Life Coach and Life Coaching Articles

Have you ever had a gut feeling about something you should do or some action you should take? I'm going to assume that you have, because what I'm referring to is often called "intuition" and I believe everyone has "it." Let me give you a personal example. I was recently sitting in my office doing some admin stuff when a good friend came to mind, quickly followed by an intuitive message that I should call her. So, I decided to "follow-up" and gave her a call.

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Ahhh, February! The time of year when shiny, red hearts appear in store windows, and cupid smiles down at you while you eat an egg and cheese sandwich at your local coffee shop. Every where you look, there’s chocolate and flowers, champagne and strawberries, diamonds and lingerie, even ...

“Comfortable” is a deceptive word. On one hand, who doesn’t want to be comfortable? Being comfortable with who you are usually means that a person is satisfied with the way they look or act behind closed doors. Everyone wants shoes that are comfortable, a bed that is comfortable or clothes that are comfortable. So, how can the word “comfortable” be deceiving?

Here are some tips to keep yourself on target without beating yourself up while still finding time to enjoy, sleep, eat . . . In my blog (www.theawarenessinitiative.com/blog) on 7/30/09 I discuss the expression: “Don’t push the river.” Below is a recap of that blog with some time management suggestions to help you to “swim” more effectively. Are you a good boss to you? Would you quit if you were an employee who treats you as you do? I am often my worst taskmaster.

In the past, when someone said something to me that I found insulting or disrespectful, I tried to avoid reacting angrily. I told myself I was probably just being thin-skinned, and that the other person probably didn’t intend to hurt me. Besides, I said to myself in “spiritual” jargon, the anger I feel comes from my ego — my identification with my body, my accomplishments, my possessions, and so on. In reality, I am all that is, I am consciousness itself, I am Atman. How could pure spirit take offense at anything? By letting myself get upset, I dishonor my true nature.

We've all heard of "simple living," and we see the magazines and the news articles and the web sites. I often advocate what I call "voluntary simplicity," by which I mean determining what's important to you and designing a life in support of your values and beliefs. Many people, when they think ...

Do you ever worry about not being able to get clients? Well -- how do the successful coaches with thriving businesses do it? The fastest way to accelerate is to model what works for successful people! A while ago I worked on an e-book of interviews with ten hugely successful coaches with ...

Change is a wonderful thing. I consider myself a Change Agent. As a Life Coach it is my duty to assist and teach clients to embrace change. Change reminds me of a song called, Wake Up Everybody. Remember? It is that old school Harold Melvin & Blue Notes classic. You know the lyrics sing along ...

Follow this scenario…. You are now becoming a pretty good goal setter and achiever. You are consistently working at it and making progress, one step at a time. You are learning that the ‘rules’ for goal setting and achieving are set in ‘Universal’ stone and you can’t take short cuts. This, ...

5 Simple Steps to stopping Negative Emotions before they get out of control. Obviously the question is not a question, but an obvious – “Of course I would and now tell me HOW!!” To the right is a simple 5 Step Strategy for how to take an emotion that is starting to rear its ugly head, and put a lid on it before it gets out of control. The reason why we want to stop this, apart from the obvious, is that when our negative emotions take over, they hijack our brain and ability to use it most effectively. They sort of make us a little dumber! Not where we want to be.

Let’s face it: our lives are a mess, or rather we have made it that. To compete with the mad, mad world outside, we work day and night to succeed, and burden ourselves with more and more challenges. In all the hustle and bustle, we lose ourselves, and then it is difficult to go back and retrieve our true self. After reading this, your lives will be a whole lot simpler. Life coaching programs are not like those mentoring or therapy sessions, which you often see or hear about

We live in a world where quitting is now a widely acceptable option. Everyday, people quit the goals they spent years dreaming about when the accomplishment may just be around the corner. People quit schools without graduating, quit their jobs without another job offer in hand, and quit their weight-loss program without attaining the healthier body weight that they set out to achieve. Even sadder, and more rampant than ever, people quit their marriage without seeking the counselling and coaching that is required to make it work.

Create the results you dream about by utilizing the power within you… "In To Wish On" Intuition is a wish from our core, directing us to the power to make the dreams of our heart into reality. By simply learning to listennto the small voice with in us, living a fulfilled and creatively enriching ...

Today I am going to share a personal story with you as I feel it is an experience many of us can connect with. I would ask that you find a quiet few moments to read this article and reflect on its meaning to you and its application to your life. As the days fly by and winter turns to spring, ...

There is the old proverb that a rich man doesn't have everything he wants, he wants everything he has. We've all been told at some point in our lives by someone that we "should count our blessings." As with most ancient wisdoms, modern thought and science are discovering every day how true ...

A few days ago, I was sitting with my good friend and Smart Woman, Suzanne, in her backyard and I was complementing her on how well the yard was laid out from the play area, pool area, and lounge area. Everything flows so well in accessing the home and the backyard. Suzanne shared with me that the backyard was not designed this way when they first moved into the home. When they bought the house initially, the backyard looked a lot different.

“Explorers depend on the North Star when there are no other landmarks in sight. The same relationship exists between you and your right life, the ultimate realization of your potential for happiness. I believe that a knowledge of that perfect life sits inside you just as the North Star sits in its unaltering spot.”

Women Empowerment does not only come from working in large companies, wearing fancy clothes, managing a team, having your name plate on a desk with your position carved on it. Right now, it is also manifested by women who wish to get more out of life, the work life balance and who work from the comfort of their homes. As Technology evolves it brings along more and more opportunities particularly in home business for women.

Stress. We hear about it everyday. We know it happens to the best of us. We may not be able to define it but we know it when we see it. Usually, when we think about it, thoughts of hectic schedules, frantic days, unpaid bills, and unretu ed phone calls come flooding our minds and start ...

It is widely recognized that creating a coaching culture in education, health, business and other organisations is beneficial and will help grow happy, healthy, fulfilled human beings who perform well. Most coaching literature focuses on how to change organisational culture, indeed a Google search, with that term, yields around 273,000,000 results (Harvard Business Review Dec 2012). In the National Health Service(UK), coaching is now used to develop leaders, staff and used wi

How can you forget that unique prospect of yours?rnYes, I’m talking about that extremely elusive, slippery and self-informed sales lead  who promised to purchase from you if and only if they are ready and all. Well, nothing’s wrong with that, but for sales people, they’ve been there and done that. If this scenario sounds familiar, then brace yourself and don’t be surprised; the trend is growing—missed business appointments  are rapidly evolving, plus, cancelled

PLAYING WITH FEAR Have you ever noticed a toddler in a sandbox when a parent moves away or out of her sight? Most of the time, the toddler will hold up her hands in a gesture to be taken out of the box or they will just sit there and cry. And for the more adventurous personalities, she may ...

As I’m sure you’ve learned firsthand, when we let people see our creative work, we risk getting criticized. But criticism by itself, I think, isn’t a problem. It only becomes problematic when we take responsibility for the critic’s suffering and anger. My Criticism Fantasy I’ll give you an example from my own life. While I was writing my book, I had a nagging tendency to imagine ways people might attack it. A very specific “worst-case scenario” kept coming to mind.

When you have the perfect career, work can become more fun than even having fun. This morning my entire world has turned into a winter wonderland. It is a complete miracle of nature. The foot of snow and the brisk winds have created an artistic swirling re-design of the physical world around me. Smooth white curves and peaks and valleys replace the usual stiff lines of roads, homes, and sidewalks. It looks like a still picture of waves on the ocean. It is truly breathtakingly beautiful.

Upon reflection, the biggest stumbling block to get a journey started to a life I am happy with was seven little letters. HONESTY. Over many years I had lied to myself and others, I had been less the honest in dealings with others, and had created a Disneyland in my head which had become a ...

Often, people look back on their day and wonder where the time has gone and why they were not able to accomplish the things that they needed and really wanted to. While it’s certainly true that there are only a limited number of hours within a day that people can use to accomplish the things that they need to do, it’s often not a question of managing your time but more of an act of managing yourself.

I love talking with clients about having a career doing something they love. They get excited, their energy goes up, they smile, and they feel good. They light up. Then they say, “But I could never really do that.” The energy and the excitement and the smile quickly fade. They sound forlorn, depressed, and tired. We love to dream about the possibilities, and then we scare ourselves off, fearful of life’s practicalities. There are lists of excuses people make about not being able to have a career they love. It could be money, time, effort, health insurance, whatever.

A strong foundation leads to progress and success. This idea applies to both a relationship and a company for them to surpass all the undertakings along their way. When a new structure is being built, great attention is given to its most crucial part – its foundation. When the foundation is faulty, definitely the whole structure will become unstable. Small problems will become big and small cracks will lead to a disastrous consequence. On the other hand, if everything start

Stressing happens once you allow fear centered thoughts spiral out of control. Next thing you realize, one scared thought has escalated into a multitude of thoughts that have you thinking that something bad is likely to happen to you. In case you are just like me, you then have done your own fair share of being anxious. I’ve experienced instances when I would likely keep worrying about almost anything, as though just about all circumstances were some how under my influence.

This is the ultimate transition that most people want to be going through. Do you want more success in every sense of the word? Do you want more money, love, happiness, and, above all, freedom? To understand how to be more successful, you must begin with understanding why you are not. I ...This is the ultimate transition that most people want to be going through. Do you want more success in every sense of the word? Do you want more money, love, happiness, and, above all, freedom?

How can I help you? Have you ever attended a networking event and walked out thinking, ‘Well I told 25 people about my business and no one seemed that interested because they were too busy telling me about their own business!’? Or, ‘I could call that person I met at the ...

How do you feel on Mondays? Does your day begin with dread, overwhelm and heaviness? Or does your Monday start with excitement, enthusiasm and eage ess? I will not deny that some people face tough work environments, challenging coworkers, and frustrating projects. You could likely find a roomful of people to commiserate with you about any difficult work situation. Does commiseration make you feel any better? In my experience, commiseration made work feel worse. When you focus on the challenging and frustrating aspects of your day, you will likely encounter more of the same.

Do you have a friend who attends Celebrate Recover? Has your friend ever asked you to come to a Celebrate Recovery gathering, but you turned down your friend's invitation because you had questions about Celebrate Recovery? Hopefully, this article will answer your questions. Let's start with the name. Yes, the full name is Celebrate Recovery, but sometimes this is shortened to just C/R.

"A little restraint is good" Every day we are faced with situations that could easily bring out the worst in us. A colleague says something that upsets you. A friend makes a comment that irritates you. It is easy to lash right back, but it might be wiser to adopt a little restraint. Our ...

"Go ahead and make the first move" So, my son is starting Kindergarten next week, a big step in his little life. Of coursehe is anxious, I am anxious, and my husband is anxious. Like any mom, I want to dowhatever I can to create a smooth and comforting transition. I thought it would ...

Are these your thoughts? Ok, so yes, call me Cleopatra, the Queen of Denial. I have hurts, hang-ups, and bad habits that I won’t admit to and I have stuffed them for a long time. Now you tell me that I am powerless to heal myself from my hurts, hang-ups, and bad habits. So where is the hope? Funny you should ask. Hope, that is the third topic we talk about in Celebrate Recovery.

In the last part of this series, I suggested that we can actually enjoy marketing when we’re able to tap into our natural compassion and conce for others. As I said, I think this often requires us to let go of the ways we protect ourselves from getting hurt when we interact with another person. For example, if we’re at a networking event, and we’re worried that others won’t take seriously what we have to offer, maybe we’ll loudly brag about our products and services, not letting anyone get a word in edgewise.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. – Franklin D. Roosevelt To begin, let me ask you some revealing questions. As a business owner, can you walk away from your business today for one or two months and come back to find it operating smoothly and profitably? ...

The most effective way to begin getting what you really want is by having a Coach. It's easy to misunderstand what Coaching is about with so many people calling themselves a Coach. Every Coach is unique and every Coach has their area of expertise. There are Life Coaches and Business Coaches, ...

As a business owner you may struggle with the question of how you will be able to get everything done. This is especially true for independent service professionals and solopreneurs. There are only so many hours in the day, this isn’t going to change. So something else has to. And if you ...

Unless you are extremely advanced in your personal development path, you have some limiting beliefs. We all do. You know, the kind of beliefs that either stop you in your tracks, hold you back, or slow you down. The kind of beliefs that you typically do not verbalize, perhaps because you are not aware of them on a conscious level. Yet, even when we are aware of our limiting beliefs and we realize we want to change them, or let them go; we find it really hard to do so. Why is that?

The nineties are gone and the millennium is here. Are you doing the dream? Are you keeping the vows you made to yourself? If not, it's time. Of course, anyone who has ever tried to succeed knows that doing so is easier on paper than it is in practice. Countless delays and confounding ...

Each day I park in my driveway, and wish that I could park my car in the garage. Each day I say to myself, "You need to get rid of this stuff. You don't need it, and you're not using it. Either take it and give it away or sell it at a garage sale. Just do something." Have you ever had those exact thoughts. Maybe you have a storage unit, and you think, "Why do I have a storage unit. I don't need it, and besides that takes money away from me and my family." We Americans are known for our stuff. We like to have the newest gadgets, and keep our mementos from years and years of collecting.

Going through a divorce is a very challenging time in a person’s life. It is hard to adjust to being single again, as well as living “out of the habit” of being married, especially if you have been married for many, many years. Eventually, you begin to think about dating, but it is suggested ...

When we hear the word makeover, most of us think about transforming our physical appearance in some way. Just recently, for instance, I have toyed with the idea of growing my hair out. Perusing through the big hairstyle book at my local salon, I tried to imagine which hairstyles would look ...

Many people today are aware of the incredible power of the mind. It is comforting to know that we possess an inherent ability to create whatever we set our mind to. Every one of us has the capacity to tap into this inner resource at will, yet many still do not fully understand how to successfully harness it or where to begin when intending change. The question is how do we effectively co-create with this facet of our consciousness to achieve the results we desire? The answer lies in the awareness of one’s thoughts and feelings.

rnIt is good to have an idol in sales, someone who you can look up to or learn from. This is true in the field of lead generation and appointment setting services . Think of generating sales leads as a rather thankless job, and you will realize why a lot of people leave after some time. But that is not the case for everyone. There will be people who will rise up to the challenge and make a name for themselves. In fact, there are some who have actually contributed to the histo

Imagine having more energy or more time to focus on the things you really want. Imagine being able to move forward in your life without some of your current stress. Doesn’t that sound good? We all have things in our life that we just put up with or tolerate, for example, a cluttered desk, a ...

In my latest book “Life” and seminar series, “ The L.I.F.E. Experience,” we bring home the point that Life is an inside job. We often spend our energy, time and money looking outside of ours selves for the answers, when everything we need is within us. Growing up my ...