FAQS

What is Emotions Coaching?

Emotions Coaching is a type of life coaching that teaches you how to have a collaborative and empowering relationship with your emotions. It teaches you what emotions are, what they aren't, and how to connect with them and release them at their source. When you apply these skills to any aspect of your life, in which you feel stuck or unhappy, the fog seems to lift, and you notice options and possibilities you couldn't see before.

If you want to learn how to play the piano, you take piano lessons.
​If you want to learn how to transform your emotions, you hire an Emotions Coach.

What is the "source" of my emotions?

Many people think that our thoughts are the source of our emotions and that if we can learn to control our thoughts, then we can learn to control our feelings. To some extent this is true, but it's not the whole story. At the source of our emotions are years and years and layer upon layer of "stories" and beliefs that we have created and accumulated to try to protect ourselves. This is a good thing. However, since these stories tend to be limiting in nature, they often undermine our progress and our positive feelings. And, since they are stored subconsciously, in our bodies, we can't access them with logic to fix them.

How can I fix them?

When it comes to our emotions, we tend to either suppress them or express them. (We sometimes try to transcend them, but that's really just a dressed up way of suppressing them). Beyond suppressing your emotions, and beyond expressing them, is a little known third way. It lies within your innate, God-given capacity to connect with and transform your emotions at their source.

How do I know if I am suppressing my emotions?

Your life will tell you. Your body will too. While your logical mind may say that you're not suppressing your emotions, your body and your life will reveal the truth. The tension in your body is the result of resisting the emotional truth of your experience. An inability to create the changes you want, despite your best efforts, is also an indication of suppressed emotions.

What happens during a coaching session?

During your initial session, your coach will help you clarify your goals - how you want your life to be different and how you want to feel differently. She will help you develop strategies for achieving those goals and will help you stay focused and on track.

As an Emotions Coach, Shelly Smith will teach you practical tools, for accessing and releasing the emotions that block your natural state of happiness, peace, and fulfillment. She will also help you access and release the suppressed feelings that have sabotaged the achievement of your goals and desires.

You will learn how to: 

• Reconnect with your body
  
• Access blocked feelings that show up in the form of body sensations, and
  
• Learn how to "talk to" these feelings in ways that allow them to transform and release
  

Will it hurt?

First of all, Shelly's brand of Emotions Coaching is intended to be easeful and practical. Once you learn how to do it for yourself, you will be able to incorporate it into your daily life, even while performing your daily tasks.

Secondly, most people discover that it's not the feelings themselves that cause pain, but what they do or don't do with them that hurts. Suppressing or resisting our feelings, whether consciously or not, takes a toll on our bodies, our energy level, and blocks the full flow of our positive feelings.

What can I expect from working with Shelly?

Many people experience an increased calm, and a lighter, freer feeling during their first session. Most are quite surprised at how quickly their whole perspective changes. Many feel a renewed sense of energy and empowerment as they experience, firsthand, their innate ability to transform their negative feelings and improve their lives from the inside out. How significant and lasting your changes are, really depends on you and what you genuinely want for yourself. If you are willing to do the work, and the time is right, the sky is the limit. You are capable of being, doing, and having all that you truly desire.

How long does it take and how much will it cost?

How long it takes depends on your goals and your readiness. Some people accomplish what they want in just a few sessions, while others have chosen to work with Shelly on and off for years. Phone sessions are $90.00 per session. In-person sessions are $120.00 per session.

Significant change requires a commitment of time and money on your part. Shelly offers a substantial discount in the form of a Monthly Coaching Plan, as additional incentive, to those who are really ready to make deep and lasting changes.

Will my insurance cover it?

No. Because coaching is not based on a medical model, your health insurance will not cover it.

What if I'm still not sure?

If you are still unsure if Emotions Coaching is right for you, please feel free to contact Shelly to schedule a free phone consultation.