Alright, folks, let’s talk life coaching – the profession that everyone seems to say that they practise. Only the truth is… that they’re usually not. Because even if you learned a coaching course, this doesn’t make you a professional coach. Not until… (wait, we’ll explain). But first, what is life coaching? Life coaching is all …
If we had a time machine and could predict what our future would be like… But we don’t. A potential student was asking: how could she know that she’ll be making a living out of coaching? Many people who are coming to our courses have that wish and this question. What I tell them is …
Imagine that it’s Christmas Eve: You just heard that your best friend’s daughter needs to go through an urgent and unexpected operation to remove her appendix. The operation finished around midnight. You get into the car and drive to your friend’s house to collect some essentials for her to sleep in, shower, and change as …
Our answer is: that it is better for them if they do. A person who has been through a meaningful process of self-development is by nature going to be one who will find it easier to foster such a growth process for someone else. And isn’t this what coaching is? So yes, in a way, …
When a friend said that he doesn’t want to go to coaching because he doesn’t want someone to tell him what to do, I realised how mistaken people could be when it comes to understanding what coaching is about. Like many things, it’s easier to explain what it is not: ❌ Coaching is not telling …
1. Listening to others is something you enjoy – When you are curious, when you manage to help people share what’s on their mind, and when you are giving people your full attention you feel good. 2. Helping others makes you happy – You are happy to give of your time and energy to other …
Finding the right coaching course can be a very challenging thing. After all, you need to know that you’ll learn the type of coaching which suits you and your personality (yes, coaching, like ‘teaching’ or ‘programming’ or ‘HR support’ is a very general world for many types of work in helping people). that you’ll be …
This is how you can quickly improve your listening skills. Listening is not nodding or saying “Mmm… I see”. So what is it then? Watch the video to understand.
We all make the mistake that we think we’re listening well, but in fact, we aren’t. Or we do a job, that is just good enough. So here are 5 simple ways to help you improve your listening instantly. But before we talk about how to improve, let us say one thing: It’s not your …
1. Thrive for personal connection: talk more, and text less. 2. Look the person in the eyes. It’s been proven to create more meaningful connections. 3. Allow for silence to be present. It’s not as scary when you let it happen. 4. Listen to what is being said, but also to the body language of …