An evidence-based foundation for coach training and contracting of coaching services is a desired outcome of the research that is being conducted.

I recently was talking to a man living in our community who I have come to respect and who has become something of a teacher for me. His name is Keven O’Brian and he served for many years on a US Aircraft Carrier – the Lexington. Keven told me that the flight deck on an aircraft carrier is one of …

During this fifth year (2018) in publishing The Future of Coaching we made the unprecedented decision to devote three of the four issues to coaching in one sector of society: health care. The first two issues focused on the coaching of healthcare professionals (especially physicians). In this fourth issue, we look at health-related coaching from a different perspective—that of those …

Practitioners of health-based coaching can engage in one or more of the coaching strategies associated with each of four tiers.

In this essay, we rely on a script that has already been written by the original playwright, Erik Erikson—and by subsequent authors and researchers in the field of adult development.

We begin our investigation of generativity with child-rearing and project-building because of the lingering impact these early forms of mature caring have on our lives.

What is required for someone to be generative? What do we need to engage in deep caring?

We’ve assembled a wonderful celebration of the best content of the Library over the last 10 years!  The Table of Contents are below and you can download the whole nearly 300 page book for free using the red download button at the bottom of the page!  Enjoy!   We are excited to bring you this CURATED2017 publication to celebrate the …

We have provided you, our reader, with some thought-provoking essays for your own reflection regarding vulnerability in yourself and your clients.

A very controversial (and some would say “mad”) psychoanalyst, Wilhelm Reich, provided a very insightful observation about the “Character Armor” that some of us wear as a way to protect against vulnerability.