As coaching professionals, we are always looking for ways to enhance the process of helping others uncover their personal potential. We strive to expand the possibilities through visual coaching, body-connected coaching and mindfulness among other methodologies And yet, we…
The MBTI Step III was the final piece of Isabel Myers' dream to help people be at their best: to know their strengths and to to effectively work on their developmental challenges. The Step III instrument was first published in…
The venerable MBTI turns 70 years old next year. In that time, the MBTI has become one of the most researched, respected and widely used personality inventories in history. It has remained relevant over 7 decades despite the emergence of…
Making your goals easier to reach can be enhanced by keeping a few principles in mind. In a recent seminar on forming new behaviors, Dr. George F. Koob stated that, "Trying not to do something will make you constantly think…
It's Halloween time so why not talk about one of the ways an individual can be insidiously derailed from a long term goal. Let's say your goal is to lose 20 pounds so you decide that you will restrict…
Yesterday, I attended a day long seminar on memory. Professor Craig E. L. Stark, an engaging and immensely knowledgeable presenter, packed in an incredible amount of information into that time period. It is regrettable that it was only 6 hours…
This is an article about client- centered goal setting and not about health care. However, spending 25 years in the health care business taught me something about the importance of setting goals in collaboration with a client. For openers, in…
Perception is the lens you use to take in information. Carl Jung identified two types of perception, sensing and intuition. To illustrate these differences to college students during a workshop, I used this classic photo of dogs playing poker. I…
Meditation is often associated with Buddhist monks or beautifully peaceful women on fluffy cushions. Individuals may be uninterested in exploring the benefits of meditation because they cannot relate to the meditative archetype, a transcendent and serene being. Recently, a client…
The Christmas Tree Brain is my recent blog posting about an asynchronous macro-state of brain activity as measured by an electroencephalogram (EEG). It is based on the work of Dr. Dario Nardi. It is characterized by various brain regions firing at…