Hello Martha,
Thank you for your insightful post. You certainly included some great self-reflection points in your response and this was appreciated. I can relate to many of your points. Especially when it comes to needing to be more mindful. I think in years past in career services giving an actual opinion was a typical way of "coaching" clients but things have certainly changed (thankfully) and we are all benefitting from this!
There is more emphasis on allowing our clients and students to discover their own paths and it really is a relief for us as career coaches/advisors because it allows us to listen more and not to have to "figure out" what we think they should do - whew. I am happy that you are seeing that change and the same pattern and pivoting to this new and improved direction. Your coaching practice will TAKE OFF just from applying more principles like this. I can't wait for our individual discussion!
Best,
Charise