you decide if coaching is the tool you need to move yourself forward and begin living a Bigger Life.


For a free
coaching session, please contact me:

Susan O’Rourke, C.P.C.C.
Emerald Coaching
Phone: 309.287.1209
Email: EmeraldCoaching@aol.com