Student Coaching

You are going Places
…Need Help Planning Your Trip?

Going to college is an exciting and scary time for student and parent alike. As a parent, we want our child to be happy and successful. As a student, you are entering a new world with a goal of creating a life and career that you love. It can all be confusing and a bit overwhelming.

Zeal Coaching can help you gain confidence and clarity about your future!

Americans will invest 4-5+ years and over tens of thousands of dollars on their education. Unfortunately, very little is invested in helping families explore and plan their child’s career direction, much less their “purpose” in life.

At Zeal Coaching for Life and Careers, we ignite teens (and adults too!) to realize their natural super powers and align those to career choices that have meaning and value to them. Our priority is to discover your “sweet spot”; where your skills, passion and the needs of the world come together.

Let us help Design a Life that Rocks YOU!!!

“Hello Christy! It has been some time since we last spoke, but I wanted to pass along a big THANK YOU for all the time you invested in me all those years ago! I really feel like you were THE difference-maker at the point in my life – the one person who really got through and pulled my goals out of what felt like an abyss. I feel I have worked myself into a better place and am poised to make much more of myself as time moves on because of your involvement in my life. Thank you!”

~ Steve Unrast

Destination Unlimited 1 to 1

Individual Career Coaching

Is a comprehensive series of one on one sessions with professional career and life coach, Christy Shell. All the content is personalized to your unique style and needs. You receive personal career advice. Exploring education programs, decision making, and job shadowing, will challenge you to take ownership and set your course.

Includes:

  • 6 weekly 1 hour sessions
  • 2 Scientific-based assessments
  • education exploration
  • addressing individual guidance on fears and obstacles.

Schedule set at student’s convenience

Destination Unlimited – Expanded Option

Individual Career Coaching + up to 2 Career Experiences or College Visits

We find that job shadowing, meet-a-professional and/or college visits are extremely helpful in selecting the best direction for you.  For many students it is difficult to visualize what a career or specific major/campus really is without seeing it in person. You would not buy a car without a test drive, why would you select your career without experiencing it!

So we coordinate these experiences specific to the student’s interest and needs.  Students have the option of their coach accompanying them on their experience to guide the process and gain the most from their opportunity.  If you have questions about this option, please ask.

Contact Christy to set up a 20 minute FREE parent question-answer session.

once you’ve talked with Christy and you’re ready for Career Coaching.

Values for Student Coaching

The Goal: to ignite Students to realize their natural super powers and align those to career choices that have meaning and value to them. Our priority is to discover your “sweet spot”; where your skills and passions meet the needs of the world.

  • This is your one life. Take charge and responsibility to live it to your fullest.
  • You are smart. There are many ways to be smart. Maybe it is not in ways that have been measured well while you were in school, or maybe you were considered outstanding in school. No matter, you have gifts and intelligence the world needs.
  • You have an internal guidance system, a GPS, which knows your best path. Through becoming self-aware and exploring options, your GPS will help you realize where you want to go and how to get there.
  • You will be most satisfied with your life and career when it fits your natural strengths, talents, personality and values. You will know it is right when it feels exciting and scary, and you want to do it anyway.
  • Intentionally, try as many things as possible. It is hard to know what you like if you have limited experiences and knowledge.
  • You have fears and yeah-buts that make you believe you are not “good enough”. We all do. You are good enough, so let’s uncover those fears and squash them, because they just hold us back!
  • Your parents know you best, care about you the most and are proud of you. They are also afraid for you. Be kind to them, you are their most valued treasure.
  • This is a no judgment zone. I care about you, but have no judgment about what direction you go. My role is to assist you in discovering that direction.
  • Finding your best life and career is a journey, it will mostly likely change over your life. Let’s figure out where you want start.
  • No matter what you choose it is all going to be okay.

“It is hard to know what your favorite flavor of ice cream is if you have only tasted vanilla.”
–Christy Shell, M. Ed.

Agenda for the Destination Unlimited 1 to 1

Prework: Parent and/or Student Consultation, Prework Question Worksheet, Meyers Briggs Personality Type Assessment, Strong Career Assessment, Coaching Contract.

Coaching Sessions

Session 1. Getting to know each other.

  • Explore basic experiences and interest, passions and fears that hold you back.
  • Explain Zeal Philosophies
    1. Soulquake: Your Personal GPS
    2. Three People in One: fear, personality & soul

Session 2. Deep dive into your personality: Meyers Briggs Personality Assessment

  • Understanding your personality and how you tick

Session 3. Career Areas of Interest

  • Strong Career Interest Assessment
  • Combined with Meyers Briggs
  • Based on this information, brainstorm best-fit careers

Session 4. Dreaming of Future Life/Values/ Career Research

Session 5. Compare and contrast after research.

  • Knowing how and when to commit.
  • Educational Programs for your best fit.

Session 6. Clarity and Confidence

  • Strength Assessment + Your Super Powers; solidify Your top three choices
  • Commitment career directions and action steps.
  • Planning for success in College.
  • Plan Job shadowing if needed.

Post Work:

  • Follow-up call or meeting with parents
  • Evaluations: Parent and Student

Contact Christy to set up a 20 minute FREE parent question-answer session.

once you’ve talked with Christy and you’re ready for Career Coaching.

Speaking for Student Groups

Bring Zeal to Your School or Community

Schools have so many responsibility to students it would be impossible for every student to get the attention and coaching they receive with Zeal Career Coaching.

We love to partner with schools for this reason. Zeal Coaching offers workshops inside a school’s curriculum or as
an afterschool offering. Christy Shell is also a dynamic speaker and facilitator available to speak at your faculty, parent or student event.