In masterful coaching, we help our clients make powerful distinctions so that they can hone their own mastery. Distinctions help us ground into and face what is real and avoid the pitfalls of unconscious assumptions.

Coaching Case Study:
I had a client who was locked into an assumptive pattern. He was assuming that his family had negative motivations against him. Through coaching, he was able to see the trees from the forest. He landed on the distinction that "hurting people, hurt people."
 
He was able to clarify that his family's lack of emotional intelligence wasn't the truth of who they are, it is just where they were at (current state) and where they came from (family history of being emotionally disconnected).
 
This distinction helped him drop the excess stories he harbored that kept him in reactivity. He was then able to open his heart to his family and drop unconscious expectations of them that kept him feeling disappointed and hurt.
 
Today's resource helps us create another powerful distinction between confidence and arrogance.

Confident or Arrogant? How to Tell the Difference and Why it Matters

Have you ever felt like you just don't have time for mindfulness? I have! I resisted the idea I had about sitting in meditation for 30-45 min a day when I could be using that time to write or go for a jog. I later learned mindfulness was not just meditation. It is so much more!

Integrative Intelligence® teaches us that there is wisdom in integrating health into our lives, our thinking, and our habitual ways of showing up.

Mindfulness is a key ticket. It is the inception point to self-awareness, intuition, and a calmer nervous system. Like coaching, mindfulness can become a way of being.

For example, I used to loathe doing chores. They felt like one more thing on my to-do list. As a mother of 3, I honestly dreaded them. 
 
After attending a meditation retreat with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, I was open to mindfulness being much more than a timed meditation. This training opened my eyes to embodied ways of being.

I started relating mindfulness techniques to laundry, sweeping, and dishes. I used them as a "break" to my work day. I began enjoying "cleaning" and began to equate it to "clearing". I mindfully cleared my space and felt more peace.

Applying mindfulness to chores also allowed me to get up and move my physical energy. If I were coaching, or teaching, or writing, it was all done at a desk. The embodied practice of appreciating movement was a reset for my mind and body.

This is my success journey with integrating mindfulness into my life. As true to coaching, everyone has their own success formula, and I hope today's resource helps you hone your relationship to mindfulness even further.

CLICK HERE>> How Mindfulness Can Improve Your Wellbeing in Challenging Times By: Kate Greenslade

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Today's resource is for those seeking to move into team coaching. Coaching teams, like learning the ins and outs of coaching leaders, can be highly impactful and rewarding work. It can also be more challenging work because the dynamics are different than one-to-one personal coaching.
 
My son's football coach said, "There is no problem education cannot solve." I fully agree. Getting the proper education and guidance so you don't learn the hard way is key to success!
 
"Founder of OD Mantra Latha Emmatty Gupta, ACC, shares excellent insight on team coaching and its benefits. “Team Coaching enables teams to perform and build capability by learning to work together and manage their interdependencies well while staying focused on the expectations of their leaders, groups, businesses, clients and stakeholders at large."

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I also personally wanted to announce that our post-graduate Leadership Coaching Specialization is starting back up next week, and we have partnered with a third party funder to provide funding options. True to the IICT nature, we are offering an internship component to this training like no other program out there!
 
If you are called to coach leaders,  we'll help you get your application in! This certification track is only offered once a year. We invite you to up-level your coaching impact with us!

I don't know about you, but I initially resisted learning social media. Then, I realized it was like everything else, learning even the basics was well worth it. I know one consistent frustration I hear about regularly from coaches who are new to running a business, is the need to learn how to market themselves as a coach.
 
Being successful as a coach means learning both coaching skills and marketing approaches.
Coaching Skills + Effective Marketing = Successful Coaching Practice

To this aim, we are so excited to now offer three education-based supports called "Ready? Set. Launch!"

Marketing as a coach is different than other professions, so it is key to go beyond learning marketing basics to learning the very specific approaches that are working wonders for coaches globally.

For those just needing the basics, today's resource is a helpful overview of social media do's and don'ts for coaches.

Regardless of where you are at in growing a successful client base, there are solid options to support your success. 
 
The Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media for Coaches  - By: Ajit Nawalkha
 
"Twenty years ago, having your own website was enough to “be online.”  
But the rules have changed. Today, if you aren’t on social media, you’re not visible enough.
 
And understanding social media is no easy feat. There are so many platforms, and each one works differently, so how do you learn these platforms and grow your coaching business without getting completely overwhelmed? 
 
Here are some key learnings I’ve discovered on my own social media journey, so you can start yours with more clarity and get results faster."
 
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