Wellness coaching is a booming business and the best way to get into the industry is to start your certified wellness coach training as soon as possible. Wellness has become a trillion dollar industry, and with all the aging baby-boomers, and the millions of young adults choosing healthy lifestyles, the wellness industry, in all its forms, will continue to grow. When starting or changing a career, look for an industry that is experiencing rapid growth and is projected to continue that growth – … [Read more...]


A Different Set of Coaching Core Competencies
Coaching core competencies are the guidelines by which all coaches should run their practices and treat their clients. Coaching core competencies are the commandments of the profession. The International Coach Federation created a list of core competencies that can be used by coaches around the world to run their practices; these competencies are well-known to all coaches, but there are other similar lists that can be analyzed and followed. Presented here is a different list of competencies, … [Read more...]

What Can a Personal Development Life Coach Do For You?
What can a personal development life coach do for you? In a phrase – change your life! In a sentence, a personal development life coach can – improve your relationships, improve you well-being, enhance your career, and allow you to live life to the fullest. Personal Development Life Coaching 101 An experienced personal development life coach can help you make significant changes in many areas of your life. A coach can aid you in designing a road map or a life plan that will detail steps to get … [Read more...]

5 Reasons the ICF Coaching Competencies Will Not Ensure Success
The International Coach Federation has created a list of eleven ICF coaching competencies that all coaches should embrace and follow. However, are they enough? Do the ICF coaching competencies ensure success for everyone that enters the coaching profession? The ICF coach competencies include essential traits and rules that every coach should use in their practices. These include establishing trust and intimacy with clients, ethical behavior, managing and assessing progress, designing actions, … [Read more...]
Basketball Coach Bullying His Players – Caught on Camera
Most of us have seen the recent video of the Rutgers men's basketball coach bullying his players, using foul language, homophobic slurs, and excessive physical acts to get his coaching points across to his players. Is this a typical example of man coaching young men in a testosterone-driven game to get them to realize the pinnacle of their talents, or is it no different than the bigger, older kid demanding milk money from the smaller, younger kid in the cafeteria lunch line? As a bit of … [Read more...]

OH NO – How do I Set My Personal Coaching Fees?
When starting out in the coaching business, there are many decision that need to be made, but none are as dreaded as decision to be made on your personal coaching fees. How much do I charge? Will it be too high? To low? Will it keep clients away? Or will it bring them through my door? Questions Abound! Will my clients be able to afford my rates? Will low rates bring in the wrong types of clients? Should I charge less than the competition because I am new to coaching? Will … [Read more...]

My Coach U
If I were building a coaching university, completely dedicated to teaching potential coaches how to train for, start, maintain, perfect, and push to its limits of success, a coaching practice, what courses would I have at my Coach U? The Curriculum at My Coach U General Overview of Coaching. This is the first class that a student at my Coach U would take. It details the purpose of coaching, the fundamental traits and attributes of a successful coach, the reasons that coaches coach, and why … [Read more...]

Mental Health Coaching and Depression
It is common to think that people who are suffering from depression need the services of a psychiatrist, but mental health coaching might offer an alternate solution for individuals suffering through periods of depression. An important tool in recovering from depression is having a recovery partner, someone who acts like a sponsor in AA or similar programs. The perfect recovery partner is someone skilled in coaching and mental health – a mental health coach! What is Mental Health Coaching? A … [Read more...]

20 Questions a Leadership Development Coach Needs to Ask
Coaching is all about asking questions, and as a leadership development coach, inquiry is the key. Leadership development coaching entails asking the right questions of your clients in order for them to find the right answers. Don't tell, ask! As a leadership development coach, your inquiry can fall into three principal categories. Here are the categories and the questions that are most likely to generate critical thought and personal reflection in your client while encouraging them to find … [Read more...]

Positive Psychology Coaching – What it Can do for Your Clients
Positive psychology coaching is an emerging field that is opening up new avenues for coaches in all segments of the industry. A coach who incorporates aspects of positive psychology into their practice will be able to help anyone who wants to feel good about about themselves, flourish in varying situations, and protect against depression when adversity rears its ugly head. Positive psychology coaching works for life coaches, fitness coaches, executive coaches, athletic coaches, and every … [Read more...]
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