A mentor can come in many forms, from a teacher to a a coach to a favorite uncle; if you want to learn how to become a mentor in life, it is important to find the right vehicles from which to start mentoring people. Mentoring is one of the best ways to transfer knowledge from old to young, teacher to student, tutor to pupil, and coach to client. As society became more fragmented, the concept of mentoring virtually disappeared, but one of the ways to push our country forward and create a new and … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
Must You Be Holy to Become a Spiritual Coach?
First, what does it mean to become a spiritual coach? Well, if humans are spiritual beings in physical bodies operating in a material world, and our coaching addresses the whole person then, to some extent, we are all spiritual coaches. Let’s take a closer look at this idea and then get back to that “holiness” business, in a minute. The Operation Was a Success, but the Patient Died Like it or not: if you want to be a successful coach you have to take care of the whole person. And again, like … [Read more...]
How to Become a Counseling Psychologist in a Few Not So Easy Steps
If you are thinking about how to become a counseling psychologist, you better make sure you have the brainpower, the patience, and the persistence. To become a counseling psychologist takes several years of education – counseling psychiatrists are professionals who have most likely earned a doctorate in counseling psychology and then worked in a post-graduate internship before applying for a state license. So – undergraduate degree, masters degree, doctorate degree, internship, state license – … [Read more...]
What’s a Coaching Certification Volunteer?
Good question. In case you haven’t figured it out, coaching certification volunteer is the key word phrase for my blog post this week. In an effort to provide information that addresses peoples’ actual concerns, we use Google analytics to determine information that people are actually looking for. So you have this phrase: coaching certification volunteer. Now most of the time it is pretty clear what it is that people are looking for. But in this case, it is not. So, I am going to make a couple … [Read more...]
Winning and Success Coaching
It would seem that winning and success coaching should go hand in hand, right? Well, perhaps, perhaps not. Does winning equal success, or can success be measured in some other way? If you think of winning as merely a competition against someone else, than winning is success in that one competition. If you cheat to win, do you really win? Once again, perhaps or perhaps not. Did Mark McGwire break the single season home run record. Yes, he did. Did Barry Bonds break McGwire's record? Yes he … [Read more...]
Do You Need to Get Buff Before Starting Health Coach Training?
Health coach training requires a student to learn about the workings of the body, nutrition, fitness weight loss, and all aspects related to health. However, do you need to be buffed out to start health coach training? Do muscles, six-pack abs, and lean sinewy limbs count on your way to becoming a health coach? If you prefer eating potato chips to salads, if you consider getting out of your recliner to be a strenuous exercise, if you think changing the channel on the remote is a physical … [Read more...]
