Mark Lees Coaching & Hiker Therapy

Mark Lees Coaching & Hiker Therapy My Love for hiking, the healing powers of nature, and my training as a counselor, coach, motivator a

Life Coaching is a client centered, strengths based, solutions focused support for individuals whom are looking to move forward in their lives and be the best they can be. Life Coaching is action oriented with an emphasis on improving present life and reaching goals for the future. My Life Coaching Philosophy…….When you think about what a coach does in sports, it is someone who has the ability to assess and get to know a player’s skills and guide his or her players so that they can utilize those skills in order to perform at their maximum potential and be the best they can be. I feel that this is also the goal of a Life Coach, to get to know you the client, learn your strengths and then guide and “coach” you to reach your full potential in:

Confidence, Self Worth & Self Esteem
Understanding how blame holds us back
Loving Relationships That Work
Career Change – Creating Workplaces That
Work
The Mastery of Balance – Juggling a Life
Self Care – Getting Your Own Needs Met
Living Your Purpose
Hot Buttons – Managing Anger, Upsets,
Frustration and Stress
Managing Grief, Loss, Sadness and Change
Connection Parenting
Self & Identity – Surviving the Oppressive
Over-Culture

Hike on - never give up - finish strong.
11/01/2025

Hike on - never give up - finish strong.

When the wound care nurses wanna photo op with@Mr. Meyers. Happy Halloween
10/31/2025

When the wound care nurses wanna photo op with@Mr. Meyers. Happy Halloween

Celebrate your wins not only as they happen in the moment but also visit wins from your past.These wins can be a good jo...
10/30/2025

Celebrate your wins not only as they happen in the moment but also visit wins from your past.

These wins can be a good job at work, a successful dr visit, a graduation, a completed project, whatever you feel good about after it happened because of you.

Wins boost out feel good chemicals in a natural way. This is a good thing for us throughout the day.

Being mindful of Wins as a daily mental health snack also remind us of our value and good works we do and provide.

This can be huge when we are not feeling our best, even bashing ourselves or in self- pity mode.

By celebrating wins we can treat ourselves or just our awareness of a job well done.
Hike on - never give up - finish strong

Today remind yourself of a win, they are there.

Hike on - never give up - finish strong

Encore post. Our thoughts ( we average 50,000 a day) are not a choice. The vast majority bubble up from our subconscious...
10/29/2025

Encore post. Our thoughts ( we average 50,000 a day) are not a choice.

The vast majority bubble up from our subconscious and are negative- invalid.

Our thinking is a choice. We can choose the way we think by challenging our thoughts, questioning for validity.

Self- talk is part of the choice. We can talk to ourselves in loving, kind, and compassionate ways or with a dim view mindset leaning into critical self talk or negative outcome thinking.

Thoughts are not a choice - our thinking is.

Hike on - never give up - finish strong.

Your thoughts are not a choice- your thinking is.
10/29/2025

Your thoughts are not a choice- your thinking is.

The point here is understanding that the person, place, or thing in your life is not going to change because you beg, or...
10/28/2025

The point here is understanding that the person, place, or thing in your life is not going to change because you beg, or nag them to change.

Or your taking responsibility for what the person, place, or thing should be responsible for themselves.

My rule of thumb is you address it once and then you are done.

You then focus on yourself and what the next step is. You look for a solution that works for you and your need, your mental health.

This may present a tough decision for you but one you have to make.

The only one who can change another person. place, or thing is that person, place, or thing.

* a caveat to this is parenting responsibility’ under 18 children. Be mindful of extending your taking responsibility for their actions 18+.

Hike on- never give up - finish strong.

I wake up every morning in fear.That’s been me my entire life. Fear has 2 sides- the side that debilitates us and stops ...
10/27/2025

I wake up every morning in fear.

That’s been me my entire life.

Fear has 2 sides- the side that debilitates us and stops us ( previous me) or the side I have utilized in recent years, the side that works in our favor.

How does that work?

We can use fear to motivate us to take on challenges we may otherwise refuse.

When we do - we step into the fear - as we ease through fear not only are we accomplishing new challenges but we are empowering ourselves to take on new fears.

We are lessening the power fear has over us. This we take on new and bigger challenges.

As we do we start to step outside our comfort zones with people, places,and things. That’s growth.

Fear is always with us so why not use it to our advantage

Hike on - never give up - finish strong.

10/26/2025

Time to go … great trip… Take me home San Diego…

10/25/2025

17-mile drive… Monterey California. The Vacay continues.

A few days on the Central California Coast…. Hike on@- Never give up - Finish strong
10/21/2025

A few days on the Central California Coast…. Hike on@- Never give up - Finish strong

Signifies a commitment to accept the present moment and your circumstances without forcing change, focusing only on the...
10/18/2025

Signifies a commitment to accept the present moment and your circumstances without forcing change, focusing only on the current day rather than worrying about the past or future.

It’s about finding peace in today by not trying to adjust everything to your will, taking things as they come, and adjusting yourself to fit the situation. 

Hike on - never give up - finish strong.

Positive self- talk is huge. It’s our way of changing those negative thoughts into a positive mindset. The words we tell...
10/17/2025

Positive self- talk is huge.

It’s our way of changing those negative thoughts into a positive mindset.

The words we tell ourselves sets the tone for the way we think, feel, and behave. ( quick lesson in CBT- cognitive behavioral therapy.)

I offer you a challenge to come up
with a positive self- talk statement.

It can be as simple as “ I did it.” “ I am
Capable.”

Or something more detailed “ I’ve seen this before, I did it then, I can do it now.”

What is yours?

Hike on- never give up - finish strong.

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