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On Starting a New Business

Posted by: Jackie Caniza | Posted on June 26, 2019. Posted in Journal.

Someone asked me today, “What motivated you to start your own business?” Here is my response:

I’ve always had it as a dream at the back of my mind, like many people. What held me back was the fear of failure and absence of security, especially having young kids. But even while being employed I always strived to learn new things that I knew would come in handy when the right time came.. In the last year of my employment, I took the courage to ask for a new assignment that took me far away from my comfort zone and in a new realm of starting a new business model and channel for our company. It was in that assignment where I realized that I had already known enough to start something on my own. I thought,

“If I could successfully run a startup for this company, why couldn’t I do it for myself? If I spent the same amount of time, effort and energy on something that was mine, why wouldn’t it work? If I started a business that focused on the things I felt passionate about, I would never have to worry about how it pleased my boss or whether it would get the right support from the right people.”

It all worked out timing-wise too. Everything fell into place as far as my own resolve, the state of my employer and in my family. I really believe that once I felt absolutely certain about what I wanted, the universe just helped make it happen.

I haven’t looked back since. I get asked often if I miss being employed and if I would ever go back and I always answer vey quickly, “No.” Not that I didn’t love my job or my work environment because I did. I just can’t imagine not doing what I’m doing now. I still spend long hours working and I don’t have the same support system that I did as a senior executive, but I wouldn’t trade my job now for anything.

Plus it helps when you can give yourself any pretty title you want to

The Best Team – Why and How?

Posted by: Jackie Caniza | Posted on May 28, 2019. Posted in Journal.

They say that if you find a job you love, you won’t have to work a day in your life. I would add that if you find a team you love, they will change your life for the better.

I’ve had the privilege of working with some amazing teams. Here’s what makes me believe I have the best team in the world today.

I’m not afraid to be who I am around them. I can be vulnerable, bare my soul and not have to worry about being judged or misunderstood.
We value our differences to the extent of learning from each other, and even relying on those differences to show us different lenses to view the world.
We make each other better. We set high goals for work AND for other areas of our life, and we hold each other accountable. We’re not afraid to call each other out. We’re honest and sometimes brutal, but we’re not mean.
We take our work seriously, yet we can laugh at ourselves, our mistakes and our missteps.
Everyone is growing and developing as a result of being part of the team.
Results are delivered, even beyond expectations. We have a lot of fun AND we get the job done pretty darn well.

How did we get to become this team? It didn’t happen overnight. We experimented and tried different things, and even failed a few times. Here are some of the things that I believe helped us get better:

We established routines that integrated catching up on each other’s lives, as well as the rigorous review of our work. For example, we check in on each other at the beginning of every face to face meeting, and we take time to listen to our personal stories.
We invested in tools and assessments that helped us gain a better understanding of each other’s personalities and strengths, and also to create room for developing ourselves in areas we’re most uncomfortable. We “pressure” one another to be and do better.
Everyone leads and everyone follows. In our team, there is no single leader. Each of us has a key role to play, and we lead in those roles. They change almost seamlessly when shifts need to occur.
Each of us is constantly learning and trying new things that will benefit the team, so each of our roles are continuously growing.

There are probably many other ways for a team to grow and develop, and we have yet to discover them. Meanwhile, we’re enjoying our time working, learning and growing together.

As a purposeful coaching company, we live what we believe. When we work with our clients to develop their teams, we don’t just use theories but our own experience in bringing them to life. Of course, each team is unique and that is why we also love learning from the teams we support so we can co-create their version of the best team ever.

The Path to Holistic Wellness (Infographic)

Posted by: Lea Ungson | Posted on April 9, 2019. Posted in Journal.

My quest for holistic wellness began way back early 2008 when I was diagnosed with hyperglycemia and was given medication. Following family’s advice given our medical history, I was on medication for 2 years. During said period, my regular visit to my endocrinologist then is more of a conversation rather than consultation, as I would challenge my doctor on what’s the rationale behind the medicine prescribed to me, what are the side effects, and if there is why do they prescribe such. I would ask how can I be off from said medication, what are my options and what’s the ultimate cure. When my doctor said that it will be maintenance medication then it dawned on me that I will be on it for life and that’s not how I envision managing my health moving forward. Armed with the belief that our body can heal itself naturally, that we were designed by God to function ably having defense and healing mechanisms, I started searching for natural and alternative ways of healing, made the decision to stop my medication and addressed my condition with proper diet and exercise. Fast forward, 8 years after I have been off from medication and maintained normal blood sugar level.

This episode in my life inspired me to continue on what I have started and opened my consciousness more on preventive care, alternative form of healing and healthy lifestyle. I began to read books, make lifestyle changes, attended wellness seminars and workshops. It’s in the latter that I met my Naturopath Doctor-Mentor. I personally set up a consultation time with her for general health assessment and natural ways of sustaining a healthy lifestyle. It is during this time that she shared with me her vision of building healthy communities and disease free world. And one of the many ways she does to make this vision a reality is to transfer her knowledge by training lay people to become health practitioners. I resonated with the thought of becoming a health practitioner myself cause as a Certified Professional Transformative Coach, I help others to become more aware and deepen their learning about themselves so they are able take charge of their life and be responsible to attain sustainable results. What I help to impart, I also learn to apply. As a coach, I learned to live a more keen awareness life, making conscious and purposeful choices not only in health aspect but all other life areas. Further reinforcing in me my non-negotiable in life that is family, wellness and spirituality. In line with these priorities, I realized that taking my passion for wellness to the next level will be a valuable complement to my coaching profession and can make a major difference in people’s lives. By acquiring a more formal education in health and wellness, I will not only be able to help my family embrace a more holistic outlook and approach to living a healthy lifestyle, I will also help in spreading awareness and educating others on true healthcare.

And so I began my journey on an intensive 20 weeks class on Integrative Functional Nutrition. This is not your typical type of class as every meeting one has to be prepared for a situational quiz and specific topic research work for presentation on top of capturing all the salient points and wisdom nuggets shared in every lecture and class discussion. Then the last day of class will be the final written examination – combined case studies and concepts application. Am grateful to make it through the 20 weeks course requirements in the midst of hectic schedule and now onto my practicum.

This journey opened me up to something revolutionary and exciting. More than the foreign sounding scientific terms and mind boggling technical concepts I learned, this course is encompassing as it touched on a new healthcare paradigm. Looking back to my 2008 condition, then it all made sense now what led me to it. Here are the top lessons* I find worth sharing, learning and applying:

Our definition of life, sickness and death will be the healing paradigm
‘The best way to change the world is to change ourselves’ – I have to walk my talk. My passion for holistic wellness has to manifest in me first even before I help to spread this to others.
The mystery of healing – when we help others heal, we are healed as well. The same goes with the power of prayers – the one who’s prayed is also blessed
Our body can heal itself – our body is designed to have healing and defense mechanisms
Everyday is a new opportunity to build a new body – our body fully rebuilds in less than 2 years and 98% in less than 1year
1. DNA renews itself every 2 months
1. The following rebuilds itself in:
  1. Skin – 1 month
  1. Liver – 6 weeks
  1. Stomach lining – 5 days
  1. Brain – 1 year
  1. Blood – 4 months
  1. Bones – 3 months
Our DNA is not our destiny
Epigenetics tell us that our environment, what we do, how we live, what we eat and where we are can affect how our genes express themselves
Changing our state of consciousness can influence or even change the tendency for gene expression
Our genes do not define us. We are not the code, we are the writers of the code
The key and lock to nutritional healing is food and body respectively. The biochemistry of these two allows for deeper healing
Let Food be the Medicine – food is information, it contains various valuable information in the form of nutrients that can answer the different needs of our body
There is no prescription but rather a process, framework and structure working together to achieve a personalized holistic healing
Holistic approach to health management
Understanding the root cause of the disease – acute conditions require acute measures, chronic conditions require holistic approach
Knowing the core dysfunctions like toxins, stress, unhealthy diet and lifestyle, malnourishment, traumas
Primal food is not only diet and food, this includes body movement, relationships, spirituality, physical movement, beliefs, mindset

* Reference – lecture notes from Dra. Christine V. Gonzalez, NMD, PhD and Dr. Ibarra M. Gonzalez, PhD – WII-ICRI FN Class 2018

Just Trust in What You Know

Posted by: Jackie Caniza | Posted on January 26, 2019. Posted in Journal.

I had always wondered if I could start a business of my own and never really felt quite ready to do it. My career was mainly in the field of HR and I knew that running a business was much, much more than that. The only way I could find out if I was ready was to just jump and try it.

I mustered up all the courage I could find in my gut and had a serious talk with my boss and asked for an assignment to lead a project that would implement a new channel for our business. I had no experience but I knew I felt passionate about the project and had good management skills and that’s what I told him. “I had nothing to lose by asking,” I thought. I was shocked when he said “YES”. I was scared to death too. “What would I do now?,” “Where would I start?,” “Can I really do it?.” All these questions kept racing through my head. Then I remembered a piece of advice from a long-time friend and mentor who said, “just trust in what you know”. I did just that, went through a year of good and not so good times with my project, which was launched as planned.

The whole experience has taught me so much about myself and has somehow prepared me to have enough courage to try it out on my own now. I still don’t know enough and continue to learn everyday, but if I didn’t take that one bold step of asking the question, I wouldn’t know nearly as much as I do now.

6 Lessons from Haraya Coaching

Posted by: TJ Nadres | Posted on December 7, 2018. Posted in Journal.

I am grateful to be a part of the 6 years of Haraya Coaching!

The last 6 years has been a journey of learning and realizations. Of these, the one that stands out the most is that growing and transformation are not dependent on one’s age, achievements, financial conditions or status in life. One can continue to grow and transform when one is willing and open minded!

I am grateful for our Haraya Coaching Team (most especially our founder Jackie) who unselfishly shares new ideas and continuously challenges one another to reach our full potential. Thank you, guys!

Through these 6 years, I have learned and shared so many concepts, ideas, thoughts, and learnings, and there are 6 key learnings that for me really shaped my coaching and Haraya experience:

1. Coaching

ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.

2. Propinquity

The propinquity effect is the tendency for people to form friendships with those whom they encounter often, forming a bond between subject and friend.

3. Golden Circle by Simon Sinek

“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe”

― Simon Sinek, Start with Why

4. Grit by Angela Duckworth

As Duckworth defines it, grit is passion and sustained persistence applied toward long-term achievement, with no particular concern for rewards or recognition along the way. It combines resilience, ambition, and self-control in the pursuit of goals that take months, years, or even decades.

5. Ikigai

Ikigai is a Japanese word whose meaning translates roughly to a reason for being, encompassing joy, a sense of purpose and meaning and a feeling of well-being. The word derives from iki, meaning life and kai, meaning the realization of hopes and expectations.

6. Gratitude

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” Epictetus

Coaching is at the heart of Haraya, Propinquity is what keeps us together, the Golden Circle crystallizes our vision, Grit is the fuel that keeps us moving forward, Ikigai is our reason to keep doing what we do, and Gratitude is what we feel when we fulfill our mission. I am eternally Grateful to be part of this Team!

Here’s to more years of being in a community, rather… in a family who agree to GROW together!

Cheers!

Building a Customer Service Coaching Culture

Posted by: TJ Nadres | Posted on October 10, 2018. Posted in Journal.

What is Customer Service?

How do you build a team that is focused on providing the best service to your clients?

How do you make this a standard in your company?

These are some of the questions that have been asked, again and again, since I got involved in Operations & Customer Service. Most people that I’ve talked to know and agree that delivering the best service to customers is a competitive advantage and builds the connection with customers and future clients. So, how come Good Customer Service seems to be “non-existent” in a lot of businesses?

This question reminds me of a quote, “The role of a leader is not to come up with all the great ideas. The role of a leader is to create an environment in which great ideas can happen.” -Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

We at Haraya Coaching are continuously inspired by the teachings of Simon Sinek, and this quote reminds us that the way to creating a Customer Service Culture is to create a safe environment where teams share their ideas and work together to develop a customer-centered strategy and encourage potential clients to become advocates of their company. When employees have a strong positive connection with the company they belong to and when they believe in and value their role in achieving the company’s vision, these feelings can easily translate into positive connections with the customers.

Over the years that we have been developing and facilitating Customer Service Workshops, we have realized that Coaching is a great tool to drive awareness and self-motivation in creating a Customer-centered Service in the companies we have worked with.

So what is Coaching?

ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.

Coaching provides a process which creates the “sticky-ness” factor for team members to reach a self-awareness about their role in the team and how they can contribute in the development of their own Customer-centered Culture, according to their Company’s WHY (vision & mission). Training and workshops give the team members the tools to perform their jobs, while Coaching allows them to develop a self-awareness and be inspired to use these tools to endear their company/product to customers and potential clients. As Simon Sinek says, “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”

In this world of fast-paced technology innovations, products can easily be copied, and the differentiating advantage for companies will be the people who believe in the company and will help promote the company. To develop this competitive advantage, it is the role of leaders to create a safe environment of learning where team members will be inspired to bring out their best.

My Haraya Journey

Posted by: Marge Martinez | Posted on August 10, 2018. Posted in Journal.

My journey with Haraya is one for the books. I landed into it at the time when I was in transition and I was waiting for a leading from God on what direction to take. My initial plan was to work abroad, in Korea particularly. I already finished a short-course in Korean Language at that time and I was just waiting for a schedule of examination from an organization.

My former manager called me up and asked me if I wanted to try it out first while waiting for a job offer and I just showed up and said “Yes.” And the rest is history. I’ve been here since then, loving it more everyday.

Working with Haraya has been transformational. Coaching helped me a lot to get out of my comfort zone. It gave me clarity on my purpose and mission in life. And you really need a Coach, a Transformative one, to draw it out from you, which then inspires you to make an action. It will lead you into a vulnerable space, yes but when it does, it will open your mind to a possibility which you may think seems impossible.

And that’s what Transformative Coaching did to me. I became attuned to being who I am, what I really want and what makes it so important for me. And it gave me confidence that I can do it.

Looking back, I can’t just imagine that I’d be here now. Being in the space of discomfort zone is not so bad after all. It gives you excitement and at the same time scares you. And that what makes me come alive.

I am just blessed and grateful to God that He provided me “Haraya Coaching” which is significantly valuable in my being and very transformative too. Truly truly I say to you, He will use people for you to be equipped and add more value into what you’re doing in advancing His Kingdom.

Indeed God’s plans are better than ours. It says in Isaiah 55:8, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.”

And wherever God is leading you to, you just have to show up and be available. Because you don’t know how He can bring you to a place where He will use you effectively.

Just want to end this with a song in Frozen sang by Anna, that stuck in my head as I was writing this blog. It reminded me of how transformative Coaches like Cecilia, Jackie, Lea & Tj open one’s mind of unlimited possibilities and help you believe in your potential to reach for my unimaginable. ™

Just want to honor them right now, I speak blessings and more blessings upon their life and that they may be able to bless others more with their gifts and talent. God bless you more guys!

For the First time in Forever

♬♬♬ Sure you can, I know you can! ‘Cause for the first time in forever you don’t have to be afraid, we can work this out together, we’ll reverse this storm you’ve made. Don’t panic! We’ll make the sun shine briiiiiight! We can face this thing together, we can face this thing together, we can face this thing together…..and everything will be all right!!!” ♬♬♬

#JourneyBegins #HarayaCoaching #TransformativeCoaching

5 Steps to Living your Best Life (Infographic)

Posted by: Jackie Caniza | Posted on July 17, 2018. Posted in Journal.

This is what I would like my children to know about how they might live their best life:

Never stop learning. Learn something new every year, whether it’s academic, a new hobby, a creative skill or sport. When you put yourself in student mode regularly, you remind yourself that there is so much more you don’t know.
Always be grateful and count your blessings. Realize that you are given so much even without you asking.
Strive to BE good and DO good, for the sake of others. When we focus our attention on helping someone else, we become genuinely happier.
Be generous with smiles and hugs. The world will be a much better place for it.
Surround yourself with people who will bring out the best in you. It may not always be pleasant though so be prepared for some difficult conversations.
Baby steps, as long as they are steps in the right direction, are good steps and will get you closer to your dreams.
If you need a nudge, get a coach

Check out the infographic below:

Why Every Mother Needs a Life Coach

Posted by: Lea Ungson | Posted on May 13, 2018. Posted in Journal.

In this fast-paced world that we live in, it gets harder and harder to keep up with the demands of day-to-day life. If there’s anyone that exemplifies this best, it would have to be a mother. Not only does she have to juggle the demands of motherhood, she resorts to multitasking to satisfy her many other roles such as being a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a career woman – all that and more. Managing to balance all that is a feat in itself, not to mention her innate instinct to put her family first. It is inevitable to feel overwhelmed every once in a while. After all, she is still human.

All mothers encounter a different range of problems in life. Some may experience making a big sacrifice in their dreams or desires to make way for the interest of their family. Some may experience trouble in striking the right balance between work and family. Some may be feeling burnt out and have lost their sense of purpose. Amidst all this, a mother will always strive to be her best, because she wants nothing less for her family. To help this special woman be able to realize her full potential, rediscover herself, harness her innate power and ultimately transform her life, having a coach would be valuable in keeping things in perspective. After all, every superhero needs some back-up from time to time, and who better to call than a coach?

Mothers, the gift of coaching is for you! Get in touch with us today and experience Coaching and claim the life that you envision for yourself.

International Coaching Week 2018

Posted by: Haraya Coaching | Posted on May 7, 2018. Posted in Journal.

May 7 to 13, 2018 is International Coaching Week.

Jackie Cañiza, PCC (Professional Certified Coach) shares how the coaching industry in the Philippines has evolved over the years.

Haraya Coaching, in partnership with Coach Masters Academy, is very proud to be part of the ICF community.

The International Coach Federation (ICF) is dedicated to advancing the coaching profession by setting high ethical standards, providing independent certification and building a worldwide network of credentialed coaches across a variety of coaching disciplines.

ICF is active in representing all facets of the coaching industry, including Executive, Life, Leadership, Relationship and Career Coaching.

Live your imaginable.