At the recent PCCI Family Retreat at the Cove in Asheville, North Carolina, I got into a conversation with another coach who had stopped her coach training. I asked her about what happened and she told me that she stopped because she found the ICF Core Competencies to be too restrictive and she didn’t feel [...]

What an incredible experience at the recent PCCI Family Retreat at the Cove in Asheville, North Carolina. My cup runneth over after hearing such wonderful talks and connecting face to face with all of my Christian coaching friends who I have connected with only virtually before. If you did not have the chance to experience [...]

As soon as I hung up the phone I knew that I had failed one of my clients. It was one of the worst experiences I have had as a coach. I had an experience not too long ago with a former client of mine who was disgruntled with the services she had received from [...]

I have a problem with comparison. I am sure I am not the only one bout there who compares my coaching business to others. I especially seem to do this to other coaches who have been building their businesses for many more years than I have. Logically I know that there is no reason to [...]

“God has not called me to be successful; He has called me to be faithful.” Mother Teresa I find it so easy to get caught up in the numbers of my coaching business. How many clients do I have? How much revenue is my business generating? How much money do I need to make coaching [...]

Mark 4: 26-34 Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. Of its own accord the [...]

When I first started my coaching business I hired a coach to help mentor me and learn about coaching. At the time, I was not aware of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) or that there was such thing as ICF certification. My coach was certified by the John Maxwell Team but held no ICF credentials. [...]

The Blessed Trinity is one of the great mysteries of our Christian faith. It is one of the more difficult doctrines to understand. That somehow God’s math is 1+1+1 = 1. That somehow three persons can share one essence. That somehow one God can be consubstantial in three persons. If you take some time to [...]

Many coaches starting out struggle with a feeling of inferiority because their business or idea isn’t growing as fast as they think it should. They see many examples of marketing that shows people who built their $100,000 business in a few months, or someone who built a multi-million dollar business from one idea that changed [...]

Coaches don’t build e-mail lists. They build relationship lists. When I first started building my coaching business I became laser focused on building an e-mail list. I believed this was the way to build a great coaching business. It seemed like everywhere I turned I saw articles and publications about the power of building an [...]