I got a lot out of Eckhart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment – especially how it relates to the way we “create” pain and stress as a result of stories we tell ourselves – re-playing painful past memories and visualising future fears and worries. When we come into “the now”, and focus purely on “what is”, right in this moment, and ask ourselves if we have any problem, the answer is most often no – there is no problem right now.

I found this free online course – looks like a great line-up of lecturers, including Bill Harris, Ken Wilbur and Byron Katie, amongst others. I’ve signed up – join me!

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There are many myths about life coaching – no doubt a result of the rapid growth and lack of regulation in the industry worldwide. While I can’t speak for other life coaches, I like to help people understand what I do, and how I do it. I’ve noticed that people often think that Life Coaching is about helping people set goals, and create a plan to get their goals, and then holding them accountable to their weekly action plan, with the emphasis of the ongoing relationship being on “accountability conversations”, which go something like:

Coach: “Did you do your agreed tasks for this week?”
Coachee: “Well… sort of… I mean I started to do it, but we had a crisis I had to sort out instead.”
Coach: “Remember that success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration! You’ve gotta be committed! Winners never quit and quitters never win! (or some other proverbs and quotes aimed to inspire motivation, delivered with zest and enthusiasm, and sealed with a growl and a high five)

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