Connectivity Coaching To Combat Loneliness
As the Cultural and Relocation Advisor, as well as the Facilitator for the Caltech International Spouses Club, for more than 16 years, Barbara Avouac has been assisting international scholars and their families, as well as U.S. citizens, when moving to Southern California.
Barbara Avouac is certified from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), as a Life and Professional coach.
Barbara Avouac's coaching approach includes the following framework:
- Develop and maintain meaningful relationships, personal and professional
- Accept and tame your fears, to keep them at bay
- Be aware of your saboteurs
- Be fallible, not perfect
- Turn a situation into an opportunity
- Live healthier and longer
The ability to engage into comfortable relationships with oneself and others is critical to self-worth and happiness. To prevent the feeling from ---ness, such as homesickness, "belongingness", emptiness, "friendlessness", "unsuccessfulness", and your own –ness, it's essential to know how to relate to others in a way that increases security and confidence, instead of being stuck in loneliness.
Free Coaching Sessions
Start by sending an email to bavouac@caltech.edu to schedule a 30 minute conversation and see if you and Barbara have the necessary "chemistry" to continue coaching together.
- 10-12 confidential sessions/person, to be completed within 6 months.
- Each session is one-on-one and lasts 50 to 60 minutes.
- Meetings are on zoom
- Free for Caltech and JPL students, postdocs, staff, visitors, and faculty, whether you are an international or U.S. citizen.