Is Now the Right Time for Coaching?
Here’s what to know when life feels too full.
You’re juggling work deadlines, personal transitions, maybe even a cross-country move or caregiving responsibilities. And still… a part of you is wondering: Would coaching help right now?
If you’ve caught yourself saying something like:
“Maybe once things settle down…”
“I want to wait until I’m in a better place to focus.”
“I have a wedding to plan. Coaching can come later.”
Then this post is for you.
When “later” keeps getting pushed.
I hear this often from first-gen, high-capacity folks who are already carrying a lot. It’s not that you’re avoiding support—you’re just trying to survive the week.
One more commitment might feel like one too many. But here’s the quiet truth no one says out loud: Life doesn’t always slow down before you make your next big change.
There’s always another deliverable. Another launch. Another quarter. And for many of my clients, waiting for things to feel “clearer” or “lighter” just meant staying in the same stuck pattern—and hurting for far longer than they wanted to.
What changes things isn’t the calendar opening up. It’s support that meets you where you are.
What coaching looks like in a busy season.
Coaching in the swirl doesn’t add to your overwhelm; it helps you move through it with more clarity, steadiness, and care.
In my authenticity coaching program, you don’t need to “fix” everything before you come in.
In fact, here’s how coaching can meet you in a full season:
Use your real-life transitions as the raw material we work through—career moves, team dynamics, caregiving, conflict
Simplify decision-making so you’re not stuck spinning on the same questions
Create support structures that don’t depend on having more time or energy
Stop waiting for the dust to settle before making decisions that actually serve you
A client of mine who was juggling a toddler (now two!), her high-demand job, caregiving for an ailing parent, and moving across states, described our coaching this way:
“It felt like putting a rudder on my lifeboat. Coaching didn’t add pressure—it gave me a quiet undercurrent of wellbeing. I knew how to tell when to act and when to let things pass. This gave me so much precious time back.”
This work isn’t about optimization or productivity (though that is often a result).
It’s about not losing yourself in the chaos. It’s building a life that reflects your values, even when things are always testing them.
If you’re in a swirl, you don’t have to face it alone.
If you’ve been telling yourself, “I’ll figure it out once I have time,” consider slowing down strategically.
What if coaching is the thing that helps you get your time and energy back so you’re not stuck in another loop of delay, burnout, or overthinking?
I’ve coached people through:
Job transitions and career pivots
Life transitions like navigating their 30s, 40s, or 50s
Changing relationships from a having a new boo to a new baby
Times of internal tension when your old strategies stops working
And what they’ve all said in different words is: “I didn’t realize how much I needed this until I had it.”
Curious if now might actually be the right time?
Let’s talk! Book a no-pressure discovery call to explore how my coaching can help you create more time–or send me a question @coachbettychan to get it off your mind.
Remember, you don’t have to go at it alone.
