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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!
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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.
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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!
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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 22 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
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!
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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.
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Merry Christmas from Bev James & The Coaching Academy Team
Merry Christmas and joyful holidays from our CEO, Bev James and The Coaching Academy team.
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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 57 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
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!
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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 64 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Nigel Smith - Finding Myself: Developing 'Soft Skills for Hard Outcomes'
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Nigel Smith, a project manager who was sceptical at first about the power of coaching but decided to enrol and experience this himself. Now he is the Agility Coach for Project Professionals, helping leaders in the project management field and not only. Nigel is also a gifted storyteller, so enjoy his thoughts on the coaching journey!
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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 70 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
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!
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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 76 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
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!
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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 85 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Jo Howarth - There is a better tomorrow out there with your name on it
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Jo Howarth, a SEN mother who found hope and a new path within coaching. She gave up her job to care for her son after being diagnosed with autism 5 years ago and today Jo helps other SEN parents navigate these challenging waters as a professional coach.
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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.
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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 99 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
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 99 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Rosa Cabrera Delgado - Express all of yourself with confidence
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Rosa Cabrera Delgado, an executive confidence coach who trusted the coaching process and turned her perceived limits into fantastic assets. Rosa now uses her previous experience in expressive art to coach Executives who wish to improve their Confidence. Enjoy her inspiring story!
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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 106 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
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!
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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 113 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
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!
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Being a person of value with Simon Alexander Ong
We caught up with the thoughtful Simon Alexander Ong, Life Coach of the Year 2019 at the 2019 International Coaching Awards, to get a glimpse into the life of an award-winning coach. We hope you enjoy this insightful interview!
Posted 119 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Andrew Davies - Finding balance and joy again
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Andrew Davies, who decided to pursue coaching and made a commitment to add it to his many skills. Today he is a certified coach, helping others reawaken and find balance in their lives again.
Posted 126 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
How to Run a Business with Compassion
Many coaches start their journey to help others and the thought of creating their own business might seem daunting. But it doesn't have to be! Rasheed Ogunlaru, business coach & trusted TCA Trainer, shares his philosophy of building a business through love and compassion.
Posted 126 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Merete Langler - The Lessons I Have Learned While Coaching in Education
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Merete Lager, Master Coach and NLP Practitioner who runs her successful LangSand business and coaches young people. Today she's sharing what she has learned in 20+ years working in education. Enjoy!
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Banishing Limiting Beliefs For A Better Life
The power of our beliefs system is immense. If we all developed an understanding of the thoughts and ideas that we automatically have, those that we no longer question when they appear at the forefront of our minds; then we could all be leading a better life through banishing the negative chatter.
Posted 134 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Aneta Sanders - Coaching from the frequency of love
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Aneta Sanders, who turned her passion for coaching into a part-time job with the TCA Protege Programme. Her work comes from a place of compassion and love and she is on a mission to help people remind themselves of how strong and powerful they are. Enjoy Aneta's inspiring story!
Posted 141 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
The Power of NLP - Coming Home
Challenges come in many shapes and sizes but sometimes, it's a matter of life and death. That was the case for Katalin Marton, NLP Practitioner of 2019, who learned to truly be present and honour all feelings after a life-threatening emergency. Today she's sharing her insights to help us come home to our true self. Enjoy this powerful article!
Posted 141 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Jennifer Langrish - From Manager to Leader
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Jennifer Langrish, a corporate manager turned career & executive coach. She first started using her coaching skills developing her own leadership skills and now Jennifer coaches others to motivate and inspire confidence in their teams. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 147 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Katalin Marton - Facilitating change with the power of NLP
We caught up with the lovely Katalin Marton, winner of NLP Practitioner of the Year Award at the 2019 International Coaching Awards to get a glimpse into the life of an award-winning coach. We hope you enjoy this inspiring interview!
Posted 147 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Gina Morrell - Coaching and Holistic Healing
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Gina Morrell who followed her true passion after qualifying and decided to use her top three skills to help her clients in a unique, holistic way. Enjoy her inspiring story!
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5 Tips for Setting Healthy Boundaries
Boundaries are essential to our health and wellbeing and implementing these are part of building one's identity. Whether you are focusing on establishing boundaries with others or with yourself, we're sharing 5 tips to set up healthy boundaries in our latest article.
Posted 155 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Maria Foxwell - Coaching empowered me to take control
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Maria Foxwell, who started her coaching journey almost a decade ago as a Senior Manager leading a large team. Maria decided to get officially qualified as a Life Coach in 2018 with TCA and make coaching her full time job. Enjoy her inspiring story!
Posted 162 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Kellie Hick - Managing your studies, your job and your daily responsibilities
This week we're talking about managing your studies alongside daily responsibilities with Kellie Hick, a student of The Coaching Academy. Kellie has started her coaching journey 18 months ago, as an HR professional, completing two diplomas simultaneously. Be prepared to take some notes and enjoy Kellie's fantastic tips!
Posted 162 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
School After Lockdown - Addressing the 5 Levels of Loss
After an uncertain school year young adults, kids of all ages, parents, teachers and school officials are preparing to go back to school in September. With this reopening there will be a real focus on wellbeing, so how can coaches make a difference? Find out in this latest article from our Mastery Series created by TCA Trainer Sharon Lawton.
Posted 169 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Sruti Kanabar - Purposeful Goal Setting when dealing with anxiety
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Sruti Kanabar who is sharing her goal setting strategies today for everyone dealing with anxiety in times of change and uncertainty. Enjoy her insightful guide!
Posted 169 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
5 powerful ways to boost your confidence today
Self-confidence is the ability to trust in your abilities, capacities and judgments. The power of this confidence is that it creates a firm belief that you're able to successfully face life's challenges and demands.
Posted 176 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
How to use DISC in sales
Can DISC help close a sale? Knowing how your potential client prefers to be communicated to will help you close the gap from 'maybe' to 'heck yes' whether you are a coach looking for new clients or a salesperson for a corporate company.
Posted 176 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Marissa McCallam - Centre Yourself
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Marissa McCallam, who decided to take a leap of faith, embrace her passion and leave her corporate job after more than a decade. Today, she helps teenage girls increase their confidence with her programmes and a holistic approach to coaching. Enjoy her inspiring story!
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Randal Porter - Enjoy the journey
This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Randal Porter, an ex-detective turned life coach. Still focusing on helping people, Randal is now helping people with their migraines and spiritual growth, all the while building his business one ebook at a time. Enjoy his inspiring story!
Posted 182 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
The power of understanding yourself with Victoria O'Farrell
We caught up with the dynamic Victoria O'Farrell, winner of DISC within Coaching Award at the 2019 International Coaching Awards, to get a glimpse into the life of an award-winning coach. We sat down for an insightful discussion about DISC, tune in below!
Posted 189 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Chasing Illusions
Do you ever find yourself desiring the seemingly perfect life some people live on social media feeds? In a time when many might be struggling to find balance in their life, other's curated social media images might be giving the impression that everything is perfect and we're falling behind. This article is designed to consider whether the goals we want to achieve are realistic or simply an illusion. Read on!
