On the journey to Be Woman Informed
Lisa Tafolla offers individual coaching for women that are becoming more aware that patriarchal norms harm women both personally and collectively. Our well-being and freedoms are at stake. The Woman Informed approach considers how cultural norms and standards, roles, expectations, our upbringing and family systems, socialization, friendships and relationships have created our sense of self, personality and way of being in the world.
Women come to me to reclaim their ability for authentic sense of self, ability to confidently use their voice, boundaries, self-compassion and to create healthy relationships. As a result, they honor their intrinsic value, and become part of part of the solution supporting women’s solidarity and freedoms.
The Woman Informed approach is built upon the latest research and a breakthrough five-factor science-backed approach to building the personal foundation for heart-powered authenticity and awareness – balancing power, courage, and strength with empathy, compassion and kindness.
Most people seek coaching with a specific initial goal.
The Woman Informed approach to coaching is especially effective for women with goals that relate to women’s issues in life, in professional careers, in the family system, friendships, relationships and communities.
Coaching can include multiple strengths, personality and values assessments to help guide your journey.
Woman may be interested in working on one or more areas including:
Voice and assertiveness – Finding, reclaiming or using voice with kind assertiveness
Boundaries – Understanding, creating and managing boundaries. With Woman Informed boundaries, we developing the capacity for self-honoring kindness vs. self abandoning niceness
Sense of self – Understanding self, how we formed and reconsidering sense of self with a Woman Informed Lens
Authenticity – What is authentic for us? How do we need to emerge to be more authentic in our lives and relationships?
Relationships – All our relationships influence our life satisfaction. How are we showing up? How do we expect others to show up for us? What are our needs in relationship? How do we honor those needs?
Romantic relationships – Marriage, dating, and partnerships are complex and personal. What do we want? How egalitarian do we want our relationships to be? What is the trade off for less egalitarian choices?
Friendships – How do we participate in friendships that are mutually supportive? How can we transcend gossip, and other forms of relational aggression in our friendships with women?
Family and parenting – How do we lead family systems and parent for the satisfaction of everyone in the family system, including mom and the other women? How do we parent to create children that lead a better future?
People pleasing and self abandonment – Do we seek to please others without considering the impact on our own well being?
Honoring needs – How do we honor our own needs, being aware of what we need to have a sense of well-being.
Self care and health – How can we develop habits around self care and health to support our well being?
Self compassion – Our inner life may need care. How can we treat ourselves as well as we treat others?
Exhaustion and energy – How do we manage and refuel our precious energy? How much emotional labor do we take on?
Confidence – Do we have perceived in-competence despite the evidence to the contrary? Do we suffer from imposter syndrome?