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Mindful Divorce Coaching
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WHY USE A DIVORCE COACH?
Many in the divorce process spend their time, money and energy in ways that don’t serve them. A coached client will mindfully identify opportunities and avoid costly traps. The efficiencies you gain through coaching can be measured in dollars saved, hours reclaimed, and energy redirected toward a healthy life purpose.
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Jim Siemens
FAMILY LAW SPECIALIST AND FAMILY FINANCIAL MEDIATOR
Jim is a problem solver. He meets clients where they are in the moment, charts a course, and helps them arrive at a better place in their lives. Jim is motivated by the accomplishment realized when his seasoned skill-set serves his client in a uniquely positive way.
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828.252.5080
Siemens Family Law Group
95 Charlotte Street
Asheville, NC 28801
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Coaching is for anyone that wants to move from good to great, in their life roles and relationships. A Client encountering life change with a Coach is more likely to find the gifts and opportunities as life unfolds. Coaching is for anyone that wants to meet challenge in life and grow in the process.
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Coaching works through a supportive alliance between the Coach and Client. The Client sets the agenda and does the work. The Coach listens, questions, and affirms. As the Client gets clear on goals and life purpose, the Coach holds the Client accountable for next steps.
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If you feel you are living the life you believe you are meant to, consistent with your values and life purpose, you don’t. If you question whether you are living that life, coaching is a great way to find the answer. Coaching leads a Client to greater self-awareness, the discovery of true potential and a lasting shift in life perspective.
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The short answer is probably not. Coaching is not supportive therapy. A Client and Coach with a commitment to candor won’t be stroking egos. A coached client will be present for what is, and that’s not always comfortable, sometimes joyful, and always necessary to meet authentic goals.
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Coaching starts with a 15-minute conversation over the phone free of charge. At the end of the call, If the Coach and Client feel a coaching alliance can be formed, the Coach will offer a 6-week program.
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The charge for the 6-week program of coaching is $1500 payable at the commencement of coaching. The charge covers an initial hour-long session, followed by five 30-minute sessions. If the Client and Coach are satisfied with the first 6-week block, subsequent blocks are booked.
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All sessions are conducted by phone at times that work best for the Coach and Client.
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Jim believes that his clients ultimately know what resources will work for them. He will coach you to find resources and practices that are really right for you. Resources that inform Jim’s coaching include:
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15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
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"Breath," by James Nestor
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Positive Intelligence Programs
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"Peak Mind," by Amishi Jha
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Jim Siemens
FAMILY LAW SPECIALIST AND FAMILY FINANCIAL MEDIATOR
Jim is a problem solver. He meets clients where they are in the moment, charts a course, and helps them arrive at a better place in their lives. Jim is motivated by the accomplishment realized when his seasoned skill-set serves his client in a uniquely positive way.
Positive relationships with clients, colleagues, and the bench matter to Jim. Ever mindful of credibility, Jim believes professionalism works to the benefit of his clients. Jim does not compromise a case, or his ethics, for short term gain, knowing that clients benefit most from advocacy grounded in core values.
Jim is interested in value-based leadership and lawyering. He takes full responsibility for his job as a leader and lawyer in each case he accepts. Jim is equally committed to helping his clients accept their roles. Jim’s legal advice is not blurred by blame-shifting or distorted ego. Jim maintains that transparency and accountability in the attorney-client relationship can lead to extraordinary case outcomes.
Jim likes to bring clients through separation and divorce using the tactics that will best serve the client and the case. Each case Jim handles brings a new set of facts. Each case is dynamic. Some cases mirror warfare. Others, a business transaction. Jim succeeds in that diverse landscape because his skills as a litigator are matched by his ability to communicate and negotiate. Jim has the grit for war and the wisdom to avoid it when possible.
His legal skills have been honed by experience. Jim arrived in Asheville in 1994 and quickly developed his practice. Drug cases, capital murder cases, juvenile cases, and court-appointed cases throughout Western North Carolina put Jim in State and Federal Courtrooms in front of judges and juries. Jim gained solid trial experience early in his career.
Jim’s success in high profile cases drew clients with family law cases. Jim transitioned from criminal defense to family law over time. Jim discovered he preferred the nuanced attorney client relationship that forms in a family law case and gradually narrowed the scope of his practice to family law. In 2007, the State Bar certified Jim as a specialist in family law. He maintains the family law specialist certification by peer review and has entered his second decade in the specialty.
Today, Jim takes family law cases throughout Western North Carolina. He sees those cases from the initial consultation sometimes to mediation, sometimes to trial, and sometimes through appeal. Jim has argued family law cases in the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, defending trial court wins. Jim’s ability to see a case from its infancy through the appellate process is well established in reported cases.
Jim was born in Russell, Manitoba, Canada in 1967. He grew up in N.Y. and N.C. He graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a BA in English Literature in 1989. He graduated from Tulane University Law School in 1993.
Jim shares his life in Asheville with his wife, Deborah, and his daughter, Sophia. He is an avid cyclist and loves mountain sports. Jim values his community and contributes to its betterment in diverse ways.
Jim is a family law specialist, leading clients through a challenging process to a brighter future.
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You need a divorce coach.
HERE’S WHY:
Many in the divorce process spend their time, money and energy in ways that don’t serve them. A coached client will mindfully identify opportunities and avoid costly traps. The efficiencies you gain through coaching can be measured in dollars saved, hours reclaimed, and energy redirected toward a healthy life purpose.
If you are uncertain whether you need to be on the path of reconciliation or divorce, coaching can help you discern the path. Through coaching, you can gain a better awareness of how you are showing up for yourself and in relationship. From a better awareness of how you are showing up, a coach can help you identify authentic values and guiding principles that inform your life. When you are clear on what matters to you, the choice of path will also be clear.
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You need a divorce coach.
HERE’S WHY:
Many in the divorce process spend their time, money and energy in ways that don’t serve them. A coached client will mindfully identify opportunities and avoid costly traps. The efficiencies you gain through coaching can be measured in dollars saved, hours reclaimed, and energy redirected toward a healthy life purpose.
If you are uncertain whether you need to be on the path of reconciliation or divorce, coaching can help you discern the path. Through coaching, you can gain a better awareness of how you are showing up for yourself and in relationship. From a better awareness of how you are showing up, a coach can help you identify authentic values and guiding principles that inform your life. When you are clear on what matters to you, the choice of path will also be clear.
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What a coach will do for you:
From a place of clarity, you will navigate the divorce process without unnecessary stress. You will wisely choose your team of allied professionals like lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, and therapists. You will wisely choose from the menu of process options, whether mediation, collaboration, or litigation. Acting in alignment with your core values, you will find that the professionals you select and the process you choose serve you well. You will emerge from a difficult time into a life worth living.
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What coaching is not:
Coaching is no substitute for good legal advice. We want to support you in working with the lawyers and professionals on your team. If you haven’t built the team, we will coach you to find the lawyer and team that are right for you, wherever you are.
Coaching is no substitute for therapy. A coach is not a therapist. We want to support you in pursuing the therapies that are best for you.
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How a coach can help:
From a place of clarity, you will navigate the divorce process without unnecessary stress. You will wisely choose your team of allied professionals like lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, and therapists. You will wisely choose from the menu of process options, whether mediation, collaboration, or litigation. Acting in alignment with your core values, you will find that the professionals you select and the process you choose serve you well. You will emerge from a difficult time into a life worth living.
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What Jim Siemens brings to coaching:
Jim is a good listener with a calming presence. Jim’s perspective is informed from his decades as a divorce lawyer and from his personal life experiences, which include divorce and a happy marriage. Jim stays clear, calm, and focused through a mindfulness practice that includes meditation, yoga, and cycling. He will coach you to develop the practice that is right for you.
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Jim believes that his clients ultimately know what resources will work for them. He will coach you to find resources and practices that are really right for you. Resources that inform Jim’s coaching include:
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15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
Understanding and practicing the commitment of responsibility for self-care and the commitment to curiosity will help you get through divorce. If you like the concepts on the website, consider reading 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership.
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"Breath," by James Nestor
James Nestor’s book teaches that what we need to achieve a clear, calm, focused perspective, we already have-our breath. We just need to learn to use it. Developing a breath practice is a great way of taking responsibility for self-care during the divorce process.
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Positive Intelligence Programs
Shizard Chamin incorporates neuroscience, psychology, and mindfulness in his programs and in his book Positive Intelligence. He says that in our mental landscape, there is a sage voice among saboteur voices. He advocates increasing mental fitness just as we pursue physical fitness.
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"Peak Mind," by Amishi Jha
Neuro Psychologist Amishi Jha authored Peak Mind summarizing her personal and laboratory experience with mindfulness meditation and its effect on attention. Her approach has been tested and used by the US military. What works in war will work in divorce.
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