What are some effective self-care practices for coaches?

Establish Clear Boundaries: Clearly define work hours and personal time. Learn to say no when needed to avoid burnout. Prioritize Well-being: Ensure sufficient sleep and regular breaks. Incorporate exercise and healthy habits into your routine. Reflect Regularly: Schedule time for self-reflection. Use journaling to process thoughts and emotions. Build a Support Network: Cultivate relationships with fellow coaches. Seek mentorship or guidance when necessary. Celebrate Achievements: Acknowledge and celebrate coaching successes. Take pride in the positive impact you make.

Prioritize regular breaks to recharge, engage in mindfulness or meditation for mental clarity, establish healthy boundaries to manage workload, seek peer support for professional growth, maintain a balanced lifestyle through exercise and proper nutrition, and cultivate hobbies outside coaching. Reflect on personal and professional goals regularly, fostering a sense of purpose. Additionally, ongoing education and attending workshops can invigorate coaching skills. By incorporating these practices, life coaches can sustain their own resilience and effectiveness while supporting their clients etc

The holiday season is upon us and so is the need to keep everyone happy. As a recovering people pleaser myself, I understand how guilt plays a huge part in self sabotage. "I don’t want cause a fuss, I’ll just eat what’s there" "They’re expecting me, I can’t not go" If either of the above are relatable, here’s why having healthy boundaries is so important. You cannot say yes to all and be everybody's person without something eventually suffering in the process. Cultivating a healthy no habit is a beautiful thing and I have a simple way you can practice this to resist the urge to respond to texts/ requests the moment they come in. Awareness around that pause button is a powerful way to prioritize self care and create healthy boundaries.

Coaches often struggle with poor boundary setting. Their need to help and support clients can often get in the way of their own well-being. Therefore, it's important to schedule regular down time, not engage with clients beyond specific work hours, discourage clients from reaching out on personal messages all the time and take on only that number of clients in a day that one can realistically manage and not feel exhausted. As a coach one has to understand that you cannot help everyone at all times. Knowing when to draw the line, when to say no and step back, provide a referral is extremely important for personal well-being.

Prioritize the areas of your life and make that time non-negatable. I take time away from my office, literally get up and close the door. This allows for me to focus on myself whether that be a spa day, reading a good book, catching up on my favorite Netflix series, or chatting with girlfriends. When it's family time, it's family time. I also schedule self-care time once every month. Some months it's a date night or a mini-shopping spree. Finally, I make it a point to sometimes do nothing at all. Just let myself be, me.

Creating ways to deal with your personal stressors is super important. Taking care of yourself before taking care of others is logical to everyone when you’re in a plane, but in the rest of society often overlooked. Having a flexible yet daily routine of stress reducing tools in your backpack is a knife that can cut two ways. Yourself and your client will benefit from you using these tools for yourself. To me, as a former neuroscientist who transferred into a outdoor coach, natural techniques like Breathwork, grounding, cold exposure, forest bathing are life savers! And science is slowly catching up on seeing that these old ways often work better and longer than modern day meds…

I’ve had coaches and therapists as clients and there’s a common denominator in why they work with me. They don't set healthy boundaries before they work with clients which ultimately leads to burnout. Most coaches want to help others as a result of creating change themselves. What's important to remember is that our role is to hold space and not begin to own the clients experience. I get this can be challenging, especially when your client has been through a lot. One of the best advice given to be when I became a coach was to avoid scheduling clients back to back. I allow 30 minutes between sessions and only see 3 clients each day. This gives me a chance to take a breath and reset, so my next client is getting the best version of me.

Managing stress levels is very essential. Sometimes we can get so involved in making a difference in the other persons life, we can forget about the care which has to be given to self. It's essential to check whether we had the required amount of rest, nutritious and healthy food and our relationship with family all play a part in handling stress levels. No stress is also bad and very high stress is also bad. The right level of stress by which we can look forward to successful completion of our tasks and also help our clients helps us to be more productive. I personally prefer to do a practice called Sunya and also Meditation. What is your preferred method for stress management?

With the holidays upon us, please try to visualize an upward evolution of your progress for the minute, hour, day, etc instead of the "downward spiral" that we, in general, visualize. Be gentle with yourself.

Recognise and respond to personal stress levels. It could be connected to your personal life or work life. Learn to set aside time for personal care, removing stress from your life is key for body balance and optimum function. A personal favourite is at least 20 mins of daylight in the morning, that could involve going for a walk, standing outside on a nice sunny day before heading into work or catching public transport. For those places where sunlight is lower during the winter time, various UV lights can be purchased to help with this. 7/11 and box breathing helps regulate stress levels in the body too.

It is said that when we stop learning we stop growing. There is such a vast ocean to learn that sometimes it becomes hard to decide on which ones to focus and which to focus later. Has it been like that for you? When we keep learning we realize how much more there is to learn. When we keep learning and help others with that knowledge we can become even more effective. Isn't it? Like my perspective if you agree. ??

Just because you became a certified coach does not mean there's nothing more to learn. There's no one size fits all when it comes to helping others so the more you keep learning the more value you have to offer. I've been a coach for over 3 years and am committed to working with my own coaching every week. She challenges me, calls me out on my BS and helps me stay curious. When I've had a tricky session with a client, she helps me work through it by asking me what I might do differently next time. This helps me continue without judgement of myself and of others. Trading judgement for curiosity makes way for empathy. If you are working as a coach, your friends/ loved ones/ clients will benefit as a result of your continued learning.

Das wichtigste Kapital und die st?rkste Aktie, in die ich investiere, bin ich selbst . Nicht nur, um selbst zu wachsen , sondern um auch meine Kunden daran teilhaben zu lassen. Zudem ist supervision wichtig , um immer wieder die Qualit?t des eigenen Coachings zu überprüfen und auch die Beutraltt?t gegenüber den Kunden zu erhalten

Be mindful of your circle and who you give your energy to. By surrounding yourself with people who will support you and your continued growth, you will show up as the most empowered version of yourself which will result in you attracting ideal clients and fellow experts. How to work on this is by bringing awareness to who you give your time to. Both online and in person. You want to be the energy you wish to attract! Immerse yourself in energizing and abundant support by spending time with people who think BIG and take consistent action. Remember to show yourself grace because at all times you are doing the best you can with what you’ve got in this moment. Keep going, ask for help if you need it. We all need it friends.

Coaching Supervision can be a fantastic means to get support! According to a study published in the International Coaching Psychology Review, (Volume 12, No. 1, March 2017), coaches who get coaching supervision benefit from: - Increased self-awareness - Greater confidence - Increased objectivity - Heightened sense of belonging - Reduced feelings of isolation - Increased resourcefulness Plus, coaching supervision hours can be counted to meet the CEE criteria for ICF credential renewal!

The friend circle and your circle of influence have a major role to play on who you become. When we have the right network, life becomes even more meaningful and does not become lonely. There is so much to learn from others isn't it? When we have a very positive circle of influence we can seek support when we feel the need for it and we can support them when they need it.

Years ago I was reading and seeing how and why a psychiatrist, psychologist, counselors, and more health professionals had someone they were seeing (i.e. a psychiatrist has a psychiatrist). Which means a coach should have a coach as well to vent to, simply because you have to decompress daily, weekly, or whatever they may need. A challenging concern also comes into play to see if the niche you’re coaching in is worth the drain or energy it’s taking a toll on you for. It’s better to find something less stressful to excel in.

This one is vital too… Obviously you need to make your own decisions, but you’re not alone. Find like minded colleagues to share your journey with… Don’t see them as competition, let them inspire you!

When the day has been spent lifting up others, it's easy to forget to look for the win and celebrate your efforts. We are also too used to shaming ourselves for what we didn’t get done in the day. But that’s demotivating and discouraging. Here’s a little exercise?? When you get into bed at night time, make a list in your mind all of the things you DID get done from the moment you woke up until the time you go to sleep. Include everything from getting up to begin with to closing that million dollar deal :) I’m telling you that list will be long.... It'll likely help you fall asleep. But it's is a way for you to celebrate your efforts which will motivate you to do it all again tomorrow. Make it a habit to be your biggest champion.

This has been a huge challenge for me. I often do not remember to reward my achievements. I believe it is important and rewarding to be our own cheerleaders when we pour into other's success, and it is truly the work we love to do. I am working on this.

I have learned that in order to give good advise you also need to speak from personal experience. For example if I advise someone to use meditation or journaling to achieve a certain outcome I don't just know why it is good based on empirical research and academical articles that I have read but also because of my personal experience, which makes the advise more authentic. People can always tell when someone is being authentic and truly believes in what they say because they do it themselves.

Walk your talk. That makes a lot of things more easy… Align your way of living with what you transfer to clients… aan open door that somehow doesn’t always appear to be as open as it might seem. In my case for instance: as a mindset coach I’ve chosen to create my office outdoors in nature, I wear functional clothes, also when I’m giving a keynote for ceos about what I do… when the energy aligns you don’t need to fake anything, make up stories, it’s simply you, and that’s powerful and inspiring.

If you don’t live it - you can’t give it. Simple it is. Otherwise it will just be knowledge travelling around from brain to brain. When you do the practice yourself, you will experience your clients to grow even more ??

Get yourself a coach. Every coach needs a coach. We can't ask clients to go deep within themselves and take risks, and if we are not doing it ourselves, what does that say? There isn't a destination in our personal growth. We nourish ourselves through our own exploration. And we do better work and create more value, which leads to greater satisfaction within ourselves.

It is also required to consider how our home environment is influencing our state of mind. Sometimes we feel on top of the world at our work place but feel down on reaching home. If you feel like that, it is required to check how we can enhance our home energy as that can influence our productivity.