By Gabriela Eikeland Negative Self-Talk and its level of intensity: What are we focusing on ? Approximately 60,000 thoughts are running through our head on a daily basis (DeVillers, Julia. 2002), and even though we might have the tendency to put in a lot of energy interpreting and analyzing these thoughts – we often don’t …
Tag: Coaching
Aug 28
Video Tip: Do You Have Mindworm?
In this video tip, I explain what a mindworm is and how to make sure it’s not effecting your business adversely.
Aug 04
List of Life Coach Training Programs
Recently I surveyed my LinkedIn group of life coaches to find out what coach training programs they had taken so I could compile a list of them. I knew that there were many available that you couldn’t necessarily find just through a Google search. In the initial survey, over 60 possibilities emerged and I have …
Jun 03
Video Tip Lesson from Mars
Here’s a business lesson I learned from the probe “Curiosity” that landed on Mars in 2012. What do you think about this? Watch Nasa’s “7 Minutes of Terror” here.
Sep 29
Don’t Make This Mistake #4
Once you have a system in place for generating leads with an enticing offer, and regularly communicating with them, you may think that this is all you need to be successful. But it isn’t if you are making this mistake: charging by the hour instead of the package. This is another mistake many coaches make, …
Aug 12
What you don’t know about PowerPoint slide design is hurting your results!
My first encounter with computer software was when I was doing architectural renderings for a construction company in the 90’s and they asked me to learn AutoCad. The textbook was 300 pages and I found out later that the author, Ellen Finkelstein, was on faculty at the local university in my town. Years later I …
Jul 08
Are You Doing What You Most Want? by Carl Stewart
Guest Post by Carl Stewart, IAPLC member “This is your life. Do what you want and do it often. . . . Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them, so go out, and start creating. Life is short, live your dream, and wear your passion.” Are you …
Jun 03
Great Resource for Life Coaches: The Coaching Tools Co.
I love to share great discoveries with colleagues and here’s one you may not know about. It’s a website that carries coaching tools that life coaches can use for themselves and with their clients. So instead of spending your valuable coaching time, creating templates, tools, and other materials from scratch, you have access to hundreds …
Jan 28
Heart’s Desire Goals Can Be Realistic Too
Goal-setting seems to be a hot topic right now, especially at the beginning of the year. Recently I posted a blog about choosing heart’s desires goals versus realistic goals and received over 100 responses on LinkedIn regarding that subject. The main consensus was that they need to be a little of both. When you are …
