Tomorrow's
Life Coach In This Issue:
Tomorrow's Life Coach (TLC) is a monthly online journal from the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT) that nourishes the intellect, intuition and inspiration of the personal and business coaching community. Pat's Ponderings - The Attitude of Graditude With the increase in turmoil in the world it is easy to get wrapped up in a negative world view. However, there is always much to be grateful for and the attitude of gratitude actually makes us more aware and positive in the midst of the mainstream media’s obsession with reporting the negative . . . and our frequent desire to watch it. Researchers in Positive Psychology are confirming in numerous studies that frequent demonstrations of gratitude will assist you in being happier and healthier. Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition, lists the following synonyms for gratitude:
This season of the year is a universal time to celebrate the harvest in age-old traditions of thanksgiving. We in the coaching industry can be part of harvesting the best from our clients and ourselves. Even amidst the strife of today, we do have much to be grateful for, and we can acknowledge this for our clients as well. Jerry Loper writes on a blog called www.suite101.com,
May 19, 2008: University of California Davis psychology professor Robert Emmons indicates that "Grateful people take better care of themselves and engage in more protective health behaviors like regular exercise, a healthy diet, (and) regular physical examinations." His research finds that grateful people tend to be more optimistic, a characteristic that boosts the immune system. Begin the Day with GratitudeDavid Pollay, in "A Daily Dose of Awe and Gratitude" describes a process of beginning each day with a few moments spent in awe of something beautiful or fascinating, and feeling gratitude for the experience. (Positive Psychology News Daily, March 3, 2007) University of Virginia Psychologist Jonathan Haidt and Dacher Keltner, University of California-Berkeley Psychology professor, noted that "People consistently report that experiences of awe and elevation have profound outcomes, motivating self-improvement, personal change, altruistic intentions and actions, and the devotion to others and the larger community." (Character Strengths and Virtue, Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman)
So, my request to all of you reading this is to start the practice of daily gratitude for your own life, and share random acts of gratitude with your fellow human travelers here on Planet Earth. Pat Patrick Williams Ed.D., MCC Monthly ILCT-CPH Teleconference - Case Studies: Real Liabilty ClaimsPlease join Dr. Patrick Williams, President and CEO of the Institute for Life Coach Training, author of Law and Ethics in Coaching, and Sara Duiven, Marketing Manager of CPH & Associates on December 7th for a discussion focused on Case Studies: Real Liabilty Claims. During this 60-minute conference call Pat and Sara will be discussing actual claims they have seen and the lessons counselors and coaches can learn from them, plus fielding specific questions submitted during registration. Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Fee: no charge (long distance charges may apply) Introduction to Coaching Calls: Join us for a one-hour class that will introduce you to the wonderful career of Life Coaching. We want to share our excitement with you and give you information to help you decide if life coaching is for you! Fee: No charge. (Long distance charges may apply).
November 7th: REGISTER NOW November 21st: REGISTER NOW Time - both dates: 2:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time Pat's Coaching Forum - Coaching Specialties in Health and Wellness Join Dr. Patrick Williams and Jim Strohecker, CEO and co-founder of HealthWorld Online (www.healthy.net), for a discussion of Coaching Specialties in Health and Wellness. The topics to be discussed are:
Date: Tuesday, November
25, 2008 Fee: No charge (long distance charges may apply)
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for CLCs This list is being offered as a free service to assist individuals in identifying and selecting coaches best suited for their particular need. If you have your Certified Life Coach credential, and have not registered — Sign up now Coaching From the Inside Out by Patrick Williams, Ed.D., MCC Life Purpose…the elusive answer to the musical question, “What’s it all about?” (from the movie Alfie). As a clinical psychologist, the clients who came to see me rarely brought up the subject of life purpose. As psychotherapy clients, they were seeking to make their lives more satisfactory, more functional. Coaching clients, who presumably are mostly healthy individuals wanting to make some life changes, are more apt to respond to questions and conversations about life purpose, calling or meaning. Psychological theorists Williams James, Carl Jung, Roberto Assagioli, Abraham Maslow, Alfred Adler, Viktor Frankl and others did write about life purpose and did cite many examples of the topic in their work with patients. Carl Jung is probably best known for his theories of ages and stages of life, noting that midlife and beyond (after age 40) most humans begin to search for spiritual meaning, and heed callings for some shift in discovering and then living their life purpose. I have found that much of my coaching soon gets into the life purpose discussion, and clients who get more clarity about their purpose and unique calling for their life, then make decisions and choices that fit with that new understanding. Since I started using the phrase Inside Out in 1998, it has become much more common in the personal and professional development arena. But the concept remains valid, if not unique. This work in the human arena demands that the coach have experience in learning, growing, and living from the Inside Out. As a rule, people are taught instead to live from the Outside In. They are not taught how to examine their own lives through the lens of fulfillment. Coaches need to be models for their clients. It increases coaches’ authenticity, which is key to life coaching. Coaches ask clients to probe deeply into their lives — their values, priorities, goals, and obstacles to fulfillment. Coaches must have done — and continue to do — the same work themselves. Great coaches know that coaching is as much an art as it is a skill. They have committed themselves to fully mastering the way of being that they coach their clients to attain. They are models of what it means to fully learn, to be fully effective, and to create a fulfilling life. As a coach, you are committed to modeling how it is to either be living a fulfilling life or be on the path to creating that for yourself. Your way of being is as critical to the way you coach as are your skills. This is the responsibility you carry — to model what you coach others to do and to be. Living this commitment will stretch you, which is why coaching is inter-developmental. It develops and grows both you and the client. What is life purpose? This pattern takes place in the lives of so many people because each of us has a life purpose that has, we believe, been with us since we were very young. At moments when we experienced a profound sense of being in the flow — being in the right place, at the right time, using our gifts — we are likely to be living out our life purpose. Life purpose calls us forth. It may be a calling we answer, something larger than our small selves, that deeply connects us with others, with what is larger than ourselves. Gregg Levoy in his book Callings (Three Rivers Press, 1998), eloquently illustrates how discovering one’s life purpose often begins with a sense of experiencing a calling. Bookstore shelves are filled with information about our contemporary search for meaning. We know that life purpose has become an important focus for many people; The Purpose Driven Life (New York: Zondervan 2002) has become the biggest selling self-help book of all time. The importance of knowing life purpose. The paradoxes of our time have been summed up well by His Holiness the Dalai Lama:
As we live with these paradoxes, we have lost sight of the importance of being in life. Many people in the United States and throughout the industrialized nations misguidedly believe that the only way to have what we want is to work hard and long. There is an alternative: Be who you are first. When you focus on being first, this lets you do what you want to do, which lets you have what you need. We need to allow ourselves to be first; the rest will follow. Discovering our life purpose focuses our attention on the essence of who we are — our be-ing. As some wise person said, if we were designed to be human do-ings, we would have been called that.
The Ambassador of Life Coaching - An interview with Dr. Patrick Williams at CoachesBuzz.com! From CoachesBuzz.com: Bottom-line... Opportunity is yours to tend to...
...and it's there waiting for you when you are ready! " Listen to the recording at CoachesBuzz.com Pat Williams at the Chicago Coaching Federation - November 10th. Join The Chicago Coach Federation at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (6300 N. River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018) for the November meeting where Dr. Patrick Williams will speak on Transpersonal Coaching: Mind, Body and Spirit. Today, more than ever, coaching is attracting clients who are willing and desirous to engage in deeper conversations beyond their business success or leadership skills. Behind those "door openers" are the depth of transpersonal, whole person, deep conversations of meaning, purpose, and spirituality. Dr. Williams will present brief summaries of key theorists of transpersonal psychology and their connection to coaching today. In addition, attendees will participate in experiential learning of techniques and tools that not only resonate with their total being, but tools they can take with them to use with clients in a strategic and acceptable manner. Chicago Coach Federation is a local chapter of the International Coach Federation (ICF), and the premier resource for all things coaching in the Chicagoland area through powerful programs and community involvement. ICF Conference - Montréal, Québec, Canada - November 12-15, 2008
This year's ICF Conference Education Steering Committee has put a tremendous amount of effort into building a conference program that provides exceptional education opportunities for coaches whether they're new to the profession or have years of experience. The 2008 ICF Annual International Conference will be held at the Palais des congres de Montréal in Montréal, Québec, Canada on November 12-15, 2008. Over 1,700 attendees are expected to convene for this global event. Pat and many of the ILCT staff will be in attendance - we hope to see you there! Informational Call: 360 Assessments - December 10, 2008 Join Dr. Tom Krapu on December 10th at 11:00 a.m. Eastern for an informational call on his new 360 Assessments Course, beginning January 14, 2009. 360 surveying tools are powerful tools to mirror back to a coaching client how they are seen in the world. This makes them a quintessential developmental tool. This course will introduce 360 surveys and teach fundamental principles for using them with your coaching clients. During this call, Dr. Krapu will answer:
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Fee: No charge (some long distance charges may apply). If you have additional questions, please contact Tom at Tom@lifecoachtraining.com To Become Certified as a Coach: Necessary or Not? with Dr. Patrick Williams and Sara Oberg, Marketing Manager, CPH & Associates During this 60-minute call, Pat and Sara discussed the points below and fielded questions asked by participants during registration:
Pat's Coaching Forum - Wellness Inventory, a Holistic Assessment and Life-Balance Program Dr. Patrick Williams interveiwed Jim Strohecker, an e-health pioneer and wellness visionary, CEO and co-founder of HealthWorld Online (www.healthy.net ) about the Wellness Inventory, a holistic assessment and life-balance program which enables coaches to integrate a wellness dimension into their practice. Learn:
Informational Call: ILCT and ICF Credentialing If you considering becoming a professional certified life coach but find the requirements for the different credentialing options a bit confusing, listen to Edwina Adams, ILCT's Director of Operations and Ellen Neiley Ritter, ILCT's Admissions Coordinator, present a one-hour teleconference about how ILCT’s program can help you achieve your professional dreams. Topics included:
Informational Call: Executive Coaching and Development Dr. Patrick Williams and Sandria Simmons discussed the Executive Coaching and Development Class, which included the following topics:
This class will be offered again beginning March 17, 2009. Expand Your Business!
Deepen Your Coaching Skills! Additional classes, details and online registration at our course section. Some schedules may change; check listing or contact Edwina Adams, Administration/Registration, at edwina@lifecoachtraining.com. Where In The World Is Pat Williams? November 10 November 12-15 What Pat Recommends
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