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I had grown up in an alcoholic home and there was a lot of trauma. Aly was willing to go with me into that painful place, even though at times I wanted to give up. She was there for me, encouraging me to push through and always willing to listen. Before I started Coaching with Aly I was taking anti-depressants and was very tired of wearing the mask of a smile on my face when inside I was falling apart. Now, after just seven months, I feel a quiet confidence inside and I am physically active again with no anti-depressants. I am thankful for Aly's great coaching skills and blessed to call her my friend.

- Bonnie Swanton

Meet Coach Aly Pain

Aly Pain is a vibrant, tenacious leader who is deeply committed to her clients connecting to themselves and others through healthy, sustainable relationships.  She is a passionate and "tell-it-like-it-is" coach specializing with personal relationships and corporate teams. Her work focuses on creating intentional relationships, moving away from 'Who is doing what to whom?" and toward "What is trying to happen?" This encompasses increasing positivity and productivity within organizations, to creating an enjoyable experience around the dinner table.

Aly's strong background in communication, leadership skills and human potential is rooted in many years as a facilitator/trainer of hard and soft skills in various organizations and in the personal development field. Adding her Life and Relationship Coach Training felt like the perfect addition, and key to the career of her dreams!

"Becoming a Coach feels like finding my home, in my heart."

Aly believes her clients have intrinsic, unlimited potential.  She uses her 'toolkit' to unfold and tap into that potential through discovery and challenging new actions and behaviours with strong accountability. She brings a 'whole life' perspective to her work, while maintaining her focus on the client's agenda and their unique recipe for success.

Aly proudly hails from Kelowna, BC, in the Okanagan Valley.  Her early years were filled with academic success, leadership development through student councils and endless social and athletic endeavors.

Her formal education is in Biomedical Electronics Technology (repairing and maintaining medical equipment) from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.  Although that might seem a galaxy away from Coaching, they both include supporting, connecting with, and empowering people.  Most of the medical equipment Aly repaired was in private homes for 'distance patients'.  Her dedication to her patients' quality of life inspired her to write and deliver a more technical training program through the BC Ministry of Health, creating a greater sense of safety and empowerment for remote patients and nurses.  Knowledge is power!

"There is nothing more powerful and inspiring than witnessing people transforming their lives."

Although public speaking is not for everyone, it is where Aly truly thrives.  From her first opportunity to Emcee her Elementary School Christmas Pageant at the age of seven, she was hooked.  Aly becomes fully alive when speaking for a group of any size and finds this a constructive avenue for the extrovert in her.  Public speaking is not about performing, however.  It is about authentically sharing a story, belief or idea that speaks to the heart of her listeners and has them feel inspired, curious and called to action.

Aly has had the opportunity to travel extensively as a young adult and as a wife and mother.  She loves experiencing different worlds and cultures through the people, music, geographic diversity and food.  Travel provides a strong sense of adventure and freedom for Aly and she believes there are learning opportunities through truly experiencing the world that can not be taught in a classroom.

Aly and her husband Jeff, 2006 Olympic Silver Medallist in Skeleton are co-authors of their book 'The Business of Marriage and Medals - A Relationship's Journey Through Elite Performance' being released in March, 2010. They currently reside in Calgary with their two sons, where they live a unique and active family lifestyle. They continue to enjoy traveling for work and pleasure. Her 'borderless' Life and Relationship Coaching practice allows her to live her passion daily and be available to her family. Aly believes in 'walking her talk' and employs her own coach, as well as submitting to periodic supervision of her coaching calls to ensure she maintains a rigorous standard.

Aly's Coaching Philosophy

Aly uses an authentic, enthusiastic and bold style to champion and challenge her clients to rich and creative ways of thinking while being in service of their success with fulfillment.  When we are living free, fully expressing our unique piece, we live our greatest life and we shine brighter from the inside than any light will ever shine upon us. Each piece from each person also has a unique fit in the world (thus the puzzle piece) found in relationship. This fit enables us to create greater positive impact and contribution than perhaps we have ever imagined before. When we live our "InnerPiece", the world is forever changed and a better place to be.

Are you interested in trying Life Coaching? Schedule your FREE 30-minute session with InnerPiece today!

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