Coach Articles

Catie Fitzgerald
Money thought of the day..."Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver." ~Ayn Rand, Atlas ShruggedThe key to success in financial matters rests in planning. It all starts by establishing your financial goals. Take the time to contemplate what you want your life to look like. Go beyond "I want to retire" by describing what you will do in retirement. Will you travel? Will you take up new hobbies? Let your imagination run wild. Visualize yourself retired. Ask yourself, "What do I need my money [more...]

Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin
Practically every time I turn on the news these days I hear about how “bad” the economy is. I am not sure if the economy is officially “bad” unless you are in the mortgage business but it is most certainly a time of change. There have been lots of notable mergers and acquisitions recently which are good for my business because as soon as employees get a whiff of major changes in management they hurry to update their resumes. Keeping your resume updated is a smart move of course and when changes are imminent it’s a good idea to reach out to [more...]

Tina van Leuven
Bless Your Stress... What does that mean? When you acknowledge you always have the power to choose how you respond to any situation then you move into a very empowered state of being! So by blessing everything in your life (the good, the bad, and the ugly!) you are saying thank you for showing up in my life and for letting me experience what still serves me and my happiness , and what doesn't!Then you have the choice to let go of your fears, worries, doubts, anxiety, resentments... and to allow more joy, peace, wellbeing and success into your life.When you are feeling [more...]

Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin
Birds of a feather flock together. I’m sure you have heard that saying before but have you ever thought about what it really means? I recently visited some of my best friends who live in California and whom I really admire for all kinds of reasons. I was thinking that I am very lucky to have friends who are kind, generous, interesting, intelligent, and who generally have their acts together. When I am with them I feel like I am a better person for the time spent in their company and that I benefit from their perspectives on just about everything. In contrast, I have [more...]

Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin
Last night, I was talking to my friend Whitney about her frustrations with her job. Whitney works for a small privately owned company where she is the top-ranking finance person. I think her title is CFO but I am not certain. She started at the company a couple of years ago when she had just graduated from college and because she is extremely competent and hardworking she has assumed progressively more responsibility the longer she has been employed by the company. She is one of those people (every company has one) who is the go-to person for everything. She "gets [more...]

Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin
Most of the time I love my job and really enjoy my clients. Most of my clients are very bright and very interesting people who are a delight to work with. However I recently had a bad experience with a client and I think there are some lessons to be learned from it.The client, we will call her Ms. X, was referred to me by a former client who is a very influential C-level executive in one of the largest cities in the U.S. Ms. X has about 30 years of work experience and is very well educated - Ivy League undergrad followed by an Ivy League MBA. Her resume was a bit messy but [more...]

Holly G
How to manage work stress and prevent it from negatively impacting your home-life Coach Holly, Everest Life Coach www.EverestLifeCoach.com While some stress can be good and actually enhance your performance at work, too much stress can become overwhelming and start to boil over into your home life. When stress is brought home, it can cause an increase in conflict with your family. Keeping stress at work is not always easy, so it is important to learn tips and strategies to manage it. While there are many different strategies, here are a few tips that you can use [more...]

Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin
Recently I have seen a lot of news coverage about the various democratic presidential candidates’ plans for overhauling the U.S. healthcare system. Hillary Clinton’s plan seems to be getting the most air time and I have to say that every time I hear her talk about this “great plan” she has I start feeling a little ill. Didn’t she take an economics class somewhere along the line? What about all the talking heads on TV? Why don’t they question her plan about the problems it will cause for small business owners and to employees of small [more...]

Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin
Before I get to the point of this post I want to clarify what I mean by "Corporate Training Programs" because I don't want to upset the talented trainers of the world. There are many meaningful training programs that are delivered to employees in the workplace. Technical training programs, in particular, are often very useful and helpful to attendees. The useful programs aren't the ones that this post is about. This post refers to some of the fluffy training programs that most employees of large corporations are subjected to at some point in their careers. This [more...]

Nicole Ubinger
As Life Coaching become more prevalent and popular Life Coaches are beginning to use technology in new ways.  One of the new concepts in Life Coaching is the use of the internet to provide Life Coaching services.   Online Life Coaching is typically the use of email or instant messenger programs such as MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, or AOL Instant Messenger to provide Life Coaching sessions.  While the format may differ from Life Coach to Life Coach, typically the use of instant messenger is used for hour long sessions. In contrast email Life Coaching [more...]