Do you want a mentor or a coach?

I'm writing a bit over the next few weeks regarding mentoring and coaching. This week's reflective exercise: Do you want a partner who will help you unlock your best ways forward (a coach) or do you want someone with experience along your proposed path who will share their wisdom with you? There is no "wrong" answer here. Maybe you want both.

If you want a mentor for what you're facing in life, is that desire coming from a place of abundance or scarcity. In other words, are you feeling grounded and would like to have someone speak their experiential wisdom to you to see how it may or may not pivot your course? Do you have certainty and just need to fill in some knowledge gaps that someone who has been through it can offer? If so, a mentor sounds like a perfect solution.

Or are you desiring answers from a place of scarcity? Are you afraid you will 'choose wrong' without outside advice? Are you feeling lost and uncertain about everything? Does self-doubt plague your mind? If you are stuck feeling confused, overwhelmed, and disempowered, paradoxically, a coach may be just what you need.

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Have a joy-filled week! Tonya