If you think coaching is a modern invention, you might be surprised to learn that one of the best “coaches” who ever lived spent his days wandering the streets of Athens wearing a simple robe and asking inconvenient questions. Ever heard of the Socratic Method? If so, you might already be connecting the dots. Socrates wasn’t a life coach. He wasn’t a consultant, a mentor, or a teacher in the traditional sense. He was something much more interesting: a master of conversation w

Attending  another  International Coaching Certification Course in Helsinki in March 2025 was a great pleasure.      For those of...

My mind is like a spiderweb, constantly scanning situations, my future, every possible outcome and path. This way of...

A few months back I was lying in bed awake for the second hour in the middle of the night, looping in my very unproductive but addictive thoughts regarding work. Until I finally managed to stop myself by asking one question: "What's the purpose behind this thinking?" . This question not only caught my attention, but changed my emotional state, and I slowly started to drift back to sleep. You may not be aware of it, but you have been coaching yourself since you were born. As a

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The big day has come. You have worked day and night to make sure everything is there: the logic, the structure, the visuals and the...

According to Victor J. Strecher, professor and director for innovation and social entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan School...

A big part of coaching discussions concerns setting goals and objectives and then moving towards them. For example, the “G” in the GROW...

Various life events, such as losing a job, interpersonal relationships, or perceived failures you’ve experienced, can make us feel like...

When my son turned one, a teacher and a friend of mine acknowledged that I was going through yet another transition in life. What was so...

I believe everyone has a “life purpose” – a purpose or reason to get out of bed each day.   For a fortunate few it is a “calling”, a...

What has been the most meaningful growth experience of your life so far? Growth is an interesting phenomena, because it usually reveals...

When was the last time you felt you wanted to do something but then for a reason or another did not do it or postponed it to the near...

These times call for courage as there is a lot of uncertainty and risks around us. Some of these are the uncertainty of losing one’s job,...

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Questions have the power to steer our awareness and focus, but not only that. Having a certain question in mind will affect our thinking,...

We are on this planet to learn, which is quite self-evident. Learning does not stop when you finish a degree in higher education. Quite...

Written by Pauliina Hallama, Chief Coaching Officer of the World Coaching Organization. The original text was first published in full in...