You’ve just started a coaching appointment, and the first thing you discover is that the person sitting across from you didn’t do half of his action steps—for the second week in a row. Do you…
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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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“That’s a very interesting situation.  What do you think you could do?”

What is the possibility for growth that is presented in this moment?  When understanding is reached we begin turning our child’s attention…
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Your executive coach training probably included the recommendation to have your clients visualize a desired result or a new insight. Do you know why?
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I am, sometimes to my dismay, our home’s IT Expert. What that really means is that when something goes wrong, I get to try to fix it. When internet connectivity problems kept me busy all of last week, it caused me to reflect on what happens in my personal life when I am not aware of the “default settings” that keep me stuck where I am, rather than moving forward into the life God wants me to live.
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This drove Felicia to her knees in prayer: she got honest with herself about who she is, what she believed and what she really wanted to do.
What is that still small voice whispering to you?
Where do you need to trust in the Lord?
In what ways will you reinvent?
What action will you take today?
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What a privilege we have to prepare our children for life beyond the shelter of our homes.  As our children mature, we have the privilege of releasing greater responsibility to them as they…
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“On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and myrrh.”
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I don’t feel depressed. I haven’t lost interest in these things. I just don’t do them. I’m excited about the possibility to accomplish my goals and the idea of being an independent woman, but I have trouble acting on it. I don’t have trouble dreaming about the life I want, but I don’t know why I don’t do what it takes to make it happen. What the heck is wrong with me? How do I get that focus and discipline now that I am out of such an oppressive and damaging marriage?
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I am reminded of the Christmas song lyrics, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” But, so many people do not really experience the desired wonder and peace of the holiday season because they are overwhelmed! Christmas parties, traveling, desserts, cold weather, family traditions, shopping, visits from friends and family, and the stressful list goes on and on
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At a coaches conference a few weeks ago we were doing an exercise about leadership. In answer to the question “How do I see myself?” the keynote, a coach herself said: “fraud.” A room of one hundred coaches sat in stunned silence. Then she asked “who else?” Hands went up all over the room…..including mine.
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While trying to encourage her son to eat his dinner one evening, my friend quoted the well-known saying, “You are what you eat,” hoping it would be the motivation necessary to cause him to heartily eat his vegetables with gratitude. His response, however, was not what she anticipated, and made everyone in the room roll with laughter.
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This is a guest post by Susan Fleming of Electronic Marketing Success.

When was the last time you pulled out that list of goals you wrote sometime around the beginning of the year? You…
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I couldn’t help but notice a young man who was pacing the floor, complaining and fussing about having to wait over thirty minutes for his car. He was making quite a scene, and interestingly enough, the book he brought to read was getting crumpled in his hands.
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For Christians, the first “bite” is to acknowledge that we can’t do it alone. We need each other and we need empowerment from the Holy Spirit. When we begin to rely on our own strength to reach our goals, we are setting ourselves up for failure.
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