What happens in the onboarding session?

The onboarding session is the first substantive coaching session after we sign the coaching agreement and decide to work together.

Its purpose is to establish the initial working context. That usually means reviewing your application and intake information, clarifying your goals, identifying constraints, discussing relevant history, setting priorities, and deciding what the first phase of coaching should emphasize.

Depending on your needs, the onboarding session may touch on physical exercise, nutrition, habits, recovery, emotional regulation, relationships, values, decision-making, or other relevant areas.

The onboarding session does not guarantee that every plan, program, target, or deliverable will be completed during that session. Sometimes the right first step is clarification. Sometimes it is an initial plan. Sometimes it is identifying what information we still need.

We begin deliberately, instead of rushing into generic prescriptions.