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The Benefits of Self-Hypnosis

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If you truly want to be effective as a sport psychology coach or hypnotist for the athletes that you work with, there is one fundamental principle that is an absolute must…

You must be skilled in the process of self-hypnosis, and you must practice it on a consistent basis.

Why is this?  Because you will become invincible when working with your client’s excuses for why they can’t use hypnosis on a regular basis.  Think about it this way.  One of the reasons you are most likely effective as a personal trainer is that you believe in investing time each day or on a regular basis to sculpt your own body and maintain a healthy body.  In doing so, the traditional pathetic excuses that the mainstream public uses for not working out has no effect on you.  You refuse to buy into their excuses.  The same can be said for the mental workouts in the day.  If you want to truly inspire your clients, and be congruent when you ask of them to practice the mental aspect of their sports, then you must be willing to do this yourself.  But the benefits of self-hypnosis go much deeper:

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The Brain and It’s Connection to Sleep

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The brain serves as the command center that tells us when to feel sleepy and when to be alert and awake. Brain cells are in charge of making us fall asleep.The brain serves as the command center that tells us when to feel sleepy and when to be alert and awake. Tiny amounts of brain cells are in charge of making us stay awake or fall asleep. Some of them encourage alertness and others encourage sleep; some cells promote stages of wakefulness and others promote levels of sleep (9). The brain cells (neurons) that encourage alertness also work to prevent actions that encourage sleep, and vice versa. Maintaining a balance usually results in either a reasonably constant phase of alertness or a reasonably constant period of sleep. This is how the brain is believed to regulate sleep.

The intricacies regarding exactly how the brain controls sleep is not fully understood. Certain areas of the brain, such as in the hypothalamus, and the brainstem support mental alertness and wakefulness by releasing neurotransmitters, such as acetylcholine (9). These chemicals stimulate the cerebral cortex, which when activated causes us to stay awake. This is what happens when a person takes caffeine. It stimulates the cerebral cortex, which covers the thought process, and it also stimulates the medulla (9). The latter results in decidedly negative effects, such as an increase in heart/respiratory rate and poor muscular coordination (9).

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Understanding Natural Health and the Benefits of Massage

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Therapeutic massage can help individuals become more aware of their daily stress level. It can also help them to recognize what true relaxation feels like.Natural Health has several components.  In general, natural health is a non-drug method of attaining and retaining health and improving health via methods such as proper nutrition, vitamins, lifestyle coaching, homeopathy, naturopathy and bodywork (massage therapies). 

Eating whole foods (non-processed), instead of processed foods will greatly improve your body’s ability to heal itself.  Eating organic foods is also a simple and effective method for improving natural health. Although minor variations in standards exist across countries, the term ‘organic food’ is usually taken to mean a food that has been produced without artificial fertilizers and that has not been subject to treatment with synthetic pesticides or growth promoters of any type, including hormones and antibiotics. Although vaccines may be used in animals grown for organic food production, the use of veterinary drugs is generally avoided or minimized except for genuine remedial care, in which case such meat animals may be withdrawn from certification. 

If you want to help clients with food, diet, weight management and improving the results of their fitness routines, the Fitness Nutrition Coach course is for you. You will learn about optimal nutrition, including proven techniques for increasing energy, optimal health and decreased dependence on medications. Instantly increase your job and career opportunities with this popular professional credential.

Lifestyle coaching focuses on sustainable healthy lifestyle changes — behavioral changes that enhance both the well-being and happiness of the client. The lifestyle coaching program specializes in fitness, lifestyle changes, stress management, and realistic weight loss. The program’s design, factoring in realistic health targets and physical condition, stems absolutely from the client and is shaped solely by the client’s agenda on any scheduled day of a session. [Read more…]

Creating and Maintaining Rapport with Clients

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In building rapport, it’s important for the coach to be in an appropriate state of mind and to have clear filters and strategies to build success. Your enthusiasm and confidence will be an example and inspiration for your client to follow.In building rapport, it’s important for the coach to be in an appropriate state of mind and to have clear filters and strategies to build success. Your enthusiasm and confidence will be an example and inspiration for your client to follow.

The initial meeting with your client, whether by phone or in person, is the time to begin setting a foundation for the relationship, gather information about the needs and wants from your client’s perspective, and begin to create a blueprint for ease in attaining the client’s results.

Rapport is about aligning with another’s reality, listening respectfully, and beginning to create an atmosphere of openness and trust – a sense of safety.

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Developing a Learning Curve | Coaching Strategies

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As a new and veteran coach, it’s important to understand the natural way learning occurs. The brain-body system learns by small increments.As a new and veteran coach, it’s important to understand the natural way learning occurs. The brain-body system learns by small increments.

There may be a sudden awareness of a qualitative difference, for instance, water getting hotter and hotter until it becomes steam, or colder and colder until it solidifies into ice. And each molecule has to go through systematic step-by-step changes to make those differences.

The time it takes to change depends on the amount of effort and energy expended over time on the way to a goal and having an effective blueprint and tools for action. [Read more…]

Walking Your Talk as a Life Strategies Coach

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As you develop your skills for being a Certified Life Strategies Coach, it’s important that you come from a grounded perspective with flexibility, persistence, patience, curiosity and creative thinking. In building relationships to create healing and success, the primary relationship has to be with yourself. Learning to be personally congruent is so vitally important to your success as a coach that this concept will be the focus of the first section of this course. By experiencing and incorporating the basic elements you will be using as a coach with yourself first, you then become a model for what you will be sharing with clients, employees, students, customers, and patients. The more solid you are in your beliefs and behaviors, the more you will be perceived as a competent guide and leader.

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How Sleep Affects Appetite | Sleep Science

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How Sleep Affects AppetiteHow Sleep Affects Appetite

Having an adequate, high-quality, restful sleep is an important part of adhering to healthy eating plans. Metabolic problems associated with overeating include high body mass index (BMI) and long-term health risks like obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some types of cancer. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults aged 18-64 years should have sleep duration of 7-9 hours every day (Hirshkowitz, Whiton & Albert et al., 2015).

Sleep-related problems can affect how our bodies regulate food intake and can increase hunger and our appetite to eat more food.

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What is Life Coaching? Who are Life Coaches?

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https://spencerinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/What-is-Life-Coaching_-Who-are-Life-Coaches_.jpgWhat is a Coach?

  • A coach is an individual who has the tools, focus, wisdom, intent, and knowledge to elicit a client’s values, goals, and beliefs and then is able to create a plan of action and strategies for success toward a defined outcome or result.
  • A coach is someone who is able to remain focused on the client’s outcome without becoming attached to it personally and by maintaining the flexibility required to be an exquisite guide.
  • Being an excellent Certified Life Strategies Coach requires knowledge, compassion, personal congruency, awareness of states of being and strategies of thinking and behaving, plus the ability to present multiple perspectives of a situation from a place of calm support.
  • A coach is a model for success in his/her own life and how he/she lives it. For a coaching client relationship to be effective, the coach must be consistent and trustworthy. This can only be achieved by creating rapport and by demonstrating respect and honesty.

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How Coaches Are Reeling In The Majority Of Their Clients Now

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How Coaches Are Reeling In The Majority Of Their Clients NowThere are two types of coaches in the world:

One works hard day in and day out, working on their craft but never seeming to gain traction with a client base. The other seamlessly sweeps new clients off their feet and builds a consistent, steady clientele over time.

What’s the difference between the two?

One is working harder. The other is working smarter.

You see, the key to gaining a solid client base as a coach comes down to one thing alone…

People trust in your expertise.

So how do you build that trust and reputation with your prospects?

It’s simple: All you have to do is talk about your craft. You can do this through information sessions, a YouTube channel, a podcast, and the easiest way is through a blog.

People want to do business with someone they perceive as being an expert in their field. By having a solid base of content and resources that people can look at and learn from, they automatically trust in your expertise, thus making them more likely to contact you to set up a coaching session.

Here are 4 reasons why setting up a blog is your best shot at gaining new clients:

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How To Determine If An S Corp, LLC, or Sole Proprietorship Is Right For Your Business

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Decide If An S Corp, LLC or Sole Proprietorship Is Right For Your BusinessYou’ve finally decided to go into the coaching business. Through hours and hours of research, you picked your niche, picked your target market, and decided what products or services you will be offering through your coaching. Now it’s time for the fun stuff!

Oh, wait… Business legalities and government jargon? Taxes? This doesn’t sound fun at all.

You’re right. It is a nightmare for most people (it was for me at first). In fact, it’s not fun at all… if you don’t understand how it all works.

But if you know a couple little tips and tricks when it comes to understanding how business entities work, you can use them to your advantage. Oh and trust me… once you discover the loopholes and tax advantages, this information could be worth tens (if not hundreds) of thousands to you.

Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each of the three main business entities: [Read more…]

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