Thinking of starting a life coaching practice? There is no time like the present to get started on a new career. Whether you are already a coach in a different field, or still on the sidelines, this is a great time to take the plunge! The economy stinks, but the coaching business continues to grow and provide opportunities for qualified people to start a coaching practice. According to one an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, personal life coaching in the United States was the second … [Read more...]
Life Coaching Tools: 12 Life Assessment Areas
In your coaching practice, having a variety of effective life coaching tools at your fingertips can help you determine potential strengths, weakness, and vulnerabilities of your clients. These tools can be used as a starting point when working with a new client and as a way to initiate communication. One of the best life coaching tools to use is a listing of the various areas of a client’s life that can be assessed, analyzed, evaluated, and ameliorated. Each area can be rated and then the … [Read more...]
Coaching Arguments: Should Personal Coaches Push Or Pull?
One of the biggest coaching debates is whether personal coaches should push or pull their clients. In one camp, there are the directive personal coaches who say clients need to be held accountable to tasks in order to transform their lives. In the other camp, a non-directional personal coach view says that Freudian listening will help you gain access to the inner challenges your clients face. Personal Coaches Fighting? Why Can't We All Be Friends? Silly as it sounds, there are a lot of … [Read more...]
Live Your Life Like a Dog: Life Lessons From a Personal Coach
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...]
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...]
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...]
What I Love And Dread About My Personal Coach
My personal Coach is my best friend and my enemy all in one sweet package. If you have read any of my previous articles, you know I believe every coach should have a coach of their own. I have a personal trainer, a health coach and dun, dun, dun… a husband to be, my everyday life coach. I love and fear them all in very special ways. Why I Dread my Health Coach During The Holidays I love my health coach because she happens to be my sister in law to be and she is one tough cookie. She points out … [Read more...]
Walking the Razor’s Edge as a Personal Coach
Being a personal coach is often filled with stresses, problems, and issues: Marketing for clients Paying the bills Trying to find enough time in the day to balance work, all the energy you give your clients, and a personal life Being a coach can be a pain in the… neck! The Fine Line Between The Problems of Personal Coaching And The Joys of Personal Coaching Coaches walk a "razor’s edge" every day in search of meaning and success. Coaches want a life and career that means … [Read more...]
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