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<p><b>Introduction 1</b></p> <p>About This Book 1</p> <p>Conventions Used in This Book 2</p> <p>Foolish Assumptions 2</p> <p>How This Book is Organised 3</p> <p>Part I: The Basics of Life Coaching 3</p> <p>Part II: Your Life Coaching Journey 3</p> <p>Part III: Focusing on the Elements of Your Life 3</p> <p>Part IV: Working with the Themes of Coaching 4</p> <p>Part V: Creating a Harmonious Whole Life 4</p> <p>Part VI: The Part of Tens 4</p> <p>Icons Used in This Book 4</p> <p>Where to Go from Here 5</p> <p><b>Part I: The Basics of Life Coaching 7</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 1: Introducing Life Coaching 9</b></p> <p>A Brief Definition of Life Coaching 9</p> <p>What Life Coaching is Not 10</p> <p>Living Your Best Life 11</p> <p>Getting ready for change 12</p> <p>Presenting the passport for your coaching journey 14</p> <p>Choosing Life Coaching for Long-Term Results 15</p> <p>Tuning In to Your Inner Coach 16</p> <p>Introducing your split personality! 16</p> <p>Giving yourself the gift of your own good opinion 17</p> <p>Turning up the volume on the voice of your inner coach 18</p> <p>Having a coaching conversation 19</p> <p>Identifying Your Current Priorities for Coaching 20</p> <p><b>Chapter 2: Deciding What You Want to Take from Coaching 25</b></p> <p>Assessing the Benefits and Challenges of Coaching 26</p> <p>Attaining goals 26</p> <p>Achieving balance 27</p> <p>Finding purpose 28</p> <p>Changing your mindset 28</p> <p>Growing through self-awareness 29</p> <p>Enjoying the journey 29</p> <p>Considering the challenges of coaching 30</p> <p>Deciding on a Coaching Method 30</p> <p>Finding the right coach 31</p> <p>Considering co-coaching 35</p> <p>Deciding to self-coach 36</p> <p>Making a Promise to Yourself 37</p> <p>Checking out your current life conditions 37</p> <p>Framing your coaching promise 38</p> <p><b>Chapter 3: Preparing for Coaching 39</b></p> <p>Getting Ready for Your Coaching Session 39</p> <p>Beginning Your Coaching Journey 40</p> <p>Seeing the big picture 41</p> <p>Packing your survival kit 42</p> <p>The stages of your journey 43</p> <p>Knowing Where You Are on the Road 44</p> <p>Marking Your Progress 45</p> <p>Using milestone goals to celebrate success 45</p> <p>Giving yourself a pat on the back 47</p> <p>Choosing people to cheer you on 47</p> <p>Anticipating setbacks and relapses 48</p> <p>Keeping a record 49</p> <p>Painting a picture 49</p> <p><b>Part II: Your Life Coaching Journey 51</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 4: Becoming Your Best Self 53</b></p> <p>Considering Your Unique Gifts 53</p> <p>What do you do really well? 54</p> <p>How do you do that thing you do? Boosting your competencies 55</p> <p>Noticing Your Preferences 58</p> <p>Looking out or looking in? 59</p> <p>Finding your behavioural styles 60</p> <p>Adding new behaviours 64</p> <p><b>Chapter 5: Choosing Your Beliefs 67</b></p> <p>Understanding How Your Beliefs Shape You 67</p> <p>Where do your beliefs come from? 68</p> <p>What are your beliefs? 69</p> <p>What do your beliefs give you? 70</p> <p>Changing Your Beliefs 72</p> <p>Reshaping a limiting belief 72</p> <p>Getting under the skin of your most stubborn limiting beliefs 73</p> <p>Learning to Manage Your Fears 75</p> <p>Identifying fears that drive you and fears that block you 76</p> <p>Recognising your fear foes 76</p> <p>Minimising your fear foes 78</p> <p><b>Chapter 6: Discovering the Values that Motivate You 81</b></p> <p>Navigating with Your Own Coordinates 82</p> <p>Reading your personal road map 82</p> <p>Knowing what your needs are 84</p> <p>Getting Clear on Your Values 86</p> <p>What are your values? 87</p> <p>Reflecting on your values 91</p> <p>Sorting Through Conflicts of Motivation 92</p> <p>Looking out for your heart’s desire 93</p> <p>Dealing with changing priorities 94</p> <p><b>Chapter 7: Stocking Up on Powerful Questions 95</b></p> <p>Delving into the Power of Asking Questions 95</p> <p>Heeding hesitation 96</p> <p>Confronting confusion 97</p> <p>Fighting frustration 97</p> <p>Don’t Get Stuck Asking the Wrong Questions! 98</p> <p>Asking the Right Questions 99</p> <p>Moving down the funnel 99</p> <p>Finding your most powerful questions 101</p> <p>Listening to the Answers 102</p> <p>When you don’t know the answer 102</p> <p>Tuning into energy levels to find the answers 103</p> <p><b>Chapter 8: Taking Stock of Now 105</b></p> <p>Practising Awareness 105</p> <p>Taking short cuts without cutting corners 106</p> <p>Balancing assets and liabilities 106</p> <p>Redefining success 108</p> <p>Focusing on outcomes 110</p> <p>Tapping into Your Intuitive Self 112</p> <p>Trusting your gut feeling 112</p> <p>Living with a light heart 113</p> <p>Cultivating a relaxed focus 113</p> <p>Knowing What You Really Want 114</p> <p>You don’t have to have what you’ve always had 116</p> <p>You’re creating your future now 116</p> <p>Visualising your whole-life goals 117</p> <p>Placing your whole-life goals on your horizon 118</p> <p><b>Chapter 9: Exploring Your Options 119</b></p> <p>Moving from Problems to Possibilities 120</p> <p>Avoiding the ‘yes, but’ game 120</p> <p>The desert island scenario 121</p> <p>Assessing Your Stock of Resources 122</p> <p>Building supportive networks 123</p> <p>Increasing your resources 123</p> <p>Expanding Your Range of Options 124</p> <p>Developing a creative approach 125</p> <p>Playing with unlimited options 126</p> <p>Choosing the best fi t 128</p> <p><b>Chapter 10: Planning Effective Action 131</b></p> <p>Smarten Up Your Goal Setting 131</p> <p>Putting theory into practice 136</p> <p>Smartening up to lose weight 138</p> <p>Matching Your Options to Your Goals 139</p> <p>Setting milestones for your journey 139</p> <p>Taking baby steps 140</p> <p>Keeping Your Promise to Yourself 141</p> <p>Thinking like a hero 141</p> <p>When life gets in the way of living 142</p> <p>Exploding the myth of will-power 143</p> <p>Dealing with jealousy from others 144</p> <p><b>Part III: Focusing on the Elements of Your Life 145</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 11: Career and Work 147</b></p> <p>Assessing Your Attitudes to Work 148</p> <p>Playing your part in different work roles 148</p> <p>Balancing your different roles 148</p> <p>Setting Your Work in Context 151</p> <p>Making a conscious choice 151</p> <p>Evaluating your job 152</p> <p>Making adjustments at work 153</p> <p>Improving Your Current Job 155</p> <p>Keeping your focus 155</p> <p>Dealing with negative situations 157</p> <p>Finding Your Dream Work 158</p> <p>Knowing your job-search goal 159</p> <p>Working the market 160</p> <p>Using your networks 161</p> <p>Getting Recognition for Your Work 161</p> <p>Getting feedback 162</p> <p>Promoting your personal brand 163</p> <p>Looking to the Future 164</p> <p><b>Chapter 12: Money, Wealth and Abundance 167</b></p> <p>Defining the Role of Money in Your Life 168</p> <p>Being Financially Secure 169</p> <p>Drawing up your financial ground rules 169</p> <p>Developing your financial survival plan 171</p> <p>Living Your Chosen Lifestyle 172</p> <p>Counting the true cost of your lifestyle 173</p> <p>Permitting yourself to be rich 174</p> <p>Cultivating a Feeling of Wealth and Abundance 175</p> <p>Giving It All Away 177</p> <p><b>Chapter 13: People and Relationships 179</b></p> <p>Enjoying Loving Relationships 179</p> <p>Creating a relationship with yourself 180</p> <p>Finding your soul mate 181</p> <p>Building and maintaining a strong partnership 182</p> <p>Deciding to leave a relationship 184</p> <p>Nurturing Family Bonds 184</p> <p>Setting family ground rules 186</p> <p>Giving and Receiving Friendship 186</p> <p>Maintaining lifelong friendships 187</p> <p>Staying open to new friendships 189</p> <p>Building Productive Networks 190</p> <p>Widening your circle of influence 190</p> <p>Getting into the networking groove 191</p> <p>Taking a role in your world 192</p> <p><b>Chapter 14: Physical, Mental and Emotional Well-being 193</b></p> <p>Choosing Your Health Goals 193</p> <p>Defining your health goals 194</p> <p>Digging deeper into your motivation 194</p> <p>Looking After Your Body 196</p> <p>Avoiding illness and disease 197</p> <p>Filling your body with the best fuel 197</p> <p>Avoiding sweat and tears: Finding the best exercise for you 199</p> <p>Building energy, strength and fitness 200</p> <p>Taking Care of Your Mental and Emotional Well-being 202</p> <p>Managing your emotions 202</p> <p>Getting out of getting into a state 204</p> <p>Developing mental resilience 205</p> <p><b>Chapter 15: Developing and Growing 207</b></p> <p>Thriving on Learning 207</p> <p>Being your best 208</p> <p>Harnessing your brain power 209</p> <p>Playing in the Game of Life 211</p> <p>Benefiting from a playful approach 212</p> <p>Making the most of your leisure time 213</p> <p>Getting in Touch with Your Spiritual Side 215</p> <p>What is spirituality for you? 215</p> <p>Accessing your spirituality 216</p> <p>Exploring spirituality through coaching 217</p> <p><b>Part IV: Working with the Themes of Coaching 219</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 16: Attracting the Life You Want 221</b></p> <p>Mastering the Art of Acceptance 221</p> <p>Letting go of resistance 222</p> <p>Being present 223</p> <p>Wanting What You Have 226</p> <p>Practising gratitude 227</p> <p>Tuning into your positive emotions 228</p> <p><b>Chapter 17: Coaching Yourself to Happiness 231</b></p> <p>Discovering Your Happiness Formula 232</p> <p>Getting into the flow 232</p> <p>Delving into positive psychology 233</p> <p>Identifying the elements of happiness for you 235</p> <p>Discovering Optimism 239</p> <p>Taking charge of your mindset 240</p> <p>Practising the positive 240</p> <p>Planning Your Happy Life 241</p> <p>Making time to be happy 242</p> <p>Keeping faith and focus on happiness 243</p> <p><b>Chapter 18: Defining True Success 245</b></p> <p>Knowing Your Value in the World 245</p> <p>Adopting the personal qualities of success 246</p> <p>Modelling excellence 249</p> <p>Getting the Results You Want 251</p> <p>Developing your inner success compass 252</p> <p>Thinking Yourself to Success 252</p> <p>Observing your thoughts 253</p> <p>Creating positive outcomes 254</p> <p><b>Chapter 19: Tackling Common Blocks 257</b></p> <p>Kicking Procrastination into Touch 257</p> <p>Getting to the root of why you procrastinate 258</p> <p>Maintaining momentum 260</p> <p>Sorting out wishing from wanting 260</p> <p>Clearing Up Confusion 262</p> <p>Knowing why you feel conflicted 262</p> <p>Finding common ground for forward motion 263</p> <p>Transforming Self-doubt into Self-esteem 264</p> <p>Accepting yourself as you are 264</p> <p>Knowing that you’re worth it 266</p> <p><b>Part V: Creating a Harmonious Whole Life 269</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 20: Achieving Balance 271</b></p> <p>Finding Your Balance 271</p> <p>Integrating the Goldilocks theory of balance into your life 272</p> <p>Checking out your daily energy balance 274</p> <p>Centring yourself 276</p> <p>Regaining Your Balance 277</p> <p>Managing yourself and your time 277</p> <p>Learning to love delegation 279</p> <p>Choosing to let go 280</p> <p>Saying what you mean 281</p> <p>Managing Longer-Term Stress 282</p> <p>Spotting your danger signs 282</p> <p>Coaching your way through stressful situations 284</p> <p><b>Chapter 21: Making a Life-Changing Decision 285</b></p> <p>Knowing How Your Stage of Life Affects Your Attitude to Change 286</p> <p>Recognising Your Need to Make a Radical Change 289</p> <p>Moving from pain to pleasure and purpose 289</p> <p>Noticing the clues in your emotions 290</p> <p>Deciding to be your authentic self 292</p> <p>Making Your Best Decision 292</p> <p>Fixing it 292</p> <p>Fleeing from it 293</p> <p>Building on strength 294</p> <p>Letting Go and Integrating the New 295</p> <p>Working through the change 295</p> <p>Evolving to the next stage 297</p> <p><b>Chapter 22: Applying Your Coaching Skills More Widely 299</b></p> <p>Thinking beyond Self-Coaching 299</p> <p>Developing Key Skills for Coaching Others 302</p> <p>Hear, hear! The art of listening 302</p> <p>Building rapport 303</p> <p>Using Your Skills Ethically 306</p> <p>Developing a Coaching Role in Your Life 306</p> <p>Coaching friends and family 307</p> <p>Building coaching into your job 308</p> <p><b>Part VI: The Part of Tens 311</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 23: Ten Life Coaching Beliefs about Yourself 313</b></p> <p>You Are Unique 313</p> <p>Your Whole Life is the Canvas for Coaching 314</p> <p>You Hold Your Own Agenda 315</p> <p>You Are Resourceful 315</p> <p>You Are Capable of Great Results 316</p> <p>You Can Generate the Right Solutions for Yourself 316</p> <p>You Are Free from Being Judged 317</p> <p>You Can Make Powerful Choices 317</p> <p>You Take Responsibility for Your Results 318</p> <p>You Trust Your Senses 318</p> <p><b>Chapter 24: Ten Questions to Keep Your Life on Track 319</b></p> <p>What Would I Do If I Knew I Couldn’t Fail? 320</p> <p>Who Am I Becoming? 320</p> <p>What Am I Doing Right Now to Honour My Core Values? 321</p> <p>What Am I Settling For? 321</p> <p>What is My Legacy? 322</p> <p>Where Do I Focus My Attention? 322</p> <p>How Am I Using My Gifts? 323</p> <p>What Am I Holding on to That I No Longer Need? 323</p> <p>How Much Time Do I Spend with People Who Inspire Me? 324</p> <p>What One Thing Would I Change for the Better? 324</p> <p><b>Chapter 25: Ten Daily Balancing Acts 325</b></p> <p>See a Clear Vision 325</p> <p>Take a Gratitude Tonic 325</p> <p>Do a Kind and Thoughtful Act 326</p> <p>Soak Up Wise Words 327</p> <p>See-saw between Action and Reflection 327</p> <p>Take a Deep Breath 327</p> <p>Share a Smile 328</p> <p>Give Yourself a Treat 328</p> <p>Stretch Out 329</p> <p>Get Natural 329</p> <p><b>Chapter 26: Ten Inspirational Resources 331</b></p> <p>Your Life is a Journey 331</p> <p>Get Out of Your Mind 332</p> <p>See Things as You Want Them to Be 332</p> <p>Choose Happiness 332</p> <p>Feast Your Senses 333</p> <p>Value Your Life Experience 333</p> <p>Poetry Creates Motion 334</p> <p>No Place Like Home 334</p> <p>Your Life is Significant 335</p> <p>Let Your Inner Coach Come Out to Play 335</p> <p>Appendix: Considering a Future as a Professional Life Coach 337</p> <p>Getting Started 337</p> <p>Considering Your Niche 339</p> <p>Doing the Business 340</p> <p>Marketing Yourself 342</p> <p>Knowing your offering 342</p> <p>Choosing the right marketing methods for you 342</p> <p>Making Up Your Mind 344</p> <p>Index 345</p>

<p><b>Jeni Purdie (formerly Mumford)</b> is a personal life coach who works with individuals and within organisations to facilitate personal growth, greater happiness and authentic success.

<p><b><i>Learn to:</i></b> <ul> <li>Pinpoint your aspirations and ambitions</li> <li>Develop your career and reach your financial goals</li> <li>Improve your relationships and achieve general wellbeing</li> <li>Empower yourself to make life-changing decisions with confidence</li> </ul> <p><b>Be inspired, take control and unleash your full potential</b> <p>Life coaching uses a range of practical techniques to help you assess your current situation and choose the best path for you. This hands-on guide takes you through the process of making change and shows you how to make ealthy and rewarding choices every step of the way. Whether you want to reassess your priorities, gain some direction or challenge negative beliefs, this book will help you find the answers you've been looking for. So follow your aspirations and learn to flourish in all aspects of your personal and professional life. <ul> <li><b>Plan the route</b> — set achievable goals and lay the groundwork for change</li> <li><b>Start on your coaching journey</b> — unwrap your motivation, explore your options and create an action plan</li> <li><b>Focus on key areas of your life</b> — take steps to transform your professional life, improve your relationships or simply work on your day-to-day wellbeing</li> <li><b>Coach yourself to happiness</b> — learn how to attract the life you want and generate a positive outlook</li> <li><b>Achieve harmony</b> — create the right lifestyle balance for you and take the pain out of difficult decisions</li> </ul> <p>'A fantastic resource for anyone wanting to coach themselves and also for new/experienced coaches to use with their clients. Insight and clarity fill every page, helping you to tune into your own inner wisdom and connect with the life that you are meant to live.'<br/> — <i>Brian Mayne, international speaker and author of</i> Goal Mapping <p><b>Open the book and find:</b> <ul> <li>How to be your own life coach</li> <li>Ways to live in the present and plan for the future</li> <li>How to protect your physical and emotional wellbeing</li> <li>Tips on making life-changing decisions</li> <li>Techniques for planning effective action</li> <li>How to maintain your motivation</li> <li>Ways to overcome common obstacles to your progress</li> <li>How to coach others for a living</li> </ul>

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