1. Where I Found My First Life Coaches

Hi this is Shelby Hansen and this is Episode 1:  and I'm so excited to share this podcast with you. Today I'm going to talk to you about the things and people who have helped me as I have gone through being diagnosed with a chronic illness.

In the spring of 2015 I was diagnosed with stage 4 chronic kidney disease. I was nearly given a blood transfusion on the spot because I was so sick. This diagnosis came  very suddenly and unexpectedly in the middle of, what I thought, was a very normal mom-life. I had three children at the time, my husband was in the Air Force, and we had just moved to a new location.  I had a really difficult time coming to terms with my diagnosis and what it would mean for my family and me. Thankfully, my diagnosis was not fatal, but it is chronic. It meant that it was something that I will be dealing with for the rest of my life. So in this episode, I want to let you know a little bit about  how life coaching has helped me through this major transition.

When I was first introduced to life coaching the biggest lesson that I learned was that I am a person who has thoughts and I am not my thoughts. 

I also learned that my thoughts are different from the facts. When I'm able to separate out the facts from the thoughts I have about the facts, it allows me to have ownership over my own reaction to those facts. 

I thought it would be fun in this episode to tell you a little story about the very first life coaches that came into my life. They may not all call themselves life coaches, but they were to me.