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Remembering Judy Santos
Judy Santos, MCC, founder and director of the Christian Coaches Network, passed away on Tuesday, March 2, in Bellingham, WA. She was a beloved coach, mentor, colleague, friend, mother and grandmother. As a community of Christian coaches, we...
The Best Advice on Choosing Coach Training
A prospective Christian coach posted a question at an online discussion board that I looked at last week, asking for advice on Christian coach training. Her questions referenced that she was looking into ICF training. Among the responses,...
Christian Coaches Prayer for the Decade
In the Christian Coaches Network January newsletter, CCN founder Judy Santos offered a beautiful prayer - and I asked her if I could repost it here. It was a blessing to me and I wanted to pass it on to you! Prayer For a New Decade ...
Livin’ in a Techno Reality Part 2
So if you shifted your mindset about technology and decided to take on the techno-challenge, how would you go about doing so? Start here: Ask dumb questions. I know, I know. As a coach I'm supposed to say, "there are no dumb questions." ...
Livin’ in a Techno Reality
Technology was not my best friend last week. My excellent assistant is working on a Word file that has a life of it's own. Marketing for WinZip took over my ability to open zip files and my brother had to help me nurse Vista back to full zip...
Woodstock and the Truth
Last week I saw an internet story headline that caught my attention: "I Was At Woodstock. And I Hated It"* Wow. After all this time, the perceived social pressure had diffused enough so someone felt safe to tell the truth about his...
Four Steps to Becoming a Coach
Here are four steps for pursuing your interest in becoming a coach. As a Christian, you likely want to pray through all aspects of the process and make your decisions about how to proceed based on your sense of God's direction. The following...
Coffee with Judy Santos
So I'm at Starbucks, mug in hand, sitting across the table from Judy Santos, founder and director of the Christian Coaches Network. Wouldn't that be fun? Last time I was in the Seattle area, we did enjoy time together over coffee. But today...
Christian Coaching Community Connections: the antidote to isolation
Recently, a question about the isolation factor in coaching and the need for connecting with other Christian coaches was posted at a Linkedin online discussion forum. Here, I'm reposting a modified version of my response: The key to dealing...
“Breaking the Silence About Coach Training”
Recently Milana Leshinsky sent out an email with the subject line “breaking the silence about coach training.” She makes the following statement: “There is NOT a single coach out there who is successful because they went through coach...
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