A personal coach can give you lessons on living life to the fullest by teaching you to live like a dog. That’s right, one of the keys to a satisfying life is to learn from man‘s best friend!. What can a personal coach teach us about a dog’s life that will help us live our lives to the fullest? Well, you would be surprised how much we can learn from our faithful companions. Dogs can teach us humans the right way to live! 6 Life Lessons From a Dog: The Perspective of a Personal Coach … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Life Coaching: Move up or Cease to Exist
There is an old saying in life coaching that goes: if you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space. I learned this lesson on the rock walls of the Wind River Mountain Range in Western Wyoming. Known for its high quality granite, the Wind Rivers are a haven for mountaineers willing to hike in for three or four days to enjoy what might be the most sensual experience of their lives. Each Day’s Beginning Lies in the Night Before The last conscious acts done before slipping into … [Read more...]
Socrates was a Personal Life Coach
The great Greek philosopher, Socrates, did not go down in history as a personal life coach, but he left us many pearls of wisdom that apply when coaching clients to achieve happiness, success, and personal satisfaction. Perhaps he should be considered the original personal life coach! Socrates said, “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Couldn’t that apply to the job description of a PERSONAL LIFE COACH? One of the most basic components of your practice should be to ask your clients: … [Read more...]
The Biggest Single Mistake in Personal Coaching
In personal coaching, the single biggest mistake is to fail to really connect with our clients and understand their authentic inner hopes and fears – their very being. You could call it being a good active listener, but just that is not it, at all. It actually defies a principle of physics: how can you get close enough to really understanding something without changing it? You can’t. Or can you? If you can, how can you do it? Here’s how. Guide without Leading Ask open questions that don’t … [Read more...]
Hey! Depressed Tweeters, I’m a Life Coach For Hire
Yeah, I’m talking to you! If you are not familiar with the information I’m about to share then you have got to crawl out of that hole. We are two days into the New Year and it is time to step it up my fellow coaches. Share What You Know on Twitter With People Who Need to Know It Did you know you could type anything you want into the search engine on twitter and find out who is talking about exactly what you are searching for? This nifty trick is great for life coaches for hire. Are you … [Read more...]
10 New Year’s Resolutions For Your Career Coach Business
It’s the start of another year; 2011 is headed into the history books, and 2012 appears as a brand new opportunity for your career coach business. Here are 10 New Year’s Resolutions that every coach should think about. These resolutions are designed to grow and expand your career coach business and create a happier, healthier, more prosperous YOU! Start 2012 off with a bang! Make at least a few of these resolutions and KEEP them! Broken resolutions don’t help. Your career coach business … [Read more...]
Meditation as a Coaching Model
A coaching model is an approach to coaching. It is a set of principles that guides our engagement with our clients. There are many models in coaching, but one of my favorites is what I call the meditation model of coaching. It is based on the understanding that when we are in touch with our inner selves we are in touch with the farthest reaches of the universe. We are, therefore, in touch with all the answers to all the questions that we might possibly have. In the Mediation Coaching Model, You … [Read more...]
The First Step To Building a Coaching Practice
A lot of coaches never get around to building a coaching practice because they don't feel like they are ready. Others don't know where to begin. Of course, you can begin by coaching your friends and family. But does it really count? Building a coaching practice is much more than coaching. It's proactively meeting people, setting up free coaching sessions, and enrolling them into coaching. The Distinction Between Building a Coaching Practice and Just Coaching When you actively contact people … [Read more...]
Personal Success Coaching- Essential New Year’s Resolutions
Personal success coachingis involved with many different segments of a client’s life. From health to organization skills to work to relationships, personal success coaching covers it all. One of the best times of the year to delve into all aspects of your client’s life is at the start of a new year. Everyone likes to make New Year’s resolutions, and the last session of the year, or the first one of a new year, is a great time to discuss resolutions with a client. Personal Success Coaching … [Read more...]
Break Free and Fly with Abundance Life Coaching
An old adage of life coaching is that if you aim for the moon you’ll get over the barn but if you aim to get over the barn you’ll end up in the puddle in front of the barn. You knew that, didn’t you? Well that is Abundance Coaching in a nut shell. Fear of Heights and Fear of Flying So much of coaching is all about overcoming fears. It is fear that keeps us from stepping into our potential. It is fear that keeps us from allowing our spirits to soar. And unfortunately, it is fear that keeps so … [Read more...]
