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Develop your life coaching practice through structured mentoring, five monthly sessions over five months, and a tailored plan to attract clients and design sustainable coaching processes.
Discover your identity as the foundation of psychology and coaching, and explore how culture shapes your approach, guided by the power of compassion in Gregory Boyle’s book.
Coaching unlocks a person’s potential by creating the right environment, fostering perspective, and listening in a reflective space to empower growth and identity. It emphasizes identity over technique.
Learn how coaching forms a mutually chosen open relationship between coach and client. Through meaningful conversations and authentic empathy, the process supports personal development and healthy, collaborative change.
Practice active listening and presence to foster meaningful conversations in coaching. Ask thoughtful questions, use neutral assessments, and show care to help clients reflect, see themselves, and grow.
The distinction between coaching and counseling
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Coaching hinges on internal change, conviction, and the journey of becoming; change is constant, driven by paradigms, vision, dissatisfaction with the status quo, and first concrete steps guided by belief.
Navigate the givenness of life with grace that is always sufficient, guiding clients through loss and pain with empathetic, nonjudgmental coaching.
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Explore the idea of two kinds of people and how our distinctions shape perception, while the brain converts data into insight through the map and territory.
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Explore the Johari’s window framework to enhance self-awareness and coaching effectiveness by reducing blind spots through feedback and emotional intelligence analysis, unlocking client growth.
Leverage feedback to expand your client's self-understanding and reduce blind spots through safe, voluntary self-disclosure and vulnerability, guiding them to walk toward their identity.
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Explores the paradox of the two trees—the tree of knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life—arguing life comes through grace and relationship, not religion.
Distinguish the tree of knowledge of good and evil from the tree of life and cultivate intuition, conscience, and fellowship to embody unconditional positive regard.
Learn to be a life coach by choosing the tree of life over the tree of knowledge of good and evil, developing a heart-centered approach that brings life to others.
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Learn to practice forgiveness and gratitude to release negativity and cultivate a positive mindset. Develop listening intentionally and create reflective space for meaningful coaching conversations.
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Nico Liebenberg MA (Psychology), a Life- & Executive Coach and creator of the on-line balance4coaches coaching system presents a coaching training program for anyone who wants to become a Balance Life Coach.
This life-transforming training given to a classroom of coaches is suited for people who want to master the basics of Life Coaching and start a full-time coaching practice as a Balance Life Coach.
The ultimate vision of the Balance Life Coach training is to equip people with fundamental knowledge to become Balance Life Coaches. Some people do this training, not to become Balance Life Coaches, but for self-development.
Students who finish this course receive a certificate of completion and the Balance Life Coach signature to use in their branding and correspondence with their clients.
This is the first course in a set of two courses.