Group Coaching ~ for athletic coaches' wives
Through group coaching, coaches' wives can share experiences, wisdom, ideas and solutions. Group coaching provides a safe environment where you can ask questions and receive feedback. It allows you to find balance in your life, explore your own personal development or determine your role in supporting your spouse's position as a coach.
Benefits
- Provides a safe environment for discussing issues
- Sharing of experiences (successes and failures)
- Interaction between coaches' spouses; builds camaraderie
- Allows coaches to focus on position they were hired to do
How Group Coaching Works:
- Conference call sessions
- 7- 8 participants in each group
- Each conference call session 45 minutes - 1 hour
- Two sessions/month
- Minimum three month contract
For additional information please CLICK HERE or email Jo Anne directly joanne@riseandshinetoday.com
~Jo Anne Froelich ~
Personal and Professional Coach and, more importantly,
COACH'S WIFE
I too, like you, have enjoyed the ups and downs of being a coach's wife. At age twenty-three when we got married (in August of course - how many football coaches get married in August? A lot! Great anniversaries!) I didn't really give it much thought. I had been around sports since middle school and high school as a cheerleader, but who knew what the life of a coach really meant. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but my husband has coached at five schools in 30 years and we've only moved to two different cities. I know there are many of you out there who can top that by waaaay more!
The first ten or so years that we were married, my husband also worked football camps in California. That meant he was gone two to three weeks every summer on top of whatever camps/workouts he had to attend for his own teams. Since I did get to travel out there once and visit San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, I shouldn’t complain. But once we had our first son, it started to be a little wearing.
We’ve had to make the tough decisions – stay or leave. When Keith was offered a position in Bozeman, Montana with one of his closest friends, I think I said something like, “What the hell am I going to do in Bozeman, Montana?” Needless to say, we decided that move wasn’t in our best interest. However, Montana State won the NCAA Division I AA National Championship that year and it did make us wonder if we’d made the right decision. In the long run, yes, we did.
My 28 year career in Human Resources provided a great deal of satisfaction and fulfillment for me. At the same time, I’ve always been supportive of my husband as a coach, attending all of his games, having coaches over every Friday night (home or away games) and attending lots of football games on vacations and holidays. Juggling all of that certainly isn’t always easy.
We also have two sons who played football. The oldest, Kyle played high school and three years in the Big Ten. The younger one, Kulin, played through his Junior year in high school and then had to retire when he tore his ACL and lateral meniscus while jumping off a stage playing bass guitar in a rock band. Football coaches like that a lot! So, as many of you can relate, football has been my life. At one point, we had Kulin’s JV games on Thursday, my husband’s varsity games on Friday and Kyle’s college games on Saturday. What’s left? Oh yeah, we could watch replays on Sunday and maybe slip in a pro game or two!!
I know that many of you probably have many more stories than I do. I just wanted you to know that “I feel your pain!”. As a coach, I believe that I can help other coaches' spouses (whether your sport be football, basketball, baseball, soccer - whatever) work through the many challenges that they are faced with day in and day out.
Jo Anne Froelich
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT...
As a coach's wife, what do you believe are your three top challenges?
- Loneliness
- Work/Life Balance
- Limited Family Time
- Lack of Communication
- Dealing With Change (relocation, new team, new head coach, new friends, etc.)
- Financial concerns
- Other....
Group Coaching will help you see that you are not alone. It will also help you to explore your own goals and dreams and develop a plan for living the life you really want.
