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WINNING
COACH
For Melanie DewBerry-Jones, hunches are to be followed; even the
dangerous ones. She was leading a workshop at San Quentin prison
that brought the ideas of personal coaching...
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LETTER FROM
THE HEART
Soul coaching means connecting with the
humanity of your clients.
What I love about fall is the preparation for completion. Fall
is alive with the cycle of life, death and rebirth as leaves turn
wondrous colors and return to the ground from whence they
originated...
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SOUL SENSES
How to Be Intuitively Present
Clients want to be seen but not just by our eyes. Seeing one
another means leaving the world of the five senses to enter the
sacred world of divine connection...
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COACHING FOR
YOUR AGENDA
The client’s
alignment to wholeness as a foundational approach
I have
an agenda for my clients. I’m very clear about and committed to
adhering to this agenda. I’d like you to consider having an agenda
for your clients.
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LANGUAGE FOR
LISTENING
Sacred Words For The Journey
"I look for ways to make the conversation between my client and
me sustainable"
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TO BE OR NOT
TO BE
Listening for the Boundaries of Coaching
"I encourage you to discontinue coaching someone who refuses to
get the help they need"
choice Magazine - vol.5 no.3
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A GALACTIC CHALLENGE
Do the only thing you can do
"It's the .01 percent of uniqueness that informs you of who you
are and the thing only you can do."
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BREAKING UP IS HARD TO
DO
How to let go when it's time
"Ending any relationship is tough, even when you know that
ending is the right thing to do."
choice Magazine - vol.5 no.1
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SURRENDER - WHY WOULD I
WANT TO DO THAT
Seeing opportunities instead of challenges
"Surrender is a bit like following the yellow brick road. It's
allowing all that is to support all that you are. All paths
lead to a client's success. How do you want to get there, the hard
way or the easy way?"
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SPEED DATING YOURSELF
How to be in love with the real you and
become the mainfestor you are
"Do you know the real you?"
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CAN YOU SPARE SOME
CHANGE?
Helping clients move beyond the fear of
pain
"What creates and sustains change?"
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FROM LOCKDOWN TO LEGACY
Coaching the soul in bureaucratic
environments
"Each person, regardless of their circumstances, has two
legacies-an inherited one, and one to leave for others when they
die."
choice Magazine - vol.4 no.1
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USING THE "S" WORD IN
COACHING
Beyond the nay-saying ego lies the
spiritual side of coaching
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we
used when we created them."
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LIFE'S COMPANION - FEAR
Are our moments of joy derived from a
fear-based perspective?
"Fear is the number one thing that runs our clients' lives. Fear
is omnipresent. From feeling just a little afraid to actual terror,
all fear is the same size if it stops a client from moving forward."
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ABUNDANT EXPECTATIONS
We create a spiritual life by replacing
doubt with trust
"As a frequent speaker on spiritual topics, I have given much
thought to how audiences and readers can make those quantum leaps
forward. In my speeches, I try to avoid explaining the value of
spirituality or even the �how-to� of being spiritual�mainly because
I�m still figuring it out, just like my audience."
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PATIENCE
The Path of Mindfulness and Commitment
"Why is it so difficult to hold steadfast to a commitment�to the
very thing we desire? I�m sure you�ve had the experience of
challenging your client with something to do, or to be, in service
of moving them closer to their heart�s desire. As you reconvene
again and again, you note that the client can�t seem to stay
committed to the steps that will realize their dreams. Certainly the
age-old response is fear�but perhaps there is more going on."
choice Magazine - vol.3 no.1
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LIFTING THE VEIL ON
ANGER
Perhaps anger is covering up something
deeper. Like not owning the right to choose.
"The other day one of my �challenging clients� and I were
debating the appropriateness of anger. While maintaining my
perspective, I was also enjoying listening to his commitment to
anger."
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BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE
Melanie DewBerry-Jones uses the words of a
song to illustrate how �Love� is an effective coaching tool
"There must be a higher love/Without it life is wasted time.�
Those are the opening words to one of my favorite Steve Winwood
songs. What could a higher love mean in your life � in the life of
your clients?"
choice Magazine - vol.2 no.3
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THE ACTS OF SELF-NAMING
AND CLAIMING
"As a trainer of coaches, I often teach my students to move
beyond the skill of coaching into the skill of self-trusting. Having
great mastery of a specific skill is important, but with out
self-mastery all we become are manipulators of openended questions.
Coaching is much more than that."
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TRUST AND THE PIPE
CARRIER
"Spiritual leadership engages me in my business dealings and my
ceremonial life. In the traditional native community I am one of
many pipe carriers. This responsibility is a privilege, and has
taught me that being responsible to one�s truth has its own rewards.
I was given a pipe as part of my first vision quest, a four-day
solo experience where one sits or stands in one spot in prayer and
communication with the Creator. Many truths were revealed to me,
including that I was to leave my native circle. I was told that love
was the only teacher I would need and my teacher, although wise,
lived on the underbelly of anger.
Trust and the Pipe Carrier
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