Reality Christian Coaching

With the last few weeks of reading Gary Collins book on Christian Coaching and how it can be applied in many different ways on being able to help a person an application perspective would be in the higher education field. In this day in time there are many people who want advance in a career, have a career change, or gain an education to better themselves or their families. Working in the higher education field as a coach can be very beneficially in helping someone to reach their purpose. For an example, a person who been thinking about going back to school to get their degree in Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Technology because she has been working in the field for sixteen years and now she wants to advance in the company. To be

I find this an excellent definition & explanation of what coaching is because to me coaching is about facilitating others to find their own paths through life, assisting them to reach their own answers & way forward by using open questioning, active listening & feeding back,

The bible reference in several places the importance of caring for ourselves. God bless us with the gift to enjoy life, but we must be good stewards of this precious gift. “Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil-this is a gift of God” (Ecclesiastes 5:19, New International Version). Self-care is nothing more than “creating, sustaining, and growing healthy relationships” (Smalley, 2007, p. 91). To enhance the need for executive coaching, we must make sure that our levels of power are always at their maximum. This gives us the capability to continue to bestow blessing onto others. There is no way possible that we can give anything to another person if you do not have it for ourselves. Whether it is mental or emotional support, love, empathy, or compassion; if we are running low on it or just plain out of it, it is an unloving characteristic. There is always a great reason to encourage and take part in self-care. Those who are on the receiving end of executive coaching are oblivious to the fact that self-care is nothing more than opportunity to generate strength and energy, create a balance in work and life, and place them in a better position to create stronger leadership

The book goes into great detail about how to be a better coach when trying to get a player, worker, friend or family member to achieve their goals. The book starts out by explaining how one thing that might be inhibiting our motivation is interference from ourselves as well as the people who might be coaching others. Next the book went into the nature of performance and how to motivate a person through Faith, Fire, and Focus. Next, the book talks about getting rid of interference by creating focus. The next step in the book talks about how to create focus we need to determine or GROW which stands for Goal, Reality, Options, and Way Forward. The next part talked about how if a coach delivers information

“Coaches’ role help client achieves specific, self-determined outcomes, encourage client self-discovery, elicit client-generated solutions/strategies and hold the client responsible/accountable” (Cooper et al., 2013, p. 802). However, as a Christian life coach, a moral foundation that can help your client is applying Christian principles, and scriptural strategies. In the Bible, 2 Timothy 3:17 says, “all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work (NLV). Therefore, integrating biblical principles in coaching is essential, it can help you in all aspects of your life. Having a foundation in scriptural foundations gives us direction in our lives. So, that you can apply yourself in all that you do according to God. Nevertheless, the quality of life consists of having mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being (Clark et al., 2014). However, because of the struggles and barriers that life brings. It is okay to have a coach to help guide you to reach the goals that will help have the quality of life you deserve. It starts with having a positive, trustful, reliable, honest relationship with your coach. According to McCarthy & Milner (2013), “the relationship between coach and

Hi Jessi, I enjoyed reading your post. You have made some great descriptions between coaching, counseling, mentoring and discipleship. However, you stated in your post that “secular counseling enables individuals to move from where they are to where they want to be and doesn't care that it isn't what God had planned for their life”. I disagree to the point in, I do not believe that all do not care what God has plan for their life. Most do not know God, at least do not have a personal relationship with Him. Wherein, they can know and care what God has planned for them. I believe once someone know God, and who He is. They can then know the plans of the Lord in their life. I believe Christian coaching is important, however, I believe secular coaching

Your post is thought provoking and brought up a question, to you is life coaching the same as ministry? The reason is you stated “When doing Christian coaching, the change isn't for a friend, or a family member, it is because of a changed sparked by the Holy Spirit and needs to continue to be focused on Him” (Murphy, 2015). To this writer, Christian life coaches are exhorters (encouragers) which is a gifting to the body of Christ and a viable ministry within the church. Furthermore, with discipleship it encompasses ministering and evangelizing to the lost explaining the redemptive work of Christ and God’s plan of Salvation. One of the compelling instruments of a life coach is the ability to encourage one to tap the power that is within us all

As a Christian coach, there are certain characteristics that serve as evidence change has taken place in our life, which results in growth and skill development. Silsbee (2008) suggests presence is a skill that is increased with practice and the quality of presence is central to professional efficacy. Spiritual intelligence, emotional intelligence and physical intelligence provide a door way into presence through the mind, heart and body, respectively (CCNI, 2014; Silsbee, 2008). When these skill builders are mastered they increase awareness, which, consequently, builds presence or control over our inner state according to Wigglesworth (2002).

When we look at the role of coaching and how it speaks to a person’s spiritual life we first must understand the definition of coaching. Whitmore (2001) quoted Gallwey’s definition of coaching as “Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them” (p. 8). There are several definitions of coaching that attempts to pinpoint or identify the various types of coaching. Harkavy (2007) shared what the purpose of a coach is, “Your purpose as a coaching leader is to add the most value to the people you lead and to help them improve” (p. 4). This definition of

Throughout Collins’ writings, he emphasizes on the concept of moving forward towards a desired outcome. Collins believes true coaching allows the client to move out of, what seems like, a dead end. Collins (2009) states coaching addresses issues such as, “career development, developing and reaching corporate goals, betting relationships, transitioning through life, and clarifying visions” (Collins, 2009, p. 20). These goals are similar to those who consider themselves Christians. Collins defends the position that Christian coaching is a legitimate discipline because it helps guide Christ followers toward their goals through Christ (Collins, 2009). Collins (2009) draws on helping

Great job this week for this discussion post. You clearly put the facts in about the client’s agenda, goals, and the coach listening skills for success. It is so important that coaching is client-based, it gives the authority of the client’s life and figure out what he or she truly desires (Stolzfus, 2005). When you put the client know his or her past that is a great point to remember. We do not know what the person has experience. The coach is able to ask the client questions to make the client think a little deeper. With coach listening to the client, he or she is able to focus the questions in the right areas so the client can figure out what he or she truly desires (Stolzfus, 2005). Then the client is able to create his or her agenda

The biblical worldview that a Christian coach should have would change the way they would approach a situation. It is no longer just about results or being the best you, a Christian coach should add in the biblical promises that scripture offers about those who believe in Jesus. I love that in the presentation "Christian Coaching: Scriptural and Spiritual Foundations," the say that all coaching should be be rooted in scripture. That way no matter what happens years from then the client can come back to the promise found in scripture and relive the moment. Christian Coaching is based on the fact that us as Christians have a purpose and a giftedness that God has blessed us with. As we coach it should be our goal to make sure our clients understand this and begin their journey to really figuring out what their kingdom impact is going to

An example of an excellent coach in the Bible: The apostle Paul is my choice for numerous reasons. I was reading I Corinthians 6 this morning and it leaped off the pages, Coach! At first, when I read this discussion I was going to choose Paul coaching Timothy, but after reading our assigned reading, Paul may have mentored Timothy more than he coached him. However, this morning I realized Paul is definitely a coach in I Corinthians to the church in Corinth. It starts in chapter 1:10 as Paul writes to the church “Now I exhort you, brethren”, then he proceeds with his challenging questions. “Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?” (I Cor 1:13 NASB). Four more questions after that in chapter 1, two in chapter 2, three in chapter 3, and he continues to ask questions to coach the church. I love it because Paul may have only thought he was witnessing to the church in Corinth but

Collins (2009) introduces a four part coaching road map that includes awareness or where we are, vision or where we want to be, obstacles or what gets in the way, and strategy and action or how do we get there, that is centered on Jesus that can help a client stay the course during their journey (Collins, 2009). By following this model, the coach can help the client focus on doing things differently in order to get different results. It is this transformation that Collins (2009) sees as “the ultimate goal of Christian coaching” (Collins, 2009, p.127).

Coaching is an effective process used to support individuals in creating something new for their lives. I work side by side with my clients in coaching by providing perspective and support for self-knowledge as they accomplish their business and personal goals as