I’m Really Doing This….Announcing my Coaching Business “Out Loud”

Nothing like a “career launch” party to motivate me to get my elevator pitch in order.  Below are my remarks to a group of 60 women at a career launch party I co-hosted with two dear friends.  This long-anticipated event was exactly the kick in the pants I needed to boost my confidence and get me comfortable with talking about myself, what I do and why I do it!  Sometimes you just have to put yourself out there, speak about what is in your heart and cross your fingers…

“I’m Michelle Sarti- and I have just launched my own life and executive coaching business after being officially out of the workforce for over 20 years. 

So why am I here tonight?  And why are you here?  Let’s start with you.

You all are here because you are people that matter to Katherine, Bettina and myself.  You and your lives - your lives inspire us. While we are all incredibly unique here, each with our own stories and struggles and successes-- we are all a lot alike.  What we share is that we all live messy, complicated, beautiful, contradictory, overwhelming, incredible lives.  And guess what?  Our lives are a constant work in progress.  None of us here have it all figured out.   Our stories are not fully written — how the next chapter will look is completely up to us. 

So, who am I and what is this whole coaching thing about? In a nutshell, I’m a mom.  I’m a wife. I’m a little sister. I’m a local. I’m a runner and an avid hiker and backpacker and someone who likes to travel every chance I get.   I’m a former lawyer. I’m a board member.  I’m a volunteer.  And now I’m a life and executive coach. 

I have it all together AND I’m often confused.

I’m doing everything I ever wanted AND I’m not doing enough. 

I’m overwhelmed with my responsibilities AND there is so much more I want to do…

But, sometimes, I’m not really sure what I want…

I know this:  I want more.  I want to understand my purpose. I want what I do to have meaning.  I want to feel useful.  I want to have more fun. I want to be seen.  I want to be appreciated.  I want to do what I want to do, not what I think I should do…but what is that?

Does any of this about me sound like you? 

I decided to go into life coaching because I love connecting with people around these shared challenges. I am trained in a coaching model that has helped me get clarity around what is most important in my life, and I want the same for you. 

Helping you discover and design your best possible life, how you want to spend your time, what you want more of, what you want to let go of …those themes really excite me.  I know I have a unique capacity to see your greatest capacity- and that is why I am now doing this work.

Before I conclude - I just want to say something on the subject of fear.  We talk a lot about fear in coaching.  You probably aren't surprised to hear that fear rears its ugly head quite often in my conversations with clients.  But now, I need to come clean about my own fear.  I have been quite terrified about throwing this party. And for those of you that know me - you know I like parties. I love cocktails!  I love chatting with friends, old and new, I really do!  But, when it came time to commit to throwing this party with Katherine and Bettina, I was somewhat paralyzed by the prospect of getting up here, and standing in front of you all, an announcing that I’m beginning a new career.  What was I scared of?  Judgment.  Ineptitude.  Incompetence. Feeling like I'm not ready. My personal saboteurs around this party were quite strong.  But hey - here I am.  And so far, I think it’s going okay what do you think? 

I tell you this because fear, and your internal saboteurs, and we all have them, can get the better of us.  And fear can hold us back from moving forward.  If there is something that you really have been thinking about, that you dream of doing, that you know you really want, but you are scared, then the type of coaching that I do could be helpful to you. 

My website has just launched - Its MichelleSartiCoaching.com

On it, you can learn more about me, how I work and what Co-Active coaching is all about.   Thank you SO much for being here and for supporting us all.”

Giant exhale.

I’m launched.