10 Weird and Wonderful Ways to Get Unstuck! INFOGRAPHIC from The Coaching Tools CompanyWe love infographics! We know lots of people get stuck, so we created this fun graphic for them - and you - to give them fun ideas and tips for how to get unstuck. Enjoy! Share this infographic on your social media accounts & jazz up your content: EASY: Ask fans & followers, "What are you stuck on? Which of these ideas most inspires you?" MEDIUM: Share the graphic, and expand on your favourite tip saying how YOU could help a client get unstuck! C...
Aha! Moments: Exercise 3 - "Invite in Qualities" to Be Your Best! | by Marcy Nelson-GarrisonThe "Inviting in Qualities" is a powerful grounding exercise that's useful before going into a situation where you want to be your best or that might be challenging. It's an adaptation of the Navajo "Beauty Before Me" prayer. By doing this as a session you are teaching a client how to do this on their own, and you can also use it for yourself. When to Use: In Session / Homework Best When: Preparing for something challenging or scary, when you wan...
The Power of Follow-up Calls | by Jennifer BrittonGroup Coaching involves an ongoing series of conversations, with a focus on supporting a client's individual goals and agenda. It's this ongoing focus on goals, and the deeper levels of action and awareness, which shift the conversation from the facilitation space into coaching. A component which is not always incorporated into group coaching, but adds tremendous value for both clients and coach, is a follow-up call once the program has ended. Wh...
4 Practices to Bring Journaling into Your Workshops & Groups | by Lynda Monk MSW, RSW, CPCCWriting Alone Together: The Benefits of Journal Writing in Workshops & Groups Journaling is one of my favourite activities to bring into my workshops, training programs and group coaching. Whether done on our own or in groups with others, expressive journal writing can be healing, creative and transformational. And while we may write alone, journal writing is relational by nature, supporting us to deepen our relationship with ourselves, others an...
Unlock Successful Life Balance with Practical Boundaries | By Jenn DanielsonWe are so often a society of Yes. How frequently do (you or) your clients take on extra projects, problems or work when your plate is already full? How many of your clients are even aware of their own plate is already full? Whether you've got a client with a new goal, a frustrated client (because they never seem to get anything done) or a client in full overwhelm, it's time to talk about boundaries! The good news is: boundaries do not have to be...
Workshop Exercise for Stress Management: "Keep Your Balloons in the Air!"This is an extremely simple exercise that demonstrates how easily we can get overwhelmed, the value of teamwork and how stress builds up. It can be shortened by cutting out the writing on the balloon part. Note: Although the description seems long, it IS a quick exercise! Especially Good for: Groups of all sizes - especially large groups. Great for Everyone (especially Moms, Parents, Youth), Team-building, Energising, Bringing Fun to Stress, Time...
Why Mindfulness is the Coach's Super-Tool and our Clients' Super-Fuel | By Delaney Tosh CPCC, PCCPlus 3 Ways Mindfulness Practice Supports Coaching! For coaches, our presence is our power. It's what we strive to achieve in our coaching mastery. It's also one of the fundamental principles we help guide our clients towards. When present we are more aware, focused and calm. Yet many of us are distracted by our internal dialogue worrying about the past or future, and are not fully engaged in the here and now. The benefit to our clients of being...
3 Easy Mindfulness Exercises to De-Stress Your Clients | By Delaney Tosh CPCC, PCCA colleague once described her experience of a stressed, overwhelmed client as being "so caught up in a noisy vortex of competing pressures, anxieties and judgments" that the coaching sessions were getting bogged down. When our amygdala (the emotion processing and "fear centre" in the brain) becomes hyper-engaged, we lose access to the finesse of our prefrontal cortex (our "logic centre") operations. This means that when clients are "in the vorte...
How to Boost Mindfulness with Guided Meditation & Journaling! | by Lynda Monk MSW, RSW, CPCCAs a coach, I love using evidence-based tools and practices to support my clients (and myself) in achieving mindful awareness. I have found that mindfulness leads to greater feelings of well-being, balance, clarity and peace, and two of my favourite mindfulness practices are guided meditation and journal writing. While these practices are powerful on their own, this article offers an exercise for combining them for increased mindfulness, relaxati...
Holding The Focus | *AUDIO Podcast* | From Ben Dooley's Coaching Skills ForumThis month's "Coaching Skills Forum" call from Ben Dooley's Archive is on the sometimes challenging topic of "Holding the Focus". Ben is a Master Certified Coach, mentor coach - and a popular contributor to this blog. He lives to make growing as a coach fun! As an MCC and mentor coach he has helped innumerable coaches improve their skills and get ICF certified. We're big "Ben" fans here at The Coaching Tools Company! Ben Dooley, "Holding the Focu...
