Introducing THE OMNICRONES!!

I've been searching for my public voice - my coach persona - for ages. And I've been frustrated and furious at the namby-pamby, market-for-the-buck approaches to coaching and mentoring that I have been seeing around the web lately. I've worked on it alone, and with my own 'coach', even while we both lamented the industry label and sought for another way to name ourselves. Well, folks, here it is...!! The name is mine...the words that follow are Laura's. She's my mentor, my partner in discovery, and an omnicrone of the first order...or uber, if you will! hmmm...uber-omni...we're getting there, thank god.

So, what is an OmniCrone, you may be wondering?

This ain't your old-hag-with-the-warts-on-her-nose stirring up a kettle-of-toad-stew-in-the-primeval-forest. This is the Renaissance Woman of the I-am-Completely-Ready-to-Take-Over-the-World and I-Don't-Need-No-Sugar-Daddy and I-Certainly-Don't-Need-Your-Permission variety.

She's the real deal, flesh & blood, brains-body-wit-wisdom, howling-at-the-moon, website-building, business-running, look-you-right-in-the-eye and lets-roll-up-our-sleeves, we've-got-work-to-do woman that this world most desperately needs.

She's full force, not shrinking back (or shirking), give me integrity or give me death, I might like you but that doesn't mean I respect you, and if you aren't ready to slay a few dragons with me please move over, because I have work to do and I can't wait around until your favorite TV show is over, woman who demands the best of herself and delivers.

She isn't waiting to be rescued, and she isn't going to play damsel in distress hoping a man is going to come and take care of all the details, while she is pretending her life is some kind of optional hobby that she doesn't have to take responsibility for.

She is a fountain of love and compassion and you can trust her with your greatest vulnerabilities and know that she will watch your back if you are heading into the battle of your life, but she is not afraid to rattle your cage when you need a good shaking and if you can't handle it she's really sorry but you had it coming.

Is she becoming a little more real to you now?

Keep an eye out for her here, and at the sites and blogs we will be building soon. If you want to contact us, please do. If you want to join us, PLEASE do!
At the moment, you may reach us through these links.

mailto:kate@cjcoaching.com or http://www.cjcoaching.com
mailto:Laura@wellspringcoaching.com or http://www.wellspringcoaching.com

My website
http://www.cjcoaching.com

I've just had some great feedback from two sources and I'm happy and proud and want to share the news with you!

This ol' gal is finally getting a handle on her body ( and I don't mean love handles)! I've been working out at Curves since January 4th, and started a walking class on February 12th with an exercise physiologist who has taught me some great stretches and when to do them. Additionally, I do a 10-15 minute Qigong practice almost every morning. (That's a series of gentle movements connected with breath, designed to stretch and massage my internal organs.)

I work pretty hard at it. At Curves, I'm up to about 50 minutes because I do some of the machines extra times, and spend time on the floor with crunches. I also spend more time than they recommend on the stretches, too, because I want FLEXIBILITY - as much as possible! And I've added some time in their Nautilus room. Just two exercises there so far, but as I continue, I'll add more. I'm starting with my 'wings'; you know, that part of your body that would be biceps if it could balance on top of your arm instead of dangling! Guess what! They are already a little firmer AND I DO HAVE BICEPS. Who knew?!

The feedback: My regular massage therapist (Joyce) got her hands on me for the first time this year and was 'amazed' at how much my body has changed. I'm still feeling the pull of the workouts, but she was feeling smoother, firmer muscle without the knots that used to be there. She said she could tell the difference in my back, too. How cool!
AND a coaching colleague (Kim) who specializes in fitness, told me that "if my massage therapist could tell, then my body has gone through some BIG changes". (OK, the capitalization is from me, and I'm VERY PROUD!)

So here are some of the stats: I'll be 58 in three months. Before this year my favorite sport was walking to the refrigerator. My favorite exercise was the knee bends that put me in my dining room chair!
I didn't let them weigh me at Curves, so I'm not tracking the progress on that front. I am overweight, but I know me and food; if controlling what I eat is the focus, it won't work. So, I thought, let's come at this from a different angle. I was noticing that I couldn't haul as many grocery bags at one time as I used to. Easier tasks were making me breathe harder. Some of that was age, and some of that was weight.

OK, what to do? Well that became an easy decision, move more. Get off your fat a$# and move! I just wasn't sure I could stick it out. I joined Curves because you sign a contract with them; you have to pay whether you go or not: great motivation to go! Also, their program if fairly gentle and they move you around so fast that you hardly notice you're working. AND there is always someone in the room who is fatter and/or older than you. If they can, I can! The first couple of times, I felt pumped and energized! Cool, I thought; this will be a breeze. Well, it's not a breeze. There are days when I just have to get up and go! My muscles are still talking to me, but I figure, if they don't I didn't really work them. I don't think of it as pain, (it's tiny, anyway) I think of it as a great reason to soak in a hot bath! Then I noticed that I could feel the work on my biceps, but couldn't feel anything going on with that flabby stuff under my biceps. Answer: ask the trainer. She showed me some exercises with the Nautilus equipment. Now, my triceps are talking to me, too! Hooray, that means progress!

Then I got this wild notion that I wanted a gold medal for something. What? Well, I'm not sure, but I "ain't dead yet" and there must be something. Back in college (way back) I resisted Phys. Ed. as much as possible. But in one class I couldn't avoid taking, I noticed that I was pretty good at speed walking. Hmmmm...maybe that's it.
I started looking around for a coach and found this really cool exercise physiologist (Vanessa) who was starting a walking/hiking class at the local college. She was willing to work with me toward my goals, and to change up the coaching when I'm ready to coach for speed. Cool, huh? And she didn't laugh!

I live in the mountains. The road outside my house is too steep for me. And, I found out very quickly that I don't really enjoy walking in the rain, or the mud. Snow is not so bad, but brrrrrrr.... So now, I've ordered a treadmill. I can't wait for it to get here. All we have to do now, is find a place to put it.

Extra added bonus to all this work: I notice a little sooner when I'm putting something in my mouth that will need a lot of extra workouts to get rid of. WITHOUT focusing on food, some of my habits are beginning to slowly change. That SO works for me. It's not the changes I resist; it's the enforced deprivation. Now, with all this physical work, and new pride in myself and my body, the changes in diet are happening on their own...
And I'm considering Pilates for my next step.

For this effort, I am, yours truly,
SUPERCRONE!
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Kate