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Editor’s Note: Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said, ‚ÄúA good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” The items in this week’s Chronicle arrive from around the globe and guide us to all sorts of destinations. For those good travelers who never intend on staying in one place, a life coach has nine tips on the best way to live a nomadic lifestyle. For those traveling to Malaysia, check out a coach who uses color therapy to help her clients. A Belgian life coach in Shanghai assists expatriates who’ve also made their moves permanent, to reinvent themselves. And traveling out of her comfort zone this week: Britney Spears put on a life coaching hat at a recent concert in Vancouver, delayed due to smoke, and recommended the crowd cut the smoking out. To all our readers, enjoy wherever you are and wherever you’re going.
The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, designed to show where and how coaching appears in the popular culture worldwide. It is not intended to be a summary service nor a news roundup, although it may serve that purpose for some readers. The Chronicle is new each Thursday morning. Compiled and edited by Alex Goldsmith and Linda Ballew.
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Executive/Business Coaching
Are You Looking for New Ways to Grow Your Business?
April 14, 2009, Rundtownnews.co.uk – Spain
It’s the usual story – it’s a lot easier for those outside the wood to see the trees. This is how a business coach can discover your limitations and coach you to develop and implement a step by step plan that will provide proven solutions to your revenue or profit issues.
Your Office Coach: Avoid Becoming Another Casualty in a Lost Corporate War
April 13, 2009, Belleville News Democrat – IL, USA
For the sake of your own career, you should stop fighting battles in a war that’s already been lost. If the CEO has begun to view you as a problem, you could soon find yourself out on the street.
Coaching Business for New Business Owners Opens
April 12, 2009, Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Santa Rosa, CA, USA
The new office of The Entrepreneur’s Source in Petaluma has one goal ‚Äî to make the entrepreneurial dream of business ownership easier to attain for aspiring local entrepreneurs.
As Recession Deepens, Career Coach Alan Cohen’s Business Remains Strong
April 12, 2009, Staten Island Advance – SILive.com – Staten Island, NY, USA
Q: With unemployment skyrocketing, business must be good? A: Now more than ever there is a need for coaching. The world is suffering from a real identity crisis, with people defining themselves by what they do — then losing their jobs and feeling that they have no identify. We are not our jobs. Our jobs ideally are one way of expressing our purpose.
Alicia Rodriguez ’78
April 2009, Colby Magazine – Waterville, ME, USA
In her career as an executive leadership coach, Alicia Rodriguez ’78 waits for what she calls, the ‚ÄúAha! moment”‚Äîthe instant when her client ‚Äúgets it.” Rodriguez works both with leaders who want to lead better and people who are moving into leadership positions for the first time. She helps clients to see how they are perceived by others.
Life Coaching
Ask Maddisen: How to Resolve Communication Blocks
April 14, 2009, Huffington Post – New York, NY, USA
Before you begin practicing the specific steps of successful communication, let’s look at the ground rules you must both honor in order to make the steps work for you. Following these ground rules will create a foundation that strongly nourishes healthy and productive communication between you.
Life Coach Helps Expats Reinvent Themselves
April 15, 2009, Shanghai Daily – Shanghai, China
Belgian life coach Alexia Michiels came to Shanghai as a “trailing spouse” and had to reinvent herself. Now she helps expat women leave their comfort zone and do the same. Sam Riley reports.
What’s the Secret to an Endless Vacation?
April 13, 2009, MSNBC – USA
Nine tips for becoming a ‚Äònew’ nomad in 2009 – #3 Don’t forget your patience. ‚ÄúAnd your sense of humor,” says life coach and blogger Lisa Haisha, who has been on the road since the age of 22. ‚ÄúWhen dealing with new cultures and languages, both are essential.”
Success Coach: Keep Your Perspective on Worries
April 13, 2009, The News-Press – Fort Myers, FL, USA
Many of us have had the experience of feeling very stressed out and worried about a situation on one day, then calmer and more positive a day or two later.
Council Appoints ‘Life Coach’ for Darwen Residents
April 12, 2009, Lancashire Telegraph – Blackburn, England, UK
More like a life coach or a buddy than a personal trainer, she will encourage people to set their own goals and to make changes, such as losing weight or giving up cigarettes.
Great Life Series Offers Coaching and Tips for Finding the ‚ÄúRight Job”
April 12, 2009, BlueRidgeNow.com – Hendersonville, NC, USA
The morning program will be presented by Pardee Hospital and Western Carolina University and will feature national speaker, job coach and author, Peggy Collins, and image consultant, Susan Stewart, as keynote speakers.
Watch: Obama Steps Up as National Life-Skills Coach
April 9, 2009, Scripps News – Washington DC, USA
It’s not easy being our national life-skills coach. In two and a half months, Obama’s reach into our psyches, our daily lives and our sense of emotional and financial wellbeing has been nothing short of phenomenal. And, strikingly, most of us are pleased.
5 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Career Coach
April 7, 2009, ABA Journal – Chicago, IL, USA
Finding a good coach is the same process as finding a good doctor, lawyer, or Pilates instructor. You ask for recommendations. You do some research. And ultimately, you decide whether you feel a personal fit.
Niche Coaching
Heal with Colors
April 14, 2009, New Straits Times – Persekutuan, Malaysia
Chew, who holds a doctorate in holistic coaching, has been conducting classes and workshops on color and clay therapies for the past four years. When attempting either color or clay therapies, you have to visualize the colors or shapes that can help calm the mind. Color therapy can be used to heal grief and loss, such as losing one’s job, a loved one or personal belongings.
ADHD Coaching
April 13, 2009, Manila Bulletin – Philippines
A team may have the best players in its roster, yet, they need a good coach to maximize the potential of each one of them. The same goes for ADHD coaching ‚àía relatively new field that is fast emerging as one of the many approaches, services and treatments for ADHD.
Life Coaching Blogs
How to Sell Coaching? – Use These 5 Steps
April 14, 2009, By Super Affiliate
What if you discovered easy simple to use formula to sell your coaching online? Step 1 – Use the massive power of joint ventures to boost your sales. Step 2 – Affiliate marketing is the key to massive success. Step 3 – Here’s how to use the power of viral marketing. Step 4? Pre-selling tips to sell your coaching easily. Step 5 – Website promotion is the key to massive success.
I’m Not Your Friend
April 14, 2009, By Carolin Dahlman, Love Coach
Today I got an angry email from a client. It happens. She was upset about the way I had questioned her in our last session. But that’s the power of love coaching my dear. I don’t act as your friend, “supporting” you in every way.
Getting Unstuck: The Facts on ADHD Coaching
April 12, 2009, By How To Treat ADHD
As important as a coach’s credentials are, even more crucial to a successful coaching experience is the ADHD client’s willingness to do what he or she can to create a more fulfilling life. Coaches can inspire this willingness.
Dear Universe
April 10, 2009, By Tara, Life Coach
So I remembered a great coaching homework I assigned to a client recently. As you know I believe in the power of gratitude and that the Universe will provide if you have faith. So while in a session with a client my creativity fairy came out and decided that it may be beneficial to my client to write a letter.
Britney as Life Coach
April 10, 2009, By Creative Loafing
I can hardly stop laughing long enough to write this blog item, but I’ll try. Here’s what’s so funny: Britney Spears is giving people advice on how to live their lives.
CityMommy Interviews Mothercraft
April 9, 2009, By Dayna
Mothercraft is a life coaching company that empowers moms to make unique career choices, to parent purposefully and craft truly amazing lives. We help really smart, high-achieving mommies get unstuck from the obstacles that that are holding them back and create the career, family & relationships they want. We’re all about a mom’s growth and development, and everything that happens to her‚Äî inside and out‚Äî from the moment she becomes a mom.
Executive/Business Coaching Blogs
How Much Does Your Penny Cost?
April 14, 2009, By Justin Lukasavige
I help individuals and businesses who are struggling nearly every day, doing things the way they’ve always been done, afraid to try something new. In the current Business Coaching Group that I’m leading, I pointed out on the very first day that the economy has changed.
Time to Vent, Time to Coach
April 8, 2009, By Adam Hayes
As a consultant, I’ve seen this situation play out at numerous client sites and the worst possible thing that can occur is trying to coach the individual parties involved while tempers are flaring. Think back to when you were a kid.
Books, Products, & Services
A Little Life Coaching from Maria Celeste Arrar√°s
April 13, 2009, Latina – New York, NY, USA
Through a series of anecdotes, she takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the cutthroat world of television and talks about the obstacles (divorce and betrayal from a personal assistant, for starters) she’s had to conquer in order to make it to the top of her personal and professional life.
The Wisdom Tradition from the Jewish Scriptures: Helpful for Women?
April 11, 2009, Examiner.com – USA
Accepting life as it comes is a hallmark of this book. The Wisdom tradition provided a simple kind of life coaching to the ancient Jews.
Publicity Releases
Life Coach to Visit CL
April 10, 2009, Northwest Herald – Crystal Lake, IL, USA
Marshall Goldsmith, a life coach, will offer a free session from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. April 23 at Crystal Lake Holiday Inn, 800 S. Route 31. Goldsmith will offer personal and professional advice to those in attendance.
Jas Darar Received Double Honors at ActionCOACH’s 2009 EMEA Conference
April 2009, Franchising.com (press release) – London, UK
The conference culminated into an Awards Dinner to honor the “best of best” in business coaching from the regions of Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Neurofeedback, a True Approach to Holistic Life Coaching in San Diego
April 2009, PR-USA.net (press release) – San Diego, CA, USA
Holistic Life Coaching, a San Diego based wellness center, now employs painless and drug free modalities through an emerging and effective treatment called Neurofeedback.
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