Feb 04

The IAPLC Membership Structure is Expanding

New IAPLC Membership Framework

Introducing the new IAPLC membership framework

Over the past several years in the IAPLC membership, I’ve had thousands of conversations with certified life coaches at very different stages of their journey.

  • Some are newly certified and asking, “Where do I even start?”
  • Some have been trying for years and are quietly wondering why nothing seems to click.
  • And some are experienced, successful coaches who feel oddly isolated at the level they’ve reached.

For a long time, the coaching industry has treated all of these coaches as if they need the same thing.

They don’t.

That recent insight is what led me to redesign the International Association of Professional Life Coaches membership into a clear, three-tier framework—based on stage and need, not upsells or pressure.

Here’s how the new structure works.

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Jan 27

Point Out Your Biggest Benefit Before You Ask for the Sale

Point out your biggest benefitBefore asking for the sale, clarify what changes immediately when she says yes—not someday.

She needs to know why you’re the one who can finally help her move from stuck to successful. When she feels seen, your solution becomes credible.

Your biggest benefit isn’t information. It’s clarity, structure, and support from someone who understands exactly why she’s stuck—and how to move her forward without burning out or starting over.

She needs to know why your approach works when others haven’t, why she doesn’t have to keep figuring this out alone, and why this decision becomes her turning point.

Here are some points to consider:

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Dec 31

From Overwhelmed to On-Track

How Life Coaching Can Improve Mental Well-Being —Without Therapy

From Overwhelmed to On-track

 

Why Overwhelm Has Become So Common

Overwhelm is one of the most frequently reported emotional states. People can be functioning well on the outside, but beneath the surface, they’re feeling mentally strained. They‘re not necessarily experiencing mental illness, but they are experiencing cognitive overload, i.e., too many responsibilities, decisions, and expectations competing for their limited attention and energy. Their mental well-being is at risk.

Not every challenge requires therapy, yet doing nothing often allows stress and burnout to accumulate. As public conversations around mental health have expanded, so has awareness that support exists on a spectrum. This has led many people to seek structured, professional support that focuses on clarity, decision-making, and sustainable change. Credentialed life coaching, when practiced ethically and with proper training, fills that role.

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Dec 22

Dec 2025 Update on 2023 World Peace Assembly

Jeannette and Ellen on 10,000 World Peace Assembly Dec. 2023

Jeannette and Friend on 10,000 World Peace Assembly, Dec. 2023 in India

Since I get requests for updates on the 10,000 assembly I attended in India, 2023-4, I want to share about how the new 10,000 groups are coming together.. (See previous post about the assembly here.)

A report on the scientific study that was done during that assembly has been published, and I want to give you a summary of it because it is very encouraging news. And the first two groups will become active very soon.

First, here is a summary from the report on the scientific study that was done at the time of the assembly:

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Dec 10

5 Keys to Personal Freedom

5 Keys to Personal FreedomWhat comes into your mind when you think about personal freedom? Do you automatically think about money, being rich, having a big house and a new car? Does freedom seem like an impossible dream and loaded with hard work? You might be surprised to hear that the fundamental elements of personal freedom cost nothing. Personal freedom doesn’t require money or effort or luck. It starts with your mindset, and it’s totally up to you to claim it.

Don’t know where to start? Here are the five keys to claiming your personal freedom.

1) Start the day in positive mode

How often do you start the day with a groan when the alarm goes off? That sets you up for a day full of negative assumptions about what’s possible in your life. Try starting the day with a positive mindset. Even before you get out of bed, imagine how you want your day to be. What do you want to achieve? How do you want to feel? Do you want today to be productive, restful, focused?

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Dec 01

Hypnotherapy Techniques in Coaching

Hypnotherapy Techniques for Life CoachingI’m going to do a series of articles that connect you to articles from other coaching experts that I have found valuable for your coaching practice. This first one is on hypnotherapy techniques for coaches, from the Transformation Academy blog.

Hypnotherapy is a powerful mind–body technique that helps clients access deeper levels of awareness, clarity, and receptivity. When people hear the word “hypnotherapy,” they often imagine someone being magically “put under” or losing control. But real hypnotherapy is nothing like that. It’s simply a gentle, cooperative process that works through relaxation, focused attention, and guided suggestion.

In a coaching context, it becomes a supportive tool that helps clients quiet mental noise, uncover limiting beliefs, and tap into the subconscious patterns driving their behavior. Think of it as helping them shift out of everyday mental chatter and into a space where deeper insights can surface.

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Nov 25

Improve Your Life with Positive Self-Talk

positive self-talk

We all know that it’s important to have positive self-talk. Negative self-talk impacts your life in more ways than you can ever imagine. Without realizing it, we become our own worst enemies, stripping ourselves of self-confidence and peace of mind. Left unchecked, this lack of positivity in our lives can start affecting our health, leaving us worried and stressed, unable to relax.

Fixing it? This is actually easier than you think. It all starts with positive self-talk and following these six practical steps.

You start by catching yourself in the act. These three steps will put the brakes on negative self-talk before it can gain a foothold:

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Nov 20

What You Need To Know About Email Deliverability

 

email deliverability

You’re spending a lot of time each week crafting emails to your subscribers, but none of that will do you any good if you don’t have a decent email deliverability rate. If those emails land in your potential customers’ spam folders, you don’t have much of a chance of making a sale or building a relationship with them. Here are three tips that will help ensure that your emails make it to your subscribers’ inboxes.

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Nov 18

Book Review – Shifting Frequencies

Shifting Frequencies-bklt“Shifting Frequencies: Uplift Your Life Using Quantum Healing Activation Technique” by Annett Scheider is a book of transformation. It combines quantum healing techniques that the author has developed with channeled messages from Ascended Masters.

Annett developed her Quantum Healing Activation Technique as an expansion of the Quantum Touch training she received. The original Quantum Touch technique had the healer raise their frequency and thereby raise the frequency of the client to facilitate self-healing.

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Nov 01

How to Use Your Content to Create a Low Cost Course

How to Use your Content to Create a Low Cost CourseDoes this sound familiar: You begin to write a blog post, and before you know it, your “quick update” has turned into a rambling, 3,000 word novelette that covers everything from where to find a graphic designer to how to design a business card.

Now, a 3,000-word blog post can be great for traffic, but only if you’ve kept it tightly focused. But what happens all too often in blog posts (and in course development as well) is that every point covered can bring up a new point to be addressed.

Logo design leads to business card formatting…

Business cards lead to taglines…

Taglines lead to ideal client avatars…

Avatars lead to…well, you get the idea.

The point is, when you strive to provide the very best information for your audience, it’s easy to want to include one more important detail. Soon, you’ve outlined an encyclopedia’s worth of content that overwhelms not only you, but your clients as well.

Here are some steps that can make creating content easier:

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