Product Description

Trusted advice on finding a coach and getting more out of life

Life coaching is a popular, though unregulated, personal development tool. This no–nonsense guide debunks the myths behind life coaching and gives expert advice on incorporating it into daily life. Whether readers want to self–coach or work with a professional, this savvy resource provides essential tips on getting priorities straight, being more productive, and achieving goals.

Jeni Mumford (London, UK) is a qualified personal life coach and an accredited NLP practitioner.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16671 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 344 pages

From the Back Cover
Practical techniques to help you take action and create the life that you want

Be inspired, take control, and fulfil your potential

Life coaching uses a range of practical, effective, and purposeful techniques to help you challenge negative beliefs, find answers to your own questions, and create the life that you want. Whether you′re looking to make a change, or simply achieve some more balance in your life, this common–sense guide explains what to expect from life coaching and shows you how to develop your own coaching techniques that will enable you to establish an action plan, stay focused, and be inspired to achieve what you want, in all aspects of your life.

Discover how to

• Be your own life coach
• Find a professional coach
• Prepare yourself for a change
• Work out what your priorities are
• Maintain your motivation
• Coach others for a living

About the Author
Jeni Mumford is a coach and facilitator who applies whole life coaching techniques to her work with people and within businesses. Before her own life–changing decision to become a coach, Jeni benefited from a 16–year career with the Hays group, spanning recruitment, sales operations, project management, and people development, where she was lucky enough to embark on a new challenging job role every 18 months or so. It was this experience of discovering that the grass is green wherever you are – if you take proper care of the lawn – that gave Jeni the conviction and motivation to build her purpose around inspiring people to attract and enjoy their own dream life and work.
In her business Jeni uses best practice coaching techniques together with NLP, and is a licensed facilitator of Tetramap (a holistic model of behaviour) and Goal Mapping (a brain–friendly technique for identifying and maximising progress towards goals). She is addicted to learning and this helps her add value to her work with clients. But Jeni will admit that quite a lot of the credit is down to her succession of cats, from whom she has picked up a great deal about how to handle the ups and downs of life.∗
One of the things Jeni likes best about being a coach is that she feels she always gets as much out of the experience as her clients and she can’t thank them enough for the honour of seeing them move themselves from frustration to power. Honestly, it’s enough to make you want to write a book about it . . .
You can find out more about Jeni and her business at: www.reachforstarfish.com.
∗ This philosophy can be summed up as: play, ponder, and when in doubt, take a long nap in the sun or on a comfy bed.

Customer Reviews

A breath of fresh air
Not flaky, not fluffy. But really practical and inspiring, I gave this to a work colleague just before Christmas, who had been really unhappy and gone through a difficult time. When she came back after the holiday, she came up to me and thanked me for the gift, it had helped her to re-evaluate what she wanted and needed out of her life and had helped her to make the decision to work fewer hours and do something for herself.

And one of the messages of this book is that you have the power. You don't have to make huge decisions to make lasting changes in your life. You will come away from reading this fired up with enthusiasm and with a clearer understanding of how to acheive what you want, and perhaps with a clearer understanding of what you want too ;-)

A very clear,practical, gem of a book
Jeni Mumford has managed to produce a readable, concise text for those either contemplating life coaching or those new to coaching. Equally relevant to both coach and client, the book is accessible and easy to navigate.It provides a practical set of tools for the reader on the journey towards creating the life s/he wants. In short- it does what it says on the tin,enabling the reader to move towards "greater balance,enjoyment and meaning".- A great practical, concise toolkit explained in everyday language for a wide audience.
Marie Taylor- Qualified Career and life coach with 12 years coaching experience.

Want to live life on your own terms. Then this is the book for you
This book leaves no stone unturned in presenting you with the many facets of life coaching, helping you to make a daily positive impact on both your own life and the lives of those around you. The book is easy to navigate so that you can read it cover to cover or just dip in and out of a particular subject. I have no hesitation in recommending this book as the most informative and balanced book on life coaching and personal development that I have read, and believe me I have read a few.

The book breaks down everything you need to know about life coaching and its benefits in easy to navigate sections and directs you to the key theories which guide the life coaching process. The author keeps you fully engaged throughout with exercises, case studies and suggestions on how to move your life forward from where you are currently to you would like to be.

Having read the book you will want to help others in your circle. If you find yourself totally engaged and taking to the process like a duck to water then it even has a helpful section on how to pursue a life coaching profession of your own. Now how many other experts in a field tell you that you too can do this. That's the ultimate sign of the author wanting to make a difference.

Ultimately this book is effective because as in the coaching process itself you set the agenda, you're in charge and the more you put into it the more you will get out.