Our Philosophy and Passion

We believe you create your lifestyle through your intentions (what you want), beliefs and choices.  The result is a mixture of positive and negative outcomes.  Consequently, it’s important to emphasize building what you want through establishing a life plan, while learning how to manage your problems.

To do this it’s important to pay attention to all aspects of living – inspiration, mind, emotion, core energy, physical and interpersonal realities.  We believe that the inspired living domain is the driving force for creating positive, satisfying choices and opportunities in daily living and work.

We believe you have the capacity within you to solve your problems and build the life and work you want. We help you develop a process to create a positive mindset and build your inspirational power. That help is provided through our coaching-counseling approach.

 

Our Methodology

Our coaching system of INSIGHT TRANSFORMATION™ provides for:
1. Discovering your Empowered Self™…that part of you that is more confident, less fearful, able to think creatively, and have great insights which result in powerful outcomes and a deeply satisfying life.

2. Developing your Inspired Mind™…your inner capacity to handle stressful situations through calming and balancing tools from the sciences of positive and cognitive psychology, quantum physics and brain science as well as tapping into the inspiration of your defined Creative Power. The result is a state of mind that consistently and easily creates happiness, innovation, insight, resilience, inspiration, and great achievements.

3. Building an Inspired Culture™…a supportive personal or professional environment that embeds the Empowered Self and the Inspired Mind into every day thinking, choices, and decision-making. The outcomes are new habits of creating what you want and becoming the person or organization you want to be.

 

Service Options Using
The Insight Transformation Coaching System

For individuals desiring life coaching-counseling, we offer:  

• Individual and group coaching and counseling sessions frequently involving a 12 session format focusing on three main goals. Within each session, clients learn specific self-coaching tools that they can take home and use,
• Positive life counseling sessions,
• A body based system of coaching that integrates coaching with using Cranial Sacral Therapy (a system of light touch that balances the neurological system, decreases physical pain, and releases emotional pain) or yoga,
• One to three day workshops,
• Self-coaching classes teaching skills that participants can use on their own to build their life, manage change and become the person they want to be,
• Circle meetings that include 4 to 6 people meeting about a specific topic area for 6 to 8 sessions,
• A free trial session of coaching or consultation

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For small to large organizations/businesses, we offer:

• Executive/leadership coaching usually involving a 12 session format focusing on three goals.  Within each session specific leadership and management coaching strategies are taught and implemented between sessions. Specific leadership and cultural assessments are used to measure progress,
• One to three day workshops focusing on leadership and management skills, building organizational culture and using inspired communication across and within groups. Specific leadership and cultural tests are used to measure present skills and conditions.
• Visioning sessions
• Team coaching to build efficient and effective team functioning
• Classes to train internal coaches
• Organizational consultation, training and coaching to create empowered cultures that promote inspired mindsets and living, as well as great achievement.
• Organizational consultation, training and coaching to create positive change and flourishing within change. 

Testimonials from clients

For coaches, we offer:

• Classes for training and certification
• Continuing education
• Mentoring

Testimonials from students

The Result

You define and implement inspired goals, strategies and actions that build empowered living and great achievements. We do this through creating new habits that are embedded in your life or organization.

 

Our Coaches

Director of Education & Corporate Services Dianne Greyerbiehl, Ph.D.  Dianne is the founder and president of Life Coaching Institute. She has over 20     years experience as a Life Coach and has been a founder in the field. She has over 30 years experience as a Counselor, Communication Specialist, Professor, Professional Trainer and Organizational Consultant. Dianne is a Master Life Coach and holds four advanced degrees: an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Neuro-cognitive Psychology and Speech Pathology, Master’s degrees in Speech Pathology, Counseling and Business. Dianne is licensed as a Professional Counselor and Speech Pathologist in South Carolina. Her practice focuses on people age 35 and older who are facing life, work or business challenges. She also specializes in relationship, life meaning issues and personal business coaching. In addition, Dianne trains and mentors Life Coaches.

Director of Coaching Services Vicy L. Wilkinson, M.A. Philosophy Vicy is a certified transformational life coach, and has a passion for listening to others and facilitating change, growth and personal development. Vicy's personal experiences with long-term (and debilitating/life changing) medical diagnoses is part of what fuels her passion for helping others pursue the best life and health possible.  In 2002, Vicy lost her father to a long, very painful battle with diabetes and subsequent complications thereof.  Before he passed away, her father endured (and to a great extent overcame) a major heart attack, open heart surgery, and two massive strokes.  Vicy herself has overcome debilitating asthma and ADHD, and understands the difficulties both patients and caregivers face on a daily basis. The goal of Vicy's coaching practice is to assist individuals and families to become who they truly are and learn to live a whole life, no matter the challenges or circumstances they experience. Vicy graduated from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta with a degree in Philosophy and interests in integrative medicine, teaching, traveling and helping others. After several years of working in "corporate America" in Atlanta, Georgia, and Boston, Massachusetts, Vicy attended University of Durham in England to study Philosophy of Science and Mind. During her graduate work, Vicy's interests in how our perceptions determine our view of mind and how our understandings of "mind" influence our perceptions - of ourselves and the world, and of disease and health - truly began to grow and expand.

Holly Kraus, M.Ed. Holly is a Nationally Certified Counselor and Certified Life Coach with over 20 years of volunteer and professional experience in coaching, counseling and supporting others to achieve their life's goals. She specializes in working with individuals experiencing life balancing issues and stress. Holly helps them learn to deal with stress, and how to change their automatic responses to stress. Her practice focuses on life transformations and developmental issues. Holly has a B.S. in Educational Psychology and a M.Ed. in Counseling from Clemson University. Holly is an associate of the Life Coaching Institute and is also a founding member of the Kelley Institute of Integrative Therapy.

Cherri Walker, Transformational Life Coach Cherri Walker is a Certified Transformational Life Coach.  She received her certification and training through the Life Coaching Institute.  Cherri is also Marketing Consultant for LCI and an Assistant Instructor.  Additionally, she is a tutor and trainer with Greenville Literacy Association, and a published author.  Cherri is owner of Real Reflection, LLC, which is home to her coaching practice and owner of a course entitled C.H.O.I.C.E. that gives participants a positive roadmap to pursuing weight loss goals and enjoying the process.  Cherri’s work as a teacher, writer, life coach, and consultant all work to forward her life purpose - to inspire, educate, and empower others as well as to love people with her whole heart.  Her ideal epitaph would simply read “She Loved.” Cherri is pursuing her psychology degree from the University of Phoenix and continues to broaden her knowledge of life coaching skills through seminars, workshops and continuing education classes.  Cherri’s passion for coaching is illustrated in her desire to help people, especially women, love themselves exactly as they are right now and help them on the road to who they want to become.  She is a caring, open, loving, and supportive partner to her clients while providing a nurturing environment for them to express and discover themselves.

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What We Do And Why You Should Care

For individuals stuck in their personal life: Life Coaching Institute will help you become the person you desire to be. Build the life you want – unleash your powerful inner creativity. We’ll help you develop a plan, and coach you to reach every goal. We’ll teach you how to solve problems, so life is more like driving on cruise control.

For managers, leaders and teams: Life Coaching Institute provides an array of executive coaching skills. We’ll help you improve your leadership style, so your business radiates good will. A style that’s all about asking – rather than telling others what to do - makes for empowered employees and a better environment too. Employees then use their creative minds to solve company problems galore, resulting in an increased bottom line that zooms from less to more. Call Life Coaching Institute today, invigorate your business in a positive way.