November 23, 2008 at 6:00 pm (Event, ICF Conference, Marketing tips, alternative medicine, business, coaching, complimentary medicine, holistic practitioners, soul driven business)
Tags: building my business, business coaching, coach coaching coaches, Coach U, coaching, finding clients, growing my business, keystoclaritycoach, life coach, Louise Crooks, marketing small business, networking, Nick Zart, online radio, personal coaching, small business owner, social networking
Coach Louise invites you...
I want to invite you to listen in on my online radio show at the link http://www.blogtalkradio.com/KeystoClarity-Coach tomorrow at 7pm EST!
Attention Coaches! Particularly coaches who are new or are still in the first 2 to 3 years of being a coach and growing your business. Come and find tips and tools that will work in your business, help you get clients, and pin point what might be holding you up! Nick Zart, as a relatively new coach who is training through Coach U, will share his experiences. We will talk about his successes and challenges, he’ll be a good sport and get a little coaching, and provide an opportunity for us to learn from his journey on the road to becoming a successful coach! Nick is a wonderful man who is very open so we should have a great show.
If you register on www.blogtalkradio.com (very easy) you can participate in the chat during the show – with comments or questions, and you will also be able to get updates of upcoming shows if you make me a favorite! If you are not able to listen live, feel free to access the archived podcasts at the same link. I welcome callers with questions or comments! (Call – in number is available at the same link) Please rate show to let others know what you thought!
Warmly,
Louise Crooks
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November 17, 2008 at 12:20 pm (ICF Conference, ICF Conference Montreal 2008, World events and issues, coaching, soul driven business, vision)
Tags: business coaching, coaching, global awareness, ICF, ICF Conference Montreal 2008, International Coaching Federation conference, life coaching, Louise Crooks, Matthieu Ricard, NJPCA, personal coaching, Peter Senge, Verdana Shiva, we can make a difference
Wow I can’t believe the ICF conference is over, it went so quickly! Now I am back in NJ I can start blogging regularly again! I thought I would blog every day at the ICF, but soon realised that was going to be difficult – with time and energy being the two things getting in the way. Kudos to Lynn Schaber from the NJPCA who managed to post to our Yahoo Group website every day!
The ICF Conference in Montreal was wonderful, if any coach is asking themselves whether its worth going, I would say definitely. You to get marinate in the soup of coaching! There were 1400 participants, and I met some wonderful people there who are doing great things. It so amazing to be part of that.
The main theme through Super Session Keynote Speakers was about global unity and awareness, being able to do something to help our planet and each other to make it the place we really want. This is from physical and spiritual standpoint. Verdana Shiva really highlighted all the major things that we as the human race are doing to the earth’s resources and how we can take responsibility in our own small way! She said, every time you use electricity or do something that depletes the planet’s energy, think of it as ‘a puff of smoke’ off the coal burning that makes the majority of the world’s energy. We can make a difference by the choices we make.
Peter Senge, a wonderful author, also spoke about the difference we can make from a socially responsible view of cultural development in organisations and society. That we can have sustainable businesses, with happy people if we go about it the right way.
Matthieu Ricard, a French Buddhist, the right hand man to the Dalai Lama, was fascinating. He spoke about how it is possible to raise our level of happiness, even when we experience the ups and downs of normal human emotions. Through the practice of meditation, your awareness, consciousness, and the opportunity to communicate with your soul, raise the brain wave activity in your brain to a level which has been scientifically proved to create happiness. He shared his scientific research with us, and it was mindblowing to see how meditation could effect us on so many levels. Just in relieving stress, the cortisol levels drop dramatically as one example. He was an inspiration.
There was so much on offer during the break out sessions. I got to experience and enjoy a Drumming Circle, and am now inspired to start one in my area! We had amazing speakers discussing ways to grow your business, and I got a lot of value from that. Also I got some CCEU’s attending Wisdom Circles where MCC coaches from around the world would coach each other in front of the room. This was a wonderful opportunity to explore the ICF guiding principles, as well as seeing really experienced coaches in action. There was so much more!
I took away that this experience can really deepen my skills as a coach, as well as connect with like-minded individuals setting the intention to create amazing lives on a global scale! I am now really looking forward to the next ICF conference which will be in Orlando Dec 2-5th 2009!
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