Gotta Life? Get a Coach.

Coaching is a specialized, one-on-one type of training that gives you a confidential sounding board to brainstorm your thoughts and tap into your full potential. A personal coach gives you the tools to help you recognize unforeseen obstacles and identify solutions with the clarity to focus on an attainable approach to reach your goals.

Who am I?

My name is Cathie Belcher; I was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico with three sisters and two brothers (me in the middle of two boys) in a 3 bedroom house with one bathroom, and, as you can imagine, there was always conflict. I created a difficult environment for myself during my teen years, however, I also discovered ways to transform my life with the maturity and wisdom of adulthood. From an early age, I learned to handle life's uncertainties in a positive way. For over 20 years I have been coaching family members and friends who have asked for advice on how to deal with their own uncertainties either in their personal or professional relationships.

I recognized my ability to be a life coach through the death of a close friend. My friend died in 2003. When I met Roberta she had Waldenström’s cancer (a rare type of slow-growing, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer which begins in the cells of the immune system). The day I met her, I was out for a walk. We walked together and became instant friends and agreed we'd enjoy walking regularly together. Our evening walks were often long and slow, mostly because we'd stop to smell roses or pick grapefruit. The truth was my friend's energy was decreasing. Roberta referred to me as the daughter she never had and, during our friendship, she became my Phoenix mom. If I picked her up from chemo treatments I knew she'd be sick for a few days, however, she always managed to call when she found energy for a short walk or visit to the grocery store (I often wonder if she did this for herself or if she did it for me). If I was unable to celebrate holidays with my family, Roberta and I spent them together. Roberta was an incredible cook and some nights I’d get home and find a phone message telling me she had cooked something fabulous and had leftovers for me, in case I hadn't eaten

The most important leftover was her strength and her courage. When Roberta was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2001, it was in its advanced stages. Roberta had surgery in early 2002 and was told she had about a year to live. Roberta fought her illness with months of chemotherapy. When she started losing her hair, she took a pair of scissors and cut off what was left so she could wear the wig she loved so much. In the fall of 2002, Roberta knew she was losing the battle and decided to live her final few months to the fullest. For her birthday in September, she took a solo trip to San Diego to celebrate her day and, she said she wanted to do it before she died. Roberta enjoyed her last Christmas with me and my family in Santa Fe and in January 2003, she bravely entered Hospice and succumbed to her cancer in February. The day Roberta died I was at her side and, with her hand in mine and all the courage and strength she gave to me, I told my Phoenix mom, my friend, and walking partner, that it was okay to let go when she was ready to take her final journey. A few seconds later, Roberta took her last breath, leaving me with the undying spirit to live each day to its fullest – one day at a time. I now make each day the best day of my life, because it really is the only day I get to live it.

If you have struggled with personal or professional relationships and have tried everything else, now is the time to try something different. Through training from the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, I have enhanced my personal experience and acquired skills which may help your relationship blossom into bliss. If you are tired of asking “why can’t this relationship work?” Call me to find ways to make it work. With a change in attitude and thought, you can empower yourself to have successful relationships with your children, parents, co-workers, and others.

In October, 2007, I began working with teens and their parents at Marcos de Niza High School. I present workshops which help give individuals a much clearer, focused, and positive vision of themselves which allows for individual transformation towards a new level of power and effectiveness for creating a new dimension in the environments in which they live.

Life is what you make of it and the attitude you take with it. Our lives are not determined by what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes which give you that spark or aha moment in life.

My Mission: To provide a positive perspective and a fulfilling life - one person (one teenager) at a time.

With good thoughts, Cathie.