If you’re short of time, you can just jump to the numbers at the end, But I wouldn’t miss this vital explanation, long as it is, because it explains the difference between people who succeeds in working as a professional coach and people who just hold a certificate or diploma as decoration for their shelf. …
What?! 27 books?! I was left shocked. Today I spoke to a lady who told me that she’d like to become a coach, and that she’s studying from books and watching webinars. “And how long have you known that you want to be a coach?” I said. “3 years, since we arrived to this country …
When helping someone we love goes well, it feels absolutely great. But then there are those times when it feels as if we’ve reached a dead end. A feeling that we tried and tried, but nothing we do is helping. The person just doesn’t let us in. They just close themselves, and nothing which we’ll …
I can help. I help my friends and family all the time. I’m their shoulder to cry on and I’m good at it. Well… that’s wrong thinking. While being in the place of a “helper” is something which we all naturally do when it’s coming to help friends and family, and while some of us …
“Mum, back off, you’re not helping! It’s just the way it is, OK?! That’s what he says, and then he shut the door in my face again Noa, for the 2nd time this week, and didn’t want to talk. He’s not letting me help him. I see him suffering, stressed, upset. Almost every day is …
Student T was very frustrated and wrote this in her reflection form: “Some stories are complicated in the client’s head too? I wonder how to keep that on track…” Here’s part of what we answered in the reply email, and she was very thankful: You’re right that many stories are complicated in the client’s head …
“Are you ready? Yes, I’m ready.” These are the words that mean coaching can begin. So, to lay out ground rules only makes sense While setting a written agreement, is one of the things which are highly recommended, and sometimes required from us coaches, some coaches find the idea of asking clients to sign a …
If you were to drive from The Hague to Amsterdam, and all of a sudden they would close the tunnel near Schiphol airport, what would you do? Stop there and stay at the entrance to the tunnel? Of course not. You’ll look for an alternative route, even if your sat-nav (whichever you’re using) is still …
First let us say that it’s OK to be concerned. Especially when you’re drawn to service, to helping people. It’s also OK not to be perfect in the coaching course. Here are some of the big fears we hear: “And what if I’ll harm someone while working as a coach?” “And what if I …
I’m sharing with you my answer to an email I received from one of the potential students to the coaching course we are opening soon. I thought that it’s a very good one, and I’m sharing here exactly what I answered her. She wrote: “I’ve one last question before I decide to take the course: How …