The Value of You – How to Establish your Coaching Fees
“How much should I be charging for my life coaching?” That question typically gets raised at some point after embracing the challenge of becoming a certified life coach. It’s usually a healthy conversation, often with a little friction, between two general purpose-driven responses: Some lean into certification to add some legitimacy with sharpened personal skills […]
Finding Purpose in Times of Perplexity
Unless you’ve been hibernating, you’re aware of the unprecedented Global Pandemic that has left no life unaffected – anywhere in the world! Any cracks in our collective foundation are being stress-tested, and oh boy are people freaking out – ask any cashier or barista- if they are still working! Like being in a movie, the […]
Sleeping Through Storms
First, let’s address the elephant in the room. We are living during an unprecedented Global Pandemic that leaves no life untouched – anywhere in the world! Any weaknesses in our character is being put to the test, and oh boy are people freaking out – ask any cashier or barista (if they are still working) […]
Cashing a Reality Check
While trying to live the life of your DREAMS, you will often crash into someone else living their NIGHTMARE. Life can get very messy and hearts get bruised if not completely broken. Here is where you cash in your reality check. Will you continue to walk out the life God has for YOU to live […]
Minimalist Challenged
Yes, I said, “challenged.” My wife, Sheri, and I embarked on a Minimalist Challenge earlier this month by playing a Minimalism Game. The rules include selling, giving or trashing an item each day. The first day would be one item, second day two items and this continues for 30 days until you cleaned your life […]
Missing the Miraculous within the Mundane
Have you realized how our lives unfold within moments of time? If we’re not careful, our future will simply be an extension of our past. There is a natural domino effect from the moments behind us to the moments in front of us. We will pass through without much notice if it were not for […]
Road Warriors: Tips for Itinerant Ministry
This blog is adapted from an original blog by Mike Kim, personal branding expert, speaker, and host of the top-ranked personal branding podcast, the Mike Kim Show. This is a subject I have been asked about most frequently by people who have been “reinventing” their lives. As we transition out of traditional roles, we are […]
Piercing the Darkness
The match head is slowly dragged along the striking surface, the sand and powdered glass create friction and heat, which is just enough to convert the red phosphorous to white phosphorus-a chemical so volatile that it ignites in the air. The heat breaks down the potassium chlorate in the match head, thereby releasing oxygen that […]
25 Strategies for Conflict Resolution
This was such good content, I had to borrow it! This is a guest post by Dan Rockwell, leadership and management expert and author of the popular Leadership Freak blog. Sometimes it is the simplest actions that can help you resolve a conflict quickly, or avoid one all together. When you sense things are heating […]
A New Normal
“Jeff, I need you to put your salad down, go outside and look around. Take in what is happening right now. We need to evacuate. Now.” My wife, Sheri, was trying to be as calm as possible encouraging me to soak in the gravity of the moment. I reluctantly set my Trader Joe salad on […]