Belonging
It wasn’t until fairly recently that I understood the importance of Belonging for us coaches. I feel it is one of the main distinctions compared to other modalities. Definitions Belonging is often referred to as feeling part of something outside of ourselves. As a...
Live the Dream: My TEDx Talk
Four years before I did my TEDx Talk, “Survivor’s Guide to Jealousy”, I was sitting in my life coach’s office discussing the trajectory of my work life. “It sounds like you want to reach a wide audience with your messaging,” she said. Suddenly I had...
Law of Attraction
You may have come across the phrase Law of Attraction and have an inkling about what it is… something to do with energy? Or spirituality? Beliefs? Something a bit woo-woo? To my mind, it is a blend of several areas, some of which overlap. The Power of Positive...
My Professional Certified Coach (PCC) Journey
I was so confused when I started my coach training in 2020, not just because of the ongoing global pandemic, but because of the new language I was learning. Here’s a breakdown of what I know, in the simplest way possible. CERTIFICATION The certification is the...
Trust in Coaching
What does Trust mean to you? How does it show up in your different relationships? I used to think you had to build trust and then I came across the work of Rachel Botsman. She says in every relationship dynamic there is always a Trust Giver and a Trust Receiver. THE...
Setting & Maintaining Boundaries
I am a certified holistic relationship coach working with LGBT+ women and our allies, and one topic that shows up for most of my clients is boundaries. Useful Definitions Boundaries are needs focused. They relate to your yes, maybe, and no. They are set and upheld...
Three Surprising Things I Learnt from Being a Coach
Training as a coach in my 50s felt like coming home. Coaching aligned with my life purpose and continues to amaze and delight me daily. I am a relative newbie, having started my business as a Holistic Relationship Coach for LGBT+ women (trans and non-binary inclusive)...
Five Reasons to Become a Certified + Credentialed Coach
Following the launch of the Radiant Coaches: Live Sessions podcast where I interview a certified coach and receive a live coaching session, I have been reflecting on my own decision to become a certified coach. The coaching industry is not regulated in the way that...
Coaching with Self-Compassion
We are surrounded by (what feels like) interchangeable terminology relating to Self. Self-love, Self-care, Self-compassion. And what about self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth. One thing I know from my research is that definitions vary depending on the author’s...
Routines & Rituals
Coaching brings us deeper into relationship with ourselves. It provides a safe container in which to accept where we are at and then create possibilities for change. Routines and Rituals are a great way of sustaining those changes. DEFINITIONS Both routines and...
The Power of Journaling
I have kept a journal since I was a teenager, or diary as we used to call it in the 1980s! Diaries were what maiden aunts gifted their nieces and took the form of a pink flowery hardback book with a miniature lock and key. The message was clear, this is an activity...
Improvisation for Coaches
Around 20 years ago I did a course in comedy improvisation. At the time I was running a queer women’s theatre company in London, UK and producing small festivals of plays by new writers. After the course, I started running my own classes and soon we had thirty regular...
Money Mindset and Me
My relationship with money is an ongoing journey. When I had my first career coach, four years ago, she asked me to write a letter to Money. I recently found it and here are the edited highlights! Dear Money, I wish I didn’t need you in my life. I don’t like needing...
Working with Wellness
Practitioners working in the wellness industry should know their personal impact on clients’ wellness. It stands to reason. But sometimes one person’s idea of being reasonable is received as wholly unreasonable by another. I recently experienced discriminatory...
Coaching Exercises
Pure coaching involves questioning using your intuition, enabling your client to gain clarity on where they’re at, where they want to go, and how they can get there. Although running exercises with your clients arguably isn’t coaching, we are all “multipassionistas”...
Finding Your Coaching Niche
Written by Ali Hendry, Education Director (Europe), Radiant Coaches Academy When I started my Radiant Coaches Academy training in 2020, I was exploring my niche. Initially, I didn’t want to limit my options, so I cast my net wide. In time, I realized this was a...
How to Live Confidently as You Age
Photo by Barbara Olsen on Pexels Although society may try to convince us otherwise, getting older isn’t something to be afraid of but rather something to feel proud of. However, even the most confident individuals can feel unnerved as their age increases. Don’t let...
Guidance on Group Coaching
I love group coaching; it feels like a natural part of my coaching offering. The first few times felt daunting, but like most things it was the thought of it rather than the doing, and within minutes I settled right in. I had a head-start with group experience,...
Leading People: Power and Privilege
Leadership involves power and privilege. How these are understood plays a large role in growth and healthy development. To define the issue of power even more, French Philosopher and Social Theorist Michel Foucault indicates that all relationships are exhibitions of...
It's Okay to Take Care of Yourself
“I believe that you are the designer of your life, the author of your reality, the creator of your world. And I would like to empower you to live a life you truly desire." Taking care of yourself is important because it is the key to finding balance both within...
The Field of Wildflowers: Acknowledge Your Accomplishments and Own Your Harvest
Have you ever been told ‘You reap what you sow’? How did you feel hearing it? Was it a feeling of delight or a feeling of dread? If your answer is more around dreadfulness rather than delight, you’re in the majority of people. But can it be seen in a different way? I...