Episode 72: Coaching, therapy and everything in between with Lizandra Leigertwood
I’m so excited to have Lizandra Leigertwood on the podcast today to bring some amazing perspective on the relationship between therapy and coaching! Lizandra talks about her experience as a psychotherapist and relationship therapist, and some of the challenges she sees when people are either considering or entering therapy.
We both notice that the amount of people who quickly look for therapy after starting their own business is huge! Lizandra and I start to unpack this, looking at the ways that opening up different parts of yourself can be beneficial and freeing for both your business and personally…even if it can be hard work at times.
We talk about common fears around therapy, how to not be intimidated by the language around growth and healing, and feelings of uncertainty that I’m sure we all get when we show up in a therapeutic environment.
Lizandra also gives great insight as a therapist observing money goals within the coaching world and gives her thoughts on how to follow your path when it comes to money making.
Lizandra works in private practice, helping those who are sensitive big-hearted souls to navigate their way through limiting beliefs, people pleasing and emotional childhood trauma. You can find her at:
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“I think there's a real fear of the unknown. And a fear towards change as well. And it's also putting yourself again in a vulnerable position. You can't really hide a lot in therapy”
“Part of the therapist's job is to keep you together so that you don't completely unravel. That's part of the process.”
“I try to do a combination of both therapy and coaching. Cause I think it, it's, you get different things from different just modalities and different experiences.”
“Sometimes uncovering either things from childhood or how it's impacting your relationships and then not being able to find a way to move forward…you can [fall into] using self-blame instead of uncovering - what is the root issue? It's a lot of putting a plaster over the situation and then not really dealing with what's going on underneath.”