Tomorrow's Life Coach (TLC) is a monthly online
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inspiration of the personal and business coaching
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Pat's Ponderings
"There is no way to peace.
Peace is the way." These
immortal words spoken by Gandhi are the only truth
about peace that will lead to its ever being realized
in our world. (Read Peace
is the Way by Deepak Chopra) You and I must strive
toward peaceful living in our homes, with our families,
our communities and our world. That means to be purposeful
and conscious of our actions and communications
every day. And when we find ourselves not at peace,
act! Do something peaceful, or "peace-creating." Be
anonymously kind to someone, or be of service to a stranger.
Give a gift for no reason other than that of love.
We all can be less apathetic and more responsible
(response able). What daily actions are you taking for
peace? What self-limiting beliefs about the world and
about other cultures are you not challenging? Anger
and violence seem to be dominating human attitudes today
and yet I know that there are millions of quiet peacemakers.
Maybe it is time to be more vocal, more actionable,
and more authentic. How can we find ways to mobilize
our "global warming" amongst humans that I
wrote about in the last newsletter?
John F Kennedy said "those
who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent
revolution inevitable."
It has been 40 years since Martin Luther King was assassinated
for being a peacemaker, but his powerful words still
ring true, "Mankind must evolve
for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,
aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such
a method is LOVE."
Transforming the structures we have created — corporate,
judicial, governmental, and others — that don’t
support peaceful, life-enriching connections between
us.
And in The Anatomy of Peace by the
Arbinger Institute, the the character
of Yusuf says, "lasting
solutions to our outward conflicts are possible only
to the extent we find real solutions to our inner ones."
Peace is the way, and the path begins within us, then
we can journey toward peace with others in our community
and hopefully that will spread.
"Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely
a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does
to himself. All things are bound together. All things
connect." Chief Seattle.
How can you help? What will you do differently? Send
your ideas and thoughts to me at ideas@lifecoachtraining.com.
Pat
Patrick Williams Ed.D., MCC
Chief Energizing Officer, ILCT
Former Curriculum Consultant for the Coaching Certificate Program
of Fielding University
Department Chair, Professional Coaching, International University
of Professional Studies Biography
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ILCT is launching our long-standing
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I loved this class! And I had made up my mind
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Leport, Fresh Perspectives
In 2006 Dr. Patrick Williams was named The Foundation
of Coaching's First Global Visionary Fellow, at which
time he received a small grant to begin a project
he called "Coaching
the Global Village." (The Foundation of Coaching,
an independent non-profit organization supporting
coaching worldwide). His idea was to train volunteers
in a group coaching process so they could help
people combat hunger, poverty, lack of education,
and other challenges to which a professional coach
approach could be applied.
To date he as selected his Wisdom
Circle/Advisory Board which met several times
during 2007 to plan the first trainings. Two pilot
trainings have been scheduled for early 2008!
One with the Board of AmeriCorps in Lansing, Michigan,
January 28th and 29th. AmeriCorps is a network of
national service programs that engage Americans
in intensive service to meet the nation’s
critical needs in education, public safety, health,
and the environment.
A second with YouthZone in Glenwood Springs, Colorado,
February 17th - 23rd. YouthZone is dedicated to
providing oppportunities for all youth to become
responsible, contributing members of society. They
work with youth, their families, and the community
toward this end.
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Where In The World Is Pat Williams?
February 17-23
Glenwood Springs, CO
Coaching
the Global Village with YouthZone.com - Pilot Coach
Training CoachingtheGlobalVillage.com
Deepak Chopra expands on Mahatma Gandhi's famous
quote, teaching us how to expand awareness,
stop reacting out of fear, and reject war—one
person at a time.
As Dr. Chopra says, "Violence may be innate
in human nature, but so is its opposite: love.
The next stage of humanity, the leap we are
poised to take, will be guided by the force
of that love."
In every interaction, every conversation and
in every thought, you have a choice – to
promote peace or perpetuate violence. International
peacemaker, mediator and healer, Dr. Marshall
B. Rosenberg shows you how the language you
use is the key to enriching life.
Speak Peace is filled with inspiring stories,
lessons and ideas drawn from over 40 years of
mediating conflicts and healing relationships
in some of the most war torn, impoverished,
and violent corners of the world. Speak
Peace offers insight, practical skills, and powerful
tools that will profoundly change your relationships
and the course of your life for the better.
"Through an intriguing story of parents
struggling with their troubled children and
with their own personal problems, The Anatomy
of Peace shows how to get past the preconceived
ideas and self-justifying reactions that keep
us from seeing the world clearly and dealing
with it effectively. Yusuf al-Falah, an Arab,
and Avi Rozen, a Jew, each lost his father at
the hands of the other's ethnic cousins. As
the story unfolds, we discover how they came
together, how they help warring parents and
children to come together, and how we too can
find our way out of the struggles that weigh
us down. The choice between peace and war lies
within us."
In 2006, U.S. News and World Report listed
coaching as one of the 10 top growing professions.
The first edition of Therapist as Life Coach,
published in 2002, anticipated this trend, and
since its publication it has become a standard
for therapists who wish to transition or expand
their practices into life coaching. Pat Williams
and Deborah C. Davis have revised their classic
practice-building book for today's therapists
and future coaches. Every chapter in this second
edition has been updated and rewritten, reflecting
the growth of the coaching field and its increasing
appeal to not only therapists, but all helping
professionals.
If your answer is yes to any one of
these, you need to read this book!
Those who choose to travel the road of success
must also travel the road of continuing education.
Success is about being prepared. Every time
you read a book that contains the experiences
of successful people, you are advancing on your
own personal road to success whatever that work
means to you.
The authors in this book will help you expand
your horizons and gain a whole new perspective
on how to achieve success!
With his bestselling Therapist as Life Coach,
Pat Williams introduced the therapeutic community
to the career of life coaching. Now, Williams,
founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training
(ILCT), and Menendez, senior trainer at ILCT—both
master certified coaches extraordinaire—reveal
all the basic principles and crucial strategies
that they have taught to thousands of coaches
over the years. Beginning with a brief history
of the foundations of coaching and its future
trajectory, Becoming a Professional Life
Coach takes readers step-by-step through
the coaching process, covering all the crucial
ideas and strategies for being an effective,
successful life coach, including:
Listening to, versus listening for, versus
listening with;
Establishing a client's focus;
Giving honest feedback and observation;
Formulating first coaching conversations;
Asking powerful, eliciting questions;
Understanding human developmental issues;
Reframing a client's perspective;
Enacting change within clients;
Helping clients to identify and fulfill
core values, and much, much more.
REVIEWS:Being
a truly effective ally of another person
requires us to know both what to do and
how to be; Becoming a Professional Life Coach gives us both.
While the task of creating a comprehensive
training text on the broad field of life
coaching is quite daunting, Patrick Williams
and Diane Menendez take it on with what
appears to be real joy and they master it.
The reader is both instructed and inspired
cover to cover. The challenge of doing more
than producing another coaching "cookbook" is
met and exceeded with an excellent integration
of both practical technique and well grounded
theory.
Becoming a Professional Life Coach integrates
what is sometimes missing in much coach
training, such as Prochaska's Stage
of Readiness For Change. The book takes
terms which have become well-worn catch
phrases, such as fulfillment and empowerment,
and infuses them with new life, helping
the coach to truly understand their
meaning, importance and their use. Becoming
a Professional Life Coach will become
the touchstone in the field of training
life coaches. Michael Arloski, Ph.D.,
PCC, author of Wellness
Coaching For Lasting Lifestyle Change.
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