Books

There are many self-help type books, which pick up the theme of personal development and coaching.
For those who like simple motivational language - these books are great! They are very useful for personal development and confidence building. The David Hemery book is about empowering children to be the best they can, what an innovative application of life coaching!

‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’ (Susan Jeffers) is a well-established book first published in 1987, that is still as relevant and inspirational today. It has case studies that we can all relate to and practical steps to help the reader into empowerment.

‘The life coach’ (Pam Richardson) is a great introduction to the life coaching process, which is accessible to clients too. Some of the coaching tools are described which might be helpful for clients who need to be in control or understand before letting go and giving themselves permission to have someone else in their corner.

‘How to Help Children Find the Champion Within Themselves ‘ (David Hemery) is an innovative, accessible and groundbreaking guide that will change the way adults communicate with children forever. I also believe that within every young person there is 'a spark of greatness' and a unique individual keen to fulfil his or her potential. Every adult is a guardian of that flame of talent.

Personal development books, which totally inspired me, include;

‘Time to think’ (Nancy Kline) is a book that shows us the importance of nurturing a thinking environment (as opposed to a dictatorial regime of others thinking/deciding for us), in order to improve human interaction and the quality of our lives generally. It’s not a revolutionary/ anti establishment book. It’s about getting the most out of people and in that respect it has many synergies with the principles of person centred thinking introduced by Carl Rogers. It shows the advantages of providing attention, respect and appreciation when listening, which encourages people to really think creatively for themselves.

‘The work we were born to do’ (Nick Williams) is a book I would recommend to anybody who has that nagging feeling that ‘there’s got to be more to life than this’! It is about life purpose and finding joy in whatever you do.
It’s not prescriptive; you have to work on yourself through exercises. As an example, I found the term ‘work’ has negative connotations for me, so I now have paid creativity! Fantastic.

’Emotional intelligence why it matters more than IQ’ (Daniel Goleman) describes something that I instinctively knew to be of utmost importance in life before I even read the book. The quality of our lives is limited by how well we understand ourselves, how well we understand others and our ability to relate and empathise with others. Vital if you’re not an island or your job depends upon getting along with people.


Other resources

Wheel of life- this tool is often used by coaches to help clients look at balance in their life. Balance is fluid, so it can be useful to look at this regularly and see the impacts of changes you’ve made to your life on your balance.

And finally;

Life coaching has an increasing exposure within the mainstream media in the UK and USA. I have put links into the broadsheets and BBC where the topics covered are particularly relevant to potential clients.

These can be found within the Testimonials and Media page and cover important issues including regulation and qualifications.

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