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Why I became a Life Coach

Published on February 6, 2013 in Life Coaching and Personal Development. 8 Comments

personal_devI became a life coach because I didn’t feel successful and I didn’t know how to change that. I felt trapped by my circumstance and by my past. I was obsessed with how hard life seemed to be, and anxious because I never thought it would get better.

I didn’t become a coach to help masses of people, or to make money or to find my purpose. I just wanted to find a way for it not to hurt so much and for me to like me.

I wonder if sometimes I disappoint people with this story. It’s definitely not filled with visions of finding my true purpose in life!

In the beginning I worked on me. I focused on challenging my beliefs and my attitude about life. I figured that if I kept ‘blaming’ life for my circumstance, nothing could ever change. So perhaps I would try taking responsibility for my life, instead.

After 37 years of blaming others and hoping it would get better, this was not easy.

I coached for free for some time, as I slowly overcame my limiting beliefs about what I could contribute to create a better life. It was sloooowww going. I was frustrated part of the time and annoyed with myself for most of the time.

It took several months before I finally began to see a true change. It didn’t happen because of any one thing. There is no ‘secret’. It took me focusing on what I could change and influence. It took me taking responsibility for my beliefs and attitudes about what I could do to create my life. And it took me stopping blaming others, my past or my circumstance for everything that went wrong.

I kept coaching for free for months. I needed to learn how to provide value, and to not worry about me when I was meant to be helping them. A big dose of getting over myself was needed, and that took time.

My first paying client is still in my life. She’s in a training with us right now. Nine years later, I can see how far I’ve come. I can also see how far I still want to travel. The difference is, I am now traveling with someone I like (me) and enjoying what comes along.

Becoming a life coach didn’t ‘fix me’, but it did give me the tools to apply to show me how to create the life I want.

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Why did you become a Life Coach?

Published on February 1, 2013 in Life Coaching and Personal Development. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

What better time of year than right now to stop and ask yourself exactly why it is you chose to do what you do.  Why did you become a life coach?

Most of us began our journey in an effort to understand ourselves and get our stuff together.  Perhaps this is true of you, too.  And along the way, something amazing happened.  We realised that this stuff actually works.  We began to witness positive and constructive change happening.  We felt the weight and pain of years begin to dissolve away from our shoulders.  And we knew this was something we had to share.

Consider the implications of your choice to become a Life Coach.  Consider the value of what people have achieved with your assistance:

  • Strengthening and even repairing damaged relationships.   Marriages have been saved with children spared the unfortunate experience of a broken home.  Lucky couples are having the best sex of their lives.
  • Discovering a brand new relationship to money.  Actively planning and building for the future, to achieve their goals.  Valuing themselves enough to value the money that comes their way.
  • Learning to love themselves and through this process, attract loving people.  Becoming well on their way to achieving life-long goals and kick-starting their life in brand new and highly exciting directions.
  • Making their fitness, health and general wellbeing one of their top priorities in life.
  • Connecting with their children on a closer and more fulfilling level, through awareness and understanding of the dynamics and interplay of their relationship with their kids.

Become a Life CoachIn other words,because of your decision to become a Life Coach, because of what you do there are many people who now have a newfound belief in themselves, their abilities and what they can achieve.  They have discovered their drive, motivation and the inspiration to do something meaningful with their lives.  And many, like you, wish to pass on the magic and become life coaches themselves.  Yep, it sure is rewarding.

Here at The Coaching Institute, we are very proud of the calibre of coaches we have trained over the last nine years.  Because of you, thousands of people are now planning on 2013 being their best year yet – full of inspiration, vision and achievement.  Some have quite possibly found hope for the first time in their lives.  Others who decided to become a Life Coach will be taking massive global action and contributing to the future of this planet.

It’s time to acknowledge yourselves and take a bow folks – although keep it short, there’s still much to be done :)

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There’s Never Been a Better Time… A New Year’s Resolution

Published on November 22, 2012 in Life Coaching and Personal Development. 8 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

As 2012 draws rapidly to a close, it’s time to reflect.  Has the year brought you happiness and fulfilment? Did you fulfill last year’s New Year’s Resolution? Did you make the best possible choices you could?  Have you achieved your goals?  Have you helped someone else achieve theirs?

Or… are you no closer to your dreams than you were a year ago.

Consider what is standing in the way of your fulfilment and satisfaction.

If you had the knowledge and understanding of what is at your very core, what drives your behaviour and what has influenced your thinking, do you think it would change your life?

You bet it would, and not only would it change your life, it would enrich and elevate it beyond your wildest dreams.

If you were able to discover the REAL reasons your relationships aren’t working, why your finances are poor or why you struggle with your weight – and discovering this then placed you in the position to turn it all around – wouldn’t you want to know what these reasons were?

Now imagine you have overcome your obstacles and created the life of your dreams. Your relationships are high quality, full of happiness, fulfilment and connection.  Your finances are growing steadily, as your relationship to money has changed and you attract more of it.  You have developed a deeper level of love and self-respect and glowing with vitality.  Everyone wants to be around you.  Everyone wants ‘what you’re having’.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful to go out into the world and help others make the same changes?  To raise their own standards?

It’s never been a better time to decide to change your life.  To be honest with yourself about what’s just not working, and commit to changing it.  Because you can.  Until now, you simply haven’t known how to.

In December, hundreds of coaches will be flocking to The Coaching Institute’s most popular bonus event of the year, ‘Your Best Year Yet’, with Alice Haemmerle.  In this value packed event Alice will be teaching our coaches, their family and friends how to set and achieve their goals, and how to help others to do the same.

Isn’t it time you started to hang out with a community of like-minded positive people who really want to make a difference?

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Dynamic Public Speaking

Published on October 9, 2012 in Personal Development and Uncategorized. 10 Comments

Can you think of any memorable talk or presentation you have ever attended?  One where you were completely captivated and mesmerised?  Where you hung onto every word spoken, your eyes laser-like focused on the personality prowling the stage?

This is the power of personal presence and charisma, and if you are wanting to impress, engage and sell to an audience, it is a crucial muscle you need to start flexing.  Your goal is to have your audience recalling the event long after it has passed.  To be remembered as dynamic, informed, compelling and of value.  For without these your event is highly unlikely to be remembered.

Here are a few tips to getting you on YOUR way to successful, memorable and dynamic speaking! Continue reading ‘Dynamic Public Speaking’

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Moving Past the Fear of Judgement

Published on September 12, 2012 in Personal Development. 0 Comments

Pretty much all of us have at some point felt a fear of being judged by others.  And it’s a curious thing.  If it’s our appearance, we feel low self-esteem.  If it’s where we live, we feel it’s not big enough, clean enough or hip enough.  If it’s our occupation, we dread being asked what we do for a living.  Sometimes we can’t even articulate it.  We feel that who we are, what we have and what we do for a living is somehow not good enough.

Did you just get that?  WE feel these things.

Is it possible that we are the ones judging ourselves?  Is it possible that WE don’t feel we are good enough or have enough?  Is it possible that our own insecurities are inviting the judgement of others?  It is said that confidence is the most attractive feature a person can have, and l couldn’t agree more.  Confidence is never judged.  Confidence is mesmerising and contagious.  People want to be around confident people.  People listen to confident people. Continue reading ‘Moving Past the Fear of Judgement’

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