7 Step Limiting Beliefs Exercise - Whats in a Label? Reading Time: 2 min 28 sec Looking at our 'labels' is a great way to begin exploring the concept of limiting beliefs with our clients because it's often our labels that get in the way of us making change. This limiting beliefs exercise... Read More...
Beware of Labels - How They Turn into Limiting Beliefs! Reading Time: 3 min 38 sec Often when working with clients we come across limiting beliefs that keep them from moving forwards - and one form these limiting beliefs can take is a label. A label is simply a descriptive term we call... Read More...
Coaching Questions 101: 5 Easy Ways to Identify Your Clients' Limiting Beliefs! Reading Time: 3 min Limiting beliefs are often so much a part of us that we don't realise they're there. In fact, asking a client what their limiting beliefs are could be likened to asking a fish, "What is water?": our beliefs... Read More...
Stop Blaming: Pick up the Mirror, not the Magnifying Glass! Reading Time: 1 min 10 sec Do you have a client who always blames someone else, who seems to create drama wherever they go or who finds it hard to take responsibility for their role in situations? If so, the simple coaching metaphor of... Read More...
Do Your Clients Make this Rejection Mistake? And a Powerful Tip! Reading Time: 1 min 10 sec Rejection is painful for many of us. And it can be even more painful when it's something we worked hard towards or really, really wanted. And that makes it even more important that we learn from our... Read More...
Feeling Brave? 2 Challenging Questions to Help Your Clients Handle Rejection! Reading Time: 1 min 10 sec When a client comes to me feeling bad about themselves because they were rejected I like to startle them with a question, "Well, are you psychic?" Because unless they're psychic they won't know the REAL reason... Read More...
Having a Pity Party - When it's a Good Idea! Reading Time: 1 min 10 sec One of the biggest issues our modern culture has today is that we don't pay enough attention to our emotions. Society places learning, knowledge, achievement and money ABOVE how we feel. As a result, many... Read More...
*UPDATED* The Most Powerful Question to Wrap up a Coaching Session - and Why! Reading Time: 2 min Over the years I have come to ask just one question to wrap-up a coaching session. But while the question remains the same, the answers vary significantly from client to client - and from week to... Read More...
BOOK REVIEW: "Difficult Conversations" by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen Reading Time: less than 1 min ? "Difficult Conversations - How to discuss what matters most" by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen In business and life we often avoid difficult conversations. Have you ever avoided: Asking... Read More...
Why Black and White Thinking May be Keeping Keep Your Clients Stuck! Reading Time: 3 min Often when a client is stuck, it's because they're looking at the world through a fixed Black and White or All or Nothing thinking filter. In NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) this is considered is a type... Read More...