Rachel Anastasi

How I established a full time coaching practice in 3 months, at age 22 and then successfully ran my coaching business from a campervan while traveling around OZ with my partner.

Hi my name is Rachel Anastasi and I am the founder of Free to Be Me Life Coaching. I have put this website together to empower other coaches to achieve the same incredible results I have had in your coaching businesses. Three months after completing my coaching studies I was running a full time coaching practice with 30 paying clients.

I have worked with numerous individuals and organisations such as the TAC, Sacred Heart Mission and The Coaching Institute and I also write for ANZIC and Empower Magazine. After one year of successfully running my business and assisting people to transform their lives I bought a campervan and ran my coaching business while traveling around Australia with my partner.

I have a life that I love to live. I wake up to do something that I am extremely passionate about and make a difference to hundreds of people every day. I earn a great income, which allows me to contribute a large percentage of my wage to charity and volunteer my time to different non profit organisations. I had managed all of this before my 25th birthday.

Now I’d love to empower you as a coach to do the same. I love the ripple effect, which is why I am so generous in what I provide other coaches!! I love transformation.

I’ve put this site together to provide you resources and to guide you through the process of being who you need to be to be a great coach. I coach coaches and provide them with all of the secrets I have learned to take someone from “who the hell are you?” to “I have to be coached by you, here’s my credit card- sign me up quick!” and the processes I have used to create my own coaching practice.

Whether you are new to coaching or you have just completed your coaching qualification, it is important to learn from those who have done what you want to do. This website is designed to connect you with resources and programs to support your ongoing learning and to keep you in the coaching loop. Here I have included some of the steps, resources, hints, tips and insider secrets that I discovered along the way.

Here’s what one of my clients had to say after applying the things she learned from me;

Paying clients and a part time coaching practice in under two months!“ Rachel has been an inspiration to me, helping me to clear limiting beliefs that were stopping me from reaching my goals, and helping me to create a whole new way of seeing myself, my business and the world! In the first week of working with her I had diarised 10 meetings with potential clients! I now have paying clients and I am about to run my first seminar. Rachel assisted me to commit to my niche market and branding and now I have structure and direction in my own business and an enormously attractive future to head into! Rachel really knows her stuff! Rachel listens to what I need and is able to coach me in a way which gets great results and keeps me on track.” Janita Friend Designer Lives offers women of all ages who are divorced, separated or single a personalised coaching program which looks at all aspects of their lives and helps them to shape a wonderful, new life filled with excitement and the promise of a fun and happy future. If you are sick of making excuses about why you haven’t moved on from a relationship, now is the time to create a happier life with Janita Friend Designer Lives. A fabulous makeover inside and out is waiting for you contact Janita on 0412 7532 763 or e-mail janita@designerlives.com.au.

There are key ingredients essential to getting these kinds of results: Here are the 7 Key Elements to BEing an Extraordinary Coach

BEING ON PURPOSE

Creating your purpose in life is very important. The ability to turn your purpose into a business is very rewarding. Letting go of the past and connecting with a powerful intention for your future is the first step to empowering your vision for what is possible for yourself and your life. Connect with who you really are and what gets you out of bed in the morning.

Why did you become a coach in the first place? For what purpose did you choose a career where you utilise coaching tools?

One of the reasons I have been so successful is that I get myself out of the way; I know that it is not about me, it is about making a difference to other people. My purpose is to empower others, which is why I am here. I have now turned my purpose into a product that I can sell. I totally and utterly believe in what I am selling and my passion shines through.

‘You’ll find yourself feeling purposeful if you can find a way to always be in service of others.’ Dr. Wayne Dyer

“I created my purpose, built my confidence and am happy to say I have a profitable coaching practice! I am now in a place where I have a new problem– too many clients”“With the wonderful assistance of Rachel’s coaching I have made massive leaps and bounds in my personal and coaching life. In my personal life I was replaying situations in my mind over and over, staring down the barrel of burnout, falling short of impossible expectations & holding others to high standards. I am now in an extraordinary place of being present, using my time more effectively to keep balance, living with the excitement of possibilities, dealing with my own challenges and allowing others to do the same. In my coaching life I used to judge others, I did not believe people would pay for my coaching and I was scared to ask for business in sales conversations. Now, I am being a trail blazer in allowing others to completely open up. I now believe that my services are so valuable that it would be an injustice not to ask if people would like coaching! I am now in a place where I have a new problem – too many clients” Mark Davis Natural Success Coaching markd@naturalsuccesscoaching.com.au

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BEING A PERSON OF INTEGRITY

As a coach you must always take one hundred per cent responsibility for the results that you are getting and those that you are not getting. Then you must hold your clients accountable to do the same in their lives. Honoring your word, having a deep respect for your word is truly living with integrity.

Doing what you said that you would do, by when you said you would do it and when you don’t, clean it up, make new commitments and keep them.

Ask yourself;

What do I know to do?

What am I saying I will do?

What do others expect me to do even though I haven’t said I would do it?

What do I have to do to do this as it was meant to be done?

Integrity is also about maintaining an empowering context for your life, living in a space of what is possible. If you are serious about inspiring people to utilise your services as a coach you have to realize that you are selling yourself. You must always be transforming yourself and your life to create a space for your clients to have the results that they want inside of being coached by you. Live in a space of possibility not excuses!!

What if there were no limitations, then what would you do right now?

What if you knew the answer, what would it be?

What would you do right now if there were no obstacles to overcome?

‘Be the change that you want to see in the world’

Hey Rachel, I was just on your Conversations with a Master Coach webinar and you were great! I love that you deliver so much value to coaches on your webinars, you are straight with people, you don’t step over things, you build such strong rapport, and the way you listen for what’s in the space is remarkable. I could go on at length really You know, so much has been opening up for me since our coaching together, I am so clear that your coaching has been at the heart of the awesomeness I’ve been creating in my life, so thank you for everything you provide me! You are superb and I am certain that you make a massive difference to people’s lives. Thanks for your commitment to being extraordinary.” Lisa

BEING GENEROUS

I am known as the go to person for coaches who want to take their businesses to the next level. This is because I am very generous with what I have. I live in a space of absolute abundance and I know that there is more than enough of everything for everyone so I am honored to share my knowledge and the experience that I have. Coaching makes such a big difference to others, so of course I want to do anything that I can to empower coaches to be even greater at what they do and to have their coaching be even more available to even more people. You can’t give away what you don’t have. It took me a little while to learn that I cannot give away what I do not have so therefore I must run a profitable business so that I can contribute to more people. I will always be coached as long as I am a coach so that I am constantly growing and expanding to then provide the space for my clients to do the same. Christopher Howard insists that every coach have a coach and I believe this too.

Massive increase in results“Coaching is an expression of my purpose in life, and I would not be where I am now- loving coaching, loving life were Rachel not a part of it. I have been inspired by Rachel since I commenced my own coaching journey in June 2007. Rachel’s relaxed, friendly style of coaching allows me to feel completely comfortable to be who I need to be. At the same time Rachel has an intuitive ability to ask the questions that really get to the heart of who I am. I love that she pushes me to think beyond my limitations each and every coaching session. Being coached and mentored by Rachel has given me the confidence and skills to develop my own successful part time coaching business focused on coaching mothers of young children. I get excited about going to work and being a part of the transformation which occurs in my own clients.” Then Marilla did unleash your secret power and this is what she said, Oh My God this is the BEST workshop I have EVER done (and believe me, I have done a few). I went way out of my comfort zone, broke through boundary conditions, made some lifelong friends and had an absolute ball. All I can say to any coaches out there is – DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Marilla Greenhalgh Total Synergy Life Coaching totalsynergy@aapt.net.au 0400982284 Marilla is a supermum!! She balances her family and a successful practice with ease and grace, if you are a busy mum who would like some coaching on how to have it all, please phone Marilla!!

Always be generous!! Give prospects heaps of free stuff!! At networking events be very generous in your communication. Have everything you say be something of value. When you are sharing with people come from a place of contribution. What can I say that will make a difference here? This will have you connect with people even more.

Your goal is to establish two key elements in terms of connection:

• Trust: It is important that people know, like and trust you and when you are presenting and coaching your clients ought to feel like they know you and can count on you

• Responsiveness: From the get go you need to be creating an environment, and a state in your clients, whereby they respond to suggestion that you give. Even in conversation, ask questions and get curious, this makes it easy for them to move forward in a relationship with you and then to take on what you say as coach to get results.

“I have really benefited from a range of Rachel’s services along my journey and have always found the perfect support for whatever stage I’m at from the one on one coaching, group mentoring, her Secrets of a Super Coach program and more recently her awesome retreat, Unleash Your Secret Power! Every one of these have been more than fantastic and always exceeded expectation and value.When I was first started being coached by Rachel, I was working full time in a bank and had only one pro-bono coaching client. I was quite unhappy in my job. After regular coaching with Rachel, I left my job at the bank and started a full-time coaching and hypnotherapy practice. I currently have over 15 clients and the number is growing, my clients are mainly women aged between 25-40 who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant and are experiencing fertility issues.Coaching with Rachel really helped me to get clear on my purpose and identify my Niche market, it helped me to blast through any obstacles along the way and to discover and get rid of numerous limiting beliefs around setting up on my own.On top of this I continuously gain from Rachel’s invaluable “practical” business coaching and marketing insights that she openly shares. I benefit greatly from her sharing of her own experiences while always holding me 100% accountable to live by my values and the highest level of integrity in my business and otherwise. Rachel has been a continuous source of inspiration along this journey not only because of her passion, integrity and generosity as a coach but also because of the amazing success in her own business, she truly practices what she preaches.” Nil Pozcu The Simple Connection p: 0406 871140 e: thesimpleconnection@yahoo.com.au www.thesimpleconnection.com.au Check out the results Nil gets with her clients now, under the success stories tab!! Nil rocks!!

BEING COURAGEOUS

Feel the fear and do it anyway. Uncertainty + Action = COURAGE

The more uncertainty you can handle the higher level of results you will get. You must find certainty within yourself so that even when you are embracing new and unfamiliar things you are courageous in knowing that you can do it.

Whenever I am asked to do something that scares me a little I know that I am taking my coaching and my business to the next level, so I say yes every time. This is how I got great results so quickly. Sometimes people will do more to avoid feeling pain than they will to feel pleasure. Remember that often times the pain is inside of your comfort zone and when you venture out you will be rewarded.

The alchemist by Paulo Coelho is an amazing story of a boy who learnt to follow his heart. Often times he had to ignore his heart as it told him not to go for his dreams, you see, his heart did not want to be broken so it screamed louder to stop the more important something was to the boy. Think about this, what is most important to you in life?

Part of being courageous is establishing yourself as a speaker. Using coaching to fulfill on and live on purpose is wonderful. To take it to the next level, be a speaker who shares possibility with many people at once. This is when you are leveraging your time and knowledge and also gaining credibility.

When you are presenting, assume your audience has NO IDEA who you are. First you must confirm your position as expert. The key here is your credibility statement. Why on earth should these people bother to listen to you? Once you have an answer to this question, you just need to reveal this information to them in a powerful way. This is also a key element to choosing your niche market and positioning yourself as the expert in that field.

• What is your story?

• What knowledge do you already have from the past that you could leverage?

• What specific results have you achieved that prove your credibility?

In coaching and speaking, it is vital to get permission. Think about it. If a friend asks you “can I talk to you about something?” What do you usually say and do? Most of us say “sure”, and then sit down with the friend and give them our undivided attention.

The same goes when you are coaching or speaking. If you ask permission, your audience will unconsciously respond like a friend, and sit up and take notice. Get your clients in an agreement frame by asking questions that they are likely to respond yes to.

If I know that at the end of a complimentary coaching session I will be asking if my client wants to continue on a paid basis, I will get their permission before the session to make them this offer. Before the complimentary coaching session I will say, ‘After this session if you have gotten value from our session today then is it ok if I ask you whether or not you would like to move forward in a coaching relationship with me?’ That way I have their permission to invite action from the beginning and my client is considering whether or not they will continue on a paid basis during the session.

This takes courage, however when you truly back yourself and believe in your product it is easy to play at this level. Your certainty needs to outweigh your clients doubt.

From none to three paying clients in two weeks!! “Fresh, business savvy, experienced, fun, energising, motivating and there to kick you up the butt when you need it, is how I would describe Rachel Anastasi and her amazing Group Mentoring Program! I signed up for the Program wanting to take my Coaching skills and business to the next level by learning from a Master Coach. I knew Rachel was the one to help me achieve this with her impressive experience, refreshing style, steadfast support and endless dedication. Incredibly excited by my results and those of our group to date, my achievements include; developing a niche, writing more than one article, signing 3 paying clients and adding an extensive list of tools – business, marketing, coaching techniques and many more – to my coaching toolkit. I loved being held accountable for my actions every week and the group environment was totally motivating and inspiring. If want to be the best, you should learn from the best. Rachel flawlessly delivers on her promise.” Liz Dosen, 0425850098, Balloon Tree Coaching, liz@balloontree.com.au, www.balloontree.com.au empowering YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS, inspirational WOMEN, committed COUPLES, playful PARENTS Personal Coaching | Group Workshops | Seminars | Retreats | Public Speaking confidence|certainty|motivation|growth|variety|awareness|love|connection|signficance|success| health|vitality|contribution|phobias|depression|anxiety|limiting beliefs|unresourceful behaviour

BEING PEACEFUL

As a coach you must give up the interpretation “there is something wrong here”

You are already perfect, whole and complete just the way that you are and just the way that you are not. To empower your clients to have 100% love and acceptance for themselves, you must have that for yourself too!

What is one thing that you would do for yourself today if you were loving and accepting yourself 100% right now?

If acceptance and love are the same thing, what would life be like if you gave yourself unconditional love right now? What would you like to accept about yourself that you have been resisting?

There is nowhere to get, be committed not attached and create possibilities, not expectations

Reconnect with who you really are and choose a mindset that serves and nurtures you right now. Remember that you are in charge of who you are being and of your mindset! Your thoughts create your reality!! Create problems that are worthy of your life and ask yourself quality questions!! Teach your clients to do the same.

Last but not least, give up being right even when you know you are.

Would you like some One-on-one handholding from Rachel? Click here to find out how to register For our $47 a month mentoring program.

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Finding it for yourself and then empowering others!! “When I first started my coaching course, I had never been coached before myself, so I called on Rachel’s services to experience how to take my coaching to the next level. We had 4 sessions together & in that time I definitely grew within myself & totally got over my own boundaries, enabling me to help my clients reach their goals quicker as a result. At the beginning I found it weird as I haven’t had to look into myself that intently before. I wanted more confidence in selling myself as a coach to others, and with Rachel’s help I am now able to do that. Now I have a new found certainty & direction in knowing what I want in life & striving to get it. I have become more assertive & confident & that has taken my business to the next level. I have established my coaching niche, it is women in business. I have had 15 years of experience owning a wide variety of businesses. I have started up several successful businesses, owned vineyards, cafés, gymnasiums and franchises & now I have found my true passion with coaching. The most common problem with many people new to business is that you tend to get stuck in a rut, unsure of where to go to, or what to do next to make money. Asking for help & amp; be willing to change for the life you want to lead is the most important thing. So take action now in doing the things you want to do in life & have loads of fun along the way. Enjoy Life!” Yvonne Thomas Success Coach yvonne@payvsolutions.com.au 0410 103131

BEING UNSTOPPABLE

As a coach you will hear many no’s and it is important to remember that there is no failure only feedback. Remember that every situation is an opportunity for learning and growth. Be unstoppable in spreading your message and living on purpose and remember that coaching is only one tool that you have available to you.

Remember you are also a speaker, a trainer and a facilitator!! To get your message out to even more people you will need to be unstoppable and unreasonable and ask this of other people too.

It is going to take something for most people to take you on as their coach. Whether they need to break through personal circumstances or their own fear, hiring a coach can be a stretch for some people. To assist people to make the choice sometimes you will have to tap into their needs and wants in life.

Once you have engaged with your purpose and chosen a niche market it is important to figure out what the needs of your niche market actually are. What is it that they are most challenged by right now?

When you create your products have this in mind so that the service that you offer fills that need. In conversations with prospective clients establish a need for change. By creating tension between where they are now and where they want to be.

With every service or product that you provide your niche it will unveil the need for your next service or product. It would be negligent not to have a support structure for your clients so that they can continue to utilise you as they grow. Coaching is a great tool and sometimes people need a little push to take themselves on, so to speak and hire a coach.

Once again there are two ways to make this work.

1. Pain motivated: Using this strategy you identify your audience’s pain, aggravate it, rub some salt in the wound, and then demonstrate how your product will take their pain away.

2. Inspiration motivated: Using this strategy you paint a bright, inspiring vision of the future, and point out all of the wonderful things that would be possible for them in this new future. You then demonstrate how far from this “ideal” they are currently.

Be unstoppable in getting your message out there and inspire other people to be unstoppable in taking their lives to the next level! What actions will you take right now to take your coaching to the next level?

‘Unleash Your Secret Power’, was exactly that! I have discovered my power and it isn’t a secret anymore- the weekend retreat was fun and a pathway to power, warm and deep connections with other coaches. Hi Rachel, Have you a minute? I have to share with you how absolutely unleashed I am feeling. You know that adrenalin high when all the ideas and energy just spurt up like a volcano and the red hot flames reach the sky, that’s how unleashed I am!! I have been going over my notes from unleash your secret power and working through the exercises and taking them up to a higher level. Overnight I have committed to a women’s event next Wednesday using the wheel of life and cause and effect as the framework. Before Unleash your secret power I was not exactly stuck but was always pushing hard against a resistant object but now its red hot and has an energy of its own (like Vesuvius!!). I realise how much I have missed feeling like this! I have discovered my niche market, WOMEN IN BUSINESS! learnt practical applications of presenting and selling and have affirmed my view of myself as a speaker and contributor. So, thank you Rachel for being you! Your openness and generosity of spirit are a great gift to the world. I gained so much on the weekend on so many levels. You are the darling of all. The learning is brilliant and the delivery is real and authentic and so natural. Your warmth put us all at ease and in a great space for soaking up the learning. Unleash Your Secret Power is a must do for coaches it has all the nutrients to nourish you as a coach. Lesley McMillan STEPPING UP Ultimate Outcomes 0359 83 1005 lesley@steppingup.com.au www.steppingup.com.au

BEING POWERFUL

Being powerful is about choosing your state. It is about living a life free from the stories or meanings by remembering that reality is only measurable in time and space. It is not the events that shape us it is the meaning that we attach to those events

It is about being straight in your communication and then taking what you get. Language creates your existence, choose your language carefully. Your listening of yourself and others will create your experience.

When you are designing your products and your marketing material think about the words that you choose to present what you do. How do you want to come across to your prospective clients? What do you want them to feel while you are speaking and how can you create that through language?

People perceive value when what they get outweighs what they had to invest. When you are creating your products think about what your clients need and want and then add value at the price pint that you have chosen. What else can you add to provide even more value?

Things to think about when designing your products:

• Who is your niche market and what is it they want from you?

• What price point is reasonable based on what you know of your niche market?

• What bonuses could you add to build the value to an extreme level? Always be thinking about bonuses which are high perceived value to the customer, but low cost for you to deliver. I endeavor to come up with enough good quality bonuses that the value of the bonuses exceeds the value of the actual product.

• Could you make a two-tiered product offering, perhaps a basic version of your pack and a deluxe version with an extra special bonus or two? Now your niche should not be thinking “do I buy or not?”, they should be thinking “which package do I buy?”

When talking about your products BE POWERFUL, DON’T WIMP OUT!! Your delivery must be punchy and roll off the tongue with confidence and certainty. Don’t apologise! You must invite people to buy. I like to use “embedded commands” in this step. An embedded command is a three step command where the first two steps tell you how to do it, and the last step tells you what to do.

WHAT NOW…

So, if you’ve found yourself here, and have digested all of this information I’d be willing to bet that you have a message you want to get out into the world. Maybe you already have products and services you are passionate about. You want to contribute and you want to be rewarded for that. You absolutely deserve this and our mission is to help people like you to create the lifestyle you deserve by sharing your passion with the world. So right now, make a commitment to yourself that you will take some action.

If all of the above seems just too hard, or if you’d like some on-going support as you apply these steps to your own coaching practice, then I can help.

For just $47 per month you get access to my mentoring program to guide you in detail every step of the way.

Plus you get access to me via email and phone to answer your questions, make suggestions, and point you in the right direction.

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Living the dream!! A coaching adventure! Hi Rachel, I just wanted to fill you in on where I am at. I am now working in my chosen niche, providing leadership training and coaching to organisations and individuals across Australia as part of a company called The Human Dimension. Our basic tenet is that for things to change, I must change. More than anything you challenged my limiting beliefs, the ones that were keeping me safe but small. You recognised a greater capacity within me, shifted my focus off the problems and onto the possibilities and you were the difference – that made the difference, Thank you. Patrick Meegan Personal and Leadership Coach Perth WA 0402934311 patrick@humandimension.com.au

The next step for you is to take on being this way and practice, practice, practice! Figure out who your niche market are, get some marketing in place, grow your skills as a coach and live aligned with your true purpose!

Also, get yourself a mentor who has “been there and done it”, so you have someone you can rely on for advice and support.

Would you like some One-on-one handholding from Rachel? Click here to find out how to register For our $47 a month mentoring program.

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Get out there, start sharing your purpose and making even more of a difference.

Take care,

Rachel Anastasi

Founder Free to be Me Life Coaching & Secrets of a Supercoach

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