How to Deal With Your Mindset Monkeys in 3 Simple Steps! | By Ruby McGuireDo you have mindset monkeys that are creating fear and holding you back in your business? You know those nagging voices that can feel crippling and hold you back from being brave, or worse, from taking any action at all? I like to talk about mindset monkeys having different hats. Here are some examples of what they might say: "What if they say 'no' or don't like me?" "Who am I to … ?" "They'll find out I'm a fraud." (This is one I've personally s...
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...
Visualize Success in 6 Easy Steps with this Meditation Process! | By Sura KimEmpower your clients to visualize their success through this 6-step meditation guide Meditation is a practice that can help you tap into our deepest desires. When you take the time to slow down and be quiet, you can visualize more clearly what you want to create. As coaches, you can facilitate this process for your clients and guide them to achieve their most important goals. When the mind is full of thoughts and stories, its like a rippling lake...
5 Surprisingly Effective Steps to Set Your Goals (in 90 Mins or Less) | By Ruby McGuireAs coaches, we love goals. They're exciting, fun and they stretch us and our clients. The problem is we can end up setting goals for the sake of setting goals. And let's be honest, there are so many things we could do or want to do that it's easy to get stuck. In this article I share a 5 Step Process for you to set some fabulous, meaningful goals. You'll need a pen, some paper or your journal and a timer. STEP 1. Do A Mini Review (10 mins) When s...
Radical Resilience - Why and How to Build it With Your Clients! | By Delaney Tosh CPCC, PCCWith 4 Steps to Build Resilience for High Performance & Work/Life Fulfillment As this recent December holiday season approached, I realized that everyone in my immediate circle (friends, clients, myself) was facing an excess of challenges. In particular, a woman I know had just taken on a challenging leadership role that included a longer commute. She had been brought in to 'turn the ship around' and her typical day now includes putting out fires...
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...
Create a Pause for Clients via Quarterly Reviews or Retreats | by Jennifer Britton MES, CHRP, CPT, PCCWith 17 Questions to Consider Many years ago, during my research writing From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching I asked the question, "What is the benefit of team and group coaching?" One of the more popular responses was, "The pause that group and team coaching creates." In today's busy and ever-changing world, having a pause point to stop and reflect on what is working - and what is not - is rare. So as coaches, creating t...
9th ICF Life Vision & Enhancement Community Webinar: Compassionate Self-Care & Reflection with Elizabeth BishopIn 2017 the ICF created a brand new Community of Practice (CP) with a focus area of "Life Vision and Enhancement" - for those who do life coaching in their practices. I (Emma-Louise Elsey) was asked to co-lead this group along with Lynda Monk. In this post I'm excited to share the details of our 9th live session as co-leader of the ICF Life Vision & Enhancement Community of Practice (CP). Please note the following changes to these Community of Pr...
Why Declutter Your Workspace? 4 Powerful Reasons plus Journaling Activities to Help! | by Lynda Monk MSW, RSW, CPCC Our coaching work spaces are like our closets - over time they get disorganized and filled with stuff that we no longer need or want. I have been an entrepreneur for nearly 20 years. During this time the focus of my business and offerings have evolved and changed - I am a Registered Social Worker, Life Coach, Trainer, Facilitator, avid Journal Writer and Speaker! My physical office location has moved 8 times, and for the past 4 years I have had...
What is Language Coaching? And Who & How Does it Help? by Beáta KovácsLanguage Coaching might not be the most well-known field of the coaching industry, but it is getting more and more attention. In this article Beáta highlights the key elements of Language Coaching, who benefits from it and how we can make excellent use of it. What is Language Coaching? Language Coaching supports people who speak foreign (non-native) languages - either in the language learning process or in their everyday or professional active us...
