Mid-afternoon Webinar Learning Series

November 26, 2009 at 11:41 pm (Our Community)

Following is our list of exciting new mid-afternoon learning topics. These sessions are designed to help participants discuss and apply coaching strategies in any of the various topic areas below.

You can join our learning in the comfort of your office, home, via your PDA. Ask how you can obtain these as a Podcast.

Course                Date                    Time

 
 

Gaining Commitment

 
 

Jan. 13, 2010

 
 

1:00pm-3:00pm

Developing Self Awareness

Feb. 17, 2010

1:00pm-3:00pm

Coaching Challenging Clients

Mar. 10, 2010

1:00pm-3:00pm

Accountability

April 7, 2010

1:00pm-3:00pm

Collaborative Dialogue

May 12, 2010

1:00pm-3:00pm

Encouraging Change

June 16, 2010

1:00pm-3:00pm

Responsible Communication

July 7, 2010

1:00pm-3:00pm

Contribution and Blame

July 28, 2010

1:00pm-3:00pm

 
 

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Your Interpersonal Wellness Quotient (IWQ)

November 26, 2009 at 11:02 pm (Interpersonal Wellness News)

Have you ever measured the impact you are having on your Interpersonal Relationships? Your Interpersonal Wellness Quotient (IWQ) is one way to assess how much you are contributing to the Wellness of your interpersonal relationships. Over the month of December, we will show you how to assess your IWQ. As you plan for 2010 you will want to consider taking the following simple test to help you in measuring your IWQ.

Measuring Your Interpersonal IWQ

 
 

By measuring your wellness in each of the areas represented in the Interpersonal Wellness System Model (IWS) you will be able to get your IWQ. This will help you assess how much you are contributing to healthy interactions in your interpersonal network. You can easily measure this by tallying your score in each of the areas represented in the IWS model and dividing this total by the number of areas you’ve assessed. To calculate your final score, total all sections and divide this number by 9.

 

Here is how Jack found his score. Jack identified five areas of relevance to him under Spiritual and rated each of them. He gave himself a score based on a scale of 1 – 10 where 10 is excellent and 1 is poor. He chose self-esteem: 4, values: 4, balance: 3, trust: 2, personal style: 6. He then divided his score by 5 and realized that his score was 3.8.

This means that he was contributing 3.8 out of a possible 10 in the area of spiritual wellness. He did the same scoring for all the other sections in the model and resulted with the following scores: Social: 4, Emotional: 3.9, Occupational: 4, Intellectual: 5.3, Environmental: 6, Financial: 3.5, Physical: 4 and Interpersonal: 3.5. He then added these numbers up to get a total of 38, which he divided by 9 to get his IWQ which was 4.2.

This exercise can be very enlightening and helps you to come to grip with your personal contribution to your IWQ. This can also serve to motivate you to take steps to attain a level of IWQ that is satisfactory and fulfilling.

A healthy level of personal wellness is important and relevant to our success as individuals. We cannot take our ability to interact well with others for granted. In our homes, workplaces and communities, interpersonal wellness is a measure of healthy relationships that will result in the joint contribution by all individuals engaged in the relationship. It is the responsibility of all members of the group, the family and or the workplace to participate in creating a healthy level of interpersonal wellness.

We encourage you to embrace this opportunity as a time to reflect on your own personal development as you work with your coach to effect a new reality for yourself. This is your own special time to create whatever you desire.

Use the IWS model below to measure your own IWQ. Be prepared to gain a very revealing view of how you are contributing to the wellness of your relationships and plan to work with an IWC coach in the coming year to help you develop new skills and competencies to reach your optimum IWQ.

 
 

Reflections:

Take some time to measure your own IWQ below.

 
 

What is your IWQ?

What is your ideal IWQ?

What would you like to begin working on to improve your IWQ?

 
 

  

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Updated Course Calendar

November 18, 2009 at 9:46 pm (Uncategorized)

As we quickly approach the end of 2009. We are looking ahead to 2010. We hope that you too are planning for 2010 and your future learning. We have posted our 2009/10 Course training calendar today and hope that you will find something that meets your learning needs. Go here to preview our calendarhttp://www.lifecoachctre.ca/pdf/Coachcoursecal.pdf

Below is a list of our new
Mid-afternoon Webinar Learning Series

Following is our list of exciting new mid-afternoon learning topics. These sessions are designed to help participants discuss and apply coaching strategies in any of the various topic areas below.

You can join our learning in the comfort of your office, home or PDA or ask how you can obtain the Podcast.

Course                Date                    Time

 

Gaining Commitment

 

Jan. 13, 2010

 

1:00pm-3:00pm
Developing Self Awareness
 Feb. 17, 2010 1:00pm-3:00pm
Coaching Challenging Clients
 Mar. 10, 2010 1:00pm-3:00pm
Accountability
 April 7, 2010 1:00pm-3:00pm
Collaborative Dialogue
 May 12, 2010 1:00pm-3:00pm
Encouraging Change
 June 16, 2010 1:00pm-3:00pm
Responsible Communication
 July 7, 2010 1:00pm-3:00pm
Contribution and Blame
 July 28, 2010 1:00pm-3:00pm

 

 

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Personal Goal Audit

November 18, 2009 at 8:48 pm (Uncategorized)

As we get to the end of November how are you doing with your various goals? Erin, how are you doing with your renovations? Karen how are you doing with your weight loss challenge? Those of you who have goals but did not post them, how about a personal audit of yourself and your goals? I look forward to hearing from you.

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Staying Focused on Your Goals

October 7, 2009 at 8:24 pm (Stories)

It is not always easy to stay focused on your goals. Life brings all kinds of planned and unplanned challenges and changes our way. It is important to remember that if success was seen as possible more of us would attain our goals. It is the uninvestigated thought that keeps us a slave to our habits. According to Byron Katie, we should investigate all our thoughts gently with inquiry to find out the truth for our selves. If you believe that it is hard to reach whatever goal it is that you have set for yourself, then that’s exactly what you will experience. When the thought comes to you that it is hard to take the necessary action towards your success, apply inquiry and ask the question: Is it true? Can you absolutely no that it is true? Then ask yourself the question: If I were to see this as not hard is there a way I could begin to enjoy this routine. You will be surprised what answers you may find.

I continue to hold this space and good intentions for you as you take small steps towards reaching your goals.

Let me know how you are doing and how inquiry is helping you to reach your goals.

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Goodbye September, 2009

September 30, 2009 at 9:02 pm (Goal Setting Challenge!, Our Community, Uncategorized)

Well it’s the end of September, 2009. What do you need to give thanks for have done or accomplished in September? As I look back, I find that I could use another week in the month of September if it was offered but the reality is that I don’t have that offer on the table so I need not consider it. What I do have control of is how I will end 2009.

Its 2 days away from our 90 Days Goal Setting Challenge! Who will win the surprise price? Is it you, do you have a goal in mind that you have been considering? Plan to begin our challenge this Friday and begin taking steps to end 2009 with a bang!

How about setting a goal to begin and keep a gratitude journal for the rest of 2009? Will that be of benefit to you on New Years Day? There are so many things we need to stop and give thanks for. Start now by identifying 5 things that you would like to give thanks for in September.

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Bringing Passion to Your Goals

September 25, 2009 at 11:08 pm (Goal Setting Challenge!)

Having passion for your goals is not always something easy to muster. However, it’s been proven that we all have passions in our lives so how can we then find ways to increase the passion levels for our goals? First I want to ensure we have the same understanding of passion. I have developed an acronym for passion that I share with my clients that I would like to share with you now: 

PASSION: 

P- Purposeful
A- Attention
S- Successfully
S-Stated
I – Intended
O-Outcome based
N- Noted
Here is the expanded version:
Purpose – goals should have a purpose. They should take you closer to your life purpose? Does this goal help you fulfill your destiny?

Attention – much attention should be given to goals. Do you give attention to your goals? Do you reflect on them/it daily and take actions that will consistently take you closer to their achievement?

Success – Are you beginning to feel successful? Are there subsidiary goals you can achieve that will allow you to experience and maintain a successful outlook as you work towards your goals? How do you plan on celebrating the small milestones on your way to your greater goals?

Stated – have you stated your goals out loud to yourself or to someone else? Sharing your goals on our blog will serve to engage the brain and the power of intention. This will also help you affirm yourself and the value of your goals.
Intended – when we focus our attention, we begin to harness the power of intention, which forces the brain to produce thoughts, ideas and solutions that are in keeping with our intentions. Do you hold successful attainment of your goal as your intention?
Outcome Based – is the outcome of this goal very clear, can you see the outcome and its benefit to your life or to others? If it is to lose 20lbs can you see yourself 20lbs lighter and all that comes with the weight loss?
Noted – when we write things down it engages the brain on a different level and helps to anchor our learning on a deeper and more fully. In this case you will be tapping into the entire universe to achieve your goals.
So take some time to assess your goals for one or all of the criterias above and ask yourself the following questions?
Am I grateful to have these things in my life?
What will my life be like when I am fully engaged in my purpose?
Am I blessed to have this opportunity to achieve something?
If that does not help then attend our Passion Test Workshop on October 15th at 6:30 pm, here at the Centre, to learn more about tapping into your passions!

I would love to hear about your process of finding passion for your goals.

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Goal Setting Challenge Sign-Up

September 24, 2009 at 11:37 pm (Goal Setting Challenge!, What's New)

Here is how to sign-up for the 90 day goal setting challenge:

Tell us your name (use pseudo name if you want)
Tell us your goal
Tell us when you want to achieve your goal by (date)
Tell us why you want to achieve this goal
Tell us how we can support you in reaching your goal
Are you passionate about your goals for the 90 day challenge? I am passionate about my social networking goal and I am planning on becoming even more passionate. Look out for our posting on goals and passion on Friday.

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Goal Setting Challenge!

September 23, 2009 at 12:23 am (Goal Setting Challenge!, Interpersonal Wellness News, What's New)

Take our goal setting challenge and make the last part of 2009 your most successful! As we approach the last 100 days of the year, it’s a time for many of us to look back and see whether we have reached and surpassed our goals for 2009. I think it’s also a good time to set one or two more goals to get us in the habit of setting and keeping goals so that we will enter 2010 with enthusiasm and vigor. No one shows up for a race without having practiced and being in good shape. Rather those preparing for a race spend time practicing and studying the course to ensure their success. I want to encourage you to think of the last quarter of 2009 as your practice run for more success in 2010 by setting a big goal for yourself! Last week I delivered a speech on goal setting so this week I want to engage my readers on some goal setting strategies that may help you improve your goal attainment success.

  • It has already been proven that those who set goals:
  • Live longer, are healthier and experience more joy
  • Are more positive and experience greater interpersonal wellness
  • Experience more financial and life success
  • Have a greater chance at being leaders and motivators of others

I believe that GOALS means:

G- Great – goals should be great because they should expand our individual possibilities in an extraordinary way.

O- Opportunities – goals should bring new opportunities to our lives, new hope, new options, growth or learning, either personally or in our careers.

A- Achievable – goals should be achievable; they should not be unrealistic dreams that we have no possibility of attaining.

L- Leaping via stretching – goals should stretch us, life is a race that requires some running and some leaping

S- Successfully – we need to reach out for success or we will fail to reach our goals. We have only one chance to take a successful leap and if we are bogged down by fears, self doubts and negative self-talk it becomes difficult to get moving toward our success.

 Steps to Setting Your Goals

As you prepare to set your goals, ask yourself the following questions:

  1. What is one thing you want to achieve more than any other in your life at this time?
  2. Why do you want to achieve this goal?
  3. What would be the benefit, to whom?
  4. How long have you had this desire?
  5. Are you ready to make sacrifices to accomplish this goal?
  6. Are you ready to take action towards achieving this goal?
  7. What will it take for you to be ready?
  8. How will you know that you are ready?
  9. What will it look and feel like to accomplish this goal?
  10. Will this change your life?
  11. What resources will you need to accomplish this goal?
  12. Who will support be a support for you?
  13. What is one habit you will need to give up or form to achieve this goal?
  14. What self defeating thoughts or ideas will you need to change?
  15. What is good now in your life that will help you succeed?
  16. How will taking this be rewarding your new life?
  17. When will you accomplish this goal by? (Be Time specific)
  18. Does this goal reflect your true values?
  19. Is this a goal or a commitment to someone else?
  20. Will achieving this goal take you closer to becoming the person you truly want to be?

If you are able to answer these questions then you will be able to set an achievable goal for yourself and your chances for success will be great. Take a moment to complete this goal assessment to help you connect your goals with your passions.

Goal Assessment Exercise

 Write down your top two goals on a sheet of paper

  1. Read through goal number one
  2. Repeat this with your eyes closed and your right hand on your heart
  3. Do the same thing for each of your goals
  4. Do any of your goals resonate with your heart?
  5. Was there a quickening of your pulse and a tingling of excitement?
  6. Was there a tightening of your chest and a sense of dread?

Good luck with setting your goals. As you we enter the last 100 days of the year take our goal setting challenge, set some time to set a really challenging goal and let me know your progress on our blog.

Here is How to Sign-up!

Tell us:

  1. What is your name and your goal?
  2. When did you set this goal?
  3. How can we support you through your goal?
  4. What actions have you taken?
  5. How are you progressing?
  6. What other options are available to you?

Each day we will add snippets and thoughts to keep you going and focused. Look out for new ideas!

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What’s New

August 28, 2009 at 4:45 pm (Coaching Issues, Our Community, Uncategorized)

We have lots of exciting and new things happening this fall.  We welcome Erin-Brie Warwick, LLB (LLM candidate) as our new associate.  Erin-Brie is joining our team with a background in Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Coaching and with a strong interest in wellness. 

 The Passion Test

We have a certified Passion Test facilitator on staff to help you or your group discover and live your passions. 

 Passion Test for Your Organization

A way to help teams and groups engage and discover their passion and connect with their organizational goals and visions.  Call us for a consultation!

 Depression Recovery Coaching

A holistic and interpersonal approach to depression recovery.  Call for a consultation on the depression recovery coaching. 

 Contact us at: 204 668-5283 Call us today!

  

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