What does a spiritual coach do?

What does a spiritual coach do?

What is spiritual coaching? What does a spiritual coach do? It’s a question that is often debated within the coach training room here at Coach Training World and within the coaching profession itself. Spiritual coaching is hard to fit into a singular,...
3 Coaching Traits that Elevate You from Good to Great

3 Coaching Traits that Elevate You from Good to Great

How to deliver more value than your coaching clients imagined possible. You’re interested in coaching. Yet there’s part of you that wonders: will I be good at it? Like most of us, you possess expertise in an area you want to help others with. From leading...
What is the salary of an employed coach?

What is the salary of an employed coach?

This is a great question. Not surprisingly, it’s one we get asked a lot.And the answer is… There are many factors that influence how much employed coaches make. Knowing reliable techniques and how to leverage your strengths and experience helps boost the level of...
How to give yourself a raise: Become your own boss

How to give yourself a raise: Become your own boss

Thinking of starting your own business? Before you dig any deeper here, you should know… I’m biased. Becoming a “CoachPreneur” was the single best choice I ever made. Let’s see what you think after reading this… Every discussion on starting a coaching business should...
The Avalanche Effect Caused by Distrust

The Avalanche Effect Caused by Distrust

Accepting others for who they are actually begins by accepting two critical aspects of yourself first I was immersed in a dreamlike state. Driving south on I-5 with my new boyfriend, a myriad of joyful, tingling feelings energetically pulsed through me. As we sped...
Never Enough Time: 10 Ways To Get Your Time Back

Never Enough Time: 10 Ways To Get Your Time Back

If there is one resource that is truly limited, it’s the time we have. How you spend it deeply impacts how you feel about yourself, your life and others. For example, when you invest your time in helping those who matter to you, it feels really good. But when all of...
8 Benefits of Coaching: Master Your Life, Career & Relationships

8 Benefits of Coaching: Master Your Life, Career & Relationships

As a holistic coach educator, I enjoy sharing with my students all of the ways in which coaching can help their clients transform their lives. But my favorite outcome is what coaching can do for coaches themselves.  Learning how to coach teaches you new ways to think,...
How to Find the Best Coach Training School

How to Find the Best Coach Training School

Coaching is one of the fastest-growing professions in the world. The ability to help others grow and achieve their goals can make you a valuable member of any organization, and it gives you the opportunity to do meaningful work that also pays well. And, if you want to...
How Holistic Coaching Can Help You Make Your Difference

How Holistic Coaching Can Help You Make Your Difference

Achieve your next “Ah-ha!” moment by cultivating a felt experience of success  ‌ ‌The popularity of mindfulness in the West can be traced to Jon Kabat-Zinn, an American professor who studied the mindfulness practices and beliefs of several Buddhist teachers....
5 Steps to Get Your Employer to Pay for Your Coach Training

5 Steps to Get Your Employer to Pay for Your Coach Training

There are many barriers that prevent people from becoming a successful coach. One of the biggest is getting clients. The other (I feel is equal in value) is that they aren’t professionally trained. This lack of training often results in a one-dimensional approach to...
Overcoming the Shadow of Doubt

Overcoming the Shadow of Doubt

Flipping the basement light switch on, my fiancé and I descended into an array of boxes. We were finally taking our first camping trip of the year, at the END of SUMMER. As we gathered our gear, my fiancé grabbed a half-open box and inquired “ When are you going to go...

How to Become a Board Certified Coach (BCC)

Lots of people claim to be a life or business coach. After reading a few self-help books and watching an online video or two, some actually consider themselves qualified to offer what they perceive as “coaching” advice. Coaching, which used to be confused with...
How I became a life coach and started my own coaching business

How I became a life coach and started my own coaching business

Hi! I’m Sheila Anne, a Whole Person Certified Life Coach and ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC).  I wrote this article to help you find your own way into coaching.  If you have questions please ask in the comments box! I was first introduced to life coaching...
Skip your 2022 New Year’s Resolutions

Skip your 2022 New Year’s Resolutions

How many times have you promised yourself on New Years that you’ll finally make the changes you know you need to make. And how long do you honor that promise? I’m no different, but there is a better way to create positive change in your life…  ...
Changing Others: The Impossible Conversation

Changing Others: The Impossible Conversation

Your phone rings. You recognize the Caller ID and send the call to voicemail. Minutes later, your screen fills with “urgent” text messages. It’s “that” friend or family member. The one who always needs to talk to you “right now.” You know the feeling. It’s never fun....
Meet Life Leadership Coach Lou Ionis

Meet Life Leadership Coach Lou Ionis

Meet Life Leadership Coach Lou Ionis (WPCC, PCC) from Portland, Oregon, USA As an ICF Certified Whole Person Coach, Lou’s wide range of experience and skills give him the capacity to tailor leadership development for individuals in any role or industry. With an...
A Deeper Way to Trust: Believing

A Deeper Way to Trust: Believing

Trust is the glue that makes any coaching relationship exponential in its impact. Without it, a coach’s capacity to evoke change in others is hindered and, at times, almost impossible. Cultivating change in others requires their trust in you, your process and, most...
How to prepare for ICF’s Coach Knowledge Assessment (CKA)

How to prepare for ICF’s Coach Knowledge Assessment (CKA)

When you attend an Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP) such as Coach Training World, your final step in your ICF certification process is to complete your Coach Knowledge Assessment (CKA) with the International Coach Federation. Earning an International Coach...
How to Choose the Best Coach Training School for You

How to Choose the Best Coach Training School for You

Becoming a coach is an important decision. One that holds the potential to be absolutely life and career enhancing. Imagine for a moment, being able to bring your whole self into your work, in service of others. Envision the possibilities of being able to help others,...

Introducing Darlene Miller, Career Coach

“When evaluating my fulfillment with work, I realized that advising, coaching and teaching were the parts that gave me energy and joy. I also realized that I was an informal coach and had been long before I knew there was a name for it.” Darlene Miller has spent most...
What happens when we come together?

What happens when we come together?

If your inbox is anything like mine, you probably expected a list of social distancing guidelines when you opened this email. If that’s what you’re looking for, open anything above or below me and chances are good you’ll find it. (Go ahead, I’ll wait here.) Now that...
Taking the LEAP to Starting Your Own Coaching Business

Taking the LEAP to Starting Your Own Coaching Business

Being self-employed is the dream of countless Americans. The idea of working from home, with no boss to worry about. Being able to choose your own office hours and pick those who you work with… It’s a very enticing dream! But the leap from being an employee to...
Our moment is NOW (we may not get another!)

Our moment is NOW (we may not get another!)

Something absolutely beautiful happened this morning: I pulled up the news and was actually inspired by what I saw! Young people are leading the charge for a better world. Countless school children across the globe stand on the front lines of mass protests demanding...
People are our greatest teachers… What have you learned?

People are our greatest teachers… What have you learned?

Have you ever been intimidated, shunned, or duped by someone? It happened early in my design career —an initiation, of sorts. I’d landed a dream-come-true marketing project with a name brand client. Contract. Design. Approvals. Press check. Project completed and...
Why is it so difficult to effectively market yourself as a coach?

Why is it so difficult to effectively market yourself as a coach?

Have you ever had nightmares about doing Show & Tell back when you were a kid? Do you remember those times when all eyes and ears were on you, not to mention the heckling that often accompanied them? Often used as a way to teach kids about public speaking, Show...