Transition Coaching for the Adventurous
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Portage Life Transition Coaching
Let me help you Take It Outside!
Transition Coaching for the Adventurous! Make
Life An Adventure...
...and Transitions Flow Smoothly
with Certified Personal and Professional Transition Coach
Deborah Martin

Contents at a Glance
What Do You Want?
Most of my clients want some or all of the following:

I Can Help You:
Musings From A Wondering Woman
My Coaching Style
Every coach has his or her own style. Here's a little bit about why and how I coach.


Deborah Martin is a graduate of Coach University and a Coach University Professional Mentor Coach. She is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and is an ICF Master Certified Coach. Deb holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Education and a Masters Degree in Career and Technical Education.
In March of 1996, Deb began her coaching business, Portage. She has attracted an international clientele of leaders, high achievers, entrepreneurs, coaches and visionaries. Deb is extraordinarily intuitive and passionate about all things wild. She spends as much time as possible getting to know herself better and testing her limits in the wilderness. She gives Mother Nature credit for being her first coach. Her style is to guide clients toward their own truth using compassion and fun. In addition to her regular one-on-one coaching sessions, Deb combines her intuitive abilities and her passion for nature to offer what she calls Wilderness Adventure Coaching. Deb maintains a practice of approximately 15 clients.
One of Deb's favorite back-county activities is portaging her canoe from one lake to another. She loves the discovery process. "The portage itself is as much fun as getting to the next lake." Thus, Deb believes any transition must be driven by a value that reflects the core of who you are. "When you get to the who, the what and how happen naturally. Once you've set your sites on an outcome, hold it very, very lightly and focus on the process instead. Gratitude for the process may take you down a path you can't yet envision and leave you much more open to the insights that will come your way."
Deb says you can still make plans, but be curious and also make space for surprises. "Intuition is blocked when we practice traditional either/or thinking when setting goals. These surprises and insights will perhaps move you away from the original goal but can lead you to something much richer."
Deb believes that we all can significantly simplify our lives. She says that many clients come to her wanting to do something, in order to have something, in order to be somebody. Deb says, "Be somebody first and the doing and having are natural outcomes. The more you discover your truth about who you are, the more you'll get what you want."
Wilderness Adventure Coaching Trips
I think exploring oneself while in nature is one of the most powerful things we can do. That commitment has led me to offer Wilderness Adventure Coaching Trips. Some of my adventures, usually with larger groups, offer a very specific theme or topic. Other adventures, usually with smaller groups, are designed so you can get your specific coaching requests addressed. In either case, with Mother Nature as the inspirational background, you're moving forward at lightening speed effortlessly!Do you want to put a trip together for your group? Or do you want to do a solo trip, just you and me? I'd love to talk about it.
The "Rest of Your Life" Retreat -- U.S. Virgin Islands
The Cool Coaching Campout -- Manistee River, Northern Michigan

Life is a Beach Adventure -- South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan
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Become an Adventure Retreat Leader
Retreats Can be a Great Addition to Your Business
Do you:
* Have an adventurous streak that just has to come out?
* Want to integrate your business with your passion for travel, adventure, nature, the outdoors and retreats?
* Know the value of getting your clients or students away from their normal routine?
* Value nature and understands how it can shift people in an instant?
Let us help you begin offering Adventures and Retreats as an exciting component to your
business.
Live and Recorded training options are available at Adventure Retreat Leader
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Give Me A Call
Make a list of what's important to you and then
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or call 231-879-4178
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." ~ Will Rogers
Thanks for visiting.
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traveller27 Nov 19, 2011 @ 9:25 am | delete
- Very interesting lens.
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iac_professionals May 13, 2009 @ 11:47 pm | delete
- This was very interesting! Nice lens! Gave it 5 stars!~
Wilderness Adventure Coaching Trips - now that sounds like a BLAST!
Check out our Virtual Assistant lens (much more than just VA stuff) - we just added a link to a resource to help coaches generate more business - niche marketing. And we also offer a couple of other Coaching resources. Let us know what you think, we'd love to have you drop by!
We hope to see you there!
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