De-Stress Series: What Are Your Clients' Stressor Values? | By Steve Mitten, MCC Reading Time: 3 min This insightful article and coaching tip from Master Coach and Past ICF President Steve Mitten calls to your attention a sub-set of values he calls "Stressors" that can impact the progress a client makes in... Read More...
De-Stress Series: A Simple 4 Step Process to Help Your Clients Cope With Stressful Feelings Reading Time: 3 min 9 sec Sometimes our clients come to a session feeling stressed, overwhelmed, guilty, pressured or anxious. It's hard to coach people when they're caught up in these thoughts and feelings, so it can be helpful for us... Read More...
9 Real-Life Examples of Eustress - Stress Your Clients May Need MORE of! Reading Time: 3 min 26 sec Usually when we use the word 'stress' we're referring to so-called 'bad' stress or DIStress. But did you know there is a name for good stress? Eustress, pronounced YOU-stress, is a term coined by... Read More...
How Serious IS Your Client About Their Goals? Here are 5 Quick and Fun Tests! Reading Time: 2 min 30 sec Especially when our clients have BIG goals in mind, it's important to help set them up for success by exploring if they really want their goal - and how committed they are. Not only that, but sometimes... Read More...
Here are 15 Ways to Turn "I Don't Know" into an Aha Moment! Reading Time: 3 min 56 sec Often when our clients say "I don't know", they really do know - they're just unwilling to acknowledge or face the answer. If it was was easy to say aloud they would have done so. There can be many... Read More...
5 Practical AND Powerful Tips to Help People Achieve Exercise Goals! (UPDATED) Reading Time: 3 min Whether it's an exercise goal, yoga, meditation or some other new activity you want to make space for in your life, there are many things that can derail us. Life is so busy - and we always seem to be... Read More...
Coaching Tools 101: How to Use the Wheel of Life to Create MEANINGFUL Goals! Reading Time: 7 min How often have you seen clients more excited by the prospect of a new home, high powered job, brand new car or designer pair of shoes than the thought of quality time with a child, partner or friends?... Read More...
Ask These 7 Coaching Questions to Celebrate Your Clients Achievements! Reading Time: 3 min We're such a goal-oriented culture. People get a thrill from achieving their goals—but are all too quickly straight onto the NEXT thing. So as we head towards a new year is a great time to help your... Read More...
The Assumption Iceberg: A Powerful Model to Ease Difficult Conversations | Plus 5 Conflict Tips Reading Time: 4 min 10 sec The Assumption Iceberg Conflict in life is inevitable, whether it's how much we spend on the kids, what solution is chosen at work or returning an appliance to the store. These conflict tips - and the... Read More...
Use Affirmative Writing To Get Clients Unstuck And Connected To Their Goals | by Lynda Monk Reading Time: 2 min Whether you're a coach, counselor, therapist or social worker, affirmative writing is a great exercise to offer your clients who are making changes and attempting to bridge the gap from where they are to... Read More...