We can look to Socrates as an early coach of sorts and later on Aristotle as well. Both men set the stage for all ethical guidelines that evolved in professions over centuries

When we think of Ethics in a profession, we may get lost in legalistic discussions of rules, rubrics, and detailed guidelines of how professionals should behave.  Simplifying that to a common-sense approach may help make the application more simple, clear, and practical.

This whole idea of supervision is misguided. Who supervises the supervisors? Is this just another monetized certification?

I recently returned from an 18-day personal odyssey with nine men into the deep bush of Tanzania. This journey was both an opportunity to be “unplugged” from my normal routine of work and personal life, as well as a learning experience about two tribal societies who represent ancient ways of living with the earth. Our tour was called Back to …

It is a measure of energy, focus and satisfaction, not a static attempt to get high scores and then achieve balance.

In our coaching engagements, we model and may even teach the power of pause…. a purposeful use of silence and focused listening giving us and our clients time to slow down and hear our inner voice.

Wellness is the integration, balance, and harmony of one’s mind, body, spirit, and emotions in which all parts of the individual are working in balance and harmony.

As the ways in which we can communicate online become more common and available, so do the ways in which we can offer our services to and connect with our clients.

Published in, and reproduced with permission from, choice, the magazine  of professional coaching __________ I believe we need the inhabitants of this planet to exhibit ideals and values and then to live in congruence with those ideals and values. When I think of what the process of coaching brings to others, the words that come to my mind are connection, …

Life coaching seems to be revealing itself as an evolutionary step beyond traditional therapy. Traditional therapy will not become extinct, but rather it will increasingly serve only those clients who need clinical services.