Professional Christian Coaching Today

Just being a skilled coach isn’t going to get you more clients, you need a special mindset to develop a successful coaching business, and today we get to benefit from Chris McCluskey’s years of training coaches to do just that.

Become a successful coach with a thriving business: 

• Turn the questions you have now into the answers that will get your caseload booming so you can focus on what you do best—coaching
• Receive an insider’s view into valuable information you can use to move forward today
• Develop the foundational business mindset that every coach needs to turn prospects into profit

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If you or your clients want to gain greater awareness of your true self so you can live well, consider using The Enneagram. It’s a beneficial tool for self-discovery and it helps you, as a coach, be more effective in coaching others around relationships, workplace dynamics, purpose and practically every other area of life and work.

You’ll expand your awareness and your impact as you:

• Look at the assessment results with your clients and explore new insights with powerful questions
• Assess habits and mindsets so you and your clients can operate out of and develop primary strengths
• Uncover the 9 personality types that emerge from the center of true self and understand how the Enneagram can aid in self-discovery
• Operate out of your best true self

About Teresa McCloy

Teresa McCloy is a Certified Life and Leadership Coach and creator of the REALIFE Process™ she is also a Certified Enneagram Professional with iEnneagram Motions of the Soul and the International Enneagram Association. Teresa partners with her clients as a coach, consultant, and professional speaker to FORGET being productive and discover what really matters. Prior to coaching, Teresa was an entrepreneur in several businesses, from owning her own music studio to a retail clothing store. She also served 15 years as a Creative Arts Minister.

As a recovering workaholic who was addicted to all the latest apps, software, and best-selling books on productivity. Teresa is now passionate about helping entrepreneurs, creators and leaders to assess their habits and mindset, know their true self through the tool of the Enneagram and create a new REALIFE Process™ to do what really matters.

Learn more about your Enneagram type: www.TeresaMcCloy.com/type

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Coaching is integral to creating successful change. Listen in as Chris and Kim unpack a simple model founded by organizational psychologist, William Howell: The Four Phases of Learning. You can apply it to your own life and use it with your clients, today!

In this episode, you’ll uncover the importance of:

• Identifying blind spots in your plan so you can clearly see your path.
• Creating awareness around needed changes for growth so you can flourish.
• Practicing tiny action steps so you can build future-focused momentum.
• Celebrating progress to cement your learning.

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Today we get to sit down with our show’s host, Christopher McCluskey, PCC, for part two of his inspiring story.

In the previous podcast, Christopher McCluskey talked about the challenges and obstacles he faced after shutting down his successful counseling practice to move his wife and children cross-country to the family farm and launch a private coaching practice.

Shortly after relocating, Chris was struck by a debilitating illness that took years to diagnose. He entered a “dark night of the soul” that took a toll on both he and his family. But instead of allowing difficult circumstances to harden their hearts, they served to strengthen their faith and resolve. During these difficult years, God inscribed valuable life lessons on Chris’ heart, which he shares with us today.

Chris identifies five critical beliefs that shaped his life and decisions during these years:

• Discern your life’s call and listen to the song of your heart.
• Count the cost and do your due diligence when launching your coaching business and in honoring your values.
• Commit for the long haul. After putting your hand to the plow, resist the temptation to look back (Luke 9:62).
• Persevere through the dark times and allow nothing to deter you from God’s plan and purpose for you, both personally and professionally.
• Work creatively and collaboratively. Say, “Lord, show me something fresh here.” Ask, “Collaboratively, who else can help me?”

How might these key takeaways mold your life and coaching practice?

If after listening to today’s broadcast, you’re asking yourself, “So, what’s next?” or “How can I do a similar examination of my life and priorities?” download the “Align Your Life Inventory” for free. Just go to our website, ProfessionalChristianCoachingToday.com, and enter your name and email below the masthead. Signing up for this free resource will also add you to our mailing list and keep you up-to-date on new topics and podcasts.

Until next time, keep Raising the Standard and Changing the World!

About Chris McCluskey PCC

Often cited as ‘The Father of Christian Coaching’, Chris is a visionary thought leader who pioneered this field in the late 1990s 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.

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Today we have the privilege of sitting down with our show’s host, Christopher McCluskey, to hear his story as he has dared to answer the song of his heart, a song placed there by God.

Raised in a healthy Christian family, Chris was blessed beyond measure, but that didn’t mean his path would be without countless challenges and overwhelming obstacles to answering God’s call on his life—a call that has not only touched his professional and personal life but also the lives of thousands.

Chris’s story offers important life lessons we could all learn from:

• The importance of honoring the song God has placed in your heart
• Choosing to persevere in the face of adversity
• Committing to running and finishing the race God has set before you
• Sacrificing short-term pleasures for long-term gains
• How a supportive family or community help us weather life’s storms
• And more…

Be sure to tune in for part two of Chris’ story next week and learn how the worst—and the best—was yet to come.

Until then, keep Raising the Standard and Changing the World!

About Chris McCluskey PCC

Often cited as ‘The Father of Christian Coaching’, Chris is a visionary thought leader who pioneered this field in the late 1990s 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.

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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 possibly 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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We’re opening our virtual mailbox and providing answers to the questions you’ve been asking. Whether you’re new to coaching, rebranding, want to boost your marketing efforts or brush up on coaching ethics, we’ve got information that can support you in taking the next steps forward to grow your coaching business.

Listen in to learn more about:

• 7 questions that will help you narrow your niche so you can identify your ideal client
• Choosing a solid name for your coaching practice and letting your brand do some of the marketing for you
• 5 reasons why a newsletter will serve you well and why you need to start sooner rather than later
• How to serve clients, through coaching, who also need therapy

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Get ready for the new year and open doors! We’re turning lessons learned throughout 2018 into plans for 2019. Join us as we take stock of the highs and lows and share valuable lessons learned, to help you grow. 

We’ll divulge:

• 6 lessons we learned from business, coaching, and life so you can glean new ideas for important areas of personal and professional growth 
• The importance of reflecting on your experiences so you can expand your comfort zone, instead of stepping outside of it
• How to do a self-examination process so you can see the lessons from 2018, explore new possibilities and seize your next steps in 2019

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Direct Communication: it's not directive, it's not telling, and it's not advice giving; but it is distinctly direct. Join us and learn more about how to have the most effective language with your clients. 

You'll take away:

• Critical skills for professional grade coaching so you can have the greatest positive impact with your clients 

• Increased ability to communicate effectively with your clients so they can have their own a-ha moments and move forward in the plans they decide 

• How to support clients as they think through new learning experiences and develop new awareness around what's most important to them

About Steve Ivaska

Steve Ivaska, is President and Founder of Positive Impact Leadership, LLC, a leadership coaching and training organization. He has a passion for working with high capacity leaders who have a hunger to grow, live a life of significance and have a positive influence in the lives of others.

Steve draws from 35 years of business experience within a Fortune 50 company, with experience in sales and marketing, strategy and planning, public relations, human resources, and supply chain management. In 2010, he felt called to leave his executive level position to live out a personal mission statement of “Building Leaders with Christ-Centered Priorities,” which led him into the field of coaching.

A life-long learner, Steve has a degree in business administration from Trine University, an MBA from Bradley University, and participated in Northwestern University’s Advanced Executive Program. He is a Certified Professional Life Coach and Certified Professional Leadership Coach through the Professional Christian Coaching Institute, a Certified Executive and Leadership Development Coach and Certified Brain-Based Success Coach through The Academies, and a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach.

Steve and his wife Pat live in Peoria, Illinois, and enjoy spending time with family and friends on a lake in Michigan. They have four children and twelve grandchildren. For more information about Steve, visit his website: www.steveivaska.com.

To create a winning website, you need more than a passion for your business—you need a high-quality website that creates a winning first impression. Learn how to get the best return on your investment, as you begin with the end in mind, and maximize your web presence.

Tune in for more:

• 3 Step Process for setting up your website so you can take the guesswork out of web design and get online faster
• Importance of warm photos and graphics to attract and keep the attention of your ideal client
• Writing for the web and the use of social media to drive traffic to your website and increase sharing
• How to harvest contact information and reach out to those who need to hear from you

About James & Alyssa Lewis

James is a mechanical engineer turned website entrepreneur who helps services professionals and entrepreneurs get clear on their purpose on the web, share their message powerfully, and fashion it compellingly. He especially loves helping other young fathers ditch the 9-to-5, create unconventional income, and devote to their families the time they so desire to share.

Learn more about James at https://fresheyesinc.com.

Alyssa Lewis is the wife of James and mother to her precious son George. She works from home as a family & documentary photographer who specializes in capturing posed candid shots that show the personalities of her clients. She also works alongside James as a design consultant for Fresh Eyes Inc.

You can connect with Alyssa at:

alyssajeanstudios.com

facebook.com/alyssajeanstudios

instagram.com/alyssajeanlewis

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