Life Coach

Life coaching is a self-actualization program used by a number of psychologists to assist clients with transitions in their personal life. The technique used in assisting clients involves mentoring, value assessment, behavior modeling, and goal setting.

What is Coaching and is It for Me?

It's not psychotherapy, its not counseling, it's not advice, so what is it? Coaching is a powerful technique which is part self-empowerment, part self-discovery, lots of action (from you), and lots of questions (from the coach). If you're tired of trying to analyze yourself out of this mess, read on!

Listening, the Key to Mentoring

Mentoring is the process by which a Mentor assists a person or organization to attain their respective potential; it includes listening without judgment, suggesting alternatives, offering feedback and teaching concepts and toolsMentoring is all about hope, encouragement and appreciation for the person and the organization.

Advise Wisely When Giving Advice

When offering advice to someone who has asked to be advised about something, appears to cause a lot of confusion. Which always leaves me thinking twice about the advice they offer when they are advising me

Get Lucky

Do you know someone who’s always lucky - a friend or colleague for whom things just work out – as if by magic?

Are Life Coaches Really Just Friends for Hire?

This great question came from a blog reader recently. How is a coaching relationship different from a friendship?

Join The Self Improvement Association

It was John Dunne who first wrote; No man is an island. Never was there a truer observation of man's condition. No one forms beliefs, ideas, emotions, opinions in isolation. The search of self improvement is no different. We can only find our inner self through others.

How's that Heaviness Working for Ya?

Have you ever been in a situation where someone else's bad mood or disposition just left you feeling heavy, sad, or angry? (Heck, it is hard to turn on the TV or pick up the newspaper these days without subjecting ourselves to some sort of negativity.) Do you play into the heaviness, letting it weigh you down? Find some weighs to shed the excess weight.

Coaching - By Tendulkar's Coach

Tendulkar's first coach - What did he do to make Sachin a world class cricket player? Would you have been a different person with a different career if you had a coach like him?

Business Coaching - Learning to Change with the Market and Times

This article is about Business Coaching basics and what it can do for yourself and your business.

Success Coaching On a Budget

Perhaps the greatest paradox with professional success coaching is that those that need it most are often the least able to afford it, and those that can afford it readily are already achieving a substantial level of success in their lives. Here are some tips for getting the benefits of coaching for those on a budget.

Coach Me... If You Can

On most occasions, individuals that seek out coaching possess a demeanour that is conducive to a successful coaching relationship. However, every now and again coaches are presented with...

Full Practice

The Holy Grail of coaching often seems to be 'a full practice' - many coaches make a living coaching coaches in ways to achieve this. (Will our profession eat itself, I occasionally wonder - somewhat wryly, I should add, given that a good 50% of my clients are coaches.)

Let Go of Total Control

If you find yourself constantly griping about having too much to do and never enough hours in the day to do it all, you may be the cause of the problem.