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The Six Components of Optimal Living
The Six Components of Optimal Living…It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? But what exactly does it mean to live optimally? The simplest definition of optimal living is to live your life to the fullest in every aspect of your life. And believe it or not, you have the power to live optimally!…
Read More10 Ideas to Start Profiting Off Your Coaching Business
So, you’ve finished your coach training and have earned your official coach certification. Achieving your coach certification is a really important step in entering the world of coaching. Not everyone is certified and you’ve taken the time to show your clients you have enhanced your coaching skills and are equipped with tried and true coaching…
Read More7 Tips on How to Get New Coaching Clients
Getting clients is one of the key components of your coaching career. You may be a great coach – it won’t matter if nobody wants to be your client. The key factor of getting new clients for your coaching business is this: People need to know you exist. It’s true. It doesn’t matter how great…
Read More3 Steps to Building Rapport with Potential Clients Through Content
People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Theodore Roosevelt Let’s talk about how to build rapport with potential clients through content creation, in particular, using social media. A lot of us today are at a standstill and we’re questioning, “How can I connect and build rapport with people…
Read MoreBrand Rehab
Brand Rehab: Redefining How You Are Seen Whether you know it or not, you have a personal brand. Really – you do! You are the CEO of “Me, Inc.”! Everyone has a certain reputation (or “brand”) that they’re known for in the professional space, but for most people, that brand has been created by default, rather…
Read MoreThe Wellness Wheel
Wellness. More than ever before, we hear about this concept in the media, in conversations at Starbucks or on Zoom, and in our workplaces. Wellness is currently a hot topic, but what is Wellness? When we think of Wellness, we often think of well-being, wholeness, and balanced health. We think of a self-awareness that causes…
Read MoreAn Encounter with The Naked Truth
According to a 19th century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day. The Lie says to the Truth: “It’s a marvellous day today!” The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was quite beautiful. They spent the day together, ultimately arriving beside a well. The Lie tells the Truth:…
Read MoreThe Change Process
The journey of life and business truly is filled with ups and downs, highs and lows, gains and losses, victories and defeats. So many times, we long for an even keel; to find a place of normalcy, calm, and routine. Unfortunately, life has a way of interrupting this calm, and forcing the unpredictable and sporadic.…
Read MoreDealing with the Pain
Her cries are still ringing in my ears as they pierced through the room. “It hurts!!… (sob)… It hurts so bad!!… (cry)… Can’t anyone do anything about this pain?… (sob)… It just hurts so bad!!! (cry)…” She would quiet down for a moment, and then begin again. “It hurts!!… (sob)… It hurts so bad!! …
Read MoreAdversity to Adaptability
Has adversity beaten you down, time after time? The Certified Coaches Federation is thrilled to announce our first published called “Adversity to Adaptability: Turn Life’s Greatest Challenges into your Greatest Opportunities”.
Read More12 Simple Ideas For Navigating Crisis
With the COVID-19 crisis upon us, people are stressed out. They are also tired. New data paints a picture of a nation whose optimism and resilience has been depressed by the events of the last month-and-a-half. According to research from Angus Reid in April of 2020, half of Canadians (50%) report a worsening of their mental…
Read MoreCCF Successes – Jo-Anne Stark
What inspired you to become a Certified Coach? I took the CCF training in 2016 with Abe Brown in Calgary and a refresher course in Vancouver a couple of years later. I launched Stark Solutions Legal Coaching & Consulting in 2019 because as a lawyer, I spent over 25 years helping clients with their legal…
Read MoreManaging the Mayhem in the Midst of a Public Health Crisis
People are feeling the uncertainty that our world’s recent events have brought us. There have been enormous shifts in our work and home lives in a very short period of time. It is likely that only a few of us alive have had to face this at any point in our lifetimes. It is important…
Read MoreCCF Succeses – Personal Trainer and Certified Coach – Jodi Sauve
In this CCF Successes, we are happy to feature Jodi Sauve! Jodi is a Certified Personal Trainer Certified through CanFitPro and is the owner of Inner Strength Training and Coaching working out of two locations – Pembroke and Cobden, Ontario. She has been training since 2009 and coaching since 2018. Jodi loves travelling to other…
Read MoreThe Pygmalion Effect
Many years ago, as a broken and hurting youth, my life and trajectory was completely transformed. From a young man who was committing crimes, using an excessive number of illicit drugs, and on a path to certain prison, I changed paths, headed in a new direction, and ended up moving towards where I am today. …
Read More20/20 Vision for 2020
For most of us, there is a “winding down” as one year draws to a close, and as a New Year begins to dawn. Part of this is spending time reflecting on the relationships, connections, and outcomes that have transpired, while looking deep within to process, sift, and sort. This is healthy. Living with intention…
Read MoreCCF SUCCESSES Trainer Edition – Adale Boudreau
Adale Boudreau joined the Certified Coaches Federation team in October 2019. She is now the Certified Coach Trainer of the Certified Coach Practitioner™ course in Barrie Ontario. We’re thrilled to introduce you to Adale! Adale is fun and energetic – we hope you enjoy getting to know her here on the Trainer Edition of CCF…
Read MoreEmbracing the Change Process for 2020
The journey of life and business truly is filled with ups and downs, highs and lows, gains and losses, victories and defeats. So many times, we long for an even keel; to find a place of normalcy, calm, and routine. Unfortunately, life has a way of interrupting this calm, and forcing the unpredictable and sporadic.…
Read More12 Transformational Principles for 2020
For me, 2020 is so significant that I started preparing for it in the summer of 2019. Beyond just a number, 2020 represents the start of the 3rd decade of the 3rd millennium, and I think that’s kinda cool. 2020 is a blank canvas yearning for your creativity, imagination, and artistry. It is a piece…
Read MoreWhat Makes People Happy
Human beings are social animals, hard-wired to connect with others. Research across a wide variety of disciplines consistently demonstrates that social support enhances productivity (we get more done!), psychological well-being (we feel more complete and more fulfilled!), and even physical health (our body breaks down less!). In fact, George Vaillant, Harvard professor of psychiatry, who…
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