Hope and Athletic Performance
Research by Curry et al. reveals that hope, measured through agency and pathways, predicts athletic and academic performance more effectively...
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Rainbows in the Mind
C.R. Snyder's hope theory reveals how agency and pathways work together to drive goal achievement, offering coaches a powerful framework...
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Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Nurturing Hope
Hope provides life coaches and their clients a framework for understanding how people can actually achieve their dreams.
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Subjective Well Being Vs. PERMA
Learn how PERMA and subjective well-being compare as frameworks for measuring human flourishing, and what this means for coaching practice.
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The PERMA-Profiler
Explore the PERMA-Profiler, a research-backed tool for measuring well-being across five domains: positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment.
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Defining and Measuring Subjective Well-Being (SWB)
Ed Diener's subjective well-being framework breaks happiness into three measurable components: life satisfaction, positive feelings, and low negative feelings, providing...
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Modello and Homestead Gardens
The Modello and Homestead Gardens case study reveals how coach-oriented training transformed two Miami public housing communities, reducing crime, boosting...
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Connected to Your Future Self: Correlation and Causality
Research shows that feeling connected to your future self correlates with better health outcomes, and even brief future-self exercises can...
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Explorations on the Meaning of Well-Being
Carol Ryff's six dimensions of psychological well-being, from self-acceptance to personal growth, provide a foundational framework for coaching and positive...
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Play and Flow
Csikszentmihalyi's groundbreaking 1975 study revealed that the flow state, where skill meets challenge, extends far beyond play into work, athletics,...
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The Past, Present, and Future Walked into a Bar. It was Tense.
A lighthearted April Fools take on grammar, coaching, and your future self, plus a curated collection of CTEDU's most popular...
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Blaze New Trails
CTEDU founders John and Amois Williams share how they built Coach Training EDU from scratch, encouraging aspiring coaches to persist...
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Day’s Most Precious Hour
CTEDU founder John Andrew Williams reflects on how coaching entrepreneurship creates the flexibility to be present for life's most meaningful...
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Listen, Don’t Tell
Discover why listening, not telling, is the most powerful coaching skill. Learn how creating space for client insight leads to...
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How to Set Agendas with an I Don’t Know Client
Learn practical coaching strategies for when clients say "I don't know" during agenda setting. Four approaches to help clients take...
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Hold the Client’s Agenda
Learn why holding the client's agenda is an essential ICF core competency and discover three practical strategies for staying fully...
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Setting Reminders Demonstration
Watch a live demonstration of the Setting Reminders coaching tool, a technique that helps clients create new behavioral triggers to...
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The Power In Trusting Your Intuition
Learn how trusting your intuition during coaching sessions can lead to powerful breakthroughs, and why direct communication is one of...
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Make a Metaphor for the Measure of Success
Learn how to use metaphors during agenda setting to help coaching clients understand and define their measure of success in...
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