January 23, 2009 at 10:45 pm (Abundance, Emotional and Physical Healing, Event, KeystoClarity! Radio Show, Personal Growth, alternative medicine, business, coaching, holistic practitioners)
Tags: America's Dream Coach, appeared on Oprah, Book Yourself Solid, Choice Magazine, CJ Hayden, Coach and Grow Rich, coach's magazine, coaching, Dream Coach, Garry Schleifer, Get Clients Now, ICF, ICF Coaching Month, International Coaching Federation, KeystoClarity radio, ktc radio, Louise Crooks, Marcia Wieder, Michelle Schubnel, radio line up for ICF Coaching Month February 2009, radio show, Trish Lambert
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A show line-up like never before! All for ICF Coaching Month of February and Beyond!
I have been invited to contribute to ICF Coaching Month of February 2009. Well, it became a bigger project than I anticipated but I am going with the flow! I am so thrilled and excited about the wonderful line up of guests appearing on the show!
The program over this period is going to be dedicated to life and business coaches, who are new or growing their business. Most coaches are in this phase as it is still such a new industry. I am so grateful to be part of it! All the guests will have amazing knowledge, tips and skills to share, and you won’t want to miss the opportunity to interact with them.
We will have Michelle Schubnel, next week 26th Jan,on Monday at 7pm EST, owner and well known of Coach and Grow R.I.C.H. talking to us!
Then as we launch into February we will have the famous Marcia Wieder, America’s Dream Coach! She has even been on Oprah. We are very excited to have her talk with us about coaching, and personal development. She has generously offered a gift for my listeners of 10 free E-Books to build the life of your dreams. Just click on the link www.dreamcoach.com/gift (copy and paste in browser) so go ahead and let us know what awareness’s came to you after reading them.
We will also have Garry Schleifer, publisher of Choice, and on the board of the ICF (International Coaching Federation) sharing his thoughts on where coaching is going, and how to support coaches!
We also have Trish Lambert, who has her own show on BTR who is a Book Yourself Solid Coach and she will talk about her ideas about the coaching industry and how to keep your practice full of clients!
We’re very excited to have well known coach, author and speaker CJ. Hayden coming onto the show. She will have wonderful gems of info about getting clients, and other aspects of growing a coaching business. She wrote ‘Get Clients Now’.
And during the whole month, we will have coaches being interviewed before or after the main guest for the evening, who will interact with me, and the audience and continue the conversation with their learnings, observations, and awarenesses.
Every Monday at 7pm (except Marcia who will start at 6.30pm) EST.
Come and visit my blog! http://KeystoClaritycoach.wordpress.com
I will place links to all the guests coming on the show under the links heading on my profile page, where you will be able to discover more about them.
Warmly,
Coach Louise
PS Keep a look out for more guests and info being added to the upcoming shows!
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January 21, 2009 at 4:56 pm (Abundance, Links to other amazing programs, Personal Growth, holistic, soul driven business, spirituality, vision)
Tags: a free gift, a gift, America's Dream Coach, coaching, creating the life of your dreams, creating your dreams, Dream University, e-books, life coach, living your dream, Louise Crooks, Marcia Wieder
Marcia Wieder, America's Dream Coach
Dear Friends
Marcial Wieder, America’s Dream Coach has generously given me the opportunity to offer a wonderful gift to all my blog readers!
The gift is 10 free easy to read E-Books, that are content rich and designed to help make your dreams come true!
Just click on the link to get your gift! Marcia’s Gift
I must add, that a number of my clients received a gift from me which was Marcia Wieider’s ‘Dreams are Whispers from the Soul’ and they loved it! Especially as it is New Year and a time to reflect on what you want to create and bring into your life! These 10 e-books will certainly do the same. Enjoy and let me know what you thought!
Warmly,
Coach Louise
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January 18, 2009 at 12:54 am (Abundance, Emotional and Physical Healing, Event, Personal Growth, coaching, holistic, soul driven, spirituality)
Tags: blogtalkradio, business coach, business coaching, challenged, clarity, coach, coaching, conscious awareness, conscious choices, creating clarity and focus, getting past fears, getting past negative thinking, getting past obstacles, group coaching, igniting the spark of what inspires you, inner intuition, inner wisdom, Jeff Cardwell, KeystoClarity! Coach, keystoclaritycoach, looking for something more, Louise Crooks, making conscious choices, podcast of show, radio, seeking more, seeking passion in your life, small business owner, struggling, wisdom wide open
WISDOM WIDE OPEN
Dear Friends,
My friends Susie and Craig have invited me to be part of a panel of coaches discussing wonderful topics tomorrow evening on the Conscious Coach Circle, on their radio show Wisdom Wide Open!
You can find their show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wisdomwideopen and if you want to go to their website …www.wisdomwideopen.com you can find out more about them! I have had the opportunity to have wonderful conversations with them on their inaugural show and on another show I was a guest on (in the chat room) and we are on the same wavelength! LOA!
So I invite you to come and listen, or even join in the banter in the chatroom, or call in and ask your questions or comment on the topic being discussed – your thoughts and opinions matter!
WISDOM WIDE OPEN says…..
‘Opening wide, the doors to YOUR Wisdom, and providing ‘Keys to Clarity’ in making ‘Conscious Choices’ in YOUR life!
Join Susie Bonham-Craig, Craig Hannas, Louise Crooks and Jeff Cadwell for an enticing journey into discovering your innate ability to ‘deliberately’ create, co-create and find your true path right from where you stand.
We will be taking calls from you on ANY subject that is important to YOU. Whether you’re struggling with something, seeking understanding, looking for new ways to evoke passion from yourself, or just plain curious…Join in and you just might hear something that stirs you… Its not about where you are, its about where you’re going! Receive a User ID and password and join the circle (its free!) Find out what Louise and Jeff have in store!’
The show starts at 6pm EST (-5hrs GMT) and goes until 8pm EST. When you go to the show link you will find a number on the screen to call, or just turn up your volume and listen! Looking forward to catching you on the waves!
Warmly,
Coach Louise
PS Don’t forget you will be able to listen to the archived podcast on their site, after the show.
I appreciate your comments on the show! Let us know what you thought here!
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January 16, 2009 at 3:39 pm (Abundance, Personal Growth, soul driven, soul driven business, spirituality, vision)
Tags: alternative treatments, awareness, being and doing, business coach, business coaching, characteristics that you want to acquire or attain, coach, coaching, coaching exercise, complimentary medicine, connection, creative coaching, group coaching, holistic practitioner, images that inspire you, KeystoClarity! Coach, life, life coach, Louise Crooks, networking group, preparing for 2009, preparing for the New Year, purpose, sandbox exercise, small business owner, spiritual connection, symbols that inspire you, symbols that represent who you want to be, who are you going to be in 2009
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I had such fun last week with my group coaching program that I’m running and with an exercise I facilitated with my Holistic Healing Networking Group! It was an opportunity to take a step back and look at how you wanted to be in 2009! What do I mean by that? Well, what qualities do you want to exude? How do you want to be with your clients? How do you want show up every day, to feel connected with yourself and others around you? What kind of characteristics do you want to have for you business to grow, for your relationships to flourish? I think you are getting the ‘picture’ now!
Take a moment to think about what this means to you! What image generally one from nature -animal, insect, fish, water, tree, flower etc, comes to mind and really inspires you when you think of it.
Once you thinkof the image, make a short list of words and actions that come to mind that this picture or image represents for yourself. Sit for a couple of minutes and reflect on the image and the words, and what it means to you…. (see very easy)
Don’t force an image to come to mind, if it doesn’t come straight away, take the pressure off, go and do something else, and then it will to you, just like it did for my client – his image was a Phoenix! how powerful that is! Another client had the image of a dolphin! Just think of the qualities and meaning this images can evoke in someone, maybe even you!
Now that you have your image or symbol, in the next week see if you can find a picture or memento that will be a constant reminder for you through out the year. To keep you inspired and excited about 2009.
It will give you a chance to reflect continually coming back to a central point of focusing on what you want to achieve and how you want to be, a theme by which you will run your life, and beautiful way to ground yourself when things become stressful or overwhelming or your path has been a little foggy.
I would love to hear how this little exercise helps you! Please post your sharing of your experience.
Warmly,
Coach Louise
For any enquiries to creating more focus and joy in your life as you grow personally or in your business, and would like to discover if coaching with Louise is the right step for you call her on 732-2992347 or email on louise@keystoclarity.com Don’t forget the first consultation is exploratory, and its free and without obligation.
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January 6, 2009 at 6:23 pm (Abundance, Personal Growth, World events and issues, coaching, holistic practitioners, soul driven, spirituality)
Tags: A New Year prayer, alternative medicine, business success, complimentary medicine, energy, gratitude, gratitude for family and friends, gratitude for what we have now, health, holistic, holistic practitioner, KeystoClarity! Coach, life coach, Louise Crooks, melanie at yogaphoria, retreats, sanctuary, small business owner, spiritual thoughts for the New Year, tea lounge, wellness, yoga, yoga instructor, yoga studio in New Hope PA, yoga studio on PA/NJ border, yogaphoria
My friend Melanie, and owner of Yogaphoria, in New Hope PA, shared in their latest newsletter some beautiful thoughts that were heartfelt and reflected my own feelings about life right now as we go throught the challenges that are presented to us all sides, accepting what really matters as we go into 2009! I would love to share it with you….
She wrote:
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New Year’s Prayer
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As I opened my eyes this New Year’s morning, warm in my bed, peaceful and quiet, the first thing my eyes focused on was a beautiful painting given to me by our beloved Abigail Boehm. It is one she had painted for my birthday. It’s a soft dreamy picture of a star-like figure in subtle tones of blues and golds. In the center of the painting are the words “Absolute attention is prayer.” The words are not bold, no, quite the opposite. They come at your eyes as a whisper would come to your ears. They draw your focus to them in remembrance of the gentle qualities prayer can hold. The painting is kind, soft, and loving, just as Abigail is and it holds the perfect mantra for the year to come.
Later that day, I went to Abigail and Kevin’s house for their traditional New Year’s day pot luck. A group of people had followed her other tradition of jumping into the river earlier that day and everyone came back to her house to get warm and be fed. Of course, I thought about joining in on that polar bear tradition for a moment but wisely changed my mind. As we all sat at Abigail and Kevin’s chatting about the freezing cold river, the delicious food, and the up coming plans for the year ahead, the thought “absolute attention is prayer” kept coming to my mind. There we were, all cozy and warm just being with each other like a modern day Norman Rockwell painting. Paying attention to each other’s thoughts and words and laughter. It’s in those moments you realize, THAT’S IT. That’s all there is…no matter what. Even when the world is going crazy around us…that’s it. Where we choose to place our absolute attention determines our lives. To give absolute attention to the present turns our whole life into a prayer. To bask in the love and friendship of each other is as great a prayer or meditation as any other. Perhaps even better.
What a metaphor that day was. Going from the freezing cold rapid waters of the river to the absolute warmth and attention of each other says it all. If we really stopped to think about it, is there anything more we need? Aren’t all our greatest moments about experiencing the love of each other in the fullest?
The evening came to a close and everyone gathered up their coats and plates and headed back out into the cold…and it was cold! Abigail and I stopped at the door and hugged. She looked at me with those pure blue angel-like eyes and with full attention said “I love you…happy new year.” I said the same in return. As I walked out the door, the wind and cold hit me hard, but I wasn’t sure what made my eyes fill with tears. Was it the cold on my face or the warmth in my heart? Did it matter? I just put all my attention on how wonderful I felt and sent out a prayer that each and everyone of us has a whole year of feeling that blessed.
Much love and many blessings,
Melanie
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You hope you found it as profound as I did. You can find their website at www.yogaphoria.com They have a beautiful space, where they do yoga, they have a tea lounge and a sanctuary for all who visit!
Warmly,
Coach Louise
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January 4, 2009 at 10:41 pm (Abundance, Emotional and Physical Healing, Event, Fertility, Health and Fertility, KeystoClarity! Radio Show, Money beliefs, Personal Growth, alternative medicine, business, complimentary medicine, holistic practitioners, soul driven business, vision, wellness)
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New beginnings with Gabrielle...
Dear Friends
Join our conversation on my radio show tomorrow!
The lovely and interesting Dr Gabrielle Francis, practitioner as chiropractor,acupuncturist and naturopath will share precious time with us, telling us about her life experiences, and her perspectives on life, as we delve into her entrepeneural expertise – her successes and challenges. She is a change catalyst and a sucessful spiritual entrepeneur with a tenacious, considered and wonderful attitude. She’ll humor me with a little coaching too! How exciting. Join our conversation, you’ll never know the gems you might hear. Your comments and questions are welcome! Please rate the show. Namaste!
To join the conversation in the chatroom, where you can post comments or questions. To do this simply register with www.blogtalkradio.com You will also then get a heads up on upcoming shows!
Warmly,
Coach Louise
Click on the link below to access Louise’s online radio show! Starts at 7pm EST (-5hrs GMT) on Monday, January 5th 2009!
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/KeystoClarity-Coach
PS Please rate the show afterwards! Thanks so much!
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January 3, 2009 at 12:46 am (Abundance, Emotional and Physical Healing, Event, Links to other amazing programs, Personal Growth, alternative medicine, complimentary medicine, holistic practitioners, infertility, ttc, wellness)
Tags: alternative medicine, Brandon Bays, cellular healing, chronic illness, complimentary medicine, creating abundance, creating balance and peace, emotional and physical cleanse, energy, group coaching, health, holistic, keystoclaritycoach, life coach, natural healing, New Year cleanse, New Year detox, new year intentions, New Years resolutions, practitioners, promoting health and balance, Skip Lackey, support for chronic illness, support for creating great health, supportive calls for cleanse, The Journey
I just completed the first call with The Journey on what will be 8 daily calls to support 1800 of us around the world to follow their physical and emotional cleanse! I am a big fan of The Journey as they are doing amazing work world-wide, and am thrilled to have the opportunity to glean their knowledge and support every day for the next 8 days. And its FREE!
Tonight (the first call) was given by Skip Lackey who leads the organisation in North America. We were given a wonderful physical cleanse to follow and he did a lovely inspirational meditation with us. Each night is led by different members of the organisation who bring uniques skills and love to the calls, I am really looking forward to each one of them.
As the calls are recorded, it is not too late to join, and catch up. As I mentioned it is free, so the value is tremendous considering.
To find out more go to www.thejourney.com and look for New Beginnings – Cleanse.
This is a great way to start the New Year and both my husband and I are participating. Join us!
Warmly,
Coach Louise
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January 1, 2009 at 4:56 pm (Personal Growth, World events and issues, coaching, soul driven, vision)
Tags: purpose, soul, success, vision, goals, coach, coaching, focus, energy, Louise Crooks, book by Greg Mortenson, book by David Oliver Relin, Three Cups of Tea, review of inspiring book, New York Times bestseller, Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, journalist Relin, education in Pakistan and Afghanistan, finishing what we've started, promoting peace as a way to prevent acts of terrorism education solving ignorance poverty extremism and lack of education, love in a Islamic world, respecting different cultures and religions, secular schools solve problems with extremist education in madrassa
A true act of heroism.
I am ‘wowed’ by the book I have just put down (I really couldn’t put it down for the 2/3 days it took me to read it!) Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. I am so inspired by the work and bravery of Greg Mortenson and the people he has banded together in the extraordinary effort to promote world peace by bringing education to children in Pakistan and Afghanistan!
As a coach I see how he has had the ability to keep moving forward despite roadblocks and failures ultimately leading to amazing outcomes! I recognise how difficult this must have been particularly when he often faced these challenges alone and in extremely difficult and adverse physical and mental conditions. Greg is a true hero. Anyone who needs inspiration to keep moving forward in what their doing, whatever it is, will find it in this story.
I am uplifted and inspired and not only that, now more educated, as to the cause of terrorism coming from the hotbeds of extremism, poverty, ignorance and lack of education. And that Greg, who tackled this issue from a perspective of peace and intellect, initially alone, has made and continues to make a huge difference to many many impoverished people, as well as contributing to the worlds safety in a way that comes from love and compassion, not hate and retribution. We all have something to learn from him.
I believe he is part of what has become a tipping point worldwide towards hope, love, compassion and collaboration to create the lives, the world and the planet we want.
I implore you to read this book! Not only is it a gripping story of Greg’s experiences but also of his vision of what’s possible, and how one person can make a difference!
Greg, thank you for being the person that you are, and thank you to all that circulate in Greg’s hemisphere for the support and contributions and sacrifices you have made, to make what he has done, possible.
In gratitude and inspiration,
Coach Louise
For information to the Central Asia Institute or to find out what you can do to make a difference, click on www.ikat.org or www.penniesforpeace.org , or email info@threecupsoftea.com
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December 19, 2008 at 12:40 am (Personal Growth, coaching, spirituality)
Tags: accessing the inner child, Add new tag, Christmas activities for coaches and clients, Christmas icing, coach, coaching, icing biscuits and having fun letting out the inner kid, important having fun, important to make time for frivolous activity, letting the inner child out, life coach, Louise Crooks, not taking life to seriously, Xmas icing
Painting Icing on Christmas Biscuits with Friends.
Our friend Bill whose two boys live in Brazil, normally has them here for Christmas – they have a Christmas tradition that he normally does with them. As they aren’t coming this Christmas we had a surprise invitation to chile and biscuit icing painting last night. Bill and Daniela had it all laid out, had all the biscuits made and the icings colors mixed – ready for us to get down and dirty!
And what a surprise, it was such fun! My inner kid emerged, my creative side emerged, and even my cheeky personality emerged, as we sat painting yummy icing onto the Santas, reindeers, bells and snowflakes, complete with ‘hundreds and thousands’. We all revealed how much fun we were having and that it had been an opportunity for the child in us to emerge. My little girl sure did, and boy was she happy. I realised how neglected she was, and resolved to let her out more often and do more frivolous things! The New Year will bring art classes! I can’t wait.
sweetly yours,
Coach Louise
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December 18, 2008 at 9:02 pm (Personal Growth)
Tags: author of Eat Pray Love, author with humility, beautiful spirit, being present, being rather than doing, business coach, coaching, Elizabeth Gilbert, epiphany, focus, holistic, holistic practitioner, humble woman, humility, in the moment, keystoclaritycoach, life coach, Louise Crooks, meditation, Personal Growth, personal realisation, purpose, stillness, the Brazilian, Two Buttons
Louise with Elizabeth Gilbert - Author of Eat, Love, Pray
I took a lovely drive up to Frenchtown with my hubbie the Friday before last to go up to the Two Buttons warehouse sale that Elizabeth Gilbert and her husband (yes, the Brazilian she met in Bali) own. I had met Elizabeth earlier in the year at special weekend Yogaphoria put on for her when she signed my copy of her book Eat Pray Love, and got to chat to her then, as well as at her shop a couple of days later. I found her to be a wonderful human being, self-deprecating, humble, but with a dry wit, and sharp intellect. Truly an interesting person to converse with. She told me how she was writing I think its her 5th book, on the subject of marriage, and gave some wonderful tips to us for our travels to Thailand telling the little hotel they normally stay in on their buying trips.
Anyway this time, I happily bumped into her in her warehouse, after admiring the biggest white marble buddha I have ever seen! Incidently some local individual bought it to sit in his field. How cool is that! Mid conversation when she was telling me she had re-written her manuscript for her latest book, I realised that I was a little star-struck because I was so in awe of her accomplishments and who she was as a person. What occurred to me in that moment was that because of where I was in my head, that I wasn’t actually paying attention to her on a genuine human level. That awareness drew me straight to earth! I realised I wasn’t honoring her and the spirit of who she is, with my behaviour, and of course being the person I am and being a coach(!) I absolutely wanted to relate to her in a sincere and authentic way. As the awareness came, I immediately became more focused, and connected with her eyes, and became more centered in myself. I am not sure if she noticed, but I really wanted her to feel heard, and so part of that for me was listening intently – I felt my body and mind switch gears, and become present to her being. It was a wonderful feeling and revelation for me. A practice of becoming more present is key for me right now, so it was a beautiful gift. It was a double bonus!
Do you pay attention to how you are being when you are talking to your friends or clients? Do you really listen?
curiously yours,
Coach Louise
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