The gift of relationship is the linchpin of God’s strategy for transforming people. Therefore, if we’re working at change, it would make a lot of sense for us to imitate God’s approach. Coaching does exactly…
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A practical way to work with a Christian coaching client at their allegiance to Christ is to invite them to structure their lives for eternal rewards. In other words, figure out what God rewards, and…
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The pastor looked stunned by my question. He’d expected affirmation for his efforts to defend marriage as one man and one woman at some city commission meetings. “That’s great”, I said, “But when are you going to do something proactive and effective to heal, strengthen and restore marriages in your church?”
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There are many different ways to structure discovering and pursuing one’s life purpose. I have organized the search with a model called the Seven Life Purpose Questions. By organizing around these seven themes, we can…
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Last time, in our quest to motivate and inspire each other to live on purpose in great health for the glory of God, we developed our life vision as well as goals we want to…
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Your executive coaching client must make choices about where to focus his or her time and energy at any given moment.  Innovation can become a low priority if it is not operationalized into strategic goals. …
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One of the beauties of Christianity is that the important things are pretty simple. The on-purpose Christian life simply reflects God’s purposes: to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and to…
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Does your “say” match your “do”? Are you living what you truly say you value? Many of us are good talkers, but are we good walkers?
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In Ephesians 1 Paul discusses our destiny: we were chosen “before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before him” and that we are predestined for adoption as sons. The…
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For Christians, calling comes from God. Allegiance means that I have signed ownership of my life over to the lordship of Christ, and my fulfillment lies in a Kingdom that is not of this world. The idea of letting go of what we can gain in life and living to serve God is one of the distinctives of Christian coaching.
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Who needs some energy? Well, I have good news! We can create some quite easily today and have fun in the process.
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There are a lot of similar terms floating around in life coaching circles, and we aren’t always clear on what each one means. From my work is life coaching, I have found the following list…
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There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in something you do it when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you make sure it gets done.

Commitment speaks of priority…
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Life Coaching is a special coaching niche that focuses on discovering your values and purpose and aligning your life with them. Life coaching is about destiny discovery and alignment. A life coach works toward two things: creating a better future and a better life today.
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As a coach and trainer of coaches – both in academic and corporate settings – I enjoy the questions and conversations surrounding the topic of coach certification. Through the years, I have noticed a lot…
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