Living From Soul

Studies show that by age 7 we are already filled with should's and guilts and have begun to loose our true, free spirit - our unique soul. We fit into rules and hold beliefs based on parents and teachers and friends. We stop being who we are in our true core and begin to mold into someone who is un-true to their unique spirit.

Then we go through life never being completely fulfilled... feeeeeeeeeeeeeling like there is more, yet not knowing what is missing. We get into the cycle of work, come home, sleep, work, etc. and we don't fully connect with people or things. We aren't present to our lives and have given up our dreams and desires and go on feeeeeeeeeeling like something is missing from life.

What is missing is our selves. We yearn to be reconnected to that inner voice of who we are and we hear it calling to us. We long to be authentic to who we are and what we want. We want to feeeeeeeeeeeeeeel free and happy and to love and be loved fully and enjoy each moment on this planet getting all the juice we can from our experiences.

Coaching allows adults to get back to their souls and to find their inner voices. It opens people up and frees them to find their inner spirit and to do what they love and love what they do. It is my honor to be a soul coach to so many EXTRAordinary people and to assist them to create the lives that are authentic to them.

Terri Levine, PhD, MCC
www.TerriLevine.com
www.CoachInstitute.com

Hearing Without Reacting?

I was doing a live coach training last week and as I was teaching hearing without reacting I observed people reacting as I was sharing this information with them. Hearing without reacting is one of the most valuable skills a coach learns. As coaches we hear without reacting which means we don't judge anything a client says to us - not at all. We don't wear the judgment robes and we don't decide if the client is right or wrong, at fault, or not at fault, or good or bad.

We accept the client as they are and what they say as what is for them.

When thinking about life coaching or business coaching understand that we as coaches do not fix people or groups of people. Our role is to hear neutrally where the coaching client is and where the coaching client wants to be and then to co-create ways to assist them to get to where they want to be in their life and/or work.

New life and business coaches share with me that letting go of reaction and judgment is tough. I agree. As humans we have been hard-wired and conditioned to believe our thoughts are "right". Giving up our attachment to being right takes practice.

If you are considering becoming a life coach or business coach or if you are a personal or professional coach now, I encourage you to quiet your own thoughts and your own mind. (We have a great excercise we teach our students at www.CoachInstitute.com for this!).

As you listen, focus only on your coaching client and tune out everything else. Fully accept that the clients values and goals will be different than yours.

If you do any personal or business coaching or have thought about training to become a life or business coach, the skill of hearing without reacting is key.

I encourage people to use this skill with family and friends as a side benefit, too.

Deeply tune in, hear without reaction and you'll be ready for more coaching skills and tips!

Terri Levine
www.TerriLevine.com
www.CoachInstitute.com

Awaken Your Inner Coach

I believe within each of us lives our authentic core selves. I also believe we have forgotten that person and we have come to live filled with shoulds and have to's. When I am coaching clients I assist them to reclaim their power and to get to know themselves really, really well. They find their inner coach and connect once again with their core being. Through this process I call Soul Coaching, they detoxify their bodies and minds and open up their spirits and souls to their inner coach! From this balance of body, mind and soul connecting once again, my clients harness the deeper power they hold within. Life coaching is soulfully satisfying.

Terri Levine
www.TerriLevine.com
www.CoachInstitute.com

Become a Life Coach and Find Romance?

Yes by becoming a life coach you just might find you fall in love with yourself more, you have more love for others, you become more attractive to others and you have more friends, and more loving relationships.

I know that when I decided to become a life coach I had more time to just "be" with myself and to get more familiar with my positive aspects. I also had more self confidence and self worth. I liked myself more and took more time to care for myself.

I also opened up to people more wanted to know them and understand them and be with them. I attracted new friends, new community and even new hobbies in addition to my life coaching career.

My marriage became even stronger as I had more time to be with my husband. And without the everyday stress from a JOB and doing the work I really loved from my home, I was able to be more focused on him and our marriage. I got more compassion and more patient, too.

So if you want more loving, life coaching may just be your ticket!

Terri Levine
www.TerriLevine.com
www.CoachInstitute.com

Coaching Saved My Life

Before I became a coach my life was very different than it is today. It was filled with stress and tension and lack of ease and flow. I was pushing, I was struggling, I wasn't eating right and I was barely sleeping. I was on a downward spiral and didn't even feeeeeeeeeel like I had a life. Somewhere I lost life and just became a doer of tasks.

When I discovered life coaching I said, "I need a life so a life coach just might do it!". I hired my first life coach to help me feeeeeeeeeeel alive. We began the life coaching focusing on work-life balance. Later we focused more on whole life success. My life coach helped me create a successful life overall and I got my life back!

Through life coaching I discovered hobbies, adventures, dreams and passions and became alive and vibrant. I found time to be with those I loved and I created new friendships and new organizations and communities to play with. Without life coaching I would have continued
on a downward spiral feeeeeeeeeeeeeling lost and dead.

I am grateful to my life coaching and for the profession of life coaching.

Terri Levine
www.TerriLevine.com
www.CoachInstitute.com