What in the World is Life Coaching?

A life coach offers a cogent description of a new, broad profession, coaching, that isn’t so easily summarized, but whose origins you’ll recognize in all the people who have ever helped you.

The level of public understanding of coaching, outside of people in a certain socio-demographic category, is still in its infancy. We are all so saturated with the language of psychoanalysis – it’s difficult to read a book or watch a movie that isn’t premised on this shared language – that we probably don’t consider there was once a time when practitioners were asked: “Now, you do what, exactly?”

We’re going on a bear hunt

“We’re going on a bear hunt”, is the title of a children’s’ story book; one which I have read and re-read on numerous occasions to my two 4 year old twin granddaughters. However, it’s only recently that we’ve actually reached the end of the book, consequently I’ve only just been able to appreciate the moral of the story.

Achieving goals

Goals are a much talked about subject; in particular at this time of year, whether on a personal level or otherwise your discussions will be concentrated on wrestling with your New Year resolutions. In your work situation; they’ll more than likely be discussed at your company appraisal. Where ever you are discussing them; there is still the age old problem of why they are not being accomplished.

Goal setting tools

Goal setting has become an important part of our lives as part of the New Thought and Life Coaching agendas. It is said within these arenas that the process is important; if you’re wanting to achieve the life you want, however just as important is being able to set goals.

Achieving Peak Performance

How do your performances measure up to your expectations or those of others? Are they as expected or do they fall some way short? How do you feel both emotionally and physically when you have finished a performance?

Building strong coaching relationships

As a life coach one of the important things you have to consider is the impression you make on your clients; this ultimately brings you repeat business with either them or their friends and acquaintances.

10 ways to achieve great results

Whether at home or in the workplace we are continually being pressurised to become high performers and improve our results. In the home these pressures come from the changing face of family life and the demands being made on parents. In the workplace they come in the form of targets and reports from the boss.

10 great ways to create an income using your skills

We all possess an abundance of yet untapped skills that are waiting to be exercised. These are skills we have learnt and developed over time without realising it and written them off, without so much as a second thought. Then we proclaim we are short of money; we can’t afford this . . . and we can’t afford that . . .

Achieve success with your coaching practice in 5 easy steps

One of the ultimate goals you seek to achieve with any project you undertake is to be successful; it is no different for a life coach who is setting up a coaching practice. Achieving their ultimate goal of success, success and success; this is what a coach is seeking with their practice.

How to make your hard work pay

Efficiency is the name of the game whether at home or at work; no matter how hard you work your output has to match a given criteria. A criteria given to you? Yes, unfortunately the acceptability of the level of your output and the quality of it are externally assessed by a cohort of people affectionately known as (aka) your family, friends, colleagues and bosses.

8 great ways to a new you

With much of the media hype focusing on our appearance and how we look on the outside we very often forget our own feelings and what really is happening on the inside. In the constant strive to achieve the ‘ideal’ physical shape and perfect body, messages from the media, are conveniently forgetting to remind us about our own inner self and the feelings we carry round with us on a daily basis.

10 great ways to improve your thinking

An improved level of thinking is something I’m sure that many people would love to achieve, no matter what their level is at the moment. The number of times people can be seen in situations where they are being asked to think, yes a simple straight-forward task and they suddenly freeze up.

How to get the best out of your training days

The number of times feedback from a training day or staff development at work has been classified as ‘a complete waste of time’. I’m sure you must have either heard this yourself or thought it after a day that was supposed to enlighten you, invigorate you, motivate you or provide you with additional skills to perform your job role.

Life Coach Directory

The Life Coach Directory and Counselling Directory are two sister organisations complimenting each other in the area of alternative treatment methods.

Life Coaching Directory saw and experienced first hand how important support for emotional issues can be. Their partner website, Counselling Directory, was launched when a close friend of theirs only had access to limited information at a time when they desperately needed emotional support. Counselling Directory provides everything people require in times of need.

Why is goal setting important?

The simple and short answer to this question is that goal setting provides clarity to your life, enabling you to establish a clear focus and achieve the things you really want.

Goal setting is not a particularly new topic; people in all walks of life have been setting personal and business goal for many years. It has risen to prominence in recent years in light of the demand for Life Coaches, Self Management and Personal Development.