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Go to Sleep by Jane Birr

I broke my ribs 12 days ago (don't ask!) and now I am incoherent from a lack of sleep. It has been difficult to sleep when it feels like I am being stabbed to death by a raging Chuckie doll...
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Free Advertising Online by Marcie Thomas

As a solo-preneur or small business owner it is important that local customers are able to easily locate you. Even if you work from home, there is some advantage to advertising your business locally.
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Make Room For Others by Michael J. Pfau

This article will expand on how our significant relationships suffer when we are driven by distraction. Apart from our relationship with Christ our relationships with those in our household have the most impact on our life, and the converse is true. How you live out your life with your family will have eternal significance.
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Doing Nothing by Michael J. Pfau

Last time I wrote how being driven by distraction causes us to respond to impulse and urgency to the detriment of self care and relationships. This has a domino effect in that, when self care and relationships are not adequately met, we find ourselves driven by needs. We often do this unconsciously – how many times do we just need to take a break, go for a walk or rest but instead we decide to eat something? Even though needs may go unnoticed they do have a strong influence on our
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Are Action Steps Essential? by Dr. Keith E. Webb

If the practice of coaching were to be boiled down to it's two core functions you are left with reflection for insights and action steps for application. Yet, some people struggle with coaching action steps. They view stimulating reflection as virtuous and the main job of a coach, while generating action steps as too pragmatic and therefore optional.
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Driven by Distraction by Michael J. Pfau

Recently I’ve sensed a trend in my life which you may be able to relate to: I am distracted! More specifically I have found myself distracted by modern life. The ease at which I am…
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Marketing Your New Christian Coaching Business by Marcie Thomas

Are you at a loss when it comes to marketing your New Christian coaching business? Most of those individuals drawn to coaching do not have a strong marketing background or have ever aspired to gain one…
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Biggest Marketing Challenge? by Marcie Thomas

What’s your biggest business launching or marketing challenge? Take our survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K6N2T6K. We’ll share the compiled results with those who take the survey. All responses are anonymous. There is a level of comfort in knowing that…
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Life Coaches Solve Problems by Marcie Thomas

Are you having problems finding paying clients? Does your target audience know that you can solve their problems? People pay to get problems solved. Therefore, coaches need to position marketing messages in terms of being…
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New Coaches Need to Brand! by Marcie Thomas

Not to oversimplify, but branding is simply having a cohesive look and a cohesive message. Put another way, it’s the packaging and communicating of what you do, whom you serve and how you stand out…
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Group Coaching: Efficient and Effective by Chris McCluskey, PCC

We are all looking for ways to be more efficient. Both coaches and clients want to make the best use of our time and money. Efficiency requires more than economizing - it must be effective. When coaches need to "work smarter, not harder", we want to serve more clients in less time and generate more income. When clients need to "do more with less", they want powerful results in less time at lower cost. Group coaching meets these requirements. Group coaching has lagged behind as the field of coaching has grown. A quick search for books revealed none - not one - that addressed coaching in the manner in which the ICF and professional coaches define the field
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Transformissional Coaching: Empowering Leaders in a Changing Ministry World

TransforMissional Coaching adds to a growing collection of books on coaching in ministry. The book's unique contributions are around coaching Post-modern leaders, coaching from a holistic missional mind-set, and coaching out of character and relational authority...
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Coaching Transitions: Walking with Leaders in the Turning Points of Life

All leaders go through times of transition, where God is uniquely shaping and equipping them for the next phase of their life or ministry. Coaching Transitions is a live coach training session on two CDs with coach trainer and author Tony Stoltzfus. A downloadable Coaching Transitions handout (free with the CDs) includes diagrams, coaching models, tools, and plenty of...
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A Leader’s Life Purpose Handbook: Calling and Destiny Discovery Tools for Christian Life Coaching

A Leader's Life Purpose Handbook by Tony Stoltzfus is clearly one of the best Life Purpose Coaching books on the market. Tony offers a clear definition of life purpose coaching that will be readily understood and applicable. This book is filled with coaching concepts, skills, and practical exercises...
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Coaching for Christian Leaders by Linda Miller and Chad Hall

Linda Miller and Chad Hall have produced a helpful introduction to Christian coaching. The strength of the book lies in its balance of explaining coaching skills, benefits, and uses of coaching in Christian ministry. The "how to" section of the book is roughly half the book...
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