Trauma- Informed Coaching – Buzzword or Best Practise? – Teresa Brooks byTeresa Brooks March 6, 2024 Is ‘trauma-informed’ just another box to tick? If you’re well versed in trauma-informed coaching and share my vision for a trauma-informed world, then I’ll be preaching to the converted, but for those of you are feeling a little irked at the frequent use of this phrase or feel any objection or resistance to it, stay with me. Maybe it’s new to you and wondering if this is even relevant to you and your life and business. It is. I’m fully on board with trauma-informed coaching approaches and ..read more

ICF chapter creates impact for coaches amidst Ukraine conflict – Marlene Thomas byMarlene Thomas April 11, 2023 One year ago, an unprecedented tragedy ensued. Russia invaded Ukraine at five in the morning, flipping the lives of nearly every Ukrainian on its head. The day-to-day activities of these civilians were suddenly a thing of the past. Schools closed, workplaces shuttered, families were separated, and nobody had any predictions of what the future would hold. Instead, their focus had to redirect to coping with the full-scale wartime reality and defining new strength to keep living ..read more

Overcoming Self-Judgement in Business – Laura Beddoe byLaura Beddoe March 2, 2023 Is the fear of judgment affecting your business growth? ‘Oh, she’s so full of herself…’ This has been a first thought when people meet me; friends and colleagues have told me this time and time again. This used to really upset me. Why? Because I wanted to be liked, everyone wants to be liked. It’s part of human nature to fit into the pack, it’s a survival instinct. Sabotaging Success Going back to tribal times, to be disowned or rejected from the pack was to die, so its no wonder that we try our best not to ..read more

The Power of Numerology for Business Success – Jo Soley byJo Soley February 21, 2023 Numerology is a well-established discipline, similar to astrology but instead of looking to the stars it looks to numbers. Numerology has been used by celebrities and CEO’s across the world as a way of harnessing the subtle energies that are all around us.   Understanding our numeric energies helps us move forward, delivering powerful insight that can really help us to show up more effectively in our business.  Discovering and working with your numeric energies can help people to improve their ..read more

Sawubona – ‘I See You’ – Dr. Dumisani Magadlela byDumiMagadlela February 20, 2023 The Understated Power of Greeting in Coaching and Human Relationships CONNECTION TOOLS FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL COACHES When amaZulu (Zulu people) in the southern parts of Africa meet and greet fellow humans, they say “Sawubona!”. This literally translates to “I see you”. It means I see you as you are, or as you present yourself. The idea is that I do not see my presumptions, my learned or borrowed narratives of you, or whatever stories have been written, told and believed, about you. Coaches love to establish ..read more

Coming Home to You – Sarah Ilaria-Northe bySarah Ilaria-Northe December 6, 2022 What does ‘coming home’ to you mean and why is it necessary? It’s my belief through experience in my own life, and through delivering thousands of hours of intuitive coaching and healing to others, that most of us are in crisis. We are in crisis in our relationships, our health, about the world around us and our meaningful purpose. We’re searching for answers outside of ourselves to bring us peace and liberation from the dis-ease within us.   But the wonderful thing about crisis is that it presents as mu ..read more

Why all businesses should consider Succession Planning – Peter Boolkah byPeter Boolkah December 6, 2021 Is succession planning the way to protect your business? 50% of small businesses don’t survive past the 5th year, but businesses that plan for the future have a higher survival rate.   Research also indicates that up to 40% of business owners will be looking to retire in the next 5-10 years.   So how do we give our businesses a better chance of survival?   Succession planning means transitioning from one state to another. Put simply it is developing and upscaling a busin ..read more

The Secret to a Thriving Creative Business – Miriam Schulman byMiriam Schulman November 17, 2021 The Secret Behind Building a Sustainable Creative Business   Today, when I tell people that I worked in finance, they all say the same thing, “You must have hated that.” They can’t reconcile the hippy-dippy artist they see now with the image of a suited-up banker. However, before I became a full-time artist, I had a whole other life and I understand how it feels to be tied to a job. I wanted to be an artist, but my Jewish mother feared I’d never make any money—and I believed her. She exp ..read more

The Power of your Mindset – Vivienne Joy byVivienne Joy July 11, 2022 Is your mindset ruining or growing your business? Your mindset is essential and it affects everything from your home life, relationships, feelings, and business. Mindset involves mood, motivation, beliefs, and so much more. Renowned Stanford University Psychologist Carol S Dweck, PhD, believes there are two types of mindset: fixed mindset and growth mindset. A fixed mindset is when you believe your abilities are fixed traits and, therefore, cannot be changed. A growth mindset believes effort and persistence can de ..read more

Mastering your Feminine CEO – Melisa Keenan byMelisa Keenan June 26, 2022 Chronicles of the High-Powered Female CEO We’ve all been sold a man’s model of how doing business has to look to create success, whether as the CEO and founder of her company or in high-level management positions at her corporate job. However, this model for most women leads to burn-out, fatigue and overwhelm because it tries to compartmentalise the heart, soul and family out of the woman, leaving her at a disadvantage and actually disempowered in the long run. What is needed is not more doing, but instead more bei ..read more