Debi Johnson Coaching

It was just an unexpected Monday night dinner at the local pizza parlor with my husband.  The pizza parlor is nothing fancy, but it’s been one of our favorites for over 30 years.  As we were sitting by each other in the brown vinyl booth, eating pizza and watching baseball on the big screen TV, I felt a deja vu feeling come over me.  I get this feeling ever so often out of the blue, just before the thought ”mental snapshot” comes into my mind.  Ah yes, it was one of those moments in my life when I realize how blessed I am.  It tells me to commit this “mental snapshot” into my heart memory. 

I caught myself taking it all in ~ from the tacky beauty of the light fixtures, to the same video game that’s been pinging on the wall forever, to the amazing taste of the combo pizza and finally back to the particular gleam in my husband’s eyes.  I had been to this same pizza parlor a hundred or so times, but I never stopped to take notice.   

I came home from dinner tonight with this topic tapping me on the shoulder to go, sit down and just write it out!  So I am.  That leads me to believe there is a message in it somehow.  I have many “snapshot” memories of my past and they do stand out as amazing moments in seemingly mundane events.  They warm my heart now as I remember them.

We all have such busy lives.  Life can seem rather crazy at times.  It can seem like “one damn thing after another”.  I often find myself yearning for my days off so much that I try to wish myself out of my nows. 
But…. 
It makes me wonder what day to day treasures am I missing out on?  

Can you relate?  Can you recall noticing special moments in the every days of your life?  Isn’t it kind of cool to just sit and reflect on them?  Times with your kids or special someone; or a heartfelt memory of a loved one that you can’t be with anymore?  See, we all have them.  Total treasures of the mind….mental snapshots that we want to hold on to forever.

You know, your life really is amazing.  Can you notice the snapshots, even when it does seem like “one damn thing after another”?  Open up your heart and take another look.  Amazing what’s there, isn’t it?!

January, 2010 I began an amazing life coaching course in the Martha Beck Life Coaching Institute. Martha Beck is an author, life coach and a contributor to the Oprah magazine.  To become certified through Martha Beck, her coaches need to coach a certain number of hours.  I am excited to say that I am almost there!  I am just a handful of hours away from making that a success. 
There is so much that I have taken from this course that I love to share with my clients. 

I am also in the process of training with Abigail Steidley, a Master Certified Martha Beck coach, on how to use Mind-Body coaching tools in my practice.  The tools are amazing.  We have such stressful lives and that stress can cause a reaction “PAIN” in our bodies.  As we learn to slow down and notice what’s happening within us, we can be set free.  I am coaching my clients with this mind-body approach now and it is truly amazing.  I am gaining more knowledge all of the time.     

I have other ideas up my sleeve that I will use to guide my clients into finding their own right lives. 

My specialty is working with people that have struggled with their weight and body image, find the freedom they have been looking for.  I know there are so many people that have grown up in the “diet war” having lost and regained weight over and over again.  There are some that struggle with emotional eating.  They just want someone to show them how to put down the damn bag of potato chips!  I want to reach out and show them that I understand, I have been there and I have found the path to ending the war within.  It’s about becoming aware.  Noticing and not turning your back on yourself, tuning into self-respect and love. 

I am currently open for more clients.  I would love some assistance in coaching toward becoming Martha Beck certified.  If you know of anyone that may be interested in working with me, please give them my email deblynjohnson@gmail.com.  I would love to just set up a time and let them know what coaching with me will be like.

Life is an amazing journey and I would be so honored to hear about yours.