21 Coaching Products to Create, Ready for Back-to-School Reading Time: 2 min September is forever branded in our minds as a fresh start and new 'school year'. It's a powerful feeling—also the end of summer for those of us in the Northern hemisphere—and a great time to refocus,... Read More...
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...
How Do You Measure Progress Towards Goals? Try this Simple 3 Step Process Reading Time: 1 min 30 sec Why measure progress towards goals? We all want our clients to be satisfied (or thrilled!) with our coaching—and this means they need to believe they're making progress. Which means that it's important... Read More...
Wheel of Life Categories for a Balanced or Whole Life Reading Time: 3 min In this article you'll find a list of the typical Wheel of Life Categories—along with common alternative labels. The Wheel of Life Tool is an awesome tool that helps clients get a quick visual on how... Read More...
How to Enroll Life Coaching Clients: 7 Ideas for a Client Enrollment Process that ROCKS! Reading Time: 3 min In this article we explore how to enroll life coaching clients. Life coach client enrollment doesn't need to be hard and can even be fun! First, some food for thought: For our clients, working with a... 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...
BOOK REVIEW: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown Reading Time: less than 1 min The subtitle of this book really says it all: "Let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are." Brene Brown has a Ph.D. She's a researcher and academic in the realms of emotion,... Read More...
9 Fun Coaching Activities & Exercises I Would Not Be Without Reading Time: 4 min I am often asked which Coaching Activities, Tools and Exercises I like best, use most, would recommend—or would not be without. So below I share the coaching activities I think are most universally... Read More...
Coaching Tools 101: Handle Rejection Like A Pro With These 10 Top Tips! Reading Time: 2 min Rejection is utterly unavoidable in life. So why do people spend so much time and energy trying? Well, it hurts of course! But it doesn't need to… In order to minimize the pain of rejection, we can... Read More...
A Sample Values List - 73 Top Values to Get You Started! Reading Time: less than 1 min Now I know I said that asking clients to "pick" values from a list often leads to people choosing what I call "SHOULD Values" - the ones they think they should have... But there are still times when a list of... Read More...