Posted 39 Days Ago
Unlocking Potential: From couch to ultra marathon
Building her Coaching Conversation with Sharon Lawton (The Coaching Academy’s Head of Training) during International Coaching Week earlier this year, Katherine Holdstock reflects on how her own personal journey from living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) to completing ultra-marathons around the world, mirrors key coaching principles. In this blog, she shares personal insights and lessons that connect endurance, mindset, and the power of coaching.
Posted 44 Days Ago
Changing Gears: Driving Instructor to Coach
In this week’s blog, we’re catching up with Coaching Academy graduate coach, Karen Bransgrove. With a background as a driving instructor and a passion for continuous professional development, Karen’s journey into coaching was sparked by industry changes that demanded a new approach to teaching. What followed was a transformative path that not only reshaped her career but also empowered others to grow through coaching. Now, with a growing interest in supporting individuals over 60 in the workplace, Karen is expanding her mission to help people navigate change, stay motivated, and feel valued in every stage of their career.
Posted 46 Days Ago
Grow your coaching business with online courses
In this week’s blog, Mike Blissett, Presentation Skills Coach and expert trainer at The Coaching Academy, explores why creating an online course could be a smart, scalable way for coaches to grow their coaching business, reach more people, and make a bigger impact - without adding more hours to their schedule. Read on to find out how online courses can help you serve more clients, share your expertise more widely, and build a coaching business that works around your life.
Posted 51 Days Ago
When life paused, I found purpose as a coach
In this week's blog, Ruth Morgan, a recent Coaching Academy graduate, shares how a painful health setback became the catalyst for profound personal transformation. As a senior leader and music teacher, she found herself physically and emotionally stretched - until life forced her to pause. What followed was a journey of healing, reflection, and rediscovery, leading her to life coaching. Through resilience, learning, and a renewed sense of purpose, Ruth turned adversity into a powerful new beginning.
Posted 53 Days Ago
Business action plan for newly qualified coaches - Part Two
Welcome back to the second part of our two-part action plan blog series for newly qualified coaches. In this second part, Coaching Academy graduate and mentor Tanya Edgar, will dive into methods to be able to create sustainability in your coaching business, allowing for long term success and growth. Read on for part two of Tanya’s step-by-step action plan for new coaches!
Posted 58 Days Ago
A purposeful pivot into Leadership & Executive Coaching
In this week's blog, we are catching up with one of our graduate coaches Dharmesh Chheda, a Leadership & Executive Coach. From navigating a career transition during the pandemic to becoming a sought-after coach for teams and leaders, Dharmesh's coaching journey is one of valuable insights, breakthroughs and the how training to become a coach has transformed his life, both personally and professionally.
Posted 65 Days Ago
How coaching changed my life & career path
In this week's blog, we are catching up with one of our inspirational graduates, Joanna Stokes, a Career & Leadership Coach. From a pivotal first coaching session to launching her own successful business, Joanna shares her inspiring story of growth and the power of coaching. If you’ve ever wondered what life coaching could do for you, or even how coaching could become a career for you too, this is a must-read!
Posted 67 Days Ago
Why coaching is key to high-performance teams
Have you ever seen a team where everything just clicks? Where individuals work seamlessly together, communicate openly, and deliver results that consistently exceed expectations? High performance teams don’t just happen by accident; they are cultivated, developed, and strengthened through intentional action. This is where High Performance Team Coaching comes in. In this week's blog we will explore the concept of High-Performance Team Coaching, its benefits, and how it can empower teams to reach their full potential.
Posted 72 Days Ago
Empowering growth through executive & team coaching
In this week's blog we are catching up with our graduate coach, Lorene Phillips. Lorene is an Executive Leader & High-Performance Coach whose work includes coaching C-suite executives through high-stakes decisions, supporting teams adapting to change, and mentoring Gen Z entering new industries. She is passionate about cultivating a culture of collaboration, championing DEI, and inspiring lasting change by preparing inclusive future leaders.
Posted 79 Days Ago
How to use DISC Profiling in coaching
Have you ever wondered what truly drives your clients? How do they communicate? What barriers may be holding them back? If these questions resonate with you, DISC profiling may just be the tool you’ve been looking for. Whether you’re an established coach or just starting in the field, understanding DISC can elevate your practice, help you unlock the people puzzle and foster meaningful transformation.
Posted 79 Days Ago
Business coaching for sustainable success
In this week's blog, we’re catching up with Coaching Academy graduate Stefano Palumbo completed his second qualification with us, the Small Business Coaching diploma, last year and described it as "a turning point" for him. Stefano now works as a Business and Performance Coach who helps organisations build high-performance cultures and supports professionals in high-pressure roles to enhance their mental performance and achieve more with less.
Posted 81 Days Ago
Coaching clients to achieve work-life balance
Finding the perfect work-life balance is one of the greatest challenges many people face in today’s fast-paced world. As a life coach, you have the unique ability to support your clients towards achieving harmony between their personal and professional lives. In this week's blog, we explore strategies to help you empower your clients to define and build their own version of balance - one that aligns with their individual needs, values, and aspirations.
Posted 86 Days Ago
A coaching journey of growth, leadership & impact
In this week's blog, we are catching up with Coaching Academy graduate Lynsey Kitching, an inspiring leader who has embraced her coaching journey with remarkable courage and determination. Lynsey’s story is a testament to growth, resilience, and her unwavering dedication to making a meaningful difference in the lives of others. Through her work, she has empowered countless individuals to overcome obstacles, unlock their potential, and confidently step into their own leadership journeys.
Posted 93 Days Ago
How coaching helped me build a life & business I love
In this week's blog, we are catching up with Coaching Academy graduate Kirsty Knott. Kirsty shares how coaching has transformed her life. It helped her gain clarity on what she truly wants, build real confidence, and stop worrying about others' opinions. This shift has not only grown her business but also improved her personal life.
Posted 88 Days Ago
The power of breathwork: Insights for coaches
Building on Shoana Taylor's Coaching Conversation with Sharon Lawton (The Coaching Academy's Head of Training), about 'Somatic Tools for Coaches', Shoana explores the transformative impact of intentional breathing. Often underestimated, our breath is a powerful tool to calm the mind and deepen our connection with ourselves. By consciously shifting breathing patterns, coaches can access a valuable resource to support both their clients and their own well-being.
Posted 95 Days Ago
Coaching Success: The power of one conversation
This week is International Coaching Week and in this week's blog our Head of Training, Sharon Lawton, dives into the transformative impact a single conversation can have. She shares powerful insights on how one meaningful coaching conversation can spark self-discovery, provide clarity, and drive lasting transformation. giving answers, but by asking the right questions and creating space for true connection and growth.
Posted 100 Days Ago
Coaching: A career aligned with my natural gifts & passions
In this week’s blog, we’re celebrating Coaching Academy graduate coach Alice Kingsnorth who, after witnessing the life-changing results others were achieving with the support of a coach, felt inspired to explore coaching for herself. It wasn’t until she experienced private coaching firsthand - while managing her own team - that everything clicked. Very soon after that, she knew coaching was a career that aligned with her natural gifts and passions, and that’s when she signed up to learn more with us. Read on to discover how her journey unfolded and what’s possible when you follow that inner nudge.
Posted 102 Days Ago
Emotional Fitness: The missing key in personal development
This month is Mental Health Awareness Month which serves as a powerful reminder that taking care of our minds is just as important as caring for our bodies. In this blog, Dr. Rebecca Kimberley, a Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Coach, and award-winning Coaching Academy graduate, explores why emotional fitness could be the missing key not only to personal transformation but also to thriving in your coaching practice. Read on to discover how nurturing your emotional fitness can unlock your full potential and inspire those you coach.
Posted 107 Days Ago
Reigniting my journey through coaching
In this week's blog, Chelle Bailey, a recent Coaching Academy graduate coach reflects on how being made redundant became an unexpected turning point. Like many talented professionals, she had felt stuck, overlooked, and burnt out. But instead of seeing it as a setback, she embraced the opportunity to reset and reignite - investing in herself, gaining new NLP and life coaching accreditations, and reconnecting with her purpose. What followed was a powerful transformation that turned uncertainty into clarity and reignited her sense of possibility.
Posted 109 Days Ago
How life coaching boosts Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
What sets successful individuals apart, both personally and professionally? While intellect and technical skills are very important, more often than not, it’s their Emotional Intelligence, or EQ. In this week's blog we explore how Emotional Intelligence is the glue that holds it all together, allowing people to connect, empathise, and communicate effectively. If you're passionate about helping people unlock their potential, you’ll discover why this skill deserves a spotlight in your coaching practice. For aspiring and experienced life coaches, understanding and enhancing EQ isn’t just a skill – it’s a game-changer, both for their clients and themselves!
Posted 60 Days Ago
Business action plan for newly qualified coaches - Part One
In this week's blog, Coaching Academy graduate and mentor Tanya Edgar kicks off the first of a two-part action plan blog series for newly qualified coaches. In this two-part series, we’ll break down the essential steps you need to take in order to launch and grow your coaching business. Read on for part one of Tanya’s step-by-step action plan for new coaches!
Posted 114 Days Ago
Health in Harmony: From Music Teacher to Health Coach
In this week's blog, we’re celebrating our graduate coach Alkistis Stogianni, a music teacher who pivoted to become a qualified ICF-certified Life Coach through The Coaching Academy, and is also a qualified Primal Health & Nutrition Expert. After overcoming her own health challenges, Alkistis discovered a passion for Health Coaching and has since committed herself to helping others do the same. She’s now building her own thriving Coaching Practice, guiding individuals to take control of unnecessary symptoms and unwanted conditions - empowering them to reclaim vibrant, lasting health.
Posted 116 Days Ago
Launch your coaching website with confidence
Launching a website is a pivotal step in establishing your online presence and reaching your target audience. It serves as a central hub for your story, services, and contact information, all while showcasing your unique brand. In this week's blog, Liz Ellary who specialises in creating authentic visual brands & websites for entrepreneurs, shares her top tips for creating and launching a coaching website.
Posted 121 Days Ago
From corporate manager to professional coach
In this week’s blog, we are catching up with one of our graduate coaches Massimo Fatato. Massimo shares his inspiring story of transitioning from a successful corporate career to becoming a professional coach. He talks us through his coaching journey and how it has impacted his life both personally and professionally. Read on to learn about the lessons he has learnt, and how he is using coaching to positively impact others.
Posted 123 Days Ago
Coaching Support: Helping clients manage stress
April marks Stress Awareness Month, a timely reminder of the importance of managing stress for overall well-being. In this week's blog Coaching Academy expert trainer, Rasheed Ogunlaru, offers some practical insights and actionable tips that not only focus on improving our own well-being and creating a supportive environment that promotes balance and growth for our coaching clients.
Posted 128 Days Ago
Coaching helped me build more than a business
In this week's blog, we're catching up with corporate leadership coach and Coaching Academy graduate Victoria Stakelum, who shares her inspiring journey from training with us to now be running a thriving coaching business. She reflects on the calling that led her to coaching, the lessons learned along the way, and how she’s transformed both her life and the lives of her clients.
Posted 135 Days Ago
A Leadership Coach creating a legacy for the next generation
In this week's blog, Coaching Academy graduate, Tracey Croucher-Clark, shares her inspiring journey as a Leadership and Development Coach. Tracey works as an Internal Leadership & Development Coach for a large public sector organisation. Additionally, she supports schools to boost attendance and engagement through her coaching business, The Compass Coach. Tracey uses group, one-to-one, and team coaching to create connection and a sense of belonging, empowering young people to thrive.
Posted 142 Days Ago
From setbacks to comebacks: Build resilience with coaching
This week on the blog, we are catching up with our graduate coach Ben Mitchell, whose story is bound to inspire and empower you to chase your dreams. Ben has been on an incredible journey, facing the challenges associated with chronic pain, celebrating wins and learning valuable lessons along the way. His drive to help others realise their potential, despite their own chronic pain, and to step confidently into their next chapter is truly uplifting.
Posted 144 Days Ago
Authenticity v's Reinvention: A Coach's Perspective
We often think of authenticity as staying true to who we are, while reinvention suggests change and transformation. At first glance, these ideas might seem at odds - but are they really? Can we evolve and grow while still being authentic? This week, Françoise Olivier, a Coaching Academy Course Advisor & Life Coach, explores how authenticity and reinvention can coexist, shaping our personal and professional journeys as coaches.
Posted 137 Days Ago
Is career coaching the niche for you?
In this week’s blog, Sarah Bramall, Coaching Academy expert trainer and successful Executive and Leadership who specialises in Career Coaching, explores why career coaching might be the perfect fit for you. From helping clients gain clarity and confidence to guiding them toward meaningful work, this blog unpacks why career coaching could be the next step in your journey. Let’s dive in!
Posted 150 Days Ago
Nurse to Grief Coach: Helping others rewrite life after loss
In this week’s blog, we share a sensitive journey of loss and finding a renewed purpose. Coaching Academy graduate, and Grief & Loss Coach, Katherine Proffitt, had initially planned to pursue a PhD to combine research with her passion for supporting women and families after pregnancy loss. However, Katherine found her path shifting after a series of life-changing events which led her to Grief Coaching, where she now supports families through grief and loss. (*This article contains topics around pregnancy loss and baby loss which some readers may find difficult.)
Posted 151 Days Ago
Celebrating Neurodiversity: What is neuro-affirming support?
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is an opportunity to amplify and embrace the strengths, perspectives, and unique contributions of neurodivergent individuals. As coaches, this is an opportunity to reflect on how we can provide truly neuro-affirming support - helping individuals thrive in ways that align with their authentic selves. In this week's blog, Coaching Academy graduate, neurodiversity coach and trainer Anita Patel, explores what it means to offer neuro-affirming coaching, practical ways to support neurodivergent individuals, and why embracing neurodiversity benefits everyone.
Posted 156 Days Ago
Creating safe spaces with life coaching
In this week's blog, we're catching up with graduate Life Coach and Counsellor Stasia Banto, who is passionate about supporting individuals on their personal growth and healing journey. Specialising in helping clients process complex trauma and navigate an autism or ADHD diagnosis, Stasia creates a safe and supportive space that acts as a catalyst for lasting change for the clients she helps in the UK and internationally. With Neurodiversity Celebration Week coming up next week, there's never been a better time to explore the power of truly understanding and supporting neurodivergent minds. Read on to learn more about Stasia's journey and insights.
Posted 163 Days Ago
Empowering women leaders in science through coaching
In this week's blog, we're catching up with Coaching Academy graduate Dr. Sian Rowsell, a double Coaching Academy award winner, who empowers women leaders in science to thrive in their careers and achieve the perfect work/life balance. With International Women’s Day tomorrow, Sian's story is a powerful reminder of how women continue to break barriers and inspire others. After earning her PhD at Imperial College and completing a post-doc at the University of Leeds, Sian built a successful and diverse career in the pharmaceutical industry. But her journey didn’t stop there. Inspired by a tearful January morning and a well-timed group coaching session, Sian embarked on a path of reinvention. Read on to hear her story of transitioning from a corporate career to making an impact as a coach.
Posted 158 Days Ago
Life after uniform: Coaching for a new purpose
Following on from his inspiring Coaching Conversations discussion on with our Head of Training, Sharon Lawton, Coaching Academy graduate Olafemi Xavier shares further insights on navigating major life transitions. After 13 years as an RAF officer, Olafemi now works as a Performance Coach and NLP Practitioner, helping others find purpose beyond service. Whether transitioning from military life or facing a big life change, Olafemi offers practical advice to thrive during change and build an extraordinary new chapter.
Posted 165 Days Ago
What is Confidence Coaching?
Do you dream of standing tall in your strengths, communicating effectively, and approaching life with conviction? Confidence coaching might just be the path to unlock that potential - for both you as a coach and your clients. Read on to find out in this week's blog how confidence coaching can transform lives and help you uncover the fearless, empowered version of yourself!
Posted 170 Days Ago
From hospitality leader to coach: My coaching journey
In this week's blog, we're catching up with Manisha Vithani, a Coaching Academy graduate, mentor and associate trainer. After 20 years in the hotels and hospitality industry, Manisha retrained in coaching and now runs her own coaching business for leaders and entrepreneurs. Manisha supports individuals through challenges, helping them navigate uncertainty, overcome obstacles, and develop the confidence to thrive in their leadership career or business. Read on to learn more about Manisha's journey and insights!
Posted 172 Days Ago
Coaching new managers breaking free from Imposter Syndrome
In this week's blog, we’re diving into a challenge that many new managers face but might hesitate to talk about openly - Imposter Syndrome. Stepping into a new management role is a big milestone, yet it often comes with a wave of self-doubt and the daunting feeling of not being “good enough.” Fortunately, leadership coaching can be a powerful tool to help new managers break free from these limiting beliefs. Read on as Ange Watson, a Coaching Academy Graduate and Leadership Coach, share her tips for new managers and insight into the area of Leadership Coaching.
Posted 177 Days Ago
Building confidence with youth coaching
In this week's blog, recent Coaching Academy graduate Angelique d’Autier-Andraud shares her inspiring coaching journey. From her early career in marketing across Paris, London, and Hong Kong, to discovering her true calling in coaching. Learn how coaching has transformed her life and how she now empowers others to achieve their potential.
Posted 179 Days Ago
Using strength-based coaching for growth and success
Great coaching empowers individuals by focusing on what they do best. When people recognise and develop their strengths, they gain confidence, motivation, and a greater sense of purpose. Coaches who take a strengths-based approach help clients unlock their full potential, create meaningful change, and maximise their impact in both personal and professional life. Following on from his Coaching Conversation with Sharon Lawton, Head of Training for The Coaching Academy, Tashan shares tools and insights coaches can use to unlock their client's potential further with a Strengths-based approach.
Posted 184 Days Ago
From engineering in the chilly UK to coaching in sunny Spain
In this week's blog we're catching up with Coaching Academy graduate Lars Gerull. Once a mechanical engineer, Lars now specialises in guiding engineers and tech professionals through major career transitions - helping them land roles that aren’t just jobs but true passions. Read on to discover Lar's journey and insights on making bold career moves with confidence!
Posted 187 Days Ago
10 Ways Life Coaches Can Get Clients and Grow a Successful Coaching Business
Starting your life coaching business is an exciting leap toward helping others achieve their goals, unlock their potential, and transform their lives. But here’s the question every life coach faces at some point - how do you find clients? Building a thriving coaching practice isn’t just about your skills or your passion; it’s also about connecting with the people who need you most. Read on to discover practical strategies to attract and connect with your ideal clients.
Posted 191 Days Ago
Coaching for Impact: Transforming HR and Leadership
In this week's blog, recent Coaching Academy graduate Gracia Horwitz shares her coaching journey and how it has deepened her impact as an HR leader. Believing that HR professionals directly shape business outcomes and company culture, she set out to explore how coaching can drive meaningful change. Now, as a certified coach, she’s empowering managers to lead with confidence, foster growth, and create measurable success within their teams. Read on to discover how coaching is transforming her approach to HR and business performance.
Posted 193 Days Ago
From Resolutions to Results: How to Build Habits That Last All Year
In this week's blog, we're diving into the art of making lasting change. As January ends and we enter into February, many of us reflect on the goals we optimistically set for ourselves on Jan 1st for the New Year - whether it was tackling Dry January, committing to a new healthy habit or making a significant change in another area of our lives. While it’s easy to start strong, the key to success lies in sustaining those changes as we move into February and beyond. If you’re wondering how to make your resolutions stick and truly transform your habits, expert Coaching Academy trainer Mandy Manners has you covered and is sharing her top tips for turning short-term efforts into lasting lifestyle changes!
Posted 198 Days Ago
Orchestrating Change: A Journey from Musician to Coach
This week we are celebrating the success of our recent graduate Marek Tomaszewski whose inspiring journey from a 20-year musical career to a thriving role as a Life and Business Coach showcases the power of reinvention and resilience. Now he is channelling his natural curiosity about people into empowering others - helping them to build confidence, master communication, and develop leadership strategies to excel in career transitions. Read on to discover how Marek's coaching journey is inspiring others to reach their full potential.
Posted 200 Days Ago
A Year’s Plan Starts with Spring
In this week's blog, Coaching Academy graduate Iris Cai, reflects on the timeless wisdom of the Chinese proverb, “A Year’s Plan Starts with Spring”. The Chinese Lunar New Year and Spring marks a perfect moment to embrace fresh beginnings and set meaningful goals for the year ahead. Iris shares insights on how the themes of renewal and goal-setting in Chinese culture & New Year Celebrations align with the coaching process, along with 5 practical tips for effective cross-culture coaching.
Posted 205 Days Ago
Winning in Your Head First: Merging Basketball & Mindset Performance Coaching
In this week's blog we are catching up with one of our amazing graduates Jack Williams. Jack has taken his love for basketball and combined it with his passion for mindset performance and has evolved his life coaching business into an exciting multi-faceted mindset & performance coaching business. From empowering young players on the court to transforming lives off it, his unique approach is inspiring individuals to reach their full potential in every area of life. Let’s ‘jump’ into his journey, his mission and the impact he’s creating!
Posted 212 Days Ago
From Teacher to Coach: A Path of Self-Discovery
This week we are celebrating Coaching Academy graduate Phil Harper a teacher who has recently graduated with us. Phil trained to become a coach alongside his role as a teacher, he is now embarking on setting up his own coaching business, Compassion Capital. Read on to find out more about his coaching journey and plans for the future.
Posted 207 Days Ago
Flying in Your Zone of Genius
Have you ever wondered what separates good performance from truly exceptional achievements? Following from this month's Coaching Conversation with Sharon Lawton (Head of Training, The Coaching Academy), and Katie Stoddart, founder and CEO of ‘The Focus Bee,’ delves deeper what does it really mean to work in your ‘Zone of Genius’? More importantly, how can you find and sustain this state for yourself? Read on to find out more.
Posted 214 Days Ago
2025, the year you became a Life Coach
A brand-new year can be the ideal time for reflection, goal setting and a fresh new beginning. With almost half of UK adults keen to start their own business; could 2025 be the year you take the leap to make a big change?One of the most rewarding and impactful paths you can explore is becoming a life coach.
Posted 217 Days Ago
A New Year Message from the CEO of The Coaching Academy
As we welcome 2025, I want to take a moment to reflect on the profound impact coaching has on the world and to celebrate each of you who contribute to this transformative profession. Whether you’re an aspiring coach, a student coach, a seasoned practitioner, or someone exploring the incredible possibilities coaching can bring, this is a time to embrace the promise of new beginnings and fresh opportunities.
Posted 219 Days Ago
Coaching Through Life's Crossroads & Transitions
For 2025, we’re excited to launch a new way of celebrating your remarkable accomplishments! Every Friday, we’ll feature one of two inspiring coaching journeys: a ‘Student Story,’ showcasing the journey of a recent graduate, or a ‘Graduate Catch-Up,’ where we catch up with alumni later in their coaching career. First up is a ‘Student Story’ from Jessica Wewer who is a Life Transition Coach. In her coaching practice, she works with individuals navigating periods of transition and transformation. Through thoughtful coaching conversation and structured reflection, she helps her clients uncover their aspirations, reconnect with their passions, and design a clear path forward.
Posted 221 Days Ago
Why 2025 Is the Year to Embrace Coaching
The Power of a Fresh Start! A fresh start isn’t just a date on the calendar; it’s an invitation to reimagine, refocus, and redefine what’s possible. For those already on the path to becoming a coach and those contemplating joining this transformative profession, 2025 holds unparalleled opportunities to make an impact in your life and the lives of others. In our first blog of the New Year we’ll explore why 2025 is the year to embrace coaching and how it can help you create a fulfilling and meaningful career.
Posted 217 Days Ago
A New Year Message from the CEO of The Coaching Academy
As we welcome 2025, I want to take a moment to reflect on the profound impact coaching has on the world and to celebrate each of you who contribute to this transformative profession. Whether you’re an aspiring coach, a student coach, a seasoned practitioner, or someone exploring the incredible possibilities coaching can bring, this is a time to embrace the promise of new beginnings and fresh opportunities.
Posted 247 Days Ago
Transforming Lives Through Faith-based Coaching
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Coecilia Valcent who brings her faith and compassion to the forefront of her coaching practice. Through coaching she creates a loving, non-judgmental space where women can discover and fulfil their God-given purpose. With a background as a nurse and mentor, she combines years of care and guidance with a deep understanding of God’s love to help her clients grow, learn, and transform.
Posted 254 Days Ago
The power of coaching: Never underestimate your ability
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Dima Al-Ghamdi, someone who embodies resilience, passion and a true desire to make a difference. Overcoming personal challenges and learning difficulties, Dima has dedicated her journey to empowering others through coaching, along with mentoring aspiring coaches, writing inspirational book for children with learning difficulties and much more too. From a chance discovery of our free Introduction to Life Coaching event to becoming a coaching powerhouse in the Middle East, read on to hear Dima's inspiring coaching journey.
Posted 256 Days Ago
Why Organisations Are Embracing a Coaching Approach to Leadership
In today's rapidly evolving workplace, organisations across both private and public sectors are increasingly adopting coaching as a leadership approach. Traditional directive management styles are proving insufficient for fostering employee engagement, innovation, and adaptability. Leaders who embrace a coaching mindset are now driving higher performance, cultivating resilience, and creating thriving workplace cultures.
Posted 247 Days Ago
Set yourself up for a successful coaching business in 2025
As we close out on another year, one that was packed with lots of learning and growth, even us coaches may feel inclined to discretely throw a dust sheet over our goals for 2025. We may hide them away, unfinished or refined, in the hope that any tasks we have been procrastinating on will look more appealing the fresh light of a new year. Manifesting the hope that something will magically change to make the big things feel easy. In this week's blog Laura O'Shaughnessy, Coaching Academy graduate, shares 5 crucial questions for your marketing and new business planning ahead, inspiring you to think ahead to 2025 with confidence.
Posted 263 Days Ago
Life Coaching or Counselling? Choosing a helping career
Are you someone who naturally gravitates toward helping others? Do you often find yourself being the person friends or colleagues turn to for advice, support, or guidance? If you’re considering a career where you can channel that passion for helping people, you’ve likely come across two popular paths—life coaching and counselling. While both professions aim to empower others, they differ in approach, focus, and training. Let's explore these two career options to help you decide which one aligns with your passion, skills, and goals.
Posted 261 Days Ago
Coaching Women to Thrive in Tech Careers
This week's coach in the spotlight is Caroline Clark, a Coaching Academy graduate who now runs her own business specialising in supporting women through pivotal career moments within the tech and product management space. Caroline is passionate about helping her clients build confidence, achieve their goals, and thrive in their careers. Read on to discover her inspiring story, why she chose this niche, and her top tips for women navigating the challenges of the tech industry.
Posted 268 Days Ago
Coaching That Sparks Change: From Serendipity to Success
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Katie Aston, an inspiring life coach who has transformed not only her life but also those of her clients. Katie’s story is a testament to the power of coaching and how it can open up new ways of thinking, uncover hidden strengths, and challenge limiting beliefs. From discovering The Coaching Academy through serendipitous social media posts to setting ambitious goals and achieving them with determination, Katie shares her incredible coaching journey.
Posted 276 Days Ago
From Performing Arts to positive pathways through coaching
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is our graduate coach Cat Stacey. Cat had a performing arts background before discovering life coaching. After training with us she set up her own coaching business, Cat Stacey: Happiness and Wellbeing Coach, working mostly with young people in education. Cat is passionate about encouraging the anxious and overwhelmed to find creative and positive pathways forward. Read on as Cat shares her coaching journey with us today.
Posted 277 Days Ago
Making Career Change Happen: How Can A Career Coach Help?
It is National Career Development Month, and in this week's blog, we examine the valuable role of career coaching. Coaching Academy graduate, and successful career coach, Camilla De Burghe shares her insights on how a career coach supports clients when making a career change. Whether it's navigating a new industry or progressing in their career, a career coach helps their clients to make the transition smoother and more successful.
Posted 282 Days Ago
From Classroom to Coaching: Empowering Parents, Transforming Lives
This week's coach in the spotlight is Neema Lakhani. Neema is a Coaching Academy graduate with a 20-year background in education and a passion for helping parents find balance in their lives. Drawing from her experience in psychology and her dedication to effective coaching, Neema empowers parents to shed guilt, establish healthy habits, and rediscover joy in both their family and professional lives. Join us as we explore Neema’s inspiring transformation from educator to life coach and the invaluable lessons she has learned along the way.
Posted 289 Days Ago
Empowering entrepreneurs through business coaching
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Esther Partridge, a passionate and dedicated business coach who has transformed her personal challenges into an inspiring career. Following her own positive experience with business coaching after a breast cancer diagnosis, Esther decided to empower others on their entrepreneurial journeys. Read on to find out how Esther empowers her clients to embrace challenges and view them as opportunities for learning and development.
Posted 284 Days Ago
How to help your clients take dynamic action with inner calm
This week is International Stress Awareness Week, and in today's blog, we delve into the importance of connecting with your true identity to achieve dynamic action with inner calm. Deepti Goyal is a Stress Riddance Specialist & Coach who helps British Asian Women meet their own expectations of work’s life balance. Deepti's approach focuses on re-establishing this connection to find the peaceful balance needed. Read on to learn how to help your clients connect with their true identity for genuine satisfaction, fulfilment, and the ability to take dynamic action with inner calm.
Posted 291 Days Ago
Positive Psychology Coaching: An Evidence-Based Approach to Personal & Professional Growth
In this week's blog, Coaching Academy expert trainer Andrea Giraldez-Hayes, PhD, explores how Positive Psychology Coaching can enhance and transform your coaching practice. Rooted in the science of wellbeing and happiness, this approach emphasises strengths and fosters growth in both clients and coaches. By placing wellbeing at the heart of the coaching process, Positive Psychology Coaching supports sustainable personal and professional development and helps individuals, teams, and organisations thrive.
Posted 270 Days Ago
Simplifying Coaching
Following on from her “Coaching Conversations” discussion with Sharon Lawton (TCA Head of Training), Claire Pedrick (creator of the STOKER coaching model and author of Simplifying Coaching and The Human Behind the Coach) dives into the art of simplifying coaching. There's an undeniable drive within most coaches—a desire to learn and to truly make a difference in the lives of those they coach, but in this pursuit, less can often be more when it comes to having a transformational impact. Read on to discover more insights and valuable information from Claire…
Posted 296 Days Ago
Digital Health: By clicking off you will switch on
In this week's blog, we feature Coaching Academy graduate Carl Leroy as our Coach in the Spotlight. Carl's coaching niche is digital health. As a Digital Health Coach, Carl encourages individuals to click off and step back from the constant buzz of the online world. Read on to discover how he helps his clients take intentional breaks offline to tackle procrastination, action their goals with a new sense of urgency and enhance their overall mental wellbeing.
Posted 298 Days Ago
Key skills for great life coaches: Mastering listening
In this week's blog, we delve into one of the most crucial skills every life coach needs to master: the art of listening. Effective listening is more than just hearing words; it's about understanding the emotions and intentions behind those words. This skill allows life coaches to build a strong rapport with clients, fostering an environment of trust and openness. Read on to find out more about the importance of mastering effective listening as part of becoming a great life coach.
Posted 303 Days Ago
Redefining Midlife: The Power of Menopause Coaching
This week's Coach in the Spotlight to mark World Menopause Day 2024 is Angela Standen. Angela specialises in coaching mid-life women who feel out of control or lost during this pivotal time, a time when they should be thriving in their lives, bodies and careers. Read on to find out about Angela's own personal journey towards coaching and how she is helping women embrace their mid-life transformations.
Posted 310 Days Ago
Redesigning lives with Holistic Coaching
We are catching up with one of our graduates, Sinéad Robertson, for this week's Coach in the Spotlight. Since graduating from The Coaching Academy, Sinéad has seamlessly blended her passion for coaching and yoga into a thriving business. Having graduated from The Coaching Academy with a diploma in both Life Coaching and Business Coaching, she has utilised her expertise to help individuals achieve balance and fulfilment in their lives.
Posted 317 Days Ago
Empowering teachers and educators through coaching
Tomorrow is World Teachers' Day and this week we are pleased to be featuring Kate Wadsworth as our Coach in the Spotlight. Kate is a Coaching Academy graduate, educator, consultant, and specialist coach dedicated to creating a happier, less stressful, and more relevant approach to education. In this interview, Kate shares her transformational journey from a disillusioned teacher to a passionate coach who empowers school leaders and educators. If you're an aspiring coach or an educator looking to bring joy and relevance back into the classroom, this conversation will shed light on the incredible impact coaching can have.
Posted 324 Days Ago
Coaching has made me braver & more ambitious!
In this week's blog, Coaching Academy graduate Rachel Mowbray shares her inspiring coaching journey with us. From her beginnings as a PhD researcher to becoming a dedicated Life Coach. She discusses the rewards of coaching, and how she is passionate about helping others balance their work/study and personal well-being. Read on to discover how Rachel's belief in the importance of health and happiness led her to The Coaching Academy, and how her coaching career has flourished since then.
Posted 305 Days Ago
There Is a Coach for Everyone!
Have you ever considered the idea of becoming a coach but thought the field was limited to life coaching? Guess what? The world of coaching is vast and diverse, with opportunities that align with nearly every passion and expertise imaginable. Let's explore the multitude of coaching niches available and show you that, truly, there is a coach for everyone!
Posted 312 Days Ago
Navigating Change with Confidence: The 4 Stages of Behavioural Change
Following on from his powerful “Coaching Conversations” discussion with Sharon Lawton (TCA Head of Training), Johnny Lawrence, The Self Development Coach. Johnny is a TCA-certified Behaviour Change Coach and shares his insights on how to navigate change with confidence using the 4 Stages of Behavioural Change. Whether you're looking to improve personal habits or make significant shifts in your professional life, understanding these stages can provide you with a reliable framework for progress.
Posted 326 Days Ago
From Connections to Clients – Effective Networking for Coaches
This week's blog we dive into the power of networking for coaches and how coaches can network confidently and effectively. Networking may feel daunting for some, but with the right approach, it can become a natural and rewarding part of your professional life. Amanda Green, a Transformation Coach & Facilitator, shares with us her valuable insights and tips to help you make the most networking as a key way to help you grow your coaching business.
Posted 331 Days Ago
From Financial Services to Personal Brand Coach: A coach's journey to authenticity & confidence
In this week's Coach in the Spotlight, we explore the coaching journey of Cressida Hamilton. After a successful career in the finance industry, Cressida decided to make a bold career change and become an executive & personal brand coach. Today she shares her journey of self-discovery, growth, and how she is helpings others build their personal brands and confidently be their authentic selves.
Posted 319 Days Ago
Discover the Transformative Power of Holistic Coaching
Are you ready to take your life coaching practice to the next level? Imagine a coaching approach that addresses not just the mind but the whole person, including their emotions, unconscious assumptions, decisions, opinions, stories all of which impact their goals. In this week's blog we'll explore what Holistic Coaching is and how you can integrate this powerful approach into your life coaching practice.
Posted 338 Days Ago
Coaching unlocks potential & solutions like nothing else
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Joe Morrison. Joe is a Coaching Academy graduate who now runs his own coaching business called Craft & Scale. Joe specialises in helping business owners grow their business, enabling entrepreneurs to revitalise their passion and drive for their business. Read on to hear about the experiences and insights that have shaped his coaching journey and business.
Posted 340 Days Ago
Narcissistic Abuse Coaching: Reclaiming Yourself
In this week's blog, Ronia Fraser—Coaching Academy graduate, multi-award-winning Trauma Recovery Coach, and Clinical Hypnotherapist. Ronia was the UK’s first Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coach back in 2017, Protégé Coach at TCA and winner of the International Coach of the Year Award 2019. Following on from her Coaching Conversations discussion with Sharon Lawton (TCA Head of Training), she shares her insights into Narcissistic Abuse Coaching and its transformational power for survivors. Ronia offers her personal experiences and professional expertise to illuminate how coaching can be a beacon of hope and recovery for those navigating the aftermath of narcissistic abuse.
Posted 345 Days Ago
Navigating work and family: Insights from a Parent Coach
Successfully balancing work and family life is within reach for parents, even though it can be a challenging task. With the right support and guidance, working parents can find effective ways to manage their dual roles. As many parents transition back to routine after the summer break, the search for balance becomes even more relevant. To explore how coaching can help in this journey, this week's Coach in the Spotlight is Shwezin Win, a Coaching Academy graduate and Parent Coach. Today she shares with us her own coaching journey, along with some invaluable insights on how parents can find a balance between professional responsibilities and family life.
Posted 333 Days Ago
The DISC Advantage: Enhancing Your Coaching Practice Through Behavioural Insights
In this week's blog our Head of Training, Sharon Lawton, dives deep into DISC! Sharon shares her insights on the powerful DISC Model of Human Behaviour and how it can transform your coaching practice. Discover how incorporating DISC profiling into your coaching practice can lead to more personalised and impactful coaching, as well as better all-round relationships. Ready to enhance your coaching practice? Let's get started!
Posted 347 Days Ago
Building Futures with Coaching in Education
As the new school year begins, it's timely to explore how coaching in education can make a significant impact. In today’s rapidly changing world, the role of education goes far beyond delivering academic knowledge. It’s about shaping futures, fostering resilience, and unlocking the potential within every student…and educator too! Coaching in education is a powerful tool to achieve these aims, offering support that empowers students, educators, and institutions alike. By integrating coaching into the educational landscape, we can build stronger, more adaptable futures, ensuring that every learner has the opportunity to thrive in an increasingly changing environment.
Posted 368 Days Ago
Exploring curiosity in life coaching: Can a coach be TOO curious?
As a follow on from this week's Coaching Conversations with Rachael Bushby and Sharon Lawton (our Head of Training) we’re featuring a thought-provoking piece by Rachael further delving into the power of curiosity in coaching. Rachael, one of our expert coach trainers, is currently pursuing a PhD on the connection between curiosity and wellbeing, and shares insights into how this fundamental trait shapes our lives. Inspired by observing the natural curiosity of children and animals, the blog explores how curiosity can play a vital role in personal growth and coaching.
Posted 389 Days Ago
Embracing diversity, equity, inclusion, & belonging in coaching
In coaching, fostering an environment of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) is paramount. As coaches, our mission extends beyond supporting clients towards their goals; it encompasses creating a space where every individual feels seen, heard, and valued. This holistic approach not only enhances the coaching experience but also promotes profound personal and professional growth for both coach and coachee. Read on to discover key insights from Rebecca Daniel, one of our expert Coach Trainers, on how to integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into your coaching practice.
Posted 387 Days Ago
Create a life you love: Transform your career with life coaching
Many people feel a disconnect between their current job and the life they truly desire. This is where the guidance of a skilled life coach can make all the difference. This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Elvira P. Romero whose passion lies in helping individuals like you through career transitions. With a firm belief that everyone deserves to live their dream life, Elvira shares her own coaching journey and how she utilises the coaching skills and training gained on our Life Coaching Diplomas to help clients redesign their professional paths for a brighter, more satisfying future.
Posted 403 Days Ago
7 Tips to create an authentic brand & website that attracts your ideal client
Following on from last week's blog and yesterday's Coaching Conversation “Building a Coaching Website That Gets You Noticed", Liz Ellery wraps up our deep dive into how life coaches can create impactful websites. Read on as Liz shares with us 7 key tips to help coaches create a website that is both authentic to your true self, as well as being effective at getting you noticed. Whether you're just starting out or looking to revamp your existing site, these tips will help you connect with your ideal clients and draw them in.
Posted 403 Days Ago
7 Tips to create an authentic brand & website that attracts your ideal client
Following on from last week's blog and yesterday's Coaching Conversation “Building a Coaching Website That Gets You Noticed", Liz Ellery wraps up our deep dive into how life coaches can create impactful websites. Read on as Liz shares with us 7 key tips to help coaches create a website that is both authentic to your true self, as well as being effective at getting you noticed. Whether you're just starting out or looking to revamp your existing site, these tips will help you connect with your ideal clients and draw them in.
Posted 394 Days Ago
Leading with values: Helping business owners find fulfilment & success
This week's Coach in the Spotlight Kate Watt. With a background that combines executive-level leadership and operational knowledge, Kate is adept at supporting business owners. Through her coaching business she empowers micro/small business owners to build thriving enterprises that are deeply aligned with their core values and personal well-being.
Posted 401 Days Ago
Finding harmony and life balance through coaching
Aspiring life coaches often wonder how they can make a significant difference in the lives of their clients while building a rewarding career. In this week's Coach in the Spotlight feature Sally Mady, a Life & Balance Coach, shares her personal experiences and professional insights for those considering a career in life coaching and the transformational impact of coaching.
Posted 382 Days Ago
From stuck to unstoppable: How life coaching can propel your personal development
Coaching extends beyond setting goals and celebrating wins. In this week's blog, we delve into how life coaching is a transformative journey, empowering clients to achieve their aspirations while fostering profound personal growth and fulfilment for the life coach themselves. Laura shares why helping others grow could actually be your unstoppable adventure too, revealing how the act of supporting others on their path to success through life coaching can be equally enriching and transformative for those who choose to embark on this rewarding career path.
Posted 410 Days Ago
Key elements for an impactful coaching website
In this week's blog Liz Ellery, Branding & Website Design expert, will explore the fundamental elements that every life coach's website should incorporate. These key elements will not only enhance the overall user experience but also establish your authority and credibility in the coaching industry. From clear branding and compelling content to user-friendly navigation and mobile responsiveness, Liz covers all the bases to ensure your website stands out in a crowded digital landscape.
Posted 415 Days Ago
Beauty Inside Out: A makeup artist’s pivot to a career in Life & Corporate Coaching
In an industry focused on enhancing external appearances, one makeup artist discovered the profound impact of creating lasting transformation from the inside out. This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Renato Modugno, who pivoted his career from perfecting complexions to nurturing souls. Renato's journey from makeup artist, to becoming a Regional Education Manager for a beauty brand, to discovering coaching and becoming a Life & Corporate coach, highlights the transformative power of life coaching, read on to find out more....
Posted 396 Days Ago
Why Consider a Career in Life Coaching?
In today’s fast-paced world, many people seek guidance to help them achieve their personal and professional goals. Life coaching is an empowering and supportive practice that enables individuals to unlock their potential and live fulfilling lives. This blog post will provide a comprehensive overview of life coaching, perfect for those interested in becoming life coaches themselves.
Posted 417 Days Ago
Recognising and overcoming unconscious bias as a life coach
In the dynamic world of life coaching, the role of a coach is to guide clients towards achieving their personal and professional goals. However, an often overlooked but critical aspect of life coaching is the presence of unconscious bias. Unconscious bias, though unintentional, can significantly affect the effectiveness of coaching sessions and the overall client-coach relationship. In this week's blog article, we will explore the impact of unconscious bias in life coaching, understand its implications, and discuss strategies to recognise and overcome it to foster a more inclusive and effective coaching practice.
Posted 424 Days Ago
How Effective Team Coaching Can Transform Performance
In today’s fast-paced business world, the right coaching can be the difference between stagnation and success. But while individual coaching is highly recognised, there’s another powerful tool in the coaching toolkit that’s has gained traction in the last decade - team coaching. If you're interested in training to become a Corporate & Executive Coach, understanding the impact of team coaching on business performance is critical.
Posted 422 Days Ago
Empowering Women Through Executive Coaching
In today’s corporate world, women are breaking barriers and redefining leadership roles. Yet, the path to the top is often lined with unique challenges. Executive coaching has emerged as a powerful tool, providing women with the confidence and clarity to excel in senior positions. Today's Coach in the Spotlight, Beth Hocking, shares her journey and how she uses her skills to empower women in the corporate arena.
Posted 429 Days Ago
Training as a Coach Brought Life Back to Me
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is one of our graduate coaches Lina Jankauskaite who transitioned from providing interpreting services in the public sector to becoming a life coach. She shares how this career change revitalised her life, bringing renewed purpose and energy. Join us to hear Maria's inspiring story and insights on finding fulfilment through reinvention.
Posted 431 Days Ago
Growing Your Coaching Business: The Power of Online Courses
As a coach, you help clients navigate towards what they want to achieve in life, career or business. But how can you extend that help beyond providing one-on-one or group programmes? One way is by creating an online course. In this article following on from this month's Coaching Conversation, Mike Blissett, one of our expert coach trainers, shares some of the benefits for your clients, and for your business, of being able to offer an online course in addition to your coaching services.
Posted 438 Days Ago
Introduction to Trauma Awareness and Coaching
In the world of coaching, understanding trauma can significantly enhance the support provided to clients. Trauma awareness equips coaches with the insights needed to create a safe and nurturing environment, enabling clients to thrive and achieve their goals. In this week's blog, one of our expert coach trainers Mandy Manners will explore the essential role of trauma awareness in coaching, offering practical tips for integrating this knowledge into your practice to better serve your clients and build a more compassionate coaching environment.
Posted 436 Days Ago
Daily Impact: Coaching at Work and Beyond
In this week's Coach in the Spotlight feature, we share the coaching journey of Nandini Balakumar, a passionate coach committed to helping people reach their full potential. In her coaching journey, she’s seamlessly integrated coaching skills into her daily life, using them to support colleagues, foster growth, and create a positive impact while working for The British Heart Foundation. She also coaches part-time, Nandini Life Coaching, coaching young professionals & within education. Read on as she shares her coaching journey, insights and tips with us.
Posted 444 Days Ago
From Talent Acquisition to Talent Transformation: Coaching Success in the Pharma Industry
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Mariusz Stokowacki. From starting in talent acquisition to becoming a Professional Development Coach and Career Consultant within the pharmaceutical industry, Mariusz embodies the essence of career evolution and personal growth. Join us as he shares his coaching journey and the invaluable insights he now brings to their coaching practice in the fast-paced world of pharma.
Posted 445 Days Ago
Thriving in Your Niche: Four Essential Questions for Coaches
Whether you're aiming to be employed as a coach, start your own coaching business, or integrate coaching skills into your existing role, identifying your niche will set you apart and help you connect with the right clients. In today's blog, Rachel Russell, one of our expert coach trainers will share with you her insights on the topic of choosing a niche and succeeding in the coaching world.
Posted 452 Days Ago
Supervision for Coaches: What it is and why coaches need it
You may have heard of coaching supervision, but you might not be clear about what it is and how it can help you as a coach. In this week's blog Sarah Bramall and Rebecca Daniel, two of our expert Coaching Academy trainers and Co-Founders of The Coaching Catalysts, share what coaching supervision is and how it can help you develop as a professional coach.
Posted 458 Days Ago
Empowering Children: Building Confidence & Self-Belief Through Coaching
For our Coach in the Spotlight marking International Coaching Week, we are incredibly proud to be shining a light on the important and transformation work of one of our graduates, and past Award Winners, Natalie Costa is doing. Natalie has been doing innovative and transformational coaching work within the education sector and with parents and children worldwide. Read on to find out more about Natalie's coaching journey and the remarkable impact she is having…
Posted 450 Days Ago
Coaching for organisational success: Supporting workforces to thrive
In today's competitive business environment, organisations are increasingly recognising the importance of investing in their workforce's development and well-being. Leadership and Executive coaching is a powerful way to help them do this is. In this week's Coach in the Spotlight feature, Coaching Academy graduate Vicki Merrill shares her coaching journey and how through her coaching business she is helping organisations support their workforce, foster a positive work environment in which they can thrive, and ultimately drive success. Join us as we delve into the transformative impact of coaching has on Vicki and her coaching clients.
Posted 459 Days Ago
Empowering Coaches - Celebrating International Coaching Week
As we step into International Coaching Week, it is a moment to reflect and reinvigorate our commitment as coaches. The Coaching Academy has always championed the transformative power of effective coaching, and this week, we come together to celebrate not just the profession but also the profound impact it has on people's lives and organisations worldwide. In this week's blog Bev James (CEO) marks the occasion and encourages coaches to carry International Coaching Week's spirit of celebration and empowerment beyond this one week!
Posted 464 Days Ago
Authenticity & Values: A Coach's Impact in Charity Leadership Coaching
In the realm of nonprofit organisations, effective leadership is paramount. It's what drives change, fuels progress, and ultimately, transforms lives. In today's Coaching in the Spotlight feature Charity Leadership Coach Jane Robbie share her coaching journey and insight to her experience as a Charity Leadership Coach.
Posted 466 Days Ago
What does it mean to be an inclusive coach?
Coaching is about people. It’s about helping them thrive in all aspects of their lives, careers and relationships. That’s it in a nutshell. But in order to do this really well we need to understand that we cannot use a cookie-cutter, one size fits all approach to coaching individuals. We are wonderfully diverse as humans in terms of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, beliefs, backgrounds, ability, sexuality, personality, preferences and neurodiversity. The list goes on. So, what do we need to think about as coaches?
Posted 471 Days Ago
Global reach, personal touch: Online life coaching success
Next up in our Where Are They Now? series, we are featuring our Coaching Academy graduate coach Kris Verlé. Kris shares his coaching journey, detailing how he utilises his life coaching qualification to successfully coach clients online across different time zones and continents through his executive and life coaching business. Read on to learn more about his journey.
Posted 478 Days Ago
Life Coaching: From comfort zone to growth zone
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Marc Buehner. Marc is a psychology professor with a passion for making a tangible impact on his student's lives! Marc embarked on his coaching journey with The Coaching Academy, integrating coaching skills into his teaching and launching his own business, Make Better Choices. Read on to learn more about Marc's journey.
Posted 480 Days Ago
Transition Like a True Professional : 5 Key Considerations for Trainee & Newly Qualified Coaches
Embarking on the journey to training as a life coach is transformative, both personally and professionally. This week's blog has been written by Laura O'Shaughnessy, a Coaching Academy graduate and founder of The Good Vibrations Project, and she offers insights to guide you from student to professional life coach. Read on to learn more about Laura's top five tips for navigating the transition.
Posted 485 Days Ago
A career pivot into leadership coaching success
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Julie Harrower. After a successful corporate career working in HR Management, Talent Acquisition and Recruitment she was keen to explore other avenues, she discovered the transformational world of coaching and went onto complete our Personal Performance Diploma and NLP Practitioner Programme. She is now providing leadership development coaching to corporate clients, and career coaching and support to mid-senior professionals; in today's blog she shares her coaching journey with us.
Posted 492 Days Ago
Sharing the empowering effects of life coaching with women
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Vicki Hodges. Vicki had over 20 years of experience in sales, events and as an entrepreneur, when Covid prompted her to re-evaluate her priorities. This journey led her to discovering life coaching and deciding to enrol on our Life Coaching Diploma. She has since founded her own coaching company called Pausefully, a sisterhood and community, that brings together like-minded women to make meaningful connections and prioritise their wellbeing.
Posted 494 Days Ago
Leadership coaching for behavioural change
Following the inspiring coaching conversation on Leadership Behaviours between Sharon Lawton and Claire Cahill, one of The Coaching Academy's expert trainers on the Corporate and Executive Coaching Programme, we have asked Claire to expand on how leadership coaching supports leaders to join the dots. Read on to learn more.
Posted 506 Days Ago
Choreographing change: From the dance floor to Life Coaching
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Livia Massarelli. Livia has a Performing Arts background working as a dancer & choreographer, she initially began training as a life coach as a quest for self-discovery and personal development, but it has led to her integrating coaching into her existing career as a dance artist, choreographer and educator working as a Holistic Coach. Read on to learn more about her journey.
Posted 508 Days Ago
Nurturing inclusivity in the workplace through coaching
In today's fast-evolving workplaces, embracing diversity isn't just a nice-to-have—it's a must-do. Mounting evidence highlights the wide-ranging business advantages of diverse teams that incorporate a wide range of experiences and perspectives. To fully embrace the benefits of a diverse team, organisations must build and maintain a culture of inclusion. In today's blog Laura Barker, a Coaching Academy graduate and Career & Leadership Coach shares her insights on the topic of inclusivity in the workplace.
Posted 499 Days Ago
Thriving Together: Empowering Neurodivergent Mums through Life Coaching
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Chloe Medlock-Webb. Chloe is a Coaching Academy graduate coach who completed our Life Coaching Diploma, she describes herself as ‘Neurospicy’ and is passionate about using her Life Coaching skills to empower Neurodivergent Mums. Read on to learn more about Chloe's journey.
Posted 527 Days Ago
Life Coach to CEO - Interview with our CEO, Bev James
To mark International Women’s Day, we sat down with The Coaching Academy CEO, Bev James, to share her inspirational career and how she went from Coaching Academy student to the CEO of The Coaching Academy! Read on to learn more about her own coaching journey…
Posted 520 Days Ago
Building a new foundation: From estate agent to empowering life coach
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Gerri Moore. Gerri went from running an estate agent, to setting up her own life coaching business where she works with individuals who have been affected by ill health and want to get their life back on track, to achieve their personal goals and dreams. Today she shares with us her coaching journey and gives us some insight and tips to those considering a career in life coaching.
Posted 529 Days Ago
Life Transitions: Strategies for Supporting as a Life Coach
Today's blog has been written by The Coaching Academy Graduate, Anna Prinz. Anna is a life coach who supports her clients to navigate their life transitions. Read on to learn more about how Anna supports her clients, including her expert strategies for unlocking change.
Posted 534 Days Ago
Daring to think differently through life coaching
Next up in our brand new series, Where Are They Now? is Natalie Potts, Coach and Business Messaging Strategist, who runs her own coaching business, Natalie Potts Business Strategist. We're catching up with Natalie since she qualified as a Life Coach and completed the Corporate Executive Diploma with us, as well as winning our Continuous Professional Development Coach Award in 2019.
Posted 487 Days Ago
How to market your life coaching business without social media
This week's blog has been written by Lauren Leopold, a graduate of The Coaching Academy, who now runs her own successful coaching business as a Business Coach. Lauren has shared with us her top tips for connecting with your network and finding clients without using social media. Read on to learn more!
Posted 522 Days Ago
Using The Johari Window Model in Life & Corporate Coaching
This week's blog has been written by Katy Mason, one of our expert trainers at The Coaching Academy and a Corporate Coach. Katy shares with us how we can use the Johari Window Model in life and corporate coaching as a framework for personal development. Read on to learn more about applying the Johari Window Model.
Posted 543 Days Ago
John Lennon - Life Coach?
As many of you may already know, at the core of Life Coaching is the art of posing quality questions to clients, and when I was playing some of my old vinyl records the other day, the initial lines from the John Lennon song HOW? in the IMAGINE album struck a coaching chord with me.
Posted 536 Days Ago
AI in Life Coaching: Navigating the New Frontier
Have you considered how you could use AI as a tool within your life coaching business? Recently, Mike Garde, ChatGPT Trainer and Transformational Life Coach, joined Sharon for Coaching Conversations to discuss AI and Life Coaching. To support you as you delve into AI, Mike has written this blog to discuss the pros and cons of using AI to support your life coaching business.
Posted 548 Days Ago
Transforming lives by coaching within education and beyond...
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Amit Rawal. Since graduating from the Life Coaching Diploma, Amit is using his coaching skills in his role as an educator to coach students in class and embedding life coaching within the curriculum. As well as coaching within education, he also offers life coaching to those going through life/career transitions through his enterprise 1TakeMotivation.
Posted 550 Days Ago
AI and Life Coaching: Transforming Your Business
In an era where technology is rapidly evolving, its impact on various industries is undeniable. Life coaching, an arena deeply rooted in human connection and personal development, is not exempt from this transformative wave.
Posted 555 Days Ago
Empowering people to lead with greater alignment, purpose and joy!
Welcome to our brand new series, Where Are They Now? Leading on from our Coach in the Spotlight feature, we will be following up with our graduates further along their journey. Today, we're featuring Katie Stoddart, a Transformative Leadership & High-Performance Coach running her own coaching business, Katie Stoddart Coaching.
Posted 557 Days Ago
Creating a social media strategy for your life coaching business
How often have you posted something on social media, just to hear crickets? This week’s blog has been written by our Social Media Manager, Saloni, and she’ll take you through the key steps to creating a social media strategy to build your life coaching business and raise your visibility. Read on to learn more!
Posted 565 Days Ago
Inclusivity in Life Coaching
In recent years we have seen a significant increase in the demand for coaching, at a similar time, we saw a rise in efforts to improve diversity and create equitable and inclusive environments. It is no surprise to me that these two movements have moved in a similar trajectory until perhaps more recently. In today's blog I look at the topic of Inclusivity in Life Coaching and share some steps that all coaches can take to create inclusive practices.
Posted 571 Days Ago
How to make 2024 the best year yet for you and your life coaching business
Many of us start our own life coaching businesses as newly qualified coaches and launch straight into it before first considering what we are trying to achieve and what success looks like to us. Before we know it, we’re focused entirely on the day to day running of the coaching business and have lost the ability to look beyond the short term demands of running a small business and fulfilling our client needs.
Posted 578 Days Ago
How can you nourish your own wellbeing as a life coach?
As Life Coaches, we’re often supporting our clients and even those around us with their wellbeing, but how often are you topping up your own cup? This week’s blog has been written by one of our expert trainers, Rasheed Ogunlaru, and shares with us his top tips for looking after our own wellbeing as life coaches. Read on to learn more!
Posted 585 Days Ago
Taming the Imposter Within: A Life Coach's Journey
Have you ever experienced imposter syndrome yourself? Or perhaps supported a client who’s struggling to stay friends with their inner critic? This week’s blog has been written by one of our expert training and supervision team, Sarah Bramall. Read on to learn more about taming imposter syndrome and how coaching can support us.
Posted 606 Days Ago
Coaching strategies for finding balance in a digital age
In a world increasingly dominated by digital devices, always-on social media, and constant connectivity, planning time to allow yourself a digital detox and prepare for an exciting 2024 is an opportunity not to be missed. Taking a step back from screens, notifications, and the virtual world intentionally for a few days, or even a few weeks, can give your mental health, productivity, and overall happiness the boost it deserves. What is a digital detox, and how can you make one work for you? In this blog article, we'll explore coaching strategies to help you design the perfect digital detox, especially at the beginning of a bright New Year.
Posted 611 Days Ago
Coaching for change: Empowering clients to unlock their potential
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Helena Metcalfe. Helena worked in the charity sector before retraining to become a life coach with The Coaching Academy. She is passionate about supporting mums through coaching, empowering them and helping them to navigate motherhood and be confident through her coaching business The Village Coach.
Posted 590 Days Ago
Unlocking your potential through life coaching
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Nina Jamieson. Nina is one of our graduate coaches who is currently using her coaching qualification to support people with their career. Nina works within financial services and uses her coaching skills and tools to help people with their personal development goals. Nina also uses her coaching skills in her full-time job to support the development of others.
Posted 592 Days Ago
Reflect and Reset: How to Chart Your Course for 2024
2024 is upon us and as we stand on the threshold of this brand-new year, I know that for many, the thought of the coming twelve months will be filled with boundless possibilities fresh opportunities and new beginnings. Whilst it is important to acknowledge the positives, it is also important to acknowledge the pain and suffering that exists in the world as this too can have an impact upon us.
Posted 613 Days Ago
Cultivating CALM: A life coach's guide to best Christmas practice
This week’s blog has been written by The Coaching Academy Graduate, Laura O'Shaughnessy, Laura shares with us her tips for staying and present this festive period using the CALM framework. Read on to learn more…
Posted 618 Days Ago
Business Coaching: Empowering businesses through people solutions
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Julie Marsh. Following a successful career in HR ultimately becoming Head of HR for the UK for a global company and a Chartered Fellow for the CIPD, Julie started her training with the Coaching Academy and now has set up her own coaching business (Be You Consultancy) where she specialises in empowering businesses through people solutions.
Posted 620 Days Ago
Fostering inclusivity in life coaching: 5 tips for a supportive environment
Life coaching is a transformative journey that empowers individuals to unlock their full potential, navigate challenges, and achieve personal growth. In recent years, the importance of inclusivity in life coaching sessions has gained recognition. Creating an inclusive environment ensures that coaching is accessible and beneficial to a diverse range of clients. In this blog, we will explore the significance of inclusivity in life coaching. Plus, we'll share our five top tips for coaches to foster inclusivity in life coaching and create a supportive and enriching experience for all.
Posted 632 Days Ago
Coaching in the workplace
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Zahia Heriche. Zahia was in London with work when she heard about and attended our free Introduction to Life Coaching event. She has since gone on to qualify with The Coaching Academy and is now coaching in the workplace in her role as a Quality, Health & Safety and Environment Auditor where she is able to support and empower her colleagues and team members. She has a strong passion for Leadership Coaching, in particular how this can transform organisations from the top down, leading to an overall positive impact on company results.
Posted 625 Days Ago
Once Upon a Coach: How a Children's Author Became a Book Coach Success
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Sarah McGeough. Sarah is a children's author, who after training to become a life coach with The Coaching Academy, realised that her perfect niche would be becoming a Book Coach alongside her writing career - she now helps budding authors realise their dream of writing a book!
Posted 639 Days Ago
Life Coaching: Helping people go from simply having a life... to living their best life!
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Rebecca Mercer. Rebecca worked in HR before training to become a coach, and now, she coaches within her HR career, along with running her own coaching business focusing on ‘Conscious Careering and Leadership Coaching’. Today she shares her coaching journey and the ways she is using her coaching skills to help transform the lives of those she coaches.
Posted 627 Days Ago
The neuroscience of positive change: How coaching rewires your brain for success
As coaches, we know the power of life coaching and how our client’s lives can be totally transformed. But did you know that coaching can actually re-wire your brain for success? This week’s blog has been written by one of our expert trainers, Lisa Read, read on to learn more about the neuroscience of positive change.
Posted 634 Days Ago
Harnessing the Power of Values: A Guide to Goal Setting in Life Coaching
Goal setting is a fundamental tool for facilitating positive change and personal growth in the realm of life coaching. Yet, the true power of goals emerges when it’s intricately woven with a client’s core values. In this week’s blog, we delve into the profound impact of aligning client goals with their core values, creating a blueprint for purpose and fulfilment, as well as success.
Posted 641 Days Ago
Strategies for effective feedback using NLP and coaching approaches
Feedback is a powerful tool for both personal and professional growth, yet delivering feedback effectively is an art that requires skill, empathy, and understanding. This week’s blog explores how by integrating NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) principles and life coaching approaches, feedback can become a transformative experience, fostering trust, enhancing communication, and driving positive change.
Posted 646 Days Ago
Coaching educators and helping to build up the next generation!
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Shahleeni Gardner. Shahleeni worked in education and as a Senior Assistant Principal before training to become a life coach with The Coaching Academy. She now runs a coaching business with a focus on coaching educators working with young people.
Posted 648 Days Ago
How will I find clients as a Life Coach?
This week’s blog has been written by one of our Course Advisors, Francoise. Not only is Francoise part of our team here at The Coaching Academy, she also has her own life coaching business. She’s sharing with us one of the questions she gets asked most frequently: “How will I find clients as a life coach?” Read on to learn more!
Posted 653 Days Ago
Supporting children, parents & teachers through coaching conversations
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Chloe Coburn! Chloe shares her journey from being a burnt out teacher who decided to leave the profession, to discovering fulfilment as a coach who supports young people, their parents and their teachers through coaching conversations.
Posted 655 Days Ago
5 Ways positive psychology can elevate life coaching
Based on the science of wellbeing, positive psychology offers an extra set of tools and skills which coaches can use to support their clients flourish, both emotionally and mentally. If you’re interested in finding out what is positive psychology and the impact of positive psychology on life coaching, read on as we explore five pivotal ways it can elevate your coaching sessions and foster positive change in the lives of your clients.
Posted 660 Days Ago
Unlocking creativity and confidence with life coaching
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Thomasina Unsworth! Before Thomasina trained as a coach, she worked as an actor, using this experience as well as her life coaching, Thomasina supports creatives such as actors, musicians, dancers and writers to become more confident, work through creative blocks and to get their work out in the world.
Posted 662 Days Ago
10 Steps to Elevate Your Brand as a Coach
The second instalment of our Coaching Toolkit series is here, and this time, Aarti Parmar, one of our expert trainers and Certified Brand Strategist + Coach, is sharing her ten key steps for creating a powerful personal brand with you as a coach. So, whether you’re still in training or have been life coaching for a while, you’re going to want to read this blog from Aarti!
Posted 667 Days Ago
Coaching for Success: Confidence & Communication in Business
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Daniella Goldman! After a corporate career in law and business, Daniella retrained as a coach to better understand how she could help her clients to achieve even greater success in their careers. Read on to learn more about Daniella's journey!
Posted 669 Days Ago
The Power of Holistic Coaching: Transformative Strategies for Coaches
This week’s blog has been written by Pam Lidford, one of our expert trainers, and a specialist in the field of Holistic Coaching. If you’re interested in adding a new tool to your coaching toolkit that will help you to support your clients even further, read on!
Posted 677 Days Ago
Empowering minds: My Coaching Journey
To mark World Mental Health Day, we are pleased to be featuring Paul Dorrington in our blog this week! Paul is a Coaching Academy graduate, who also won our Coaching for a Cause Award back in 2019, then two weeks afterwards he received the NHS Chief Executive Leadership Award. His career spans over 20 years in the NHS and Paul now runs a successful consultancy where he advocates for a proactive, rather than reactive approach to mental ill-health and helps organisations create a mentally healthy working culture.
Posted 681 Days Ago
Training to become a life coach: One of the best life decisions that I have made!
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Laura Barker! After a successful career, Laura decided to train to become a life coach herself after experiencing coaching in the workplace with one of our very own Coaching Academy graduates and trainers Lisa Read. Laura has set up her own coaching business where she specialises in helping parents develop their talent post-parenthood with balance, wellbeing and fulfilment, as well as helping companies and employers retain top talent!
Posted 683 Days Ago
Embodied Coaching: Unlocking profound transformation
Verena Demetz is a certified Personal Performance Life Coach and graduate of The Coaching Academy. Driven by a firm belief in the innate potential within each individual to lead a fulfilling life, Verena is devoted to supporting her clients in uncovering their true capabilities by tapping into their inner wisdom. In today's blog Verena shares with you her own coaching journey and why she is so passionate about Embodiment Coaching.
Posted 688 Days Ago
Becoming a life coach: The 'lightbulb' moments are most rewarding
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Sue Brown. Today she shares her coaching journey and how it has transformed her own life as well as those she works with. Sue runs her own coaching business with a focus on supporting people who have lost their ‘sparkle’, and is also using her coaching skills to help those living with cancer or in recovery from treatment.
Posted 690 Days Ago
From novice to expert: The journey to becoming a highly effective coach
As a trainer at The Coaching Academy for the last 16 years and a coach for over 20, I'm often asked what the route is to become a highly effective and successful coach. The truth is that it includes many different aspects, which is why I decided to capture at least some of them for this week's blog post on becoming a highly effective coach.
Posted 695 Days Ago
Becoming a life coach: From addiction to joy!
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Nikki Radvanyi! Nikki was a Virtual Executive Assistant before training and qualifying as a life coach with The Coaching Academy. Her coaching business specialises in the areas of trauma recovery and behavioural change, in today's blog she shares her inspirational and encouraging coaching journey.
Posted 697 Days Ago
Unlocking potential: what is life coaching?
If you are yet to join us on our free 'Introduction to Life Coaching' webinar then you may still be wondering – What is life coaching? Here is our definition to help you understand the fundamentals and why coaching is a fast-growing area of interest for companies and individuals.
Posted 702 Days Ago
Coaching: The life skill that benefitted me the most
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Farnaaz Sharief! Farnaaz is a GP who has worked in various leadership positions within the NHS, including that of a Medical Director. A qualified Coaching Academy Life & Personal Performance Coach, Farnaaz has delivered a multi-award-winning resilience programme (Mind Your Mind).
Posted 704 Days Ago
Mindfulness and coaching: A powerful duo
In today's fast-paced world, stress has become an inevitable part of life. As coaches, we support our clients to untangle overwhelm and stress as they juggle career demands, family responsibilities, and personal goals. But what if we told you there's a powerful partner that, combined with coaching, can help your clients to tackle stress head-on?
Posted 711 Days Ago
From good to great: How coaching supervision fuels coaching excellence
As coaches, many of us are lifelong learners, and we know that becoming a truly great coach is through continuous growth, self-awareness, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. We want to ensure that we make the maximum impact on our client's lives. This is where coaching supervision can elevate you as a coach, supporting you as you continue a journey of learning, reflection, and evolution.
Posted 709 Days Ago
Inspiring the next generation: 3 Tips for coaching young people
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Bradley Hession! Bradley is a Youth Career Coach & Mentor on a mission to unlock present & future generations' potential whilst empowering them about their future careers. In this blog article, along with 3 tips for coaching young people, Bradley shares with you his passion for youth coaching and how he has already made a significant difference in the lives of teenagers and young individuals using life coaching.
Posted 718 Days Ago
An empowering journey: Combining education and coaching for personal growth
We are pleased to be featuring Esther Hardman as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Dive into Esther's inspiring journey as she transitions from the classroom to coaching, leveraging her passion for communication and conflict resolution to reshape her career and empower others using coaching within the education sector.
Posted 725 Days Ago
Legal mind to life coach: Helping women and mums flourish
We are pleased to be featuring Liz Francis as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. After a successful legal career as a Solicitor in the hospitality industry, Liz pivoted to become a personal life coach! Since qualifying with The Coaching Academy, she set up and runs her own life coaching business where she helps women and mums to navigate change and uncertainty in their lives.
Posted 732 Days Ago
Empowerment through coaching: Transforming careers and lives
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Laura Reves! Laura is a qualified Coaching Academy Graduate who is now using her coaching skills as a Career Advisor at ESADE in Barcelona. Read on to learn more about her journey!
Posted 739 Days Ago
From lost to found: A journey of self-discovery
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Lisa Kent! Lisa is a qualified Coaching Academy Graduate who went on a journey of self-discovery after feeling like something was missing, and coaching helped her to find the missing piece of the puzzle! Read on to learn more about Lisa's journey!
Posted 744 Days Ago
Finding inner strength: From Long Covid to coaching success
We are pleased to be featuring Donna Shaw as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Donna is a qualified Coaching Academy Coach who discovered the transformational power of coaching when she was diagnosed and struggling with the effects of Long Covid. Her coaching journey and personal story is an inspiring one, we are sure you will enjoy reading it as much as we did!
Posted 746 Days Ago
Empowering bravery: 3 Coaching questions for facing new challenges
Bravery isn't reserved for people we think of as heroes, such as those who save lives or climb the highest mountain they can find. It's also needed for everyday life when we stretch ourselves to express the strength and courage we didn't know we had. It's a resource we draw on whenever we stand up to stop an injustice, deal with a crisis or take action to better our lives.
Posted 752 Days Ago
Seeing the magic of coaching in action
We are pleased to be featuring Lindsey Roberts as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. After a decade in the corporate world, Lindsey re-trained as a Life Coach with The Coaching Academy. Read on to learn more about her journey!
Posted 767 Days Ago
Unravelling the mystery of how coaching actually works
If you’ve ever found yourself intrigued by how coaching works, then you’re in good company because it’s sparked endless curiosity. It’s also the big question on researcher’s minds in this area too. Which is why we’ve embarked on an extraordinary adventure to uncover the secrets of coaching as a transformational practise and we need your help to find out! For over 20 years, research has shown that coaching has an incredible power to inspire people to develop their self-awareness and achieve their goals. However, the exact mechanics of exactly how coaching works still remains a mystery.
Posted 753 Days Ago
Coaching your way to confidence
The idea of being ‘confident’, is a misleading one. We’ve all been in a room full of people and looked across at someone who is expertly holding everyone’s attention, telling jokes and interesting anecdotes. Often, we will then look at ourselves and think, ‘I wish I was like that,’ or ‘I couldn’t hold the attention of that many people’. If you've ever been in that room, wishing that you had more confidence, in this week's blog our CEO Bev James shares her top tips for nurturing your confidence.
Posted 758 Days Ago
Studying and learning has given me greater energy
We are pleased to be featuring Heather Stevens as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Heather is a graduate Coaching Academy coach who is currently using her qualification and coaching skills within her role as a Town Planner. She shares with us her coaching journey, how despite already being a busy working mum, learning and studying to become a coach has energised her! She is passionate about using coaching in the workplace and having positive energising conversations!
Posted 760 Days Ago
Coaching Toolkit: Unleashing the power of creativity in coaching
At The Coaching Academy, we’re always looking for ways to continually support your development as coaches, which is why we’ve launched our new series, Coaching Toolkit! In our Coaching Toolkit articles, our expert training team will share their expertise and favourite tools to support your coaching. First up, we have Mike Blissett, who’s sharing with us the power of creativity in coaching.
Posted 765 Days Ago
Coaching has illuminated so many areas of my own life
We are pleased to be featuring Helen Lynagh as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Since graduating from The Coaching Academy, Helen has built a private client base as a Leadership & Executive Coach, collaborating with professionals and executives from 10+ countries, including the USA, UK, Japan, China, Singapore, and Australia.
Posted 772 Days Ago
The coaching process gives the permission to dream...
We are pleased to be featuring Felicia Okoro as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week's blog. Felicia is a Transition Life Coach, since graduating she has set up her coaching business (I am Here, NG Coaching and Counselling.) and launched her own YouTube Channel called ‘I am Here’.
Posted 774 Days Ago
The neuroscience puzzle: How neuroscience and coaching can support each other
Do you need to be a psychologist or neuroscientist to make a good coach? Of course, we know that you don’t!Coaching is its own profession and has a proven track record in improving performance. Back in 2005 when I first began my training with The Coaching Academy, I didn’t know anything about neuroscience and how my brain functioned, and aside from mild curiosity, I don’t think I really cared.
Posted 779 Days Ago
Follow that curiosity and see where it takes you!
We are pleased to be featuring Heather Agan de Visser as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Heather is passionate about helping people to connect with their inner power, learn to trust it, and confidently follow it to create the life they really want!
Posted 786 Days Ago
Coaching gives me a feeling of connection...
We are pleased to be featuring Olivia McQuillan as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Olivia is a qualified Coaching Academy Coach who left her corporate career behind to set up her own coaching business (Coach with Liv). She now lives and works from Curaçao in the Dutch Caribbean where she is living a life of adventure while coaching people across the world to feel happier, more balanced and find joy and fulfilment in their lives.
Posted 781 Days Ago
Setting goals: Celebrating small wins in coaching
How often do you celebrate your smaller goals? Or do you go all-in, focusing on the big goal that you’re working towards? Often when setting goals, it can be easy to get tunnel vision, only focusing on the end goal. But by intentionally recognising and celebrating the incremental achievements made on the way to bigger goals, as coaches, we can help our clients (or even ourselves!) to build confidence, maintain motivation, and pave the way for long-term success.
Posted 788 Days Ago
Raising awareness of coaching in the third-sector: Coaching prison leavers
As a people-centric organisation, we know the power that coaching has to change lives, and that is reflected in our Social Responsibility initiative where we have partnered with Breakthrough, the UK’s first apprenticeship provider to recruit directly from prisons. Breakthrough are a social enterprise that supports, selects, coaches and trains exceptional prison leavers to build digital careers. They run pre-apprenticeship programmes and then place people into employment opportunities as apprentices. One of many opportunities where coaching in the third sector is having a significant impact.
Posted 793 Days Ago
Retirement Coaching: Finding renewed purpose & reinvention
We are pleased to be featuring Karen Draper as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Karen is a qualified Coaching Academy Coach, having previously spent her career in teaching and education. She runs her own successful coaching business (Synergies Coaching) and has a genuine interest in other people’s hopes and dreams and is passion about helping to facilitate their success.
Posted 801 Days Ago
How coaching can support men to improve their wellbeing
Some of you may remember that back in February, Darren Lawrence and Matt Barnes-Smith joined our Head of Training, Sharon Lawton, for Coaching Conversations, our monthly dose of positivity and discussion of all things coaching! Darren and Matt shared with us some really interesting insights into men’s health, and many of you were so passionate about the topic that we decided to deep dive into coaching and men’s health by interviewing Matt and Darren for Men’s Health Week!
Posted 809 Days Ago
Coaching is the biggest gift anyone can give themselves
For World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day we are pleased to be featuring Ronia Fraser as our Coach in the Spotlight, who after winning "International Coach of the Year" in 2019 went on to build an internationally successful Trauma Recovery Coaching business. Ronia is one of the leading experts in Narcissistic Abuse Recovery and is passionate about helping abuse survivors reclaim their lives.
Posted 816 Days Ago
How To Grow A Successful Coaching Business
If you're a coach looking to grow your coaching business, there are several steps you can take to help you achieve that, whilst also increasing your visibility, building your credibility as a coach, and of course adding to your revenue. In this blog, we will delve deeper into each of these areas, offering practical advice and actionable strategies.
Posted 823 Days Ago
7 tips for maintaining motivation
Have you ever set yourself a big goal or set off following a dream and even though it’s something you really want, life just keeps getting in the way? Then you may find today’s blog just what you need!
Posted 802 Days Ago
Releasing people into their authentic selves...
Jo Emerson is a successful Executive and Confidence Coach and a past winner of our Executive Coach Of The Year Award (2019). Jo has gone on to make a wonderful impact in the world of Executive Coaching, she is passionate about helping people be ‘released into their authentic selves' and watching them flourish as confident leaders. We asked her to share with us her coaching journey and some useful tips for those interested in a career in Executive Coaching and this is what she told us…
Posted 838 Days Ago
DISC Personality Profiling and Neurodiversity
If you are wondering about how DISC profiling sits in the world of neurodiversity, then read on. We'll start by clarifying what we mean by neurodiversity and neurodivergent. As you are probably aware, neurodiversity refers to the differences in our brain functionality (and acknowledges all individuals and not a particular group).
Posted 844 Days Ago
Coaching clients through overwhelm
Clients may not come to you specifically for coaching around feeling overwhelmed, but it could present itself at any point during a course of coaching sessions. As coaches, it is important to be able to coach your clients through overwhelm and help them move forward successfully in achieving their goals and dreams.
Posted 831 Days Ago
What are the gifts that coaching can reveal
Careeta Robert-Green was only 23 years old when she qualified as a professional life coach. She’s now empowering professionals to unwrap their gifts and step into their power, along with hosting her own podcast.
Posted 831 Days Ago
The belief factor: How your beliefs impact your goal setting
We asked Pam Lidford, one of the core trainers on the Professional Life Coaching Diploma and specialist in the area of working with beliefs in coaching to share with us how to raise awareness of how beliefs can affect the goal-setting process.This is what she told us….
Posted 831 Days Ago
The growth of the Coaching Industry
This month at The Coaching Academy, along with many others in the Coaching Industry, we will be celebrating International Coaching Week on 8-12th May. This year is particularly special because it is the 25th anniversary of this international celebration of coaching, which nicely coincides with The Coaching Academy’s 24th birthday year.
Posted 852 Days Ago
Empowering clients to succeed...
We are pleased to be featuring Camilla De Burghe as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week who is a qualified Coaching Academy coach who has set up a successful Career Coaching business. As a Career Coach, Camilla is passionate about empowering professional women to succeed and to ‘own’ their careers. Using her years of corporate experience to support, she specialises in career change, career progression, and key skills development.
Posted 858 Days Ago
You, Your Story, Your Brand
Coaching is a truly incredible career that offers countless opportunities for growth and development. As you embark on your journey, it's important to focus on building your confidence, increasing your visibility, and attracting coaching clients. One way to do this and enjoy a really fulfilling and rewarding coaching career is to deeply connect with and utilise: You, Your story and Your brand. Let’s take a few minutes to do that right now.
Posted 866 Days Ago
Questions to help your clients SOAR
We asked our Head of Training, Sharon Lawton, at The Coaching Academy, what other coaching models she uses with her clients in addition to GROW, this is what she told us.
Posted 866 Days Ago
Coaching creates space to pause in the presence of big emotions...
Burnout is a slow-drip journey to mental and emotional exhaustion. A brain and nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight mode, and surviving on depleted reserves of energy. But I believe, Burnout is a gateway. An invitation to reconnect with one’s self-worth, cultivate self-compassion, and craft a meaningful life.
Posted 868 Days Ago
The magic of reading: How it helps children grow
The annual International Children’s Book Day is a great time to develop or reignite our love of reading and help the children around us with this as well. The benefits of reading are numerous, but according to the latest research by the National Literacy Trust, almost one in five children don’t have a book in their home.
Posted 866 Days Ago
The surprising benefits of boredom
Boredom is often seen as a negative, something to be chased away at all costs. This is because it is viewed as the opposite of productivity or the result of a life only half-lived. However, there is another way to view boredom, and perhaps we should be inviting boredom in and enjoying the results.
Posted 873 Days Ago
Have you considered using coaching in teaching?
Did you know that the Education Support's Teacher Wellbeing Index 2022 reported that“59% of all staff have considered leaving the education sector in the past academic year, and 55% of all staff who had considered leaving had actively sought to change or leave their current job during this academic year.” Have you found yourself considering leaving teaching? If so, this article by Lisa Read, sharing her journey from teaching to becoming a successful coach and coaching in teaching may inspire you!
Posted 880 Days Ago
The Wheel of Life - Infographic
Goal setting is a core principle that many successful individuals attribute to their achievements. Without a clear vision of what you want to accomplish, it can be challenging to prioritise and stay on track to reach your desired outcome. Fortunately, the Wheel of Life is an effective goal-setting tool that life coaches, and coaches from all niches, can use with their clients that can help build a structured plan to achieve results in the areas of life that matter most.
Posted 900 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Helping Women Thrive: Menstrual & Menopause Wellbeing Coach
We are pleased to be featuring Katherine Glyde as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog who specialises in wellbeing coaching for women.
Posted 894 Days Ago
How coaching changed my life and became my purpose
I believe that women are magical beings: they create life, nurture and bring harmony to our society, and they represent the beauty of life. So since qualifying as a coach with The Coaching Academy, I work as a Women's Empowerment Coach dedicated to ensuring I helped women explore and express their value and power.
Posted 894 Days Ago
6 Ways to tame your Imposter Syndrome
If you’ve ever felt inadequate like you don’t belong, or like a fraud, let out a sigh of relief because you’re not alone.We asked our specialist coach trainer on our Life Coaching Diploma Sarah Bramall to share with us more about the term “imposter syndrome” and how it affects us, our clients, and how coaching can help.
Posted 894 Days Ago
Celebrating International Women’s Day at The Coaching Academy
This month, we are celebrating International Women's Day at The Coaching Academy, and we will be hosting a giveaway of books by thought-provoking female authors. For years I have celebrated International Women's Day, but last month I read something that stopped me in my tracks and led to a few hours of research. One of the facts that floored me was this: it wasn't until 1975 that a woman could open a bank account in her own name in the UK.
Posted 907 Days Ago
The power of metaphors in life coaching: unlocking hidden meanings and potential
If you are a life coach or a coach in training, this article by The Coaching Academy’s very own Course Advisor and Life Coach, Françoise Olivier, will give you insight into the power of metaphors in life coaching, along with providing some key ideas on how to listen to your client’s language and play around with metaphors.
Posted 915 Days Ago
How Small Steps Can Make A Big Difference
The small steps you take right now have the potential to make a huge difference in the direction your life takes. A massive leap can feel overwhelming, but small steps are within our reach.
Posted 920 Days Ago
How can coaching support children with their mental health?
If you have children in your family, read the news, or both, you’ll likely have come across scary statistics around children’s mental health. However, one of our expert Coaching in Education Trainers, Rachael, believes coaching can offer a bright star in the night sky for children.
Posted 922 Days Ago
What makes a great Life Coach?
February is here, and the new year is truly underway! After spending the last month catching up with each of my clients and working through their business goals, this month, I will be considering my own personal development and recommitting to being a lifelong learner. I am often asked about what makes someone a great coach, and one of the fundamentals I always return to is that as well as being a professionally qualified coach, they are lifelong learners.
Posted 929 Days Ago
How to get off 'Someday Isle'
Another year has arrived and January is already over! Did you review the past year with enthusiasm and feel proud of everything you achieved? Or did you feel frustrated that you'd spent your time on ‘Someday Isle’?
Posted 922 Days Ago
What are the key values driving your relationship?
Values are what matter to us; what’s important, and what we focus on. They are what cause us to take, or not to take action. We can define a value as “The moral principle or accepted standards of a person or a group” Which I think shows us how important they actually are in everything we do.We asked Relationship Coach Stephen Bradshaw to tell us more…
Posted 923 Days Ago
Karpman Drama Triangle: A coaching perspective
We asked Claire Cahill, one of our fabulous coach trainers on the Corporate and Executive Coaching Programme, to share with us how an awareness of the tool the 'Karpman Drama Triangle’ and the ability to spot the characters and roles it identifies (‘Persecutor’, ‘Rescuer’ and ‘Victim’) is used within coaching, and how she personally uses this model in her own coaching sessions.
Posted 936 Days Ago
Your Personal Success Action Plan
To achieve your goals, you need to write, review and act on them. This will form the basis of your personal success action plan. It's critical that once you decide what you want, you look at the steps that will get you there. Similar to business success, personal success requires making a plan and sticking to it.
Posted 943 Days Ago
Nine Ways to Build and Change Your Habits
January's first days and weeks often bring with them a desire to make a change. To encourage lasting change, rather than fleeting, we need to look at how we're building habits. You might be thinking of starting a new adventure, wanting to stop something or achieving that big goal you've been thinking about for a while. Whatever it is, viewing it as a goal rather than a resolution will enable you to break it down into smaller steps and form habits. When approaching our goals, motivation will often come into play at some point.
Posted 950 Days Ago
Neurodiversity and Coaching
We asked our Coach Trainer Rebecca Daniel about what Neurodiversity is and why awareness of it is important to coaches. This is what she told us….There has been a rise in the exploration, understanding and questioning of neurodiversity in the last decade and I would also argue that it has continued to become a topic of discussion in the last five or so years; and rightly so.
Posted 956 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach In The Spotlight: Alice Hewitt
We are pleased to be featuring Alice Hewitt as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Alice is one of The Coaching Academy’s qualified coaches who is now running her own coaching business where she helps frustrated professionals to take back control of their careers, to re-ignite their passion for their work and fall back in love with Mondays!
Posted 950 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach In The Spotlight: Bashayer Alissa
We are pleased to be featuring Bashayer Alissa as one of our two Coaches in the Spotlight this week! Bashayer is based in the Middle East and trained with The Coaching Academy after the global pandemic made her question what she really wanted to do with her life. She now runs her own successful coaching business The Motivation Coach with a focus on empowering Arab millennials in the MENA (Middle East & North Africa) region to improve their lives!
Posted 950 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach In The Spotlight: Jenni Nicholls
We are pleased to be featuring Jenni Nicholls as one of our two Coaches in the Spotlight this week! After a successful teaching career, Jenni trained and qualified with The Coaching Academy; now she runs her own coaching business coaching middle leaders to be the best they can be.
Posted 950 Days Ago
Anything is possible in 2023!
It’s the start of a brand-new year, and as life coaches and coaching students, we often find ourselves zipping into the new year and setting goals. Being future-focused is an admirable quality, but sometimes we should allow ourselves time to sit in the moment and take stock of our progress before turning our attention to the next goal. This is something I do with my clients and something I do for myself, ensuring sufficient time is set aside to review the previous year before I consider the next one.
Posted 964 Days Ago
5 Ways to Set New Year’s Resolutions in 2023 (and keep them)
It’s that time of year when we often focus on the future and what we would like to change or achieve. Setting New Year’s resolutions can be a seasonal gift that helps us step into the next year feeling confident in our choices and clear of our direction. Here are five ways to make your resolutions stick this year.
Posted 975 Days Ago
Why Storytelling Is The Key To Your Happiness
The pursuit of happiness spans cultures, religions and societies. It's a cultural obsession that has weaved its way into many facets of our lives and is inevitably linked to meaning and purpose. Unsurprisingly, happiness has also been the source of a plethora of studies. But what really is the key to happiness?
Posted 982 Days Ago
7 Strategies To Help You Make Your Week As Productive As Possible
Understanding how you can get the most from your time is vital, so your energy is going towards the things that are important to you for maximum productivity whilst maintaining balance in your life to be able to best help your life coaching, corporate and business coaching clients.
Posted 989 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach In The Spotlight: Charles Odia
We are pleased to be featuring Charles Odia as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Charles is a Coaching Academy qualified coach, NLP Trainer, NLP Business Master Practitioner, NLP Business Coach and Clinical Hypnotherapist. He specialises in helping high-performance individuals transition to the next level in all aspects of their life.
Posted 996 Days Ago
Engaging a Positive Mindset When Others Around You Aren’t
Many of us have met people who choose to cast a pall of gloom over themselves, their environment and other people on a daily basis. They may well have their reasons for doing this, after all, it is a very challenging time for many at present, but also it could just be their default mindset.
Posted 1003 Days Ago
How To Become A Life Coach: Are you ready to focus on your dream of becoming a life coach?
Life coaches come from various backgrounds, from teachers to business leaders, stay-at-home parents to bartenders - they all started by asking the same question - how to become a life coach?
Posted 1012 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach in the Spotlight: Mike Shervington
This month's Coach in the Spotlight is Mike Shervington OBE. Mike's life coaching journey takes place in Sydney, Australia, therefore requiring dedication and lots of late nights & early mornings! Mike is an ex-military Para and a Coaching Academy-qualified life coach who emigrated from the UK to Australia, working in commercial property before becoming a performance coach for the Royal Australian Navy. But we'll hand over to Mike to tell you more!
Posted 1024 Days Ago
Why It's So Important As A Coach To Have Your Own Stress Management Plan
From time to time, we'll all feel stressed for one reason or another. However, as executive coaches, business coaches or life coaches, it's important that we're able to manage any feelings of stress in our day-to-day lives and ensure that we're feeling our best, before we can support our clients.
Posted 1031 Days Ago
The Importance of Coaching 101
When I began my formal coaching journey at the Coaching Academy almost ten years ago, I had a background of university teaching, research, and leadership in the business that I had founded 25 years before, with ski coaching as a leisure activity.
Posted 1040 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach In The Spotlight - Zara-Dee Hannay
We are pleased to be featuring Zara-Dee Hanny as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Zara-Dee is one of our qualified coaches who is making a true impact helping her clients find their full potential, she is passionate about making sure that no one ever feels unworthy of achieving their dreams…
Posted 1038 Days Ago
Coaching Creates Moments To Think
The world we live in right now is full of uncertainty. People’s definition of success and happiness is changing. People don’t want to work in jobs just for the money and flashy lifestyle. They want to have careers where they feel fulfilled, they serve others by bringing life-changing experiences and they have time freedom.
Posted 1052 Days Ago
Making A Difference To Young People Through Coaching Leaders in Education
Gemma was beaming as she arrived at her coaching session. “Lisa, I’ve just got to tell you about Ali, we’ve had a real breakthrough!” she burst out.
Posted 1059 Days Ago
Compassion, Wellbeing and Mindfulness In Our Lives And Our Coaching
There are many things that we do as coaches; helping clients set meaningful goals, helping boost their confidence and resourcefulness, and helping them take focused action so they achieve real progress. However, none of this is possible or sustainable without wellbeing, mindfulness of compassion – and like so many things that journey must begin at home with ourselves.
Posted 1080 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach In The Spotlight - Laura Fordham
We are pleased to be featuring Laura Fordham as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Laura is a qualified Coaching Academy Personal Performance & Life Coach, she describes herself as an optimist, people-focused motivator! Laura started out in a media career in advertising, working for some of the largest recognised publishing and advertising technology companies globally. After 15 years, she left her job in London, moved her family to South Wales and followed my dream to become a qualified coach and an accredited DISC trainer.
Posted 1115 Days Ago
Self-Care Isn’t Selfish It’s A Necessity
As a coach it’s really important that we are the best version of ourselves when working with others. It’s not just about role modelling what we often support our clients in doing its about ensuring we truly embrace good self-care routines so we sustain ourselves. I found that as I love the work I do, supporting others to flourish and become the best version of themselves, but would get absorbed in the work and not really allow time for rest and renourishment of myself.
Posted 1122 Days Ago
Develop the Self-Belief to attract Clients you Love to Work With
When I first went into business I suffered hugely with Imposter Syndrome. I had gone into teaching straight out of university and stayed for 18 years. I knew how to engage teenagers and a lot about Shakespeare and poetry- but, I felt, that was about it!
Posted 1129 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach In The Spotlight - Agnes Gomori
We are pleased to be featuring Agnes Gomori as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Agnes is a mindset coach, artist and healer empath. After receiving her Personal Performance Coaching Diploma, she studied team and group coaching and anxiety coaching at TCA. Agnes spent over 20 years on self-development, including studying mindfulness, energy healing, hypnotherapy, NLP and positive psychology.
Posted 1143 Days Ago
Heart-Centred Selling
Imagine packaging up all your ‘heart-centred’ experience, talents, and skills to create a coaching offer to serve and sell to corporates and small businesses. Being entrepreneurial is about taking ownership and taking full responsibility for your ideas - creating them, selling them, and serving others.
Posted 1150 Days Ago
How To Tackle Imposter Syndrome
According to the International Journal of Behavioural Science, more than 70% of us will experience imposter syndrome at least once during our lifetime.
Posted 1157 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach In The Spotlight: Cristina Tiberian - Remember Why You Started
We are pleased to be featuring Cristina Tiberian as our Coach in the Spotlight in this week’s blog. Cristina is a qualified Coaching Academy graduate coach who specialises in career and leadership coaching for purpose-driven female leaders. She is a DISC-accredited specialist and a member of the International Coaching Federation.
Posted 1164 Days Ago
Coaching In A VUCA World
The pandemic truly gave us a whole spectrum of challenges. Some businesses thrived (I wish I’d had shares in Zoom!), while others have collapsed under the pressure of having to adapt to a very different customer environment. Then…just as we appear to be managing one situation, another crisis begins.
Posted 1175 Days Ago
What is Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coaching?
Over the last few years, Narcissistic Abuse has become a social media buzzword and both demand and interest in Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coaching have increased exponentially.
Posted 1185 Days Ago in: Student Stories
Coach In The Spotlight: Natalie Macaluso - Charming Persistence
We are pleased to be featuring Natalie Macaluso as our Coach in the Spotlight in today’s blog. Natalie is one of our graduate coaches whose business is focused on coaching creative self-employed people and business owners. She shares with us a little about her coaching journey and what she calls the ‘charming persistence’ needed to grow a coaching business.
Posted 1192 Days Ago
Why Wellbeing Matters
What Does Wellbeing Mean To You? For everyone, it will most probably hold different values but the one thing that all of us have in common is that our own personal wellbeing matters! As coaches it is so important that we look after our wellbeing, not just for ourselves but also to best enable us to be in the best position to be able to fully support and motivate our clients.
Posted 1199 Days Ago
Transform Your Energy, Transform Your Life
At 17, I was summoned to the headmaster’s office during a science class where we were exploring the wonders of quantum physics.
Posted 1206 Days Ago
Empowering Employee Engagement
Around the world, only 13% of employees are engaged in their jobs. Disengagement is more than just a percentage in a Gallup report, though. A disengaged workplace is the emotional effect of poor management.
Posted 1213 Days Ago
Coaching Clients When English Is Their Second Language
Two of my guiding values have always been fairness and equality. After graduating in German Language Studies, I began teaching English and German in language schools in Brazil. When I started, I was surprised by the number of students who wouldn’t speak English outside of the classroom, despite their excellent performance in my lessons.
Posted 1220 Days Ago
Client Attraction - Nail your Coaching Niche to Succeed
Too often, clients come to me having already invested heavily in their marketing and sales and are frustrated they are still not securing coaching clients. The first thing I always say is, STOP!
Posted 1227 Days Ago
'Control the Controllables' - Feeling Empowered in Challenging Times
The last couple of years have been tough for many of us and it has been termed by the journalist and author Oliver Burkeman as ‘a time of acute collective anxiety.’ No sooner did it appear that the Covid-19 pandemic might be easing, than another global crisis appeared in the shape of Russia’s military advances into Ukraine.
Posted 1234 Days Ago
Being Authentically You As A Coach
There are many great coaches helping clients to transform their lives and make a difference in the world, but the question is: what do you stand for?
Posted 1241 Days Ago
Coaching Clients in Changing, Challenging and Turbulent Times
We coaches are lucky in that we have one of the most magical jobs of all; helping people move forward in their lives and careers. And in tough, changing, challenging and turbulent times like these our work with individuals, teams, businesses or organisations is even more priceless as they navigate through choppy waters personally and professionally.
Posted 1248 Days Ago
Achieve Your Goals with The Law of Attraction
By now you may be familiar with, or have heard of, the Law of Attraction which suggests that positive thinking brings positive results into your life and that ‘like attracts like’ both positively and negatively.
Posted 1255 Days Ago
Why successful coaches use DISC
DISC is an acronym identifying the 4 different behavioural preferences that are present in our personality. It is a powerful and time-tested psychometric tool that quickly and accurately identifies an individual’s communication and behavioural preferences. It also identifies many other important facets including possible challenge areas, their preferences in terms of achieving goals and the pace that someone prefers to work or engage in a task etc of the session to mention just three.
Posted 1262 Days Ago
Why Great Coaches use the GROW model
The GROW model was developed over forty years ago by Sir John Whitmore and published in his book “Coaching For Performance” in the 1980’s. It is still the gold standard of session structure for coaches today.
Posted 1269 Days Ago
The Perfect Life Coach - by Bev James
I was recently asked when did I know it was the right time to start training as a life coach? My answer is always the same: I knew that there would never be a ‘right’ time, so I just had to begin.
Posted 1276 Days Ago
Claim the life you were born to live - Bev James
Imagine this: you wake up tomorrow morning and something feels different – you feel alert, energised and your mind is sharp and focused.
Posted 1283 Days Ago
6 Benefits of Working from Home
Have you discovered that you really enjoy the flexibility that comes with working from home and think that you’d love the option to continue? Or maybe you’re just fed up with the career that you’re in and would love the option of creating a new exciting and rewarding career working from home?
Posted 1290 Days Ago
How small steps can make a big difference.
The small steps you take in life have the potential to make a huge difference in the direction your life takes.
Posted 1297 Days Ago
5 clues that becoming a life coach is the right career for you.
We are often told to seek within for answers, but sometimes external clues are right under our nose if you know what to look for. If you're a lifelong leaner who's drawn to help people reach their true potential, then a career as life coach could be just want you are looking for. Here are clues it could be just right for you…
Posted 1304 Days Ago
What will your 2022 story be?
Are you looking for: A new full or part time job? Flexible hours that fit around your life? An additional income stream? Or just want a new rewarding career where you help others? Learning to be a Life Coach might be for you.
Posted 1355 Days Ago
Daniel Findlay - Overcoming Anxiety
Today's Coach in the Spotlight is confidence coach Daniel Findlay, who uses his own history of struggling with social anxiety to guide his clients into being confident in any social setting. Learn about his story, and get inspired, here.
Posted 1402 Days Ago
Leanne Cooper - Putting you first
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Leanne Cooper who speaks about her passion for energising women to prioritise their own needs and happiness.
Posted 1426 Days Ago
Why Should I Gain An ICF Credential?
Our courses have been recognised by the ICF, but what does that mean for you, your learning, and your coaching business? Keep reading to find out!
Posted 1431 Days Ago
Rhiannon Davies - The possibility of change
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Rhiannon Davies who, thanks to her healthcare background, works with doctors, healthcare specialists, and other NHS workers. We hope you're inspired by her story!
Posted 1441 Days Ago
Can I become a life coach for free?
Is it possible to become a professional life coach without paying for a course or qualification? And, if so, is this the best thing to do? Read our blog to find out!
Posted 1446 Days Ago
What is Addictive Behaviour coaching?
Are you curious as to why people form destructive habits? Do you want to empower change in your clients or patients? Do you want this change to be powerful and long-lasting? Keep reading this blog to find out exactly what Addictive Behaviour Coaching is and how you can add this skillset to your professional repertoire.
Posted 1462 Days Ago in: DISC
Mentor Series - Katy Mason, There is Always Another Way
This week we are shining a spotlight on one of the skilful mentors of The Coaching Academy: Katy Mason, Corporate Coach, Mentor and Business Owner. Katy has passed a great milestone, having completed 100 hours of volunteer mentoring for our next generation of coaches. Today she's sharing her journey as part of our Mentor Series. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1469 Days Ago in: DISC
Nervous system hacks for a happier you
You've heard this before where there is stress, there are unhealthy coping mechanisms. Kate Baily and Mandy Manners, specialist coach trainers for the Addictive Behaviours Coaching programme, are sharing their best tips and tools to help regulate your nervous system without reaching for that unhealthy solution be it your phone, games, wine, shopping or anything else. Read on!
Posted 1469 Days Ago in: DISC
Suzi Payton - Celebrating the strengths of neurodivergence
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Suzi Payton, who found a calling in helping neurodivergent people through coaching, training and comedy. She used her time during lockdown to finish the coaching diploma and today she's a full-time coach with a unique offering. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1476 Days Ago in: DISC
The stories behind fitness and coaching
Are you a personal trainer or P.E teacher? Coaching might be that special skill you need to help your clients to become the very best version of themselves. In this article, we're sharing the stories of 3 fantastic coaches who are helping others achieve their health goals as fitness professionals using coaching skills.
Posted 1476 Days Ago in: DISC
Delphine Ingelaere - Creating a vision for your business
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Delphine Ingelaere who is passionate about helping ambitious business women create a vision for their business and make it happen. Enjoy her insightful interview!
Posted 1483 Days Ago in: DISC
Coaching for Work-Life Balance
Do you have that coveted work-life balance? Often portrayed as a 50-50 split between work and life this can be an unrealistic expectation for many because this balance will look different for everyone. Not only that, but things change, priorities change and this balance needs to change with it. The truth is, work-life balance is a cycle and we have to check in with ourselves periodically to see how we're doing.
Posted 1483 Days Ago in: DISC
Larisa Barker - Blending Coaching and Marketing
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Larisa Barker, who chose coaching to help her clients with their business goals. Today, she blends her coaching skills with her marketing expertise to offer a unique business coaching service. Enjoy her insightful interview!
Posted 1490 Days Ago in: DISC
5 Unexpected Benefits of Life-Coaching
Have you ever experienced the power of life coaching? Maybe you know a friend who has experience with coaching. For many, the role of a coach is to bridge the gap between where someone is, and where they would like to be. But coaching provides a number of added benefits and today we're sharing 5 unexpected ones!
Posted 1497 Days Ago in: DISC
4 ways to stick to your habits
Motivation and willpower are often not enough to implement new habits. People get bored, they give up, or they're overwhelmed because they're trying to change everything at once. That's why we're sharing our best tips to stick to your new habits!
Posted 1497 Days Ago in: DISC
Isabel Barbosa - Coaching is everything I wanted in a career
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Isabel Barbosa, who created a new vision for her life after coming across coaching. She added NLP and hypnosis skills to her coaching toolkit and now, she helps women restore their self-confidence and reconnect with their true selves. Enjoy her uplifting story!
Posted 1490 Days Ago in: DISC
Kate Greaves - Coaching within education
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Kate Greaves, who chose to learn coaching skills to better support her students as a teacher and empower them to follow on their strengths, ambitions and passions. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1504 Days Ago in: DISC
Hone your NLP skills this Summer with these 4 techniques
What better time to enjoy growth and test our strengths than a breezy summer day? NLP is a powerful tool that empowers people to have greater control over their emotional state. We're sharing 4 powerful NLP techniques to get you started!
Posted 1504 Days Ago in: DISC
Sonia Aslam - Coaching on the Edge of Reasons
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Sonia Aslam founder of Edge of Reasons, who embarked on her coaching diploma whilst 7 months pregnant and did not look back! She now uses her corporate experience to help female leaders find their voice and their confidence, Senior Executives to reach their full potential and works with Corporates on their Diversity & Inclusion agenda. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1511 Days Ago in: DISC
Holistic Coaching - Working with the mind, body and energy
What is Holistic Coaching? Many might say that it's working with the whole person rather than just the mind. Pam Lidford shares more about the key ideas behind holistic coaching and some tips to get you started on working holistically. Read on!
Posted 1511 Days Ago in: DISC
Annamaria Sideri - Adding coaching to the HR toolkit
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Annamaria Sideri, who found so much value in coaching, she decided to embark on a coaching diploma. She planned to travel from Brussels to the UK for every live Accelerator so that she can study with a trusted training provider and become a great qualified coach. Today she is empowering staff as an HR professional. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1518 Days Ago in: DISC
Coaching tips for coping with carer and parent burnout
Do clients come to you to combat stress, overwhelm and turn the tide on burnout? Maybe you are a parent or carer who's had a lot to deal with over recent years? Coaching Academy Trainers and Addictive Behaviour specialists, Kate Baily & Mandy Manners, have some great coaching tips for you. Read on to learn more!
Posted 1518 Days Ago in: DISC
Amelia Kirk - Lockdown, a catalyst for change
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Amelia Kirk, who took the plunge into coaching as the first lockdown started in the UK. Just 18 months in, she has already created a life for herself that she wouldn't have imagined before. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1525 Days Ago in: DISC
Men's Health Week: Self-love, Self-care and Self-aware
As we celebrate Men's Health Week leading life & leadership coach Rasheed Ogunlaru shares some top tips on taking care of your emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health. Read on!
Posted 1532 Days Ago in: DISC
The arrival of Coach of Excellence, and why YOU should care
Wondering if an accreditation is the right path for you as a professional coach? Amanda Rosewarne, CEO & Co-Founder of the Professional Development Consortium, shares more about the Coach of Excellence, the pioneering Accreditation that will help you stand out in the coaching industry.
Posted 1532 Days Ago in: DISC
Lorren - Your Secret Self Help Coach
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Lorren, who found coaching when she started looking for a fulfilling career where she can help people. She let go of limiting beliefs, fully embraced the coaching journey and now helps professionals gain clarity on their purpose and potential. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1538 Days Ago in: DISC
Prachi Moharir Bajaj - My journey to becoming a coach
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Prachi Moharir Bajaj , who found her passion for a positive mindset after experiencing coaching herself. Now, she helps individuals do the same in a broad range of goals, from career change to health-related trauma. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1538 Days Ago in: DISC
The WRAP framework within Wellbeing Coaching
Dealing with stress lately? Wondering how to best help your clients with their wellbeing goals? TCA Head of Training and Life Coach, Sharon Lawton, is sharing a framework she uses with her clients to create healthy habits that support emotional health. Find out more in this article!
Posted 1525 Days Ago in: DISC
Sinead Robertson - A Holistic View of Business Coaching
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Sinead Robertson, a Holistic Business & Wellbeing Coach. The PPD was just a first chapter in Sinead's coaching journey and she quickly moved towards the Small Business Coaching Diploma, knowing that her passion lay in helping entrepreneurs and busy professionals find alignment for themselves. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1545 Days Ago in: DISC
5 Top Tips To Stand Out From the Crowd As A Professional Coach
Amanda Rosewarne, CEO & Co-Founder of the Professional Development Consortium - home to the CPD Standards Certified Coach, and Coach of Excellence certifications - gives her 5 top tips on how to stand out as a coach and get your coaching message out there.
Posted 1546 Days Ago in: DISC
Jenny Burrow - Creating a fulfilling life
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Jenny Burrow who discovered her passion in coaching after feeling stuck and unfulfilled in her own career. Today she helps individuals overcome the same challenges she did and support them to create a life and career that feel as good from the inside as they look from the outside. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1552 Days Ago in: DISC
Where are they now? Award-winning coaches edition
Every year TCA hosts the International Coaching Award and we wanted to check in with past award-winners to see what they are up to a couple of years after their big moment. For those dreaming of winning an award, for those who need more inspiration for their coaching journey and those looking for positive stories from a group of fantastic individuals - this is for you!
Posted 1553 Days Ago in: DISC
Happy International Coaching Week
It's International Coaching Week 2021 so we're spending this week celebrating the fantastic coaches within our community, our amazing students and the transformational power of coaching! Find out how to join the celebration.
Posted 1553 Days Ago in: DISC
Olivia Pitt - Getting the most out of life
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Olivia Pitt, who chose to become a life coach after experiencing the transformational power of coaching herself. Today she helps women discover joy once again, step into their power and live with confidence. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1559 Days Ago in: DISC
9 Coaching Questions to challenge yourself
Do you ever feel that your goals are either too easy or too overwhelming and they're not really helping you get where you want to be? Part of the role of a coach is to help you find that perfectwhelm - the balance between too easy and too difficult, to help you bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. The most powerful way to do this? By asking challenging questions!
Posted 1560 Days Ago in: DISC
Nicolette Bell - The greatest wealth is health
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Nicolette Bell, a Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach. After a big change and moving to London, Nicolette came across coaching and The Coaching Academy and has found her purpose in helping others create sustainable healthy habits. She has not looked back since! Enjoy her story.
Posted 1566 Days Ago in: DISC
Announcement: Additional Bursary Funding this May
We are proud to announce additional bursary funding throughout May for the Coaching within Education Diploma for anyone working within the Education sector!
Posted 1567 Days Ago in: DISC
Rachael Jones Clark - Free yourself from limiting beliefs
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Rachael Jones Clark, Mindset Coach and a Learning and Development Consultant. After experiencing what it means to support individuals to be their best selves in her Learning and Development role, Rachael started to explore the idea of a coaching career. Today she supports people to free themselves from limiting beliefs and instil confidence instead. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1574 Days Ago in: DISC
The secret to overcoming procrastination: manage your emotions, not your time
Battling procrastination? The truth is you don't need more time management strategies, you need to start managing the emotions that lead you down that path. Find out how in this article!
Posted 1574 Days Ago in: DISC
Lauren Leopold - Helping others find their mojo again
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Lauren Leopold, Career Change & Business Coach who started her coaching practice as a side hustle and has made it her mission to help ambitious women change careers and grow successful side hustles. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1580 Days Ago in: DISC
What is Continuing Professional Development?
You might have heard of the term CPD before - but why is it important? Continuing your professional development is as important as your fundamental training, and depending on your goals it can vary greatly. With this article, we're exploring the different ways that you can add to your fundamental training and continue your professional development. Read on!
Posted 1580 Days Ago in: DISC
George Scully - Be open, be curious, be kind to yourself
This week we are shining a spotlight on one of the skilful mentors of The Coaching Academy: George Scully, Career Transition and Life Coach, Coach Mentor, Experienced Trainer and Public Speaker. George has passed a great milestone, having completed 100 hours of volunteer mentoring for our next generation of coaches. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1588 Days Ago in: DISC
Can coaching help reduce stress?
Some stress can be helpful. Too much stress may make you ill and many will be affected differently. April is Stress Awareness Month and due to the anxiety and uncertainty of 2020, it's arguable one the most important ones since its inception 20 years ago. We all have different ways of managing it but the big question is - can coaching help reduce stress? Read on to find out.
Posted 1588 Days Ago in: DISC
Edward Jospe - Coaching for your future
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Edward Jospe, who started his coaching journey after a career change. Today Edward helps others not only as a coach but also as a community leader within the TCA students group. Enjoy his inspiring story!
Posted 1593 Days Ago in: DISC
How to Set Goals like a Professional Life Coach
Spring is here - a time to refresh and restart - and for many, it's time to ponder new objectives or even dust off new year resolutions. From lists to charts, from talking to journaling, creating systems, you might have tried a few things to make sure you achieve your dreams. But did you try setting goals like a professional life coach? We'll guide you through it.
Posted 1602 Days Ago in: DISC
Suzanne Clarke -Self-care, not self-ish
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Suzanne Clarke, who chose to pursue her mission of empowering women in their 50s after a lifetime career as a recruiter. She is now helping others as a Life, Transition and Business Coach. Enjoy her story!
Posted 1609 Days Ago in: DISC
Sobiya Jawaid - Leaving a powerful legacy of contribution
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Sobiya Jawaid, Leadership and Confidence Coach, International Speaker and European Kickboxer. Finding strength in her unique experiences as one of the first hijab-wearing, female British Muslim Black Belt kickboxers to have represented England at European level, Sobiya's on a mission to help inspire and motivate people. Enjoy her powerful story!
Posted 1622 Days Ago in: DISC
Are You Holding Yourself Back?
Our thoughts and internal dialogue can lead to stories that we carry with us throughout our whole life. Stories that don't inspire us to think big but rather keep us from reaching our true potential. So in this article, we're facing the most common phrases holding you back, head-on. Read on! #CourageouslyYou
Posted 1623 Days Ago in: DISC
Susan Graves - Designing a new life for myself
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Susan Graves, who chose to become a life coach herself after working with a life coach. As a successful Project Manager, Susan decided to seek out the help of a coach to help design her dream life and found that she was passionate about empowering other professional women. Today she helps them build their confidence at work. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1629 Days Ago in: DISC
Take your Relationship with Yourself to the Next Level
What do you think of when you hear Relationship Coaching? Some might think of couples, helping them achieve their goals together. Others might be thinking about getting along with co-workers, managers and professional peers. All these are part of it. But many overlook the most important relationship of them all: the relationship with ourselves. So today, we're asking you to join the #CourageouslyYou challenge and start Spring with developing the Relationship with Yourself!
Posted 1630 Days Ago in: DISC
Dijana Juric - How to become the best coach you can be
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Dijana Juric, who turned her passion for psychology into a full-time career helping people live the best life they can imagine. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1637 Days Ago in: DISC
5 Heart-Centred Ways to Enhance Your Relationships
Relationships are at the heart of our lives. They are vital for our mental and emotional wellbeing. Whether you are looking to improve your relationships with your friends and family, your work colleagues and peers, or most importantly, yourself, Kiki's heart-centred coaching approach can help. Read on!
Posted 1637 Days Ago in: DISC
Amy Fry - Transitioning with confidence and determination
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Amy Fry, a Life & Business Coach for individuals who run lifestyle businesses. After almost two decades in the food industry, Amy decided that it was time for a change and found her purpose as a coach helping small business owners. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1643 Days Ago in: DISC
The Secret to Branding as a Coach
If you're struggling to grow your coaching business, are trying multiple marketing and social media approaches, but nothing works, the answer might lie in your branding. A consistent, intentional and powerful brand will transform your business and brand expert Aarti Parmar will teach you to mindfully implement brand-led growth. Read on!
Posted 1644 Days Ago in: DISC
Lynsey Kitching - Do you believe in this personal development stuff?
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Lynsey Kitching, whose passion for personal development led her to become a full-time Career and Leadership coach. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1650 Days Ago in: DISC
How to Find Your Coaching Niche
We often talk about niches here at The Coaching Academy. We recommend it to our students and it's a big topic of conversation in our communities. For some, it's a simple question, for others, it's the cause of anxiety and overwhelm. If you're struggling to decide, this article will coach you through finding your niche!
Posted 1650 Days Ago in: DISC
Lyubomila Karlikova - Contemplating the call to help people
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Lyubomila Karlikova, who came across coaching at a crossroad in her life. She embarked on this coaching journey that took her through different cities and experiences and emerged as a Personal Development & Relationship coach. She is now exploring the business of coaching while helping others find a path forward to their dreams. Enjoy her insightful story!
Posted 1657 Days Ago in: DISC
6 Trends in Coaching that will affect you in 2021
Last year brought about many changes to the coaching industry both in how professionals coach their clients and also in emerging challenges and areas that people need coaching in. But what stuck? This week we're taking a look at the emerging trends in coaching in 2021.
Posted 1658 Days Ago in: DISC
Aries Yeo: Finding your true self
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Aries Yeo, who found a new purpose within coaching after the loss of her son. Leaving behind a 20-year career in corporate, Aries now focuses on helping others find fulfilment, purpose and their true self. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1664 Days Ago in: DISC
Strategy To Truly Reach Your Goal
One of the core skills most coaches build is goal setting. It seems relatively straight forward, yet most of us and our clients find it hard to achieve the goals we've set, so let's take a good look at why that is and what we can do about it.
Posted 1664 Days Ago in: DISC
Laurent Coste - Own your lives & Enjoy your life
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Laurent Coste, who has found a new purpose within coaching and is now helping others live a fulfilled life. Enjoy his inspiring story and make sure you answer the reflective questions at the end of the article!
Posted 1671 Days Ago in: DISC
How to Fit Training to Become a Coach in Your Busy Life
Many TCA students begin their studies while in a full-time job, many are parents and have other day-to-day responsibilities on the side. So how do they fit the study around their busy lives? If you are a TCA student looking for some tips or simply interested in coaching but you're not sure how you could find the time for this, this article is for you. Read on!
Posted 1672 Days Ago in: DISC
Antonio Esposito - Changing the world one person at a time
Our first guest of 2021 in The Coaching Academy's 'Mentor Series' is Antonio Esposito, international life- and business coach who recently passed a fantastic milestone, having completed 100 hours of volunteer mentoring for our next generation of coaches. Enjoy his inspiring story!
Posted 1678 Days Ago in: DISC
Studying with The Coaching Academy - Our Diplomas
At The Coaching Academy, we are passionate about the power of coaching. We've seen first hand the difference it makes personally to every qualifying coach. So how can you become a qualified Life Coach, Business Coach, Team Coach, Family Coach or a specialised professional? Let us (re)introduce the Diplomas you can study with The Coaching Academy.
Posted 1678 Days Ago in: DISC
Jacqueline Williams - The Power of Questions
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Jacqueline Williams, a governance and leadership consultant who found a new perspective with coaching. She started noticing a difference when asking more questions and she never looked back. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1686 Days Ago in: DISC
Boss your New Year's Resolutions and Achieve your 2021 Goals
It's that time of the year again when we're all diving deep into New Year Resolutions! This can be one of the most fun times of January but what would it mean for you if you could actually stick to your goals this year, instead of giving up by the end of the month? Addictive Behaviour experts Kate Baily and Mandy Manners are using their knowledge of helping overcome negative behaviour to get you addicted to healthy habits this year. Read on!
Posted 1686 Days Ago in: DISC
Shilpa Maher - Don't be afraid to aim for the stars
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Shilpa Maher who has a passion for helping people who lack the confidence to pursue their dreams. Shilpa has found coaching in 2018 and in this article, she's sharing her story, her reflections and some great tips to help with self-confidence. Enjoy!
Posted 1693 Days Ago in: DISC
Review the Year
It's almost 2021 - how exciting! If you are in the habit of focusing on next year's goals at the end of December, we're here to support you.
Posted 1700 Days Ago in: DISC
Merry Christmas from Bev James & The Coaching Academy Team
Merry Christmas and joyful holidays from our CEO, Bev James and The Coaching Academy team.
Posted 1707 Days Ago in: DISC
The Art of Releasing Negative Emotions
As we approach the end of the year we inevitably start to think about the past and the future. Emotions get jumbled up and often it's the negative memories that surface first. In a year as challenging as 2020, it can be especially hard to release the negative energy of chaos and uncertainty that has been our daily companion for 9 months now. Let's correct that!
Posted 1707 Days Ago in: DISC
Anna Filatova - Reaching your dreams and beyond
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Anna Filatova a business and success coach who switched to coaching after a demanding job in investment banking and reignited her passion for entrepreneurship. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1714 Days Ago in: DISC
Resilience as seen in our favourite Netflix shows
There's been a lot of talk about resiliency this year. As a society, we had to toughen up in many ways and make hard choices for the good of our fellow men. This was the main message through the news, but if you managed to take some time away from the daily conferences and news articles and destress in front of the TV, you might have seen this topic popping up in your favourite series too. Let's discuss what we can learn from them!
Posted 1714 Days Ago in: DISC
Karen Kissane - Life is about to change in amazing ways
Our latest guest in The Coaching Academy's 'Mentor Series' is Karen Kissane, an award-winning business and life coach who recently passed a major industry milestone, having completed 100 hours of volunteer mentoring for our next generation of coaches. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1720 Days Ago in: DISC
Managing Change Through Uncertainty
Change is ever-present in our lives and learning how to manage and adapt to change is key if we want to thrive. Stephen Covey offers us a lot of insight with his famous Circle of Concern and Circle of Influence so in this article, we're exploring how to use this to help manage change.
Posted 1721 Days Ago in: DISC
Gabriela Baldi - Empowering parents with Sunbeam for Life
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Gabriela Baldi, a parent who became passionate about coaching to help and support other parents through challenging journeys with their children. Today she's co-founder of a non-profit, Sunbeam For Life, with a vision of launching an accessible, resourceful and hands-on platform to all parents. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 1728 Days Ago in: DISC
7 Steps to Ditch Procrastination
This year's Autumn brings new challenges to the whole world. Distance from friends and loved ones, from our old routines, lack of sunshine with darker evenings and an uncertain outlook on the close future does not help. Some of you might be starting to give in to procrastination more often than before. As a coach, you might find your clients are struggling with it.
Posted 1734 Days Ago in: DISC
Why Addictive Behaviours Coaching and why now?
Where there is stress, there are unhealthy coping strategies. Many of us have been under a lot of stress in this past year in one way or another and Addictive Behaviour experts Kate Baily and Mandy Manners are on a mission to help us reflect on our habits. Find out more and discover the addictive habits pocket guide in this new article.
Posted 1734 Days Ago in: DISC
Matt Verrell - Why I became a coach
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Matt Verrell, an ex-lawyer who discovered coaching after searching for ways to make a positive difference in the world. Discover the steps he took and his story from resigning from his corporate lawyer position to qualifying as Life Coach with The Coaching Academy, in this inspiring article!
Posted 1740 Days Ago in: DISC
How to turn challenges into superpowers
As England faces lockdown 2.0 people are reacting to it differently. Your experience might be distinct to your family, friends or even clients and that's normal. But award-winning coach and TCA Trainer Sharon Lawton says we all have 4 superpowers we can use in this challenge. Discover them in this insightful article!
Posted 1740 Days Ago in: DISC
Jessica Woodsford - Empowering an inclusive future
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Jessica Woodsford, who chose to commit to two of her big passions - helping leaders and managers drive change in their lives, as well as, setting up a non-profit foundation to empower students from underrepresented groups to explore and focus on the future that is right for them. Enjoy Jessica's inspiring story!
Posted 1747 Days Ago in: DISC
Mastery Series: Pam Lidford on Supervision
We've launched a monthly Mastery Series to offer you top tips from our accomplished team and trainers. In this week's blog, confidence coach and trainer Pam Lidford shares the importance of supervision, it's benefits and how it helps your professional coaching development.
Posted 1755 Days Ago in: DISC
Halloween Scary Myths about Coaching
Many scary myths are floating around about life coaching that might be stopping you or your clients from taking the leap. This Halloween we're unmasking the biggest myths and bringing to light the truth behind them.
Posted 1755 Days Ago in: DISC
Brian Eddies - Coaching with visual impairment
We caught up with inspiring graduate of The Coaching Academy, Brian Eddies. He is one of our students that we were delighted to offer extra support to, as someone with impaired vision. Brian has been using his coaching skills and many areas of life and his ventures and with this interview, we're checking in to see where Brian is 6 years after graduating. We hope you enjoy his inspiring story!
Posted 1763 Days Ago in: DISC
What Can I Do About Parental Guilt?
It's National Parenting Week - and anyone who is a parent will know that apart from being the most important job we will ever do, parenting can be a rollercoaster of emotions, with extreme highs and lows. As coaches, we can ask ourselves how we can support parents to be the best they can be and avoid the secret lots of parents hold which is parental guilt. We spoke to Award-winning family lifestyle coach Sharon Lawton to share her thoughts in this new article.
Posted 1769 Days Ago in: DISC
Ann Skidmore - On Group Coaching and Leadership
What lies behind the power of group coaching? Whether you are managing a team in your business, or you are part of a team in a company and even when you think about your friend group, a good team cohesion is essential in our lives. Ann Skidmore has been coaching teams throughout her career and in this article, she's sharing her thoughts on coaching groups. Enjoy!
Posted 1770 Days Ago in: DISC
Piotr Jankiewicz - Don't Be Afraid to Raise the Bar
Today we are shining a spotlight on one of the skilful mentors of The Coaching Academy: Piotr Jankiewicz, international business coach and workshop facilitator. We hope you enjoy his inspiring story!
Posted 1777 Days Ago in: DISC
7 Powerful Ways to Build a Thriving Coaching Practice
Simon Alexander Ong, Life Coach of the Year 2019, believes that the world needs more people who are dedicated to their mission and passion and has made it his goal to help people become the best versions of themselves. That's why he created this powerful guide so you can build a thriving coaching practice and create the impact you desire.
Posted 1777 Days Ago in: DISC
Laurie Rees - The journey of self-acceptance
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Laurie Rees, who, after a long career as an accountant decided to follow her path as a life coach. Today she helps people accept themselves as they are, to be confident and authentic. It's something Laurie struggled with and she found her purpose in coaching. Enjoy her insightful story!
