Welcome
Welcome to my Life Journal online course. I am so pleased you have decided to come on this self-coaching journey with me.
In this chaotic and uncertain world we are all living in, so many of us are evaluating our lives, wanting to make deep and lasting changes to live a more fulfilling life.
The self-coaching model you are going to learn in this course is very powerful, helping you enhance your self-mastery and resilience skills. It will transform all aspects of your life, and subsequently impact positively those around you.
This model has helped many people coach themselves to success and also helped them develop the skills to embed this model on an ongoing basis in their life.
I am passionate about sharing this model with you so you can achieve your own vision of success and live a life you truly love.
About your Instructor
My name is Jeanette Brown and I am the creator of the Life Journal online course as well as being an experienced personal and career coach. I am passionate about individuals reaching their potential, whether it is through improving their personal lives, changing or advancing their career, owning their own business or transitioning into life beyond work.
My academic background is in education, career development and leadership. I have coached many people from all walks of life throughout my career, both in a personal setting and in the workplace, as a teacher, career coach and an executive manager in the Education sector.
Course Objectives and Outline
The Life Journal online course has been developed to support you in your quest to create sustainable change, whether it be personally or professionally, and live a meaningful and fulfilling life you love.
By setting goals to enhance your life circumstances and your inner wellbeing and then taking effective action, you will learn to make deep and lasting changes in your life.
You will increase your self-awareness including the way you interact with people, your ability to be present and how you can contribute, cultivating a resilient, grounded inner self.
You will learn to coach yourself, using a powerful cyclical model of change that you can continue to use beyond this course.
This course is intended to be taken over a five-week period with an average of four hours study per module and is 100% online. However, you may take longer to complete Modules 1, 2 and 6. It is up to you!
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course you will have:
Learnt a powerful cyclical model for change you can use throughout your life
Developed a personal vision and set goals for a life you love
Developed and implemented a personal action plan with strategies and specific actions for each week
Developed a greater self-awareness and growth mindset
Learnt a range of techniques for effectively changing habits and patterns
Built mindfulness and self-compassion skills
Reflected on your experiences in Your Life Journal.
There are six modules, each with a number of lessons.
Those of you who have completed the Reset Your Life Compass Challenge can go straight to Module 3. You will need to download the ‘My Life Journal’ workbook first. Scroll down to the end of this page and you can click to download it. You can write in it directly or you can print it and write in by hand. Module 3 starts at page 29.
The course is intended to be taken over five weeks with Modules 1 and 2 completed in one week. If you need more than one week to do them, that is fine. All it does is extend your time-frame for completing the course.
What topics will you cover in each module?
Week 1-Module 1: Starting the Journey
Week 1-Module 2: Developing Your Compelling Vision and Personal Action Plan
Week 2-Module 3: Monitoring Your Actions and Learning the Power of Habits
Week 3-Module 4: Monitoring Your Actions and Developing Mindfulness Skills
Week 4-Module 5: Monitoring Your Actions and Being Your Own Best Friend
Week 5-Module 6: Taking Stock, Evaluating and Starting Again
In Week 1, Modules 1 and 2 have a number of exercises for you to complete. They will help you with learning more about yourself and what you really want to create in your life. It is worth spending time on these exercises. As you are doing two modules in a week, you will need to give yourself more time.
In Weeks 2 to 4, Modules 3, 4 and 5 mainly focus on the actions you are taking each week in pursuit of your goals. In addition, you will also learn powerful tools and techniques which will help you on your journey.
In Week 5, Module 6, you will be continuing your actions as well as evaluating and taking stock of your progress overall and starting the cycle again. You will need to give yourself more time this week as well.
Each module has:
A short video for each lesson
Detailed notes for each lesson
Practical activities and exercises
Questions for reflection and journaling
Supplementary Resources.
The course uses a five-week time frame and you can continue using this cyclical model of change with a time frame of your choosing, after you have finished the course.
Your Life Journal
An integral part of this course is Your Life Journal which is attached here for you to download.
Your Life Journal is your workbook which has:
Key points from each lesson
Written exercises and activities
Questions for reflection and journaling
Blank pages to do some reflective writing on how you are going with your journey
Inspirational quotes.
You can download Your Life Journal onto to your computer or you can print it, put it in a folder and write in it by hand.
You may want to add more pages for your reflective writing and journaling. You may also want to add some pictures and more quotes and anything else that is important to you. This is your journal and it is up to you how you want it to be.
Reflective writing will help you think more deeply about your patterns of behaviour and habits. It is an excellent tool for developing a greater understanding of yourself.
Writing in Your Life Journal is an important part of the self-coaching model and you may want to continue this practice after you have finished the course.
This is Your Life Journal. All the best with it and enjoy!
