Have you wondered how you can support or move someone to a place of experiencing fulfilment - supporting them to experience it often and consistently, as well as holding on to it during those times of challenge?

Being able to create awareness about what success is when we achieve it is the key to effective and powerful change. Understanding what fulfilment looks, sounds, feels - and even tastes and smells like - when it's achieved it vital to support someone to create and experience it....

Have you ever had an important relationship turn sour because of a break-down in communication?
Have you ever lost the trust of someone simply because of a cultural misstep or because of unaligned expectations?

Trust is delicate. It can take a long time to build and, once broken, can be hard to mend. That is why we always begin our training sessions with students and our coaching sessions with clients by discussing what we call the “ways of working” or WOW for short.

Ways of working...

Have you ever had a coaching session where you ask your client as the session ends, “did you get what you wanted out of our session today?” and the answer that comes back to you is not as you hoped?
Have you ever been in a leadership role where someone expressed disappointment and confusion with you?
And as a coach, or leader or person, what do you do when you hear that kind of feedback?

As people, the kinds of emotions that can be evoked when faced with disappointment and confusion...

Do you ever feel like your quest for business success continues to fall short?
Are you wondering what others are doing or what formula they must be using to create their success?
Do you sometimes feel daunted and wonder where to start? 

Many people train to become coaches but end up dropping out of the business due to the doubts they have about themselves or the challenges they face with building a business and the investment it takes to build it. 

The thing is, a BIG part of success...

Are you a coach who is hesitant to put yourself out there?
Do you promise yourself that you are going to get started taking clients just as soon as some crucial piece falls into place or you complete some particular training or earn a certain degree?

Right now, you are the star of the show on opening night. The curtain has gone up. It is a packed house and they are all hushed, waiting for you to enter.

The spotlight is on and focused, but you stand, poised, lingering in the wings, your foot...

Have you ever experienced a knot in your stomach when you’re worried or maybe nervously excited?
Or have you had a headache due to stress or a heady feeling of giddy anticipation?
Or have you noticed how your body changes when you’re experiencing a strong emotion: either a wonderful or not so great sensation?

All these are signals from our body which can give us more awareness about what we are going through. However, as human beings many of us tend to spend so much time in our...

Do you sometimes find yourself struggling with goal setting during a coaching session with a client?
Have you noticed occasionally there might be a disconnect between what the client said was their goal was for the session, and how the session evolves?
Would you like to know how to work with your client to set effective goals?

Goal setting or supporting your client to create an agreement for the coaching session serves as a foundation for the rest of the session. And without a strong base to...

As a coach, do you worry about staying focused and present with your client?
Are you in your head, under pressure to come up with the next perfect question?
Do you feel drained at the end of your session?

One of the most important things we can do as coaches, and as human beings, is to be present with ourself and with others. Being fully present in the moment allows us to connect with others and pay attention to our own and other people’s unique perspective of the world.

As a coach, being...

Have you ever found yourself reacting to stress impulsively, with anger, frustration or other less-than-healthy emotions?
Or have you found yourself freezing up, unable to cope when faced with a difficult situation?
Or perhaps you have reacted to stress by removing yourself from the situation, leaving the issue unresolved?

Maybe, when faced with stressful situations, just take a breath.

Our bodies are designed to deal with stress by invoking the ‘flight, fight or freeze response,...