Life Coach With Professionalism and Experience
As a professional and experienced coach, Dave has the tools and understanding to help you to create your dream life. He will help you uncover your gifts and develop the confidence to be in the dynamic relationships you desire.
Guiding You To Live Out Loud
My goal is for you to be clear on where you want to be and what you want to do. I will then work with you on creating a plan to get you there. Once that is in place, you will put those plans into action.
I will guide you as your coach who provides observations, accountability, encouragement, and focus. Along the way, you learn how to negotiate with the changes that arrive unexpectedly or are sought out in the process of achieving your goals.
I am 100% confident that my individualized approach will help you move to the next level, whatever that means to you.
Helping You Find the Right Relationships
Relationships take work. With coaching, I will take you through the preparation and maintenance process necessary to move into new and renewed relationships confidently. You will connect with men and women who truly know and respect you.
Taking the Next Step
Committing to better relationships is all about commitment to yourself first. After that, your connection with others will also start improving.
When you are committed to yourself, it is far easier to commit to another, whether that person is a significant other or a golfing buddy. Dedication means showing up for yourself over and over. Coaching helps you stay on the path of dedication.
Leaders show up every day. Are you the leader of your life?
Dedicated to Helping You Make a Choice
My commitment is to keep reminding you that you can negotiate with change. Living out loud is knowing that everything in your life is how it is supposed to be now. It is knowing the people in your life are there because you choose them.
Let Us Start Changing Your Life
Look around the site for tools to help you achieve your desired goals. If you need help deciding on your next move, I am available to talk about what coaching can do for you. My free consultation takes about an hour.
We will discuss your situation and what you want to happen. I will present a possible course of action for you to consider. If it feels right, I will make a no pressure offer to coach you.
You will leave with some insight and a course of action that will be useful, regardless of whether you decide to commit to coaching or not.
Who I Am
I am a certified comprehensive coach trained to create a safe and open space where you can speak freely about who you are and what you want. I can help you take an action if you are someone who wants to:
- Be in a Place Where You Are Loved and Respected
- Further You Mission
- Live a Life Where Your Skills Are Used
- Set a Different Course
- Help You Take a Skill to the Next Level
My Credentials
- Coachville School of Coaching Graduate (2002-2003)
- Graduate School of Coaching Alumnus (2004)
- Small Business Coaching Intensive Participant (2004)
- Comprehensive Coaching Certified (2005-2007)
- Two-Year Spiritual Direction Course Participant (1997)
- Race and Cultural Awareness Through On-Going Trainings
- Mankind Project Member (Since 1995)
- 12-Step Group Member for More Than 30 Years
My Mission
My mission in life is to co-create a safe world by helping others to know their wholeness, through community, action, and love.' I believe we are all born whole and complete and as adults we are called to recapture that completeness, that wholeness. Coaching is a way I use to help others to know themselves.
Life Outside Coaching
I am happily married to the love of my life for more than 32 years. I enjoy playing guitar solo and with family and friends. I have been a member of the Philadelphia community of The ManKind Project (mkp.org) since 1995, holding various positions of leadership through the years. As a part of the Elder Body of our local brotherhood I enjoy being an example, for younger men, of one who has made it through tough times and remains grateful and engaged. Continuing engagement with a 12-Step group for 35+ years.
What My Clients Are Saying
“CLARITY
The focus and clarity I've been able to maintain during a major career transition have been invaluable. I highly recommend coaching with Dave to anyone facing major change.”
Mark B., VP of Operations
“CONNECTED
Dave's spiritual orientation to life and relaxed style made it easy for me to explore options in a safe coaching environment. His natural compassion along with a keen insight into the human condition makes him a coach I highly recommend to anyone navigating the uncertain waters of transition.”
Lea B.A., Change Agent
“PERSPECTIVE
Over these past two years, Dave’s insight, observations, brainstorming abilities, and support have been invaluable to my progress. Beyond the many valuable skills Dave brings to a coaching relationship, his top attribute, in my opinion, is his ability to listen and discern the essence of my need. Dave has an incredible ability to help me see what I need to focus upon. This is more than a learned skill, it is a gift.
Today with my overall health improved, I am working fewer hours, and earning more money, and I know how to handle the stresses of life.
So, as you can see, I enthusiastically recommend Dave as a skilled coach.”
Jeffery L., Entrepreneur
Frequently Asked Questions
How does coaching work?
Coaching is an interactive experience where we co-create a relationship that allows you to discover your goals and passions to use them in traveling down a path to the life you want.
There are processes or models the coach uses with all clients. The coach will adjust those processes to meet your needs regarding how you want to be coached.
Both the coach and client have specific jobs in this process that are centered on honesty and trust. You are the expert on yourself and your experiences.
On the other hand, the coach is the expert in helping you process those experiences. They will highlight the gold and shadows that will either propel you to your goal or prevent it.
I prefer being gentle in my approach to others as I present my observations and challenges. I can be hard when it is called for.
Is it confidential?
It is 100% confidential. What happens in our sessions stays in our sessions. You decide what you want to share regarding your work here. My process is not private but yours is.
How long does it typically take to see results?
Each session will bring results and insights on its own, and larger goals are attained in time. Dave prefers to work in six month increments because trust takes time to build, and the beginning stages of the contract is where this happens.
Trust, relationship building, fact-finding, coaching model development, and more are processes that will provide insight into yourself and how you move in the world. These will also clarify your goals.
Often, clients will want additional time to complete their process or develop tools and habits to maintain their new life direction. They often achieve the results they want in a few months and then use the remainder of their coaching for maintenance and tackling other challenges. They will then use the rest of their contract to address other wants that arise over time.
How is coaching different from therapy?
Coaching takes a person starting today and helps them get where they want to be in the future, using all that they are. A coaching client already has a good life today. They want to improve their good life by uncovering skills and thought patterns they have not been using to their fullest, in order to achieve the previously unachievable.
A therapy client is seeking a better life free of the negative influences of the past. Therapy is a process where the therapist takes a person from today, who is likely suffering, and helps them to become at peace with themselves by exposing and reframing experiences from the past, and their impact on the client's behavior and attitudes.
Get in Touch With Me
Your future is slowly coming one day at a time. One way you can determine the framework of that destiny is by investing in coaching programs. Schedule a free consultation with me today to get started.