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Professional Christian Coaching Today

Welcome to Professional Christian Coaching Today with Chris McCluskey and Kim Avery, a weekly podcast dedicated to informing, inspiring, and equipping Christians in the art and science of professional-grade Christian coaching. Along with cutting-edge content, you'll hear great interviews with guests such as Dan Miller, Michael Hyatt, Dr. Gary Collins, Kary Oberbrunner, Dr. Marilee Adams, Dr. Richard Swenson, C.J. Hayden and more. Our goal is to raise the standard in coaching and change the world.
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Mar 29, 2016

Would you like to have a high impact coaching business? Make every effort count? Be a part of a thriving community? Collaborate with like-minded coaches? Build not just a great business, but a great life? Then this is an episode you can’t afford to miss.

 

Learn how Masterminds Groups can help you:

  • Clarify vision and direction
  • Improve decision-making
  • Inspire creativity
  • Provide community, connection, and collaboration
  • Increase confidence
  • Lead to meaningful action
  • Build a better business and a better life

 

If you can see how a High-Impact Mastermind group would move your business forward, learn more about Chris McCluskey & Kim Avery’s new group at www.ProfessionalChristianCoachingToday.com/HIM. We’d love to have you join us.

 

About Chris McCluskey & Kim Avery

 

Christopher McCluskey, MSW, PCC, CMCC, BCC

Often cited as ‘The Father of Christian Coaching’, Chris is a visionary thought leader who pioneered this field in the late 1990’s through journal articles, conferences, keynotes, and as a founding board member of both the Christian Coaches Network and Christian Coaching Magazine.

 

He served as a primary consultant and contributor to Dr. Gary Collins in his ground-breaking text, “Christian Coaching: Helping Others Turn Potential Into Reality” (2001, NavPress).

 

In 1998, Chris transitioned entirely out of his ownership of the largest Christian psychotherapy practice in Tampa Bay (Christian Care Counseling Centers, Inc.) into full time coaching as a solo practitioner in his new business, Coaching for Christian Living, Inc.

 

In the year 2000, he established a Christian track at the Institute for Life Coach Training which grew over that decade into the Professional Christian Coaching Program (precursor to PCCI).

He has presented at more than 50 national & international conferences including the Christian Management Association (CMA), the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS), the Association for Marriage & Family Ministries (AMFM) and the Christian Coaches Network (CCN).

 

A prolific writer, he and his wife, Rachel are best-selling authors of the highly-acclaimed marriage book, When Two Become One (Revell, 2004, 2006), and have co-authored chapters in several popular Christian books. Their articles appear in numerous international magazines and on websites including ChristianityToday.com, FamilyLife.com, and Focus on the Family’s PluggedIn.com. They are frequent guests on popular Christian radio and television shows.

 

Chris and Rachel operate Professional Christian Coaching Institute and Coaching for Christian Living from their ranch in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in south-central Missouri where they homeschool their seven children. Chris’ passions include music, the performing arts, and nature, but most of all his family.

 

Kim Avery, MA, PCC, BCC

Kim is the Founder and President of Kim Avery Coaching, a coaching and mentoring firm that helps Christian coaches market successfully and coach masterfully.

 

She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Professional Certified Coach, Board Certified Coach and trains coaches at the Professional Christian Coaching Institute where she also serves as Dean of Marketing and Communications.

 

Kim’s mission is to help Christian coaches succeed so they can equip others to live Christ-saturated, joy-filled and purpose-driven lives. You can learn more about her endeavors at www.KimAveryCoaching.com.

 

Kim is happily married to her husband Ron, and they have two beautiful children, Bethany and Jonathan, two granddaughters, and a poodle named Bob. The Avery’s enjoy running, biking, hiking, and ministering to the community in which they live.

 

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Mar 22, 2016

Master-full coaching is a unique blend of Spirit-led curiosity and learned skills. Listen in on a professional-grade session with Jory Fisher, PCC, and her client. You’ll not only hear how to manage the process of coaching; you’ll glean how to promote forward-moving accountability as well.

 

Bonus Takeaways:

 

  • Understand how establishing trust and intimacy early in the coaching session encourages forward momentum

 

  • Develop a coaching presence that tends to the process, so the client can stay focused on the progress

 

  • Cultivate an open space that will take your client from “hum-drum” to “aha!”

 

Jory H. Fisher, PCC, CMCC

 

Jory Fisher specializes in helping Christian solopreneurs grow their business to six figures so they can make the difference they’re called to make with enthusiasm, confidence, and joy. Jory is credentialed as a Professional Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation, as a Certified Master Christian Coach by Christian Coaches Network International, as a True Purpose™ Coach by the True Purpose™ Institute, and as a Top 6 Startup Expert trained to help solopreneurs build six-figure businesses.

 

A Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Southern Methodist University, Jory holds a master’s degree in Spanish from Middlebury College and a law degree from the University of Virginia. She practiced law for 20 years and served as a founding faculty member and associate dean of Liberty University School of Law before moving to Maryland in 2012. She and her husband Dave have raised a blended family of seven children, each of whom is making a meaningful and significant difference in the world.

 

Jory has coached, mentored, and inspired hundreds of purpose-guided entrepreneurs since founding her business Jory Fisher & Associates, Inc. in 2008. You can learn more about Jory and her coaching programs by visiting JoryFisher.com and by connecting with her on LinkedIn. If you would like to receive a complimentary copy of Niche Secrets to help you start creating your six-figure niche now, email Jory@JoryFisher.com today.

 

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Mar 15, 2016

Do you or your clients struggle to balance worship, work and play? What if you had enough energy to be fully present in every moment? To live out your deepest priorities? To worship and have fun? You can.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • A simple, easy-to-implement tool for filtering life’s complexities.
  • Encouragement to step out of default mode and live on purpose.
  • Practical ways to feed your soul and keep your cup full.

 

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Mar 8, 2016

Best selling author Michael Hyatt shares powerful insights from his new book, Living Forward, on how a Life Plan can equip you and your clients to pursue the things that matter most. Jump start your future by listening in on this enlightening interview.

You’ll learn:

  • The power behind “living forward"
  • How to plan your Ideal Week and why it’s important, even if you never hit it
  • What “Life Accounts” are and how they impact us every day

About Michael Hyatt:

Michael Hyatt is the former chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest faith-based publisher in the world and now part of HarperCollins. He is a New York Times bestselling author who has lived by a life plan. His blog, MichaelHyatt.com is ranked by Google in the top one-half percent of all blogs. His messages of leadership, personal development, and productivity reach people in over two hundred countries. He and Gail, his wife of 37 years, live in Tennessee with their five daughters and eight grandchildren.

You can learn about Living Forward at www.LivingForwardBook.com.

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Mar 1, 2016

Gain insight into the value of coaching at midlife, and create awareness around how you or your clients spend the second portion of your years. Chris and Kim huddle with Halftime Institute’s Jeff Spadafora to help you develop a game plan for that goal.

Regroup and reconsider how to:

  • Redefine the American dream playbook and organize your strategy.
  • Recalibrate a life of discontent and transition toward peace.
  • Refocus stale efforts
  • Renew your vision.

About Jeff Spadafora:

Jeff Spadafora is the Director of Global Coaching Services and Product Development for The Halftime Institute. He spent 20 years as a leadership and executive development consultant for Fortune 1000 companies such as Ford Motor Company, Sears & Roebuck, Compuware, Domino’s Pizza, Visteon, Northern Trust Bank, Helene Curtis, and Sky Chefs.

In 2005, Jeff was inspired by Bob Buford’s book Halftime and began his journey of discovering God’s true purpose for his second half. As he worked with his Halftime coach, it became clear that his calling is to help other people discover their calling.

He has coached over 130 men and women through the Halftime Journey and continues to make this a primary part of his ministry. As the leader of The Halftime Institute’s global coaching staff, he is also responsible for recruiting, training, and managing Halftime Certified coaches throughout the world.

In addition to being the lead designer of the Halftime curriculum and one of the primary facilitators of workshops for groups of people embarking on the Halftime journey, Jeff also writes and speaks globally about the issues of life purpose, joy, and kingdom impact.

He lives in Evergreen Colorado with his wife Michelle and 3 teenage children.  He enjoys fishing, hunting, skiing, mountain biking and everything else the great outdoors of Colorado has to offer.

You can learn more about Jeff Spadafora and Halftime at http://halftimeinstitute.org/.

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