Be Thankful INFOGRAPHIC to Share | 12 Inspiring Ideas to Increase Your Thankfulness!With Thanksgiving approaching fast, we thought you'd enjoy this "Be Thankful" Infographic to give you and your clients some inspiration and ideas! NOTE: Want to share JUST the infographic (and not the whole article)? Right-click (or Ctrl+Click on a Mac) to save the full-size infographic below to your device, then simply share the saved infographic direct from your device! Which of these 12 Tips on Thankfulness Do You Like Best? One of my favourit...
5 Weird Habits of Successful People! Infographic of the MonthWe found this infographic - and loved it so much we made it our infographic of the month! Do you do any of the 5 weird habits? Because they seem like "Coaching Habits" to me - they're exactly the kind of questions and reframes that we coaches like to challenge our clients with. And this infographic fits beautifully with our article this week: How to Create your own "Daily Success Habits". ENJOY! Warmly, Emma-Louise Source: This infographic is f...
"Powerful Questioning" | *AUDIO Podcast* | From Ben Dooley's Coaching Skills ForumThis month's "Coaching Skills Forum" call from Ben Dooley's Archive was chosen to fit our theme of Coaching Questions and Questioning. Ben is a Master Certified Coach, a popular contributor to this blog and he is all about making growing as a coach fun! As a mentor coach he has helped countless coaches improve their skills and get ICF certified ...and I'm personally a big "Ben" fan! Ben Dooley, "Coaching Skills Forum" Podcast Archive Topic: Power...
3 Steps to "Marie Kondo" Your Coaching Business! | By Ruby McGuireIf you watch Netflix, you may have noticed that Marie Kondo, a Japanese Decluttering Expert, has a new 'hit' show called "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo". She previously wrote a best-selling book called "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up". But your home isn't the only thing that needs decluttering. What about your business? Well, inspired by Marie Kondo, I thought I'd share 3 tips, plus some great questions and actions you can take to declutter...
Happy Holidays 2017! | With Inspirational Quote from Louise HayWith the holidays almost upon us, I wish for all of us to love and accept ourselves as we are! And here is a beautiful quote from Louise Hay (who passed on in 2017) to help: In the infinity of life where I am, all is perfect, whole and complete, I no longer choose to believe in old limitations and lack, I now choose to begin to see myself as the Universe sees me - perfect, whole, and complete." Louise Hay Happy Holidays to you and yours, with lov...
The Journey Ahead: 7 Ways Coaches Can Help - published in choice Magazine (COVID edition)The recent issue of choice Magazine was the important ways coaches can help their clients during the global pandemic. And Emma-Louise Elsey has a featured article! "The Journey Ahead - 7 Ways Coaches Can Help" by Emma-Louise Elsey Published in (Volume 18, Number 3), and reproduced with permission from, choice, the magazine of professional coaching www.choice-online.com Included in this article: The 3 stages of chance and 7 ways coaches can help -...
3 Questions Every Actor Asks and What it Has to Do With Coaching! | By Ben DooleyMy past career as an actor has taught me some powerful lessons that have had a tremendous impact on my coaching as well as my own personal growth and success. In particular, one of the first things an actor needs to learn is how to break down and build a character. I realize those two words seem contradictory - "break down" and "build" - and yet they work together. Here's how: First, "Breaking Down" a Character We do this naturally. The first tim...
Stuck? What You and Your Clients Can Learn From a Maze! | By Ben Dooley, MCCSome of my fondest childhood memories are from when I got into doing mazes. I couldn't get enough. My parents bought me maze books for my age, and I conquered them all quickly. Then they upgraded me to higher levels, mazes that defied conventional structure. They spanned several pages, played tricks on the eyes and the designers did all sorts of things to try to make the process of solving the mazes harder, near impossible. The idea of a maze is...
Create a Healing Space with Your Clients | By Dr. Vincent L. PerriOver the past twenty years and more, I have spent countless hours trying to understand exactly what happened when my clients resolved issues or healed beyond ordinary standards. As a practicing doctor and later Life Coach, this curiosity led me to study diverse disciplines from neuroscience to analytical psychology where I charted over 400 hours of patient observations. I was always interested in what transpired between my clients and I during th...
How to Support Group and Team Coaching Clients in Enhancing Strengths | By Jennifer BrittonSupporting our clients in enhancing their strengths is key, whether working to support individual coaching, group coaching or team coaching clients. Today, many coaching modalities and methodologies are grounded in a strengths-based approach. While not overlooking weaknesses or areas of development, strengths are often the initial focus or leverage point for the work we undertake with clients. This article explores several different ways team and...
