Life Rewards Action!
Do you over-plan your life and dreams?
Do you worry about failing even before you begin?
Do you lose so much time waiting for the perfect opportunity that you don’t really get started?
The truth is that in order to achieve your dreams you must step out of your comfort zone and take action. In the end, it is results that matter. As Dr. Phil McGraw said, “Life rewards action. Until your knowledge, awareness, insights and understandings are translated into action, they are of no value”.
So, how d...
Why Letting Go Of Perfectionism Is Key To Fulfillment
But in reality, the pursuit of perfectionism could hold us back and get in the way of achieving what we truly want. Below are a number of reasons to support letting go of doing things 'perfectly.'
Perfectionism can lead to delays and regret
When we str...
Balance Between Structure and Flow In a Coaching Conversation
Or do you notice you are going 'off course' and perhaps not serving the client as powerfully as you could?
When we as coaches, or leaders who coach, focus on following the models we've been taught, we often lose out on being in the moment with our cli...
Coaching Principles for Living a Wholehearted Life
Coaching teaches us how to communicate with others and ourselves: how to create rapport, how to develop a mindset of non-judgmental curiosity, and how to challenge with courage and respect.
All these principles can be applied to our every day lives. As coaches we can become adept at communicating with and supporting the pe...
Supporting Clients to Come Out of Story into Transformational Learning
As a coach do you find yourself and your client getting caught up in the details of their stories? Does this prevent you from achieving the breakthrough or transformation the client is seeking? Are you unsure - perhaps fearful - about how to stop your client when they are in the details of their story?
Allowing clients space to share and process what they are experiencing can be an important part of a coaching session if the client is sharing it for the first time. It can be very healing for th...
Power of Coaching Supervision: In Service of You and Your Clients
Have you ever experienced the power and benefits of coaching supervision?
Are you aware coaching supervision also provides certified coaches with CEU's (Continuing Education Units)?
Coaching supervision is gaining momentum in the industry and reported to be one of the best ways to support ourselves as coaches, our practice and our clients. There is still a lot of misunderstanding as to what it is, how it works ...
Mirror Mirror... Creating New Personal Awareness
Have you ever got curious about the reflections which come up between you and the person you are working with - really curious post session? To truly identify what it means for you in a way which expands your own awareness, learning, decisions, habits and ultimately your experiences?
Great coaches create powerful partnerships with the peopl...
Using Coaching Questions to Deepen Everyday Conversations
Are you aware how coaching can be used to enhance and enrich everyday conversations with your family, friends and co-workers?
Coaching questions can positively impact communication, enabling more powerful connections and interactions with people in our lives: family, friends, colleagues and so forth.
Asking questions can support people to go on a journey of discovery within themselves: identifying and creating conscious awareness of what is going on at an unconscious level or beyond where they h...
Allowing Space for Deep Listening
Listening deeply can be one of the most powerful skills we can demonstrate as a coach and a fellow human being. It can open the doors to self-reflection and discovery for the client or person we are with, enabling them to capture their thoughts, which the client or person we are in communication with may otherwise not have experienced.
Usually silences during a conversation are considered to be odd. How...
Setting Goals for Success
Are the goals you set attainable?
Or perhaps you have stopped setting goals effectively?
To grow and achieve what we want in life, we need a purpose and direction. Goals can give us both: a sense of motivation, and a path to follow to create success. In addition, a goal also provides us with a benchmark which supports us to determine if we are actually achieving what we want.
However, setting effective goals is not always a straig...