It’s time to take coaching into new arenas.

Even if you are not a Trekkie and are only vaguely familiar with the original Star Trek series, you likely still can recall the opening to the show, a monologue that included the famous line: “To boldly go where no man has gone before.”

Though familiar, the phrase now seems a bit odd.  For one, it’s an obvious split infinitive.  I know only editors care about split infinitives, but still.  Second, where are the women? Are men going where the fairer gender have already been?  Oh well.

Even with those quirky faults, the phrase has staying power.  It reminds us that we humans need to risk, to venture into the unchartered, and to stretch beyond what is.

I like that sentiment; it rings powerful and true to me.

In this edition of Christian Coaching Magazine, I cannot help but notice how several of the articles are written by women and men who are taking coaching into new and not-yet-explored spaces.

When I was introduced to coaching (over ten years ago) who would have thought that coaching would find its way into preaching, campus ministry, or short-term missions?

Coaches are a enterprising bunch.  We have found coaching to be a mindset and set of skills that can go most anywhere.  While formal coaching sessions are great, why should we stay earthbound?  Why not take coaching into campus dorm rooms, weight loss centers and pulpits? Why not allow coaching to inform our approaches to leading and ministry?

In what new areas does coaching need to flourish in your life, work, and/or ministry?  How is the gravity of old thinking keeping your coaching grounded to only the well-trodden and mundane matters?  What new voyages could you expect if you unleashed coaching into new spaces, places, conversations and roles?

Let me encourage you to be bold in your coaching.  Yes, even “to boldly go” where you have not yet gone before.

Chad Hall, PCC is the Director of Coaching for Western Seminary and serves a coach and coach trainer among ministry and marketplace leaders.

When this church leadership team started listening, their congregants started talking.

On my recent travels to deliver a coach training program, I heard a statement on the radio that stopped me cold: History changed when a single question changed; when we stopped asking, “How do we get to the water?” and started asking, “How do we get the water to us?”

What a radical shift for us as human beings!

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Purpose is foundational for making choices and moving ahead in life.

Christian Life Coaching is among the fastest growing professions in the world – bringing with it the privilege of partnering with clients on their journey to a powerfully transformed life.   This professional helping relationship allows you be the catalyst for change and results that can have life-altering impact.

But, as you do this work with your clients, are you considering the foundational importance of PURPOSE?

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It is critical for coaches to acknowledge the spiritual aspect of the coaching relationship.

Recently, I was asked about how coaching speaks to a person’s spiritual life.  The first thing that came to mind was, “Does coaching really affect a person’s spiritual life?”

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by Charles Duhigg

Who says you can’t you teach an old dog new tricks?

When a coach understands the brain’s habit-formation process, the coach can help the client create good habits and change bad ones.

In The Power of Habit, author Charles Duhigg does not give a one-size-fits-all secret formula for quickly changing our deeply ingrained habits, but instead offers a framework for understanding our habits. Duhigg, a reporter for The New York Times, insists that if habits can be changed we must understand how they work. Each chapter is rich with scientific research and compelling stories, each building on a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function in life, business, and culture.

What happens when coaching goes to school?

I often wonder if life coaching was discovered for college students!  Some of you may share my curiosity while others may be puzzled by it.  “College students don’t even know who they are yet,” some of you may be thinking.  “When I was in college, I hadn’t yet experienced the real world and its problems,” others of you may be saying to yourselves.   My response? “Exactly!”

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There comes a time in each of our lives when we must leave behind the hat we’ve been wearing.

overs. In my house, covers are the lids that keep leftovers from drying out in the refrigerator (until we throw them out). Or they’re the warm quilts pulled under our chins when summer air turns brisk during Pacific Northwest nights. But recently I discovered a new, intriguing definition for “covers.”

Compelling communication requires holding conversations more so than holding court.

Six years ago I started my journey toward becoming a personal and professional coach.  While I was open to change, I had NO idea coaching would revolutionize my preaching.

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When It Comes to Weight Loss, Coaching Helps Provide Hope and a Plan.

I became a grandmother five years ago.  My husband, Paul, says being a grandparent is “the sweetest gig in the universe.”  I think he’s spot on!

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