I Coach Women who need a guide & a cheerleader.
|
Ph. or Text: 409-718-0285
Email: gail@gailshowalter.com |
About Me-
As a mature woman who has experienced the pot holes, pits and pests of life I am here to guide and encourage you. I offer feathers of wisdom in a gentle manner. Using the tools I provide you will uncover your traits and together we will develop a plan for your future. I hold a degree in speech with certifications in art, English, Special Education and Braille instruction. I hold a Master's Degree in instructional design from The University of Texas. In addition I am a Certified Professional Coach.
Testimonial - I came to the realization in Gail's class on Boundaries, my boundary line was a flexible one and almost invisible…a line that I allowed people in my life to cross very easily. I learned from Gail, that I needed to treat my boundaries as a constant, like my property line, and that setting my own boundaries is a way I can protect myself…my feelings, my attitudes, my behavior, and my health. Going through Boundaries with Gail was truly life changing for me. - Melanie L.
About You-
I specialize in revealing your true nature and personality.
About Life Coaching
Life coaching is not counseling. There is no judgment about how you reached this point. Coaching addresses your current situation and your future. It helps you understand how to move forward, overcome obstacles and achieve everything you've hoped for. With me as your coach we will design an action plan for success.
Could Life Coaching be for you?
Perhaps you:
You need a little help to redirect and move forward. If you relate to this send me an email. Let's connect. I'd like to offer my many years of experience and training to guide you through to a life of joy and confidence.
Schedule one FREE hour Life Coaching Discovery session-Email Me. You may also text or call 409-718-0285
As a mature woman who has experienced the pot holes, pits and pests of life I am here to guide and encourage you. I offer feathers of wisdom in a gentle manner. Using the tools I provide you will uncover your traits and together we will develop a plan for your future. I hold a degree in speech with certifications in art, English, Special Education and Braille instruction. I hold a Master's Degree in instructional design from The University of Texas. In addition I am a Certified Professional Coach.
Testimonial - I came to the realization in Gail's class on Boundaries, my boundary line was a flexible one and almost invisible…a line that I allowed people in my life to cross very easily. I learned from Gail, that I needed to treat my boundaries as a constant, like my property line, and that setting my own boundaries is a way I can protect myself…my feelings, my attitudes, my behavior, and my health. Going through Boundaries with Gail was truly life changing for me. - Melanie L.
About You-
I specialize in revealing your true nature and personality.
- Have you been living a masked life?
- Do you spend days pleasing others at your own expense?
- Do you feel like you have lost your identify? It could have happened in a marriage, a relationship or even lingering issues from childhood. This is a journey that you will take while I "hold your hand."
About Life Coaching
Life coaching is not counseling. There is no judgment about how you reached this point. Coaching addresses your current situation and your future. It helps you understand how to move forward, overcome obstacles and achieve everything you've hoped for. With me as your coach we will design an action plan for success.
Could Life Coaching be for you?
Perhaps you:
- Are coming out of a dysfunctional relationship?
- Maybe you need to make a change and you don't know where to begin.
- Feel left behind in some way and want to move forward but don't know where to begin.
- Have been living as a people pleaser and would like to live your own life.
You need a little help to redirect and move forward. If you relate to this send me an email. Let's connect. I'd like to offer my many years of experience and training to guide you through to a life of joy and confidence.
Schedule one FREE hour Life Coaching Discovery session-Email Me. You may also text or call 409-718-0285
|
|
Five-minute video "Making Right Choices" for Single Moms
|
Online courses to Make Your Life Better
Guiding you as you transform your life
See Below
Online Course
Are Your Boundaries Protecting You?
Do you find it almost impossible to say no?
Do you feel trapped or stuck?
Are you in a controlling relationship?
You shouldn't have to live life just to please others.
If you are having difficulties with the people in your life, it very well
could be because of unhealthy, weak or even nonexistent boundaries.
This course will give you the guidance you need to create personal
boundaries that you need for healthier relationships.
You will learn what boundaries can do for you on a personal level
and within your family.
* * *
I understand how you feel. For most of my adult life I lived by default. I simply did what others expected. I even married someone that my dad encouraged me to marry. Then I did as he expected me to do. I only learned about boundaries years after that marriage ended.
You can change your future beginning with this course. You will have personal freedom. You will not have to live just to please others. You will have peace and be able to make your own choices.
* * *
Three simple steps to a solution:
1. Go through the course
2. Process the steps
3. Transform you life to freedom & empowerment
* * *
You will:
Gain self confidence
Improve your relationships
Develop a sense of personal peace
* * *
The course will be released this summer.
For $47 You Can Transform Your Relationships.
The first 10 people to register will get a FREE download of my ebooklet - Boundaries Don't Limit, They Liberate
Are Your Boundaries Protecting You?
Do you find it almost impossible to say no?
Do you feel trapped or stuck?
Are you in a controlling relationship?
You shouldn't have to live life just to please others.
If you are having difficulties with the people in your life, it very well
could be because of unhealthy, weak or even nonexistent boundaries.
This course will give you the guidance you need to create personal
boundaries that you need for healthier relationships.
You will learn what boundaries can do for you on a personal level
and within your family.
* * *
I understand how you feel. For most of my adult life I lived by default. I simply did what others expected. I even married someone that my dad encouraged me to marry. Then I did as he expected me to do. I only learned about boundaries years after that marriage ended.
You can change your future beginning with this course. You will have personal freedom. You will not have to live just to please others. You will have peace and be able to make your own choices.
* * *
Three simple steps to a solution:
1. Go through the course
2. Process the steps
3. Transform you life to freedom & empowerment
* * *
You will:
Gain self confidence
Improve your relationships
Develop a sense of personal peace
* * *
The course will be released this summer.
For $47 You Can Transform Your Relationships.
The first 10 people to register will get a FREE download of my ebooklet - Boundaries Don't Limit, They Liberate
Testimonial - Gail Showalter came into my life just in time! I needed a strong, loving, guiding mentor. Her many talents and abilities were shared with a vivacious small group of ladies I had joined, called SMORE, as I navigated uncharted territory of single parenthood in 2010. Gail had experience with being a single mother, and wisdom to share about the path she had walked before us. Especially memorable was her guidance through the topic of boundaries. I remember very distinctly, the moment - the aha! moment I had: a real understanding of a boundary was non-existent in my world, and at that moment in time I could not have set or carried a boundry had it had a handle! All that changed, with Gail's gentle guidance and education, humor and grace. I was taught that boundaries are for my protection, and are key to healthy and authentic relationships. - Stephanie S.P.
|
|
FREE Online Course
Becoming the Parent Your Child Needs Is your child so different from you that you can't relate? This FREE course will transform your home life. You will come to understand the inborn nature of your child and learn ways to communicate better. It is a simple series of lessons you can follow at your own pace. Each lesson is posted on my BLOG. Start with the introduction and go forward by date. Introduction Access course HERE |
Bored at Home? Read a book.
This easy-read book includes stories of Gail's experiences told in a transparent way. She learned from the school of hard knocks. You can learn from her.
ANNOUNCING. . .
When we are once again able to gather, I am available to speak to your group whether a church group or a social group. For Topics click the About tab above then Speaking. or Click HERE
I'm so glad you've found me. I hope it will be more than a blessing for you. I've worked with numerous women who have made significant life improvements when they developed a deep self awareness. Their lives came to have more meaning and joy. I'd like to offer you a chance to experience this life transformation. Life Coaching gives you tools and I will give you the support and encouragement you need to become acquainted with your new best friend-yourself!
Gail holds degrees in speech, art, special education and a master's in curriculum and instruction from The University of Texas. Gail is a Certified Professional Coach. She is an author. She is a Personality Specialist, using the Littauer profile as well as the age old Enneagram. She is also a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) with Toastmasters International.
I'm writing the ABCs of Wisdom in a series of articles for The Enterprise. I share a bit of wisdom I've learned over seventy plus years beginning with each letter of the alphabet. The latest article appeared in The Beaumont Enterprise Sept 13, 2020
ABC’s of Wisdom – Knowledge
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. – Kofi Annan
Knowledge is information, understanding of a subject, facts and skills that will improve a person’s life. You cannot possess wisdom without knowledge.
Having knowledge can mean just knowing things like the child prodigy who can recite loads of information. He doesn’t posses wisdom. He just knows stuff. You can be really smart without knowledge of your true self, the most challenging knowledge of all.
Knowledge is gained in countless ways. We usually think in terms of education. Eager learners will gain knowledge from a teacher. Once knowledge is gained you have it in your knowledge bank and others cannot take it from you. Even though I have an excessive amount of formal education that does not necessarily convert to knowledge. It may just be loads and loads of facts with little application. Knowledge is what the student takes-in that will make his or her life better. In some cases, knowledge makes huge changes in the student’s earning potential provided she transfers the knowledge to application.
My children are life-long learners without advanced formal education and doing very well. My father had a vast amount of knowledge but very little education. His knowledge did convert to wisdom.
Knowledge makes a difference for all of us. Knowledge changes our lives. You have knowledge to thank for: modern medicine including early detection of serious diseases, transportation advances, and worldwide communication via satellites.
Some knowledge comes through experience. Thomas Edison tried 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at creating a light bulb. With each unsuccessful attempt he gained knowledge of what didn’t work.
Some knowledge comes to great minds that studied to learn like Marie Currie. Her discovery of radioactive elements made your X-rays possible. She is also credited with having said, “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” Ideas come with knowledge.
Some knowledge comes with observation. Sir Isaac Newton realized that a gravitational force exists between all objects. Of course, he is also credited for ”discovering” calculus.
Some knowledge comes by reading. When the reader is willing to apply the written word to their lives, knowledge is gained. Frederick Douglass, a slave, learned to read and against all odds, eventually became a social reformer, orator and statesman. But if the reader is unwilling to adopt a teachable spirit little is gained and certainly not wisdom.
Leonardo Di Vinci’s curiosity led to his wide-ranging knowledge and lifelong learning. We are indebted to Di Vinci for the parachute, the armored tank, diving suits and much more.
The greatest of all knowledge is knowing oneself. As Lao Tzu said, “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” It is so easy to find the fault in others. To know our own faults isn’t so easy. Self-awareness takes effort.
As I began my studies of personality types about twenty years ago I gained lots of self-knowledge. My sister, eight years my senior, attended the first personality conference with me. The night before we began she asked me about my personality profile. When I told her how mine came out she laughed and said, “Oh, no! That is not you!” Since she knew me well I gave-in and went along as she had me redo the entire forty-point profile. And guess what? I didn’t know myself so well. Since then I’ve become more self-aware through personality studies and the journey has been worthwhile.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. - Aristotle
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. – Kofi Annan
Knowledge is information, understanding of a subject, facts and skills that will improve a person’s life. You cannot possess wisdom without knowledge.
Having knowledge can mean just knowing things like the child prodigy who can recite loads of information. He doesn’t posses wisdom. He just knows stuff. You can be really smart without knowledge of your true self, the most challenging knowledge of all.
Knowledge is gained in countless ways. We usually think in terms of education. Eager learners will gain knowledge from a teacher. Once knowledge is gained you have it in your knowledge bank and others cannot take it from you. Even though I have an excessive amount of formal education that does not necessarily convert to knowledge. It may just be loads and loads of facts with little application. Knowledge is what the student takes-in that will make his or her life better. In some cases, knowledge makes huge changes in the student’s earning potential provided she transfers the knowledge to application.
My children are life-long learners without advanced formal education and doing very well. My father had a vast amount of knowledge but very little education. His knowledge did convert to wisdom.
Knowledge makes a difference for all of us. Knowledge changes our lives. You have knowledge to thank for: modern medicine including early detection of serious diseases, transportation advances, and worldwide communication via satellites.
Some knowledge comes through experience. Thomas Edison tried 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at creating a light bulb. With each unsuccessful attempt he gained knowledge of what didn’t work.
Some knowledge comes to great minds that studied to learn like Marie Currie. Her discovery of radioactive elements made your X-rays possible. She is also credited with having said, “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” Ideas come with knowledge.
Some knowledge comes with observation. Sir Isaac Newton realized that a gravitational force exists between all objects. Of course, he is also credited for ”discovering” calculus.
Some knowledge comes by reading. When the reader is willing to apply the written word to their lives, knowledge is gained. Frederick Douglass, a slave, learned to read and against all odds, eventually became a social reformer, orator and statesman. But if the reader is unwilling to adopt a teachable spirit little is gained and certainly not wisdom.
Leonardo Di Vinci’s curiosity led to his wide-ranging knowledge and lifelong learning. We are indebted to Di Vinci for the parachute, the armored tank, diving suits and much more.
The greatest of all knowledge is knowing oneself. As Lao Tzu said, “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” It is so easy to find the fault in others. To know our own faults isn’t so easy. Self-awareness takes effort.
As I began my studies of personality types about twenty years ago I gained lots of self-knowledge. My sister, eight years my senior, attended the first personality conference with me. The night before we began she asked me about my personality profile. When I told her how mine came out she laughed and said, “Oh, no! That is not you!” Since she knew me well I gave-in and went along as she had me redo the entire forty-point profile. And guess what? I didn’t know myself so well. Since then I’ve become more self-aware through personality studies and the journey has been worthwhile.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. - Aristotle
You may download a copy of this article below.
| abc’s_of_wisdom_–_knowledge.docx |
|
|
(c) 2017 Gail C. Showalter. All rights reserved
|
