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  • Finding Wholistic, Empowering Practitioners  By : Jeanie Marshall
    guides you to trust your inner process when selecting professional help from others.
  • Strategies form the bridge from your old life to your new  By : Anne Hartley
    Very rarely can you just change a habit by just making the decision to do so. You need to have a new strategy to act on whenever you find yourself slipping back into your old habits. These strategies form the bridge from your old life to your new life.
  • The Unitive Approach To Personal And Professional Coaching  By : Charles Bentley PhD
    The unitive approach to coaching is not based on any pre-conceived theory or set of beliefs. It has evolved organically over a period of years as a result of my own long experience in the field of personal and professional development.

    In 1971 I began working with Dr Jay Stattman, the director of the Institute of Unitive Psychology at Utrecht, The Netherlands, where I subsequently became an associate staff member, setting up human potential courses, seminars and training f...
  • How Can I Teach My Child to Live Life to the Full?  By : Robin OBrien
    I have spent many years trying to develop my inner self. It has not been easy. Overcoming my fears, inhibitions and inertia was difficult, but the effort has been worth it and I believe I live my life to its full potential. But how can I teach my child to live life to the full?
  • Join The Self Improvement Association  By : Robin OBrien
    It was John Dunne who first wrote; No man is an island. Never was there a truer observation of man's condition. No one forms beliefs, ideas, emotions, opinions in isolation. The search of self improvement is no different. We can only find our inner self through others.
  • Steps To Success In Life Coaching  By : Gemma Bailey
    What is the best way to move forward when you are stuck? When every area of you life seems to be deficient in some way, who can help you find the way forward? A good Life coach may be able to help. Ideally choose someone who has a number of credentials so that there are many different ways that they can assist you in achieving change. Always pick somebody that you feel comfortable with- it's crazy to think that with so many people out there calling themselves Life Coaches, th...
  • Coach? So What?  By : Charlie Lang
    If you are an independent professional (coach, consultant, lawyer, etc.), learn to develop an effective elevator speech to catch the attention of those you are talking to. This article shows you that it is meaningless to say "I'm a coach" or "I'm a management consultant" if you want other people to get interested in what you are doing. Find out what you can say instead.
  • Executive Coaching an East vs. West Perspective  By : Dennis Heath
    In this article Dennis Heath outlines the benefits of executive coaching in an increasingly competitve global environment. He contrasts the different attitudes towards coaching found among western managers as opposed to their counterparts in Asia.
  • Professional Coaching: How to Get on Top, Stay There and Enjoy the View  By : Kelly ONeil
    Professional coaching is one of the fastest growing and most misunderstood professions of this decade. Coaching used to be an “executive perk’ for large company executives to help them make better business decisions. Today, coaching is rapidly being recognized as one of the best strategic weapons a company can have in its arsenal. And for good reason.
  • How Praise Can Actually DESTROY Your Protege and Coaching Business  By : Alan Quan
    You and I all know how powerful praise can be when we've done a great job finishing a task. Of course, being a coach or consultant, we want to be positive towards our protege. But in this article I will show you why praising ANYBODY will destroy their future, if done incorrectly.
  • Life Coach – A Clear Definition and Definitive Standard  By : Kelly Burris
    The Certified Burris Life Coach sets the standard for Life Coaching. This is done by virtue of data collection with each client that proves what they claim they can produce. In the future every Certified Life Coach will be required to do this. Burris Life Coaching does this right now.
  • 4 Effective Accessibility Tips Of A Successful Coaching/Consulting Business  By : Alan Quan
    How many times have you tried giving instructions over a cellular phone with bad reception? I bet that experience was pretty bad, and as you read this article, you will learn that there are several different channels that you will need to communicate through to get your message across.
  • Coaching; How To Help People Take Commitment For Their Development  By : Bob Selden
    Is there an alternative to telling someone what they should do or know? This article shows how a proven coaching method is implemented.
  • The Question Every Life Coach, Teacher, Counselor and Psychotherapist Must be able to Answer  By : Kelly Burris
    The single most important question for any Life Coach, Teacher, Counselor or Psychotherapist is…”What determines human behavior?” If you cannot answer this question you are simply guessing how to help your clients or students with their emotional state and behavior.
  • How to coach the client that thinks they know it all  By : Sean McPheat
    To be a life coach is not that easy. Some people think that since giving advice is easy; many of us are into life coaching. How unfair!!! Of course they do not even bother to understand that many of us have undergone life coach training. And unfortunately for many of us, these very people come to us as clients. They are the nightmare clients; clients who think they know it all.
  • Coaching: How to Succeed in Half the Time Using a Personal Coach  By : Ed Sykes
    What are the qualities of a great coach? It’s the same qualities you see in the great coaches in the athletic arena everyday. The following are some of the qualities to seek when enlisting the services of an effective coach:
  • 8 Steps to Achieving and Keeping Your New Years Resolutions  By : Kathryn Watson
    Here we go again! Another year..another set of resolutions. How did you do last year? Can you remember what you promised yourself that you would accomplish? Are you one of the 80% of resolution makers that will become a resolution breaker?

    If you are like most people you really have good intentions but by mid February you have abandoned your goals. Oh you may pick them up again a couple of times only to abandon them again. You really intended to lose weight, quit smoking, eat healthier, exercise, start your own business, etc.
  • Six Figure Success: How Coaches Can Build the Ideal Business and Profits  By : Kelly ONeil
    Every consultant has had the feeling: the conviction that your own private service practice is your true calling. Your passion quest. Yet, the mundane details of actually running a business make even the most inspired business person ask whether the choice was the right one…
  • Life Coaching - An Introduction To The Revolution In Personal Improvement  By : Marcus Brooks
    Life coaching arrived in the UK around 10 years ago, having started in the United States some 10 years earlier. The idea of life coaching is to define goals and work out how you can achieve them. Whereas therapy analyses the past, with life coaching the emphasis is on the future and how the client can fulfil their potential.

    A life coach will not judge their clients but work with them on issues causing difficulties in their life. They will help the client understand proble...
  • What's the difference between Coaching and Therapy?  By : Sean McPheat
    Is there any difference between Coaching and Therapy? It is often a doubt that most of us have. Many of us may have attended life coaching or undergone life coaching training without knowing the difference between therapy and coaching. Some of us might even wonder whether there is any difference at all.
  • Why Would You Want To Use A Coach?  By : Deepak Lodhia
    Do you ever feel that:

    * Your life is out of your control?
    * You are not where you could be or want to be?
    * You don't really receive the recognition you deserve?
    * You don't feel safe and secure in your relationships?
    * You are often overlooked and undermined?
    * You have strong desire but lack belief in your ability or the future?
    * You are working harder but can't seem to make any progress?
    * You are frustrated because you can't see...
  • Mentor or Coach?  By : Dennis Heath
    Despite the explosive growth of coaching as a tool for developing talent within organizations, many people are still not 100% sure of how coaching differs from other types of developmental intervention. One such intervention most commonly confused with coaching is mentoring. In this article a clear distinction is drawn between the nature and application of the two techniques.
  • Positive Role Models in Your Life  By : Dan Nohcud
    Role models in your life whether from your family or outside people who play a positive effect in your life sets your life's path in motion.
  • The Most Useful Coaching Models to Use  By : Sean McPheat
    A life coach uses many models to meet the needs of his/her client. Depending on the type of life coaching course you attend the number of models and the type of models that can be used by a life coach varies. Some of the models are the six levels of coaching, the CLEAR model, Solution focused coaching, the story telling coach, transformational coaching, the GROW model etc.
  • Entelechy Speaks to Marshall Goldsmith about Coaching  By : Terence Traut
    Terence Traut from Entelechy, Inc. speaks to Marshall Goldsmith about Coaching
  • Where there is a Will there is Way  By : Paola Branas-Born
    We all go through challenges in life, some have physical challenges of conquering Mount Everest, others have a marriage breakdown and their whole world crumbles. Some have health challenges that no matter what they do they are in the same situation as last year! Challenges are there for us to grow, adapt, get stronger, learn, accept and move on.
  • Great Expectations: It's the Secret to Coaching  By : Gregg Thompson
    Gregg Thompson, author of "Unleashed!" reveals the secret to exceptional coaching; Expecting Greatness. Thompson breaks this concept down into three key components, Appreciation, Confrontation and Accountability, and demonstrates how these practices influenced his own life through the actions of his friend and coach, Boyd Clarke.
  • Life Coaching Faqs  By : Byron Branfield
    What do you mean by coaching?

    Coaching that is undertaken professionally can be defined as a relationship that is shared between the coach who has certain qualifications and a particular individual or even a group. Coaching is done in order to achieve particular goals that have been set beforehand. Coaching helps people to concentrate on their inner skills and talents. It is these skills that will enhance the personal and professional life of people.

    Do you need coachin...
  • Once Upon a Time - Style It and Profile It  By : ReggieO
    Stepping into your greatness is the most natural thing you’ll ever do!
  • Coaching Websites - 7 Mistakes that Hurt Client Attraction  By : Kenn Schroder
    You are a coach who wants to fill your practice. You need credibility to bring clients your way. You need a professional image to attract. You need to get the word out to get seen by potentials. The right website - can be a great tool to help you do this.
  • How to Get More Client Referrals by Getting Clear on Who  By : Kenn Schroder
    Filling your practice with clients is one of the biggest challenges for new coaches. And while there are many ways to get the word out on your services, those efforts won’t be as successful as you’d like if you aren’t clear on who you help – in the right way.
  • Should I Use We or I on My Coaching Site  By : Kenn Schroder
    Writing content for your web site can be a royal pain in the you-know-what. One part of the challenge is whether you should use "we" or "I" when writing content for your web site.
  • How a Coaching Niche Focus Leads to Online Marketing Success  By : Kenn Schroder
    Many coaches fail to market their practice online. There are many reasons, but a major, underlying culprit is due to lack of a focus - not having a niche.
  • But, I can’t because…  By : Mike Brown
    Have you ever heard the statement, "but I can't because.." ?
  • The Top Ten Benefits Of Hiring A Success Coach  By : LaVera J. Gaston
    If you have never worked with an experienced success or business coach you have no idea what you have been missing. If you think you can't afford it just think of the cost of missed opportunity, unnecessary frustration and stress, and the feeling that comes with not living up to your own expectations.
  • I Am The Master of Myself!  By : wisdomisgreat
    I am the master of myself! No other creatures can deteriorate; match the skills, talents and abilities of my being. For the Loving God gave a mind to think for the innovation of myself, He gave the eyes, the hands and the feet to transform all my plans into action.
  • The Benefits Of Having A Personal Coach  By : Aurelia Williams
    If you have been watching the news, reading magazines, or even overhearing conversations while in line at the post office or grocery store, you may have heard about something called a “personal coach”. More and more people are turning to personal coaches each day; if you have ever wondered what one is and what they can help you with, read on!

    Simply put, a personal coach helps you become the best “you” possible. Just like a sports coach helps athletes work out their probl...
  • Dangerous Conversations: Coaching for Exceptional Performance  By : Gregg Thompson
    Coaching is not just about giving advice or telling war stories. It's about engaging in a different kind of conversation with another person; the kind of conversation that doesn't play it safe, touches of difficult subjects and goes to risky place. These are Dangerous Conversations, and they are what makes great coaching powerful.
  • 10 First-Time Coaching Website Pitfalls to Avoid  By : Kenn Schroder
    Avoid these common pitfalls when creating your first coaching website to save yourself money and frustration while building a rewarding practice sooner.
  • Remember the World Awaits You  By : wisdomisgreat
    Young man, don’t be sad and lonely
    For the failures and mistakes that came your way,
    Welcome it whole heartedly,
    For it can teach you to become a man of excellence.
  • Understanding Glucose - All About Diabetes  By : ashu
    If you have, or know someone who has diabetes, then you most likely have heard the term blood "glucose". But what exactly is glucose and why is it so important to know what levels of glucose are in your blood?
  • Be Content, Not Satisfied  By : Vivek Ray
    Success is not permanent. The achievement, you are feeling happy about will not mean a thing to you tomorrow. You must have taken some journeys when you were young. You must have felt good when a milestone passed as you looked out of the window, and a moment later you were looking forward to next. But were you still excited about the journey you had just taken when you reached the destination?
  • 5 Secrets from a Life Coach for a Happier Life  By : Jeannette Samanen PhD
    Life Coach Jeannette Samanen, Ph.D. provides 5 secrets to help you create more happiness in your life.
  • What A Personal Self-esteem Coach Can Do For You  By : Suzanne Bird-Harris
    A personal self-esteem coach can provide an objective perspective sorely needed to see things in a new light, challenge long-held beliefs that have held you back, change the patterns that have kept you stuck and make new choices so that you create and attract success into your life.

    Creating a clear direction for your life can be difficult. Old thinking and behavior patterns are persistent. Your coach can help you recognize and replace these old patterns with new ideas and...
  • Life Coaching Career Advice – Finding The Career For You  By : Sean McPheat
    Stuck with not knowing where to go with your career? Read this article to know where to start
  • Interview Coaching: A Home-Based Business on the Cutting Edge  By : Carole Martin
    Being an interview coach offers new challenges and the chance to play many roles during a single day. The roles may vary with each client. The clients are all different –people in transition, or up for an internal promotion, or changing fields, or young people entering the work force.
  • Just For Today  By : wisdomisgreat
    Just for today, I will remind myself often with these words: Life is yours to enjoy. Don't waste it. Don't pass up living by thinking yourself into a failure and defeat. For there is always a room for opportunity and success. What you shall need to do, is to create one!
  • Understanding Body Language - By: Dr Charles Bentley  By : Dr Charles Bentley
    A brief guide to the significance of body language
  • What's so different about Unitive coaching?  By : Dr Charles Bentley
    A brief description of Charles Bentley's unique Unitive approach to coaching that is fast becoming the first choice of perceptive people world-wide
  • Problem or difficulty?  By : Dr Charles Bentley
    Clarification of the difference between two terms often used interchangeably in the coaching context

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