Meet Jill Medina Elizalde

Co- Active Training Institute: I'm trained as a Co-Active Coach

 https://coactive.com/

This Life- Coaching Institute is well loved and highly regarded internationally. We co-active coaches can be found in all parts of the world. 

Positive Intelligence®: I'm trained as a PQ COACH™

https://www.positiveintelligence.com/

"Positive Intelligence® coach is a professional who helps individuals develop their mental fitness by using the Positive Intelligence (PQ) framework, which focuses on identifying and overcoming negative inner voices ("saboteurs") to strengthen positive mental muscles ("sage") and ultimately improve their overall well-being and performance through targeted exercises and practices; essentially acting like a personal trainer for the mind."

Emotional Intelligence: TalentSmart EQ Course

TalentSmartEQ, is recognized as the premier provider of emotional intelligence solutions. For over 20 years, they’ve been helping leaders, managers, and employees to develop their EQ skills and transform their organizations. 
Their mission is to help people develop their emotional intelligence to create more collaborative, high-performing, and human-centric workplaces.

Harvard University (DCE) Professional and Executive Development Program

"Rebuilding Your Career After Job Loss: Bouncing Back with Confidence and Positivity" 

My training also comes from life...

My background is in Theater, graduating from Emerson College in Boston with a BFA. I continued my education by working in the Film Industry in Los Angeles for 10 years, at all levels and in various capacities. My grand finale in the film industry came as producer of Independent Films. Yes, it was FUN!
I originally studied theater because I loved to study people, to learn new stories, and of course I loved to express myself through the art of acting. I have always been fascinated with the adventures a great play can bring. Always mesmerized by it's ability to take you out of your seat to a magical place and time far away. I love it.
But beyond this at the core of my being, there is one thing throughout my life that has stayed consistent... I love people. I always have and always will. Young to old and everything in between. AND I really love supporting people to succeed in getting what they truly want. I can't promise you'll never feel fear in going for what you want, but I can however, help you learn not to let fear stop you. In working with me it's clear you are in the driver's seat of your life.  

You don't have to get rid of fear to take charge of your life instead minimize its power and learn how to stop letting it make your decisions. This is my journey in offering professional support to people outside my sacred circle and becoming a Life Consultant. The perimeters of my sacred circle are expanding.

Thank you for joining me! 

My coaching ideology is grounded in the belief that fear can quietly shape our lives in ways we do not always recognize. It can keep us from taking action, but it can also keep us from communicating- having the conversation we need to have, speaking up, asking for what we need, setting boundaries, or expressing what is true for us. Fear can cause us to avoid, delay, stay silent, or feel overwhelmed, until we begin to feel less like the active decision-makers in our own lives and more like life is simply happening to us.

My role as a coach is to help clients recognize where fear may be getting in their way and to offer tools, perspectives, and sometimes ideas that may help them move through what is keeping them stuck. But offering an idea is not the same as telling someone what to do. The client always remains the authority on their own life.

I believe coaching should strengthen a person's sense of agency. My goal is not to take over the direction of someone's life, but to help them become more capable of directing it themselves- to reconnect with their ability to make choices, respond intentionally, communicate honestly, and take action on what matters to them.

I want my clients to experience themselves as the executive of their own lives: able to pause, assess what is happening, decide what matters, and choose how they want to move forward rather than feeling powerless or like a victim of their circumstances.

Ultimately, I hope to help quiet the fear and overwhelm enough for a person to reach a greater state of stillness. From that place, they can think more clearly, hear themselves more fully, access their own wisdom, and choose their next steps with greater intention. My role is to come alongside them with support and useful tools- not to take the wheel, but to help them strengthen their capacity to steer their own life.