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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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Jul 5, 2016

Today, we’ll help you answer the question: “Is coaching for me?” If you’ve ever dreamed of owning your own business or helping people in a full-time capacity, you’ll take away insights to help you discern your best “yes” or “no.” 

Tune in to find out:

  • Why coaching has garnered over 41,000 active professionals with nearly $2 billion in combined revenue.
  • The 7+ benefits of becoming a coach, so you can determine if the return is worth your investment.
  • The Top 10 characteristics of a good coach, which will shine the spotlight on your strengths and how you can flourish in the industry.
  • The 4 next best steps you can take to begin exploring the world of coaching so you can take the guesswork out of getting started!

Show Notes

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Jun 28, 2016

Are you experiencing the pains of launching and growing your private coaching practice? Every coach walks this road; so today, Chris and Kim come alongside you to help you navigate through the tough challenges.

You’ll receive:

 

  • Insight into how to make the transition from being someone’s employee to becoming the employer of your own business, so you can adjust your Plan A and throw away Plan B.

 

  • Inspiration for renewing your mindset, so your positive thoughts can influence your natural feelings and affect change in your daily business actions.

 

  • Instantaneous support for taking the next small step, so you can move from where you are right now to where God wants you to be.

 

Show Notes

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Jun 21, 2016

Kim Avery will be the featured coach on this episode of Master-Full Coaching. As you listen, you’ll be able to hear for yourself the powerful, yet subtle, shift in dynamics that takes place when a coach is willing to:

 

  • Transition from the type of praise that encourages approval-seeking behaviors to the type of communication that encourages purpose-fulfilling actions.

 

  • Step back to encourage a facilitated monologue that allows a client to hear him or herself and decide the best course of action.

 

  • Clarify the overarching goal a client seeks and narrow it down to something manageable for one coaching session.

 

  • Draw out the client’s values so that he or she can discern what drives current decisions and what will shape future choices.

 

Learn More About Debbie Duncan: https://foundrylifecoaching.wordpress.com/

About Kim Avery

 

Kim’s mission is to change the world through coaching… one successful coach at a time. As a Professional Certified Coach and Business Coach, Kim simplifies business building for Christian coaches so they can do what they were created to do – coach.

 

Spending the first 20 years of her professional life as a counselor, Kim had no idea how critical marketing was to having a full and thriving coaching practice.

So, after going into business for herself and spending months struggling to find clients, Kim decided to lay everything else aside and dedicate herself to learning and implementing all of the best offline and online marketing tactics.

Surprisingly, she fell in love with marketing and not only filled her practice with ideal clients but now through coaching, teaching, writing, and creating products she helps other coaches do the same.


She has been described by her clients as “inspiring, supportive, innovative, strategic, caring and possessing a wealth of knowledge.”

As a Professional Counselor, Business Coach, Career Management Coach, Marketing Strategist, Professional Certified Coach, Licensed Get Clients Now Facilitator, Personal Branding Strategist, Online Identity Expert, Coach Trainer and more, Kim’s helps Christian coaches succeed as they partner with God to change the world.  

 

Show Notes

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Jun 14, 2016

Wealth. What does that mean to you as a coach and as a Christian? In this thought-provoking interview with Dan Miller, Chris McCluskey and Dan dig deep into this fascinating, and at times controversial, topic that impacts both the work we do with our clients and how we run our coaching businesses.

 

Tune in to learn more about…

  • The many measures of wealth and determining what is important to you
  • Hidden money mindsets that may be holding you back
  • The power of social entrepreneurship
  • How to live well while doing good 

 

About Dan Miller: 

Dan Miller, President of 48 Days LLC, specializes in creative thinking for increased personal and business success. He believes that meaningful work blends our natural skills and abilities, our unique personality traits and our dreams and passions. Dan is active in helping individuals redirect careers, evaluate new income sources, and achieve balanced living. He believes that a clear sense of direction can help us become all that God designed us to be.

Dan is the author of the widely acclaimed 48 Days To The Work You Love and No More Mondays. He writes regularly for many popular magazines and web portals, including CBN.com, Crosswalk.com, In Touch, AARP and Success magazines and the Zig Ziglar newsletter. He has been a guest on CBS’ ‘The Early Show,’ MSNBC’s ‘Hardball with Chris Mathews,’ 700 Club’s Living The Life and Fox Business News with Dave Ramsey Show…to hit some highlights. He hosts a weekly podcast that is consistently ranked #1 under Careers on iTunes. Dan is also a frequent speaker and guest on popular radio programs like Moody Broadcasting, Crown Financial, Janet Parshall’s America, American Family Radio, and Prime Time Chicago. He also has an online community with over 14,000 “eaglepreneurs”!

 

Resources:

 

48Days: http://www.48days.com/

Ultimate Advantage Cruise: http://www.48days.com/ultimateadvantagecruise/

 

 

Show Notes

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Jun 7, 2016

Do you ever wonder how successful coaches secure clients? Here’s the secret: they schedule inquiry calls that really work. Take the guesswork off your to-do list and listen in to find out how you can start serving more clients and earning the income you deserve. 

You’ll learn how to:

  • Take the pressure off issuing the invitation by creating a strategic list of people who are already interested.
  • Take the mystery out of what to say by walking through the Two-Path Model that leads to success.
  • Step out and get started today!

 

Show Notes

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May 31, 2016

Do you have trouble getting everything done? Do you find technology overwhelming? Would you like to work more in your areas of strengths and less in your areas of weakness? Maybe it’s time to hire a virtual assistant.

Benefits of listening:

  • Find out what a virtual assistant is and what they actually do, so you can take the next step in your business.
  • Discern if it’s time for you to hire a virtual assistant, so you can stop wasting time and energy in wondering.
  • Know where to find one and what to look for, so you hire the right fit.

Here are some resources to consider if you are in the market for a Virtual Assistant:

  • IVAA.org – International Virtual Assistants Association – offers training and a member directory
  • VAnetworking.com – offers training and a member directory
  • FancyHands.com – request based system to handle a multitude of tasks if you aren’t ready to contract with an individual Virtual Assistant

  

About Susan Fleming

Susan Fleming is a Virtual Assistant to both Kim Avery and Chris McCluskey, and loves what she does. She is also a coach and delights in helping other coaches sort out their technical needs so they can focus more on what they do best. Susan builds on a strong background in public education, corporate training, curriculum development, and entrepreneurship to maximize her impact for her clients.

Home is Winter Haven, Florida, where she lives near her daughter, Julia, and her two granddaughters, Audrie and Tami.

You can find out more about what a Virtual Assistant is at www.VA-Box.com and you can also download her free list of “70 Things a Virtual Assistant Can Do for You” there.

 

Show Notes

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May 24, 2016

Do you and your clients find it hard to get everything accomplished? Would you like to do more with the time you already have? Today you’ll find out how you can do that and more. This episode unpacks the groundbreaking research, equips you with practical information, and fleshes it all out with real life examples of strengths-based living and coaching.

You’ll walk away with:

  • Four ways to identify your cluster of signature strengths so that you can add value to your life and the lives of your clients.
  • Tools that will help you stop ruminating on your weaknesses so you can uncover the life-giving energy that will sustain your most important endeavors.
  • Strategies that will enable you and your clients to impact the world.

 

Show Notes

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May 17, 2016

Did you know that your thoughts and behaviors are driven by questions? If you want to understand how to manage your thinking and make better decisions, which leads to more powerful actions, tune in to learn how to build your “question thinking” strategy.

Receive valuable insight on how to:

  • Notice your questions, so you can analyze them for effectiveness. 
  • Re-craft your questions, so you can develop more meaningful life experiences and improve your relationships. 
  • Understand human nature and motivation, so your interactions with others are more fulfilling and produce life-giving energy. 
  • Efficiently move from thinking to decision-making to tasks that provide greater self-awareness, self-leadership, and team building!

 

Resources:

Choice Map

The Inquiry Institute

An Introduction to Question Thinking eLearning Course

Muskoka Woods Leadership Studio

About Marilee Adams, Ph.D.

Marilee Adams, Ph.D. is an author, organizational consultant and facilitator, executive coach, and professional speaker. She is founder and president of the Inquiry Institute, a consulting, coaching, and educational organization. Dr. Adams is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University in the Key Executive Leadership Program and is part of the faculty of the Institute for Life Coach Training, the Adler Institute, and Expedition Coaching, and is a coach with the Society of Organizational Learning.

 

Dr. Adams’ books include Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching and Life, 3rd edition (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2016) and The Art of the Question: A Guide to Short-Term Question-Centered Therapy (John Wiley & Sons, 1998) and Teaching that Changes Lives: 12 Mindset Tools for Igniting the Love of Learning (Berrett-Koehler, 2013) and won a Gold Medal IPPY Publishers Award.   Change Your Questions, Change Your Life is an Amazon #1 Bestseller in Learning in Organizations and Business and has sold about 200,000 copies in 18 languages.

 

Dr. Adams works and speaks in the private and public sector for Fortune 500 companies, major government agencies, international consulting firms and leading universities.  Her clients include Ameriprise, AREVA, Inc., Brother Int’l, DHL, Johnson & Johnson, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lockheed Martin; the Social Security Administration, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Navy, NASA Goddard, the National Defense University (NDU), U.S. Departments of Treasury, Interior, and Education; Toronto General Hospital, Booz Allen, Organizational Development Network, Society for Human Resource Management; Georgetown McDonough School of Business, George Mason University, Harvard University and Princeton University, among many others.

 

Dr. Adams holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Fielding Graduate University.

 

 

 

Show Notes

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May 10, 2016

Have external, internal or even spiritual distractions pulled you off course? Listen in today to glean strategies that will help you prevent and process controllable distractions, so you can bring your best self to each and every coaching conversation.

You’ll learn:

  • How to dissipate the noise of five common external distractors with preventative measures that create quiet space.
  • How to silence the rush of six common internal distractors with six steps, which will lead you to productivity.
  • How to limit spiritual distractors with four steps designed to help you posture your heart and receive peace.

Show Notes

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May 3, 2016

Unsure of how tocreateacoaching culture in your organization? Then you’ll benefitfromtheconcepts presented in this podcast. You’ll notonlyreceivetheoretical information but tools forpracticaltransformation.

In this episode, you will…

  • Learn techniques for creating perspective-changingtimelinestopositively impact a person’s future.
  • Understand how a coaching cultureencouragesself-awareness,which leads to self-leadership thatcultivatesself-mastery.
  • Gain greater clarity on how self-mastery releases peopletobewho God created them to be and how thatbenefitsanorganization.

 

About Vicki Corrington, M.Ed, PCC, CPCC,BCC

Vicki Corrington is aProfessionalCertifiedCoach, Board Certified Coach, and aCertifiedProfessionalChristian Coach. She is a Coach trainer,teachingEssentials ofCoaching, Coaching Skills DevelopmentPracticum, andCoachingSkills Mastery Practicum on faculty with theProfessionalChristianCoaching Institute (PCCI),having workedcloselywith Chris McCluskey since 2003. Vicki has aheart formissions andserves Youth With a Mission YWAM Leaders onthe Coreteam for theMaster’s in Christian Formation andDiscipleship. Vickiis a formeradvisory board member and currentmember/presenter fortheChristian Coaches Network (CCNI) and amember ofInternationalCoach Federation (ICF).

Waking up one day feeling as though “there were nothingleftofher”, life coaching, combined with praying the word,wastheprocess God used to transform Vicki’s life and torestoreherexcitement about making a difference helping others livemorefullythemselves, fully alive. She currently does thisthroughone-on-oneor group coaching, training and retreats… allbathed inprayer. Sheis a Certified Myers-Briggs Practitionerofferingtemperamentassessment coaching services to clients andpartneringwith othercoaches to offer temperament assessments totheirs. Thistool fitswell with her purpose to live in a way thather actionsline upwith who she is and what’s important to her… andto helpfacilitatethat process for others.

You can learn more about Vicki’s Life Coaching,MentorCoaching,and Retreat Coaching (as well as access herReadinessChecklist todetermine readiness for coaching) at www.coachvicki.com.  

Vicki has been married to Dr. Ben Corrington since1986andcurrently lives in Camden, Maine. Together, they have beenhappytoserve people through professional chiropracticandcoachingservices as well as bringing leadership input toseveralchurchesthroughout the years. Their son, daughter-in-law,and thetwo mostadorable grandchildren ever live in Victoria,BritishColumbia. Toofar away!

 

About Lisa Whitaker, MA

 

Lisa Whitaker was born and grew up inNewJersey,USA. In high school she committed her life to the Lordandalso beganto seriously consider missions as a life longcall.

From 1982-1986 she attended Liberty University inVirginia,USAwhere she received a B.S. degree in PhysicalEducation.

After teaching physical education for 5 years, shejoinedYouthWith A Mission (YWAM) in 1992 doing a DiscipleshipTrainingSchool(DTS) in Kona, Hawaii with outreach to Russia. During1993and 1994she was involved in the pioneering of DTSs inKrasnodar,Russia. In1995 Lisa moved to Budapest, Hungary to workwith MaureenMenardgiving leadership to the first Collaborative DTSProjectfocused onthe Balkans, Central Asia and Turkey.

Lisa has been part of YWAM’s International DTS Centre forthepast20 years. She has a passion for pioneering new DTSs,teachinginschools, doing staff training and being involved withchurchplantingand local outreach wherever she lives. She hastraveled to71 nations- and has lived in Russia, Hungary,Switzerland,Kazakhstan,Kyrgystan, Serbia and Bosnia &Herzegovina.

In 2015, Lisa completed her Master’s Degree inChristianFormationand Discipleship with the University of theNations. Sheis now partof the Master’s degree staff team serving24 newparticipants from 11nations.

Currently she is living back in New Jersey and caring forher88year old Mom while still being fully involved in teachingandstafftraining with Youth With A Mission. Lisa loveshistoryandexploring historical sites. She enjoys reading, playinggamesofall sorts and still commits to doing a cartwheel (andtakingapicture of course) in every country she goes to!

 

ShowNotes

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Apr 26, 2016

Inspiring yet full of practical tips and techniques for coaches, you don’t want to miss a single word as Chris and Kim walk you through this professional-grade, Master-full coaching session with Susan Whitcomb.

In this episode, you’ll observe how to:

  • Learn to use key-worded reflections to help your clients build momentum.
  • Explore limiting beliefs, which help a client shift from fight/flight/freeze mode into peace/perseverance/possibilities mode.
  • Implement courageous coaching, not through revelatory language but with reflective listening.

About Susan Whitcomb:

Susan Whitcomb is the Founder and president of The Academies, which specializes in brain friendly coach training for corporate and executive coaching. She is the author of 7 books and has developed an extensive coach-training curriculum approved by the International Coach Federation. Susan has a gift for taking complex neuroscience principles and making them understandable and applicable to every-day coaching. She has studied personally with thought leaders from the Academy of Brain-Based Leadership and the Applied Neuroscience Institute, where she became the only Licensed NeuroPositive Coach from that organization to also be awarded the Master Level designation. She is on a mission to equip coaches to “Change Minds For Good!”

If you would like to connect with Susan Whitcomb and learn more about the training she offers, visit TheAcademies.com.

Click here to download the transcript of "Masterful Coaching with Susan Whitcomb, PCC."

Show Notes

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Apr 19, 2016

Would you like to be more successful in life and business while encouraging others to do the same? This week Chris and Kim interview Peter Beck, Director of Training and Coaching at RightPath, to learn more about the critical role that emotional intelligence (EQ) plays in your success. Tune in to find out how.

You’ll learn about the:

  • Ins and outs of how improving your EQ moves you from functioning to thriving 
  • Projected future impact of EQ in business and ministry settings
  • Importance of coaching on EQ and how it can change the your life

  

To get your coupon to take the RightPath for free, you can contact Peter Beck at PBeck@RightPath.com.

 

About Peter Beck

Peter Beck is the Director of Training a Coaching at RightPath Resources, a leadership and talent development firm in Suwanee, GA. Peter has extensive international experience in leadership development, multi-cultural teaming, and coaching. He has lived in Guatemala, Colombia and Peru for a total of 7 years and has traveled to over 50 countries around the world.”

Prior to working at RightPath Resources, Peter worked full time in missions for 25 years including 6 years as a church planter in Peru and 7 years as a trainer for missionaries preparing to move overseas.”

He received his bachelor’s degree in Sociology and International Development from Wheaton College and completed his Masters in Leadership from Trinity Western University. In addition, he has completed a graduate certificate in Distance Education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is currently working on a Masters in Theology from Reformed Theological Seminary in Atlanta. Peter lives in Roswell, GA and has three children.

RightPath Resources works with Fortune 500 companies and non-profits around the world. Its clients include Southern Company, TSYS, Coca-Cola, Publix, 5 NFL teams and non-profits such as Goodwill Industries.

Learn more about RightPath at www.RightPath.com.

 

Show Notes

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Apr 12, 2016

If you’re tired of reinventing the entrepreneurial wheel, this podcast has the formula you need. Listen in as Michael Gerber unpacks the intricacies of a successful small business mindset.

You’ll uncover:

 

  • Why it’s critical for anyone looking at income generation over the next 20 years to have a shift in mindset

 

  • What’s so important about entrepreneurial development

 

  • How being an entrepreneur, manager and technician is crucial to security in business

 

  • Who’s really in charge when you adopt a position of greater control, autonomy and self-direction

 

 

About Michael Gerber:

Michael E. Gerber is a true legend of entrepreneurship.

Inc. Magazine
 calls him “the World’s #1 Small Business Guru” — the entrepreneurial and small business thought leader who has impacted the lives of millions of individuals and hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide for over 40 years.

 

Michael E. Gerber is the author of the mega-bestseller “The E-Myth Revisited” and five other E-Myth books concerning small business and entrepreneurship.  Additionally, Mr. Gerber has written 14 industry-specific E-Myth Vertical books co-authored by industry experts.  These books are written for: Attorneys, Accountants, Optometrists, Chiropractors, Landscape Contractors, Financial Advisors, Architects, Real Estate Brokerages, Insurance Stores, Dentists, Nutritionists, Bookkeepers, Veterinarians, Real Estate Investors and soon to be HVAC Contractors.

 

Today, Michael is on a new mission, to bring economic development strengths and capabilities to millions of people around the world by awakening the new entrepreneur within them.  His one-of-a-kind entrepreneurial incubator called The Dreaming Room: Design, Build, Launch & Grow™, is now being led throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. This program will soon be sponsored by cities throughout the United States, and soon in cities throughout the world.

 

Based on his intimate, in-depth experiences with entrepreneurs in his Dreaming Room™ events, along with the tens of thousands of clients his company has coached and mentored over the past 40 years, Michael E. Gerber has  authored his revolutionary new book on entrepreneurship and The Dreaming Room™ called: Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies.

Mr. Gerber believes that awakened entrepreneurs seek a path that has, at its core, a higher, more inspiring meaning than just making money, selling a product, or seizing market share.  According to Mr. Gerber, a new entrepreneur is a trailblazer seeking to transform lives in all areas – from designing a small business, building it, launching it and growing it.

 

As a result of a participant’s experience in The Dreaming Room: Design, Build, Launch & Grow™ the evolving entrepreneurs within will discover the means to create a new company, or transform an old one, while going on to work ON his or her business and life, rather than just IN it — unfailingly reflecting his or her transformational resolve into the actions needed for a company to flourish.

 

Michael and his wife, Luz Delia, live in Carlsbad, California.

 

You can learn more about Michael Gerber at michaelegerbercompanies.com.

 

Show Notes

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Apr 5, 2016

How much should you charge as a coach? Is it based on your experience? Your credentials? Your competition? Or something else entirely? Listen in as Chris and Kim demystify one of the most-asked-about topics among professional coaches today.

 

You’ll gain:

 

  • 5 confidence-building questions that will help you step into your calling and break away from uncertainty

 

  • Greater clarity around the factors that affect fees so you can quote numbers catered to your niche

 

  • Insight into how your confidence and competence affect your compensation

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

 

Defining Your Coaching Niche

Inspiration for the Coach in Private Practice with Dan Miller

Sherpa 2016 Executive Coaching Survey: Coaches’ Earnings Report

 

Show Notes

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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.

 

Show Notes

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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.

 

Show Notes

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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.

 

Show Notes

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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.

Show Notes

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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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Feb 23, 2016

Take the guesswork out of defining your coaching niche. In this episode, you’ll learn the three major benefits of niching your coaching practice, as well as these bonuses.

Understand:

  • How confidence and clarity are more important than the actual niche.
  • How to maximize your marketing time and leverage your resources.
  • How narrowing your focus produces greater visibility.

 

FREE copy of the 50+ Hottest Niches in Coaching.

 

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Feb 16, 2016

Inside-out change always ripples out to impact our attitudes, our actions, our relationships, and our results. This is the transformation today’s guest, Linda Slaton, experienced when she went through coach training. Now through her book Embracing Purpose, Linda is taking that learning to churches, to prisons, and to the world.

In this episode, you’ll hear how:

Outside-in changes lend short-term support, while inside-out transformation is guaranteed to last.

Good communication involves as much unlearning as it does learning.

The coach-approach to leadership empowers people more profoundly than sound advice.

  

About Linda Slaton

Mother of four, stepmother of two and grandmother of eight, Linda lives in Little Rock with her husband Dave. Having served as Missional Engagement Pastor for seven years at Fellowship Bible Church, Linda now devotes full time to her God-given purpose–empowering others to find, love and live their purpose based on their unique design.

 

“Nothing thrills my heart more than to see the people of God come alive as they do the work He’s called them to do. It’s the path to an ever-deepening relationship with Jesus and to the abundant life He came to give,” she says.

 

As a retreat and conference speaker and a certified life coach, Linda delights in spreading the message of Embracing Purpose to audiences everywhere.

Embracing Purpose is the fruit borne of a long journey that Linda took with God. What started as restlessness and confusion soon became a quest for answers and then, having found them, a deep desire to help other women find theirs. After wrestling with God and learning more about herself than she ever thought she could, God put it in her heart to create a study that would serve as a guide for other women embarking on the same journey. Today, Embracing Purpose has found its way into churches and small groups all across the country. The Spanish version of an early edition of the material (Woman on a Mission) titled Mujer con una Mision is being widely used in Honduras and El Salvador, and soon, in Guatemala. Its reach is ever-increasing as women everywhere start to live the abundant life they long to experience by using their gifts to bless others.

 

You can visit Linda at http://www.EmbracingPurpose.com.

 

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Feb 9, 2016

Greater trust, increased motivation, deeper understanding and a higher level of commitment; these are just a few of the benefits your clients will receive as a result of your active listening.

 

While being a great listener isn’t a natural skill, it can be learned. Tune into this episode to receive some practical tips you can put to work today.

 

  • Learn the proven benefits of being a great listener
  • Understand the four different levels of listening and why they matter
  • Identify common blocks to good listening to see what’s been getting in your way
  • Choose one new skill to begin implementing this week and enjoy the difference you see in your relationships

  

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Feb 2, 2016

Relentless busyness pulls at all of us, and both coaches and clients feel the weight of it in every area of our lives. In this episode, Dr. Richard Swenson, best-selling author of the book Margin, reassures us that while hurry is epidemic, it doesn’t have to be inevitable.

Do you get to the end of the day, every day, and wonder where the time went? Do you or your clients consistently push yourselves harder than you can possible go? If so, listen in as Chris, Kim, and Dr. Swenson unpack the timely topic of margin.

  • Decode the myth that says you should do more because others are ahead.
  • Learn the importance of the space between your load and your limits.
  • Discover the key to banishing burnout so you can live with intention.

 

About Richard A. Swenson, M.D.

 

Richard Swenson is a physician-researcher, best-selling author, and award-winning educator. He received his B.S. in physics from Denison University and his M.D. from the University of Illinois School of Medicine. Following five years of private practice, in 1982 Dr. Swenson accepted a teaching position as Associate Clinical Professor within the University of Wisconsin Medical School system where he taught for fifteen years.

 

As a physician-researcher, his current focus is "cultural medicine," studying the intersection of health, culture, faith, and the future. He has written extensively on trends in modern society, including the acceleration of stress, overload, change, complexity, and speed. Six of his books are dedicated to this general topic, and they contain hundreds of practical prescriptions (Rxs) for decompressing the increasing pressures of life.

 

Dr. Swenson has traveled to over fifty countries, including a year of study in Europe and medical work in developing countries. He has presented widely, including national and international settings, to a wide variety of career, professional, educational, medical, governmental, and management groups, most major church denominations, members of the United Nations, NASA, Congress, and the Pentagon.

 

Learn more about Dr. Swenson, Margin and his other books at http://richardswenson.org/

 Relentless busyness pulls at all of us, and both coaches and clients feel the weight of it in every area of our lives.  In this episode, Dr. Richard Swenson, best-selling author of the book Margin, reassures us that while hurry is epidemic, it doesn’t have to be inevitable. 

Do you get to the end of the day, every day, and wonder where the time went? Do you or your clients consistently push yourselves harder than you can possible go? If so, listen in as Chris, Kim, and Dr. Swenson unpack the timely topic of margin.

·       Decode the myth that says you should do more because others are ahead.

·       Learn the importance of the space between your load and your limits.

·       Discover the key to banishing burnout so you can live with intention.

 

About Richard A. Swenson, M.D.

 

Richard Swenson is a physician-researcher, best-selling author, and award-winning educator. He received his B.S. in physics from Denison University and his M.D. from the University of Illinois School of Medicine. Following five years of private practice, in 1982 Dr. Swenson accepted a teaching position as Associate Clinical Professor within the University of Wisconsin Medical School system where he taught for fifteen years.

 

As a physician-researcher, his current focus is "cultural medicine," studying the intersection of health, culture, faith, and the future. He has written extensively on trends in modern society, including the acceleration of stress, overload, change, complexity, and speed. Six of his books are dedicated to this general topic, and they contain hundreds of practical prescriptions (Rxs) for decompressing the increasing pressures of life.

 

Dr. Swenson has traveled to over fifty countries, including a year of study in Europe and medical work in developing countries. He has presented widely, including national and international settings, to a wide variety of career, professional, educational, medical, governmental, and management groups, most major church denominations, members of the United Nations, NASA, Congress, and the Pentagon.

 

Learn more about Dr. Swenson, Margin and his other books at http://richardswenson.org/

 

Relentless busyness pulls at all of us, and both coaches and clients feel the weight of it in every area of our lives. In this episode, Dr. Richard Swenson, best-selling author of the book Margin, reassures us that while hurry is epidemic, it doesn’t have to be inevitable.

Do you get to the end of the day, every day, and wonder where the time went? Do you or your clients consistently push yourselves harder than you can possible go? If so, listen in as Chris, Kim, and Dr. Swenson unpack the timely topic of margin.

  • Decode the myth that says you should do more because others are ahead.
  • Learn the importance of the space between your load and your limits.
  • Discover the key to banishing burnout so you can live with intention.

 

About Richard A. Swenson, M.D.

 

Richard Swenson is a physician-researcher, best-selling author, and award-winning educator. He received his B.S. in physics from Denison University and his M.D. from the University of Illinois School of Medicine. Following five years of private practice, in 1982 Dr. Swenson accepted a teaching position as Associate Clinical Professor within the University of Wisconsin Medical School system where he taught for fifteen years.

 

As a physician-researcher, his current focus is "cultural medicine," studying the intersection of health, culture, faith, and the future. He has written extensively on trends in modern society, including the acceleration of stress, overload, change, complexity, and speed. Six of his books are dedicated to this general topic, and they contain hundreds of practical prescriptions (Rxs) for decompressing the increasing pressures of life.

 

Dr. Swenson has traveled to over fifty countries, including a year of study in Europe and medical work in developing countries. He has presented widely, including national and international settings, to a wide variety of career, professional, educational, medical, governmental, and management groups, most major church denominations, members of the United Nations, NASA, Congress, and the Pentagon.

 

Learn more about Dr. Swenson, Margin and his other books at http://richardswenson.org/

 

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Jan 26, 2016

Do you wonder how you could make the switch from your current work to something more fulfilling? Does the thought of marketing overwhelm you? Do you wonder where Jesus is as you seek to live our your calling? If so, you’ll want to tune into part two of Kim Avery’s story.

Discover:

  • The importance of coupling information with truth.
  • The primary key to the game of life.
  • The struggles and rewards of being a business owner.
  • The satisfaction of letting God lead you out of your comfort zone.

 

About Kim Avery

Kim Avery MA, PCC, is 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 and is the co-host of the popular podcast Professional Christian Coaching Today.

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 Averys enjoy running, biking, hiking, and ministering to the community in which they live.

You can get her free report, What I Wish I’d Known About Marketing a Coaching Business at www.kimaverycoaching.com/business.

 

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Jan 19, 2016

Journey to Joy

 

Do you want more joy in your life? Do you long to experience Christ’s promises in a deeper way? If so, you’ll want to hear Kim Avery’s story of her journey from sorrow to joy and the priceless treasures she’s discovered along the way.

Discover:

  • How eternal joyous living starts right here, right now.
  • Inspiration for rejoicing in weakness.
  • An increased awareness of our glorious God.
  • The hidden gifts that accompany suffering.

 

About Kim Avery

 

Kim Avery MA, PCC, is 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 and is the co-host of the popular podcast Professional Christian Coaching Today.

 

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 Averys enjoy running, biking, hiking, and ministering to the community in which they live.

 

You can get her free report, What I Wish I’d Known About Marketing a Coaching Business at www.kimaverycoaching.com/business.

 

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