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The Teacher Vs The Teachings

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Most of us fail to see the difference between the two – The Teacher & The Teachings.

I woke up to Jeannette Maw’s Blog – Questions about Jerry & LOA and for those of you who didn’t already know, Jerry Hicks has moved on from this life to the next.

I am a big fan of Law Of Attraction and the works of Abraham is what speaks to me, like it does to a lot of you. If you read Jeannette’s blog, she has received quiet a few questions about why Jerry who was an expert, could not have manifested a different reality for himself ( as far as the illness is concerned).

A few years ago, when I stayed in an ashram in Kerala for my Yoga Teachers certification, my guru said to us, ” Don’t confuse the teacher with the teachings”. She didn’t expand of the subject but asked us to contemplate on the statement.

It’s a simple statement which most often we forget. And I think this statement is applicable to the questions raised in case of Jerry.

The way I see it, The Teachings are the message, they show us possibilities. The Teacher is the vessel, they deliver the message.

Teachers can be great examples of the teachings and show individuals with lesser practice, how its done but they don’t have to be. Sometimes they are not and sometimes they are but to a certain extent

That is in no way a reflection on the message of the Teachings. It only means that our Teachers are like us, a practicing human.

Think about Abraham’s message via Jerry and Esther, it always talks about how each of us when connected with the Source, our true self, can achieve / create anything that we can dream of. Never once have I heard them claim that they can do it all.

The ultimate aim of Yoga and Hinduism, is union with Source, for all who are born into this physical world. All the great teachers, started out like an other being but had spiritual realizations at various stages of their lives. Some of them at a very early age and some much later, after a lot of seeking and asking questions.

So are we to hold their actions prior to their spiritual awakening against them? I know I wouldn’t.

The passing of Jerry has certainly stirred the pot and initiated a lot of discussion. So how do you choose to see it?

Are you going to take a path of a victim with no control and dis-believe the potential that you have when aligned with the Source?

OR are you going to see these discussions as a way for more expansion and change in yourselves? And seeing Jerry as someone who started out as just another human, who had the courage to ask the questions that bought more clarity in our lives?

We should be thankful for the many Teachers that come and go in our lives. They do what they are supposed to do, plant an idea of possibility. The teachings remain with us and its up to us to do our best with it.

I had fun bringing my thoughts to you. Thank you for allowing me into your life.

Ruby Gangadharan wrote this article to give her thoughts regarding Jerry Hick’s passing and the questions being raised about it. She is a Law Of Attraction oriented Life Coach.

You can visit http://www.everydayloamagic.com for Coaching sessions or write to her @ rubygangadharan(at)gmail.com

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Pujols Creates a Gap for the St Louis Cardinals

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“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

Henry Ford

Albert Pujols is BIG news right now. His declaration as a free agent led to a lucrative contract. He will be moving west to join the Los Angeles Angels ball club.

The St. Louis Cardinals who have been left behind.Will they recover now that their leading player is moving on? General Manager John Mozeliak will rebuild his team. A momentary setback, with the right approach, can rebuild to become a winning opportunity.

Now is the chance for the Cards to do things differently. Instead of having their strategy revolve around one strong player, now is the time to open up the playing field. As the team reforms, opportunities will appear. Talented players who were in the shadows of Pujols now have the chance to shine.

Mozeliak isn’t reactive looking to replace Pujols right away by signing another superstar to the team. His strategy is to work with his current players. The Cards already possess talented players with a lot of potential. Now it is their turn.

Recognizing the keys to building a strong, high performing team will prevent the Cards from sinking. With such a drastic change the team needs to reform. It doesn’t have a choice.

Understanding the 4-stage process of team building helps to quickly recover, without losing too much momentum.

1. Forming- It all has to begin somewhere. This is the first stage as each player evaluates his place on the team. With the right direction, the group will re-think how to fill the gap left by Pujols. It is tentative at first. Mozeliak’s job is to encourage them to work together, building new bonds.

2. Storming- Always an interesting phase as strong players begin to emerge. Conflict arises. Personalities clash. Authority is challenged. Problems will appear which need to be resolved before the team can move forward. The tipping point which will decide whether the team is ready to move forward or remain in disharmony depends on how effectively the problems are addressed. The best approach is facilitating conflict resolution, letting the team members figure out the ideal solution. Although it might not be the easiest approach, it is the most effective strategy for team building.

3. Norming- Working out the problems strengthens the team. Now they can begin to move forward, creating a new culture. A pecking order is defined. Processes are being refined. With the right encouragement, players are working together for the good of the whole.

4. Performing- As the team continues working together they are building a culture of collaboration. Each player has a defined role and brings a crucial element, their talent, to the team. Now is the time to step it up and innovate. Strengthen the team by playing smarter, not harder.

A team playing at this level is a beautiful thing to witness.Egos must be laid aside for the good of the team. Yes, each player is an important element for a well functioning team. But it is the players working together which builds strength, character and winning seasons.

Although the headlines are all about Albert Pujols, keep your eyes on the St. Louis Cardinals.Right now there is a gap. Understanding the stages the Cards will experience as they readjust, filling the gap, will be interesting. The Cards have a chance to redefine themselves, building stronger plays and witnessing talent emerge among its players. Now is the time to create a strong foundation building a solid team which perseveres, emerging as winners.

Challenge: If your team were to go through a reforming process because the star athlete left, what opportunities would this create for you?Would you train or perform differently? Often athletes hold themselves back from really pushing themselves because their coach is so focused on the strongest players that your performance might not be noticed as much as you would like. Yes, recognition for a job well done feels good. Don’t, however, hold yourself back because you are waiting for recognition from your coach. Take initiative and begin pushing yourself. The improvement might not get noticed by someone else, but you will know. Your personal drive is what really matters, offering you the motivation to go beyond what others are expecting from you.

Do you crave recognition?When you aren’t getting the attention you need you lose the desire to keep going? It can be challenging when your coach places all of his focus on the best athletes and the rest don’t get that much attention.

The Expert Sports Performance System is an easy step-by-step process helping you to focus your energy on high performance, with confidence. Winners act with speed. If you are reading this and it feels true for you, then get in touch with Loren for a FREE Discovery Session at info@expertsportsperformance.com

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How to Create Your Own World: Includes 2 Free

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How to Create Your Own World: Includes 2 Free

Description: The world is yours … or not. If you are not specifically using design principles to create your own world-then you are not in charge- others are. You will be their creation- instead of you being the creator of your own world. Sphericity reveals design concepts in ways you have never been…yes, I said that right…in ways you have never been. And to help you on your way – we are including 2 Free Coaching Sessions with the purchase of this book. Go to the website listed inside to find out more! Our greatest creation is our own worlds. We live in the wealthiest time in the history of the world with abundant resources and yet we are starving for love, fulfillment and happiness. We choose depression, addictions and substitutes for happiness. The only happiness we will ever get will be the happiness that we create. Once you master the elements of design- you are the creator …and the world will be yours. Inside this book, which is not a book, are design concepts, concepts that you can use to design and create your sphere of influence and the sphere that you live on. There is no substitute for truly creating-so let go of what you are substituting! Come play!
  • Author: Kristine M. Emanuelson
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Positive Psychology and Coaching

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There are several psychological approaches one can take for a coaching session or coaching in general. Behavioural coaching, cognitive behavioural coaching, psycho dynamic approach and NLP (neuro linguistic programming) are such known approaches for coaching. Positive psychology is another contemporary approach for coaching preferred by many psychologists and coaches in the world today.

Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi (2000) defined positive psychology as ‘the scientific study of optimal human functioning’. It involves with positive subjective experiences, positive individual traits, and positive institutions. Valued subjective experiences include well-being, satisfaction, and contentment (in the past), hope and optimism (for the future) and flow and happiness (in the present). At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits, such as capacity for love and vocation, courage, aesthetic sensibility, interpersonal skills, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, talent and wisdom. At the group level, it is about civic virtues and institutions that move individuals towards better citizenship such as responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, tolerance and work ethics.

Consistent with its guiding principles, findings from positive psychology research are now beginning to be applied across multiple domains and most importantly for the benefit of the individuals who reside along the points of mental health continuum. This includes not only those who seek relief from psychological distress and mental illness which is the traditional focus of psychology, but also those who seek optimal levels of personal functioning and wellbeing.

The outcome of interest to positive psychology may be defined as those subjective social and cultural states that characterise a ‘good life’. Here we may think of factors such as happiness, wellbeing, fulfilment and health (at the subjective level), positive communities, institutions that foster good lines (at the interpersonal level) and political, economical and environmental policies that embrace diversity and promote harmony (citizenship) and sustainability (at the social level).

Having understood the basics of positive psychology, it is now important to consider the possible integration of positive psychology and coaching.

Coaching can be defined as the process of support offered to an individual which is performance focused, and goal centred and results in action (Law, Ineland & Hussain 2007). Coaching can be done with individuals, teams, and organizations with the intention of helping the client to see options for becoming more effective. When it comes to individuals, It involves unlocking a person’s potential to maximize his/ her own performance. As this explanation makes it clear, the general interest of positive psychology resonate with the general aims of coaching in practice.

The aim of the coaching is to focus on the strength of character and personality that makes the “good life” possible. Strengths conceived in this way seems an excellent component of coaching framework and so it is unsurprising that one of the newest waves of coaching is based on positive psychology. The central concern of this approach is that coaching should focus on the coachee’s strengths and values rather than weaknesses. The coach should consider coachee’s taxonomy of strength and determine how these strengths are (or are not) being used by the organization. Building strength is an effective means of increasing performance & job functionality.

Positive emotions are another important topic on the positive psychology. Because positive emotions work on optimal wellbeing, people can experience positive emotions such as joy, interest, contentment and love and when these emotions are present, sadness, anger and anxiety tend to be absent.

Emotional competence offers insights into our own personal development in fairly natural way without speed training. When an individual is guided to develop self-regulation, self-monitoring and focus on non-distressing aspect of the situation in question, emotions like anger, depression, anxiety, can be well managed. Helping clients manage their emotions and begin develop emotional competence are another important aims of coaching.

Yet another interesting concept discussed in positive psychology which can be easily applied in coaching practice is concept of ‘Flow’. Csikszentmihalyi (1991) defined ‘flow’ as ‘the psychology of optimal human experience’. It is a state where the person become utterly absorbed in the task to the extent that he/she loses the track of time and the study of flow has obvious potential use by executive coaches. Being in flow enables individuals to focus on tasks more fully and to maximize performance. As this phenomenon results in pleasure being experienced whilst mastery is gained, it can be a natural aid to goal oriented activities such as coaching.

Positive psychology has a great deal of promise in the area of coaching. These two areas seems to become intertwined. Certainly positive psychology has shifted the way in which psychologists and clients work with each other as well as broadened the context of that involvement.

Author: Ms Jayamini Samaratunga
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The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology

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The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology

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Description: Positive psychology, the pursuit of understanding optimal human functioning, is reshaping the scholarly and public views of how we see the science of psychology. The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology provides a comprehensive and accessible summary of this growing area of scholarship and practice.

  • 288 specially commissioned entries written by 150 leading international researchers, educators, and practitioners in positive psychology
  • covers topics of interest across all social sciences as well as business and industry
  • the most current, extensive, and accessible treatment of the subject available
  • topical primer clarifies basic constructs and processes associated with positive psychology
  • will be useful to students, teachers, practitioners, businesspeople, and policy makers
  • Author: Shane J. Lopez
  • Binding: Kindle Edition
  • Creator: Shane J. Lopez
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  • Title: The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology

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How to Achieve Excellence in the Personal Coaching Profession

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Personal coaching has become a staple service in the self-help industry. With the number of personal coaches offering the same service, you must always seek to innovate in order to establish a consistent presence in the industry. If want to take your professional success to the next level, you have to be willing to embrace evolution. Here are a few simple improvements you can do to take your personal coaching career to the top of the industry.

1. Read Philosophy Books

The best life coaches use ancient wisdom to develop their programs. There are plenty of immortal principles that could be found in the classic works of great thinkers. If you want to learn about self-empowerment and meaning, you can read books on continental philosophy and European existentialism. If you want to learn about contentment and peace of mind, you can read the works of Lao-tzu or Confucius. If you want to learn about discipline, you can look at read the works of Marcus Aurelius. A lot of personal coaches derive their principles and programs from other coaches. Draw from the original source and incorporate the knowledge that you discover into your life coaching program to find professional success!

2. Take a Psychology Class

Several coaches who have found success in the industry were psychology majors when they were studying. Knowledge in psychology is a good background to have as it allows its practitioners to gain a better understanding of their clients as well as themselves. There is a lot to gain from taking a few classes in psychology. It will, at the very least, provide you with a basic framework to work with. A psychology class may be the key to your professional success!

3. Include Health and Nutrition Advice to Your Training Package

Weight loss is a difficult endeavor. It’s tough on person’s psyche. People who are trying to lose weight need a lot of motivation and support in order to succeed. Many of these people hire personal coaches to help them with their weight loss. You can gain a lot from including weight loss programs as well as health and nutrition advice as part of your personal coaching program.

4. Learn Management Techniques

Personal coaching is about management. Although you are managing only one person, you are managing several aspects of your client’s life. You are managing his expectations, you are managing his time, and you are managing his goals. By learning management techniques, you can have a better grasp of your client’s, and even your own, professional success.

5. Learn How to Control a Conversation

Sometimes your clients will experience bouts of negativity and self-doubt. Whenever they do, you have to steer the conversation to something more positive. Personal coaches have to make sure that their client is always motivated. Don’t let your client linger on the obstacles. Always approach a challenge with optimism.

Life coaches often tell their clients to undergo constant personal progress and self-development. If you want to find success as a coach, you have to practice what you preach in your life as well. Embrace change and never stop improving. You can’t share the secrets to self-improvement until you have discovered them in your own life. Professional success is something you can teach only after you’ve learned it.

Rolando Cerrillo believes that personal coaches can empower and inspire people to achieve professional success in their lives.

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Positive Life Coaching

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Positive Life Coaching

Description: Positive Life Coaching, by its very title is intended as a positive step towards a motivated and positive life. A life that would bring you the joy, happiness and fulfilment that you seek within this world. This book would benefit anyone who takes the time to read it, work with it, and apply the learnings from it. This book can help you to take a more optimistic and positive view on life, it can help you to understand what your core values are, and then to set and achieve goals that can raise you up to the very heights that many would only dream of. An easy book to work with and to understand, aimed at anyone from the age of 12 upwards. A workbook intended for each person to have their own copy and to enter their own personal details as they undertake this step in Life Coaching. Learn how to be Optimistic Learn how to be Motivated Learn what your Core Values are Learn how to set Goals and how to achieve them
  • Author: Alan Strong
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  • Title: Positive Life Coaching

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Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming

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Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming

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When Co-Active Coaching was first released in 1998, this pioneering work set the stage for what has become a cultural and business phenomenon and helped launch the profession of coaching. Published in more than ten languages now, this book has been used as the definitive resource in dozens of corporate, professional development and university-based coaching programs as well as by thousands of individuals looking to elevate their communication, relationship and coaching skills. This fully revised third edition of Co-Active Coaching has been updated to reflect the expanded vision of the newly updated Co-Active Model and coaching course curriculum at The Coaches Training Institute, the training organization founded and run by the authors for 20 years. The third edition emphasizes evoking transformational change in the client and extends the use of the Co-Active Model into leadership management and its effectiveness throughout organizations. This edition also contains an on-line Coach’s Toolkit (replacing the CD of the second edition), several new coaching demonstrations and more than 35 updated exercises, questionnaires, checklists and reproducible forms.

  • Author: Karen Kimsey-House
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  • PublicationDate: 2011-09-16
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  • Title: Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives

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Build a Better Life Box Set For Dummies

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Build a Better Life Box Set For Dummies

Description: The fastest, most affordable route to personal growth, fulfillment, and achieving your life goals

Everybody wants to grow, develop, achieve personal ambitions, and create the life that they desire. Personal Development Box Set For Dummies features three bestselling personal growth titles in an attractive, value-priced set. These no-nonsense, jargon-free guides put you on the fast track to confronting your issues and meeting your goals and ambitions with a minimum of fuss.

This essential collection for people who want to help themselves but don’t know where to start is packed with effective methods and techniques for overcoming emotional or behavioral problems, transforming negative thoughts into positive action, and taking the reins and steering your life in a more meaningful direction.

  • A unique introduction to three hugely popular personal development techniques packaged in a value-priced set
  • Includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Dummies, Hypnotherapy For Dummies, and Life Coaching For Dummies
  • Helps you overcome emotional and behavioral problems; free yourself from destructive habits, and phobias; develop a decisive vision; and lead your self toward tangible, positive change

Beautifully packaged in a durable, glossy case, Personal Development Box Set For Dummies supplies the techniques, motivation, and inspiration you need to achieve what you want in every aspect of your life.

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Common Misconceptions of Life Coaching

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Life Coaching

Life coaching has become the popular method of improving the lives of workers and ordinary individuals. For years, it is used by numerous individuals to correct their problems, to achieve their goals and to boost success.

It becomes a popular byword not only in communities, but companies as well because they believed of the power of coaching to change lives and to obtain the desired goals they want. At present, supervisors and managers no longer criticize their subordinates, but they coach them to motivate them.

What is life coaching?

It is a method wherein professional coaches work with clients to address specific personal problems, personal projects, transitions, business successes, conditions in life and relationships. It is different from mentoring, therapy, consulting and therapy because it focuses on the root cause of the problem.

During coaching sessions, the coach listens, asks questions and reflects what they hear from the testimonies of their clients to formulate methods and strategies which they believed is effective in achieving the goals their clients want and the transformation they want to achieve in their lives. By working with life coaches, individuals can obtain the solutions and outcomes they want. Those who seek coaches achieve confidence, greater focus in life, greater levels of self-esteem and confidence.

Despite the numerous benefits it brings to individuals, the actual meaning of life coaching has been misconstrued and misconceived by many, thereby causing lots of perplexities and confusion among clients. What are these misconceptions?

Below are the common misconceptions about life coaching:

1. Life coaching is a therapy where individuals can rely on it for counseling and psychotherapy. – In reality, coaching is not therapy, but a method to help individuals achieve their goals.

2. It can fix problems of individuals. – It is a misconception because coaching is just a tool and a catalyst to help individuals find solutions to their own problems. It is not life coaching itself that solved these problems, but it is the person involved who has the responsibility to address their actions.

3. It is comparable to mentoring that gives individuals advice. – It is not similar to mentoring because it does not give advice, but raises the awareness of individuals on their capability and capacity to solve their problems and to achieve their goals.

4. It does not produce concrete results. Life coaching focuses on raising the awareness of individuals to achieve the results they want. It is the method of coaching individuals to plan and to implement actions to achieve their desired objectives.

5. One cannot clearly assess the competency of professional coaches. It is not true because even if coaching profession is still unregulated, one can still assess the competency of the life coach in question. You can evaluate its credibility by its experience, background and positive testimonies of previous clients.

6. Successful individuals do not need coaching. Actually, majority of successful people obtain and boost their success rate through life coaching.

These are some of the misconceptions about life coaching.

Christina Cordle enjoys writing for Coachestrainingblog which is an online resource on become a business coach and coaching strategy as well as other related subjects.

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