Archive for July 2009
When we do coach training for a local church, we’re hoping for two separate results: transformation for those who will eventually be coached and transformation for the coach him or herself. The latter is often a surprise for the trainees because that’s not why they signed up – they wanted to help others but didn’t give much thought to what God might be up to in their own lives.
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Posted in Coaching and the Church Guest Posts by Russ Rainey Jul 31st, 2009 |
Tags: Benefits of Coaching, Church, Impact of Coaching, Life Purpose and Destiny |
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What we do is hang on to hope for a failing coach-client relationship (or others), a job that we know we need to leave, a habit that isn't working anymore, a closet full of things we never use...
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Posted in Career Coaching by Tanya Smith Jul 30th, 2009 |
Tags: Action Steps, Life Purpose and Destiny, Listening, Work |
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What would happen if we applied the principle of fasting to our conversation or words? What would be the benefits? What would happen if we were intentional about eliminating toxic words from our vocabulary?
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Posted in Wellness Coaching Guest Posts by Sharon Graham Jul 27th, 2009 |
Tags: Accountability, Action Steps |
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It is interesting to me that the holidays God gave to the Israelites were called feasts. They were times of enjoying food together. Indeed, times of mourning were marked by fasting or the barest forms of sustenance.
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Posted in Wellness Coaching Guest Posts by Sharon Graham Jul 27th, 2009 |
Tags: Health, Nutrition |
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Missionaries want to proclaim the good news of Jesus. So, they do evangelism, baptize and disciple believers, and preach during worship services. God uses these activities to build His kingdom. These activities tend to flow…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Jul 26th, 2009 |
Tags: Asking, How To..., Obstacles |
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Missions coaching is a new and exciting part of the Christian Coaching movement, with great potential to support the expansion of God's kingdom around the world. We have an opportunity, as missions coaches, to cooperate…
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Posted in Missions Coaching by MCC Moderator Jul 24th, 2009 |
Tags: Coaching Community |
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As I was staring at the fitness program, Wii Fit, wondering why I'd spent the money only to stare at the box, I realized that I have played this "game" before with myself. I've done it again & again. Let me walk you through the cycle...
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Posted in Career Coaching by Tanya Smith Jul 19th, 2009 |
Tags: Accountability, Goals, Life Balance |
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So does training and certification plus business savvy equal coaching success? No. There are other components of success as well. At my last post I promised to share my thoughts on remaining key factors for coaching…
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Posted in Training & Certification by Linda Hedberg Jul 14th, 2009 |
Tags: Become a Coach, Training |
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Keith Webb wrote in "Coaching Tip: A 3 Questions Debrief", that "the true value of coaching comes through reflecting and learning from what we do". As missions coaches, we may make transitions from culture to…
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Posted in Missions Coaching by MCC Moderator Jul 12th, 2009 |
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From a Christian perspective we are expected to "be still." The exact verse is "Be still and know that I am God." With practice you can learn how to be still and hear His voice. At first your mind will wander. You will think about your to do list and things like, what to cook for dinner, or your grocery list.
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Posted in Wellness Coaching Guest Posts by Sharon Graham Jul 8th, 2009 |
Tags: Life Balance, Personal Growth |
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Restaurants, movie theaters, dry cleaners and the like can really benefit from a local listing with the major search engines, but what about your coaching practice? Would you like to be found by more people…
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Posted in Web Marketing by Beth Cole Jul 8th, 2009 |
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There is no distinction as to how we should worship, when we worship, or even where - it simply says "WORSHIP". Often, we think in terms of separate categories of our lives. Even coaches talk about the "wheel of life" and segment out career...
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Posted in Career Coaching by Tanya Smith Jul 8th, 2009 |
Tags: Life Purpose and Destiny, Work |
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We’re passionate about coaching and educating others on how they can obtain and maintain wellness and walk in optimal health, ultimately fulfilling their God-given destiny while here on earth. When we walk in wellness, we’re also walking in wholeness. As a coach we can not only partner with our clients toward this end, we can also model wholeness for them as we pursue walking in wholeness ourselves.
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Posted in Wellness Coaching by Sharon Graham Jul 7th, 2009 |
Tags: Action Steps, Health |
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My husband eventually had to take over the cooking, cleaning, shopping, and more, while I managed only to minimally homeschool my children and keep Charis Childbirth afloat. I had to let another small business go under because I just couldn't do it.
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Posted in Wellness Coaching Guest Posts by Sharon Graham Jul 7th, 2009 |
Tags: Health, Personal Growth |
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Anyone who's worked on a church leadership team knows the spiel about team values: Here's what we believe is important; here are the behaviors and attitudes we promote in our organization. Although often borne out of a noble desire among the leaders, these "organizational values" often fail to enlist or even inspire the people within the organization, and are typically perceived as an attempt to control them rather than free them up, a vaguely threatening reminder that "Big Brother is watching." So why does this happen?
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Posted in Coaching Ministry Leaders by Michael Warden Jul 7th, 2009 |
Tags: Leadership, Teams and Teambuilding, Values |
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