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International Coach Academy Blog
2d ago
A Coaching Power Tool By Kavita Bhandari, Mindset & Life Coach, HONG KONG
What you deny or ignore, you delay. What you accept and face you conquer.
Denial vs. Acceptance in Coaching What is Denial
Denial is a coping mechanism in which an individual refuses or is unable to recognize or acknowledge objective facts experiences or emotions. It’s an unconscious process that serves to protect the person from discomfort or anxiety, leading to short-term satisfaction but long-term pain
Denial can take many forms from blame, excuses, and justification to pretense to wishful thinking.
In Denial ..read more
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3d ago
A Research Paper By Ivana Braam, Overseas Filipino Workers Coach, NETHERLANDS
The Concept of Ikigai, Its Background, and History, Along with the Different Frameworks
In the summer of 2022, I ticked off the last thing in my long list of things I want to become, or accomplish before the age of forty. It was a list I started in 2007 and I was able to complete them all in fifteen years which is five years earlier than I planned. This is such a significant milestone for me and I felt so much proud of my accomplishment.
However, instead of feeling good and positive, those thoughts were replaced by ..read more
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3d ago
A Coaching Model By Mila Ivanova, Transformational Coach, BULGARIA
The 5Ms Lotus Coaching Model – The Symbolism of the Lotus Flower
Just like the lotus we too have the ability to rise from the mud, bloom out of the darkness and radiate into the world. – Thich Nhat Hanh
Many of us go through important transitions at some point in life such as leaving home for the first time to go to university, or to work abroad, choosing a career path, adjusting to life as a new mom, returning to work after parental leave, dealing with the loss of a close relative, among others. During these moments, when we ..read more
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1w ago
A Coaching Power Tool By Greg Major, Business Owners Coach, AUSTRALIA
The Concept of Stagnation vs. Innovation
The concept of stagnation was first mooted as an economic theory by Tyler Cowen (2011). Innovation was seen as the antidote and comments arose soon after that “We are living through the consequences of a dramatic decrease in the rate of innovation” (Ogden, 2012).The idea that innovation stands as a positive perspective to stagnation applies equally well in the microcosm of human decision-making and problem-solving as it does in its consequential form at the macroeconomic level ..read more
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1w ago
A Research Paper By Xiaoyu Zhang, Career Coach, CHINA
Metaphor in the Career Coaching Conversation
Help people to pursue a joyful, fulfilling, and sustainable career.
In such a world with changes and uncertainties, many young people are struggling, stressed, and find themselves lost at the crossroads with a very ambiguous future. The career journey is no longer a straight road like our parents might define. You may hear the following talks coming up during the session ‘I feel stuck on a plateau’, and ‘My Career is going downhill.’ ‘I want to switch my career track.’ People are using metapho ..read more
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1w ago
A Coaching Power Tool By Elmarie Cronje, Life Coach, SOUTH AFRICA
Mindset vs. Mood Set: Find your truth to shift…..
The core of my coaching and coaching approach will be to coach my clients to start unearthing and discerning their truth. Between all the external and internal influences, past experiences, and fear of an uncertain future, they start transforming when they discover their real motivations, what is serving them, what is holding them back, and how they can use this to be a part of their sense of belonging and transformation, and when is it keeping them apart from what they want, ne ..read more
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1w ago
A Research Paper By Sean Barnes, Fitness and Nutrition Coach, CANADA
Mind-Boosting Power of Exercise on Mental Well-Being
Life seems like it can be incessantly rapid which means stress levels can be high, depression is more commonly diagnosed, and anxiety is crippling a larger percentage of people than ever before meaning a healthy body and mind have gained a lot of attention and looked at as part of the solution. Exercise is not only pivotal for physical fitness but profoundly impacts mental well-being. Over the years there have been consistent results researched showing the positive effects ..read more
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2w ago
A Coaching Model By Xiaoyu Zhang, Career Coach, CHINA
Strategies for Building a Unique Career Backpack
Help people to pursue a joyful, fulfilling, and sustainable career.
China recently announced a revised retirement policy, stating a gradual increase in the retirement age to 65 by 2055. This move is aimed at addressing concerns related to the aging population and a shrinking workforce. While this might seem like a novel development, many developed countries, including the USA, UK, Japan, and France, have already raised their retirement ages to 67, 66, 60, and 62, respectively, and these fig ..read more
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2w ago
A Coaching Power Tool By Mila Ivanova, Transformational Coach, BULGARIA
Belonging vs. Fitting In Our Longing for Acceptance
Often in life, driven by our longing for acceptance, we behave in ways that are expected of us by our family, close friends, acquaintances, and society at large. Following others’ rules in an effort to fit in comes at a cost – it distances us from our own values and our true selves. Ironically, it costs us the genuine connection with others we as humans naturally seek. Belonging, on the other hand, is empowering and liberating. True belonging means being in touch with wh ..read more
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2w ago
A Research Paper By Jill Zhou, Transformational Coach, HONG KONG
Rediscover Yourself: What Makes It Matter?
Being able to discover oneself is essential to accommodate the process of growth and improvement. And life has never stopped presenting new occasions and challenges in all possible ways. One can easily slide into a position of struggling with disconnecting with and no longer recognizing oneself, which might originate from significant changes in relationships, failure to understand their own personality, or unexpected shock of life circumstances. The rediscovery step is required to happe ..read more