Book of the Month: December 2018
Title: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent...
Full Title: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Author: Brene Brown
Audience: Professionals; Laypeople
Age Range: Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching, Psychology, Business, Career Development
Topics & Keywords
Personal Growth, Self-Development, Life Enrichment, Purposeful Change, Daring Greatly, Showing Up, Being Vulnerable
Best Feature
The use of every day language and accessible examples to discuss advanced topics in human understanding
Think Well's Thoughts
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead is a book full of insights and understanding about what it means to be human and how tapping into the feeling of being human can lead to life's greatest triumphs.
Life Coaches and clients stand to benefit from reading about the very human experience of feeling vulnerable and using that vulnerability to fuel empowerment. Life Coaches can use the information provided to create welcoming and enriching listening spaces where clients can tap into and listen to what is most important for their minds to explore. Clients can then take these thoughts and create lives of great meaning and bravery.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: Daring Greatly is a great place to explore how doing what is meaningful requires learning, growth, and the ability to appreciate imperfection.
Book of the Month: November 2018
Title: Make the Most of You: 170 Ways To Be the Best You Can
Author: Patrick Lindsay
Audience: Laypeople
Age Range: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching, Psychology, Business, Career Development, Education, Motivational Speaking
Topics & Keywords
Personal Growth, Self-Development, Life Enrichment, Learning, Wisdom, Experience, Encouragement, Inspiration, Quotes
Best Feature
The combined presentation of words of wisdom and distilled encouragement along with a related quote from a well-known thinker or achiever
Think Well's Thoughts
Make the Most of You: 170 Ways To Be the Best You Can is a book of encouragements and wisdom, which features quotes from some of the most well-known thinkers and achievers in human history.
Life Coaches stand to benefit from Make the Most of You by reading it through in its entirety and recommending it as a starting point for further reflection by clients. Clients stand to benefit from reading Make the Most of You in one of several ways. By reading the book from cover to cover, clients can expose themselves to a host of humanity's most quintessential truths. By reading the book one page a time and reflecting upon what is read in depth, clients can mine their own thoughts about the topics presented and reap from these thoughts what is most important for them to keep. By combining both approaches, clients have the ability to draw from Make the Most of You endlessly.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: Make the Most of You is a starting point for cultivating wisdom and committing to a lifelong practice of learning, reflecting, and growing both as a human being and as an ever-developing self.
Book (Plus Self-Assessment) of the Month: October 2018
Title: StrengthsFinder 2.0 (From Gallup)
Author: Tom Rath
Audience: Professionals; Laypeople
Age Range: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching, Psychology, Business, Career Development, Education
Topics & Keywords
Strength, Awareness, Application, Achievement, Insight, Shared Theme, Ideas for Action
Best Feature
The inclusion of a self-assessment questionnaire and subsequent personalized report
Think Well's Thoughts
StrengthsFinder 2.0 is a book, self-assessment questionnaire, and personalized report all rolled into one.
By taking the self-assessment questionnaire, reading the personalized report, and further exploring the book's contents, clients can engage in an informed discussion about their personal strengths with their Life Coaches. Also, the medley assists Life Coaches in providing a structured starting point for clients who wish to explore their personal positives.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: StrengthsFinder 2.0 is a starting point for a discussion on personal strengths that is equally useful to both clients and coaches.
Journal of the Month: September 2018
Title: My Future Listography: All I Hope to Do in Lists
Author: Lisa Nola
Audience: Laypeople
Age Range: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching, Psychology, Career Development
Topics & Keywords
Future, List, Life, Like, Want
Best Feature
An array of lists to promote enjoyment and self-connection
Think Well's Thoughts
My Future Listography: All I Hope to Do in Lists is a guided journal that dares to provide space for its users to chronicle their present hopes and dreams.
With dozens of lists, accompanied by inviting illustrations, clients and their Life Coaches can use the prompts to help inspire and even guide coaching conversation. Moreover, they can use the lists and the answers accompanying them to check in with progress as well as stay in touch with what is most important. Of course, the journal may also be used outside of coaching for the sole purpose of having fun.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: My Future Listography is a great starting point as well as check-in tool for clients and their Life Coaches to design longed for futures.
Book of the Month: August 2018
Title: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Author: Michael Bungay Stanier
Audience: Professionals; Laypeople
Age Range: Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching, Psychology, Business, Healthcare, Any Profession Where Listening Is Paramount (aka All Professions)
Topics & Keywords
Habit, Essential Question, Masterclass, Trigger, Behavior
Best Feature
A set of seven essential questions aimed at improving listening
Think Well's Thoughts
The Coaching Habit is a book that offers a seven-question foundational system from which to build exceptional listening skills.
By learning about and incorporating these seven questions into conversation, Life Coaches can better hear their clients and clients can better listen to and understand themselves. In addition, professional who work outside of the field of Life Coaching can truly identify and absorb, perhaps for the first time, what their clients, customers, and/or consumers are saying. Everyday people can also deepen their understanding of those they interact with.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: The Coaching Habit can help coaches and other practitioners of listening improve their listening skills as well as assist those being listened to deepen their self-knowledge and understanding.
Book of the Month: July 2018
Title: 101 Real Coaching Niches: Detailed Explanations of What Real Coaches Do...
Full Title: 101 Real Coaching Niches: Detailed Explanations of What Real Coaches Do Within Top Niche Markets
Author: Glenn Livingston, Ph.D.
Audience: Professionals; Laypeople
Age Range: Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching
Topics & Keywords
Niche, Target Market, Client Population, Professional Responsibility, Experience
Best Feature
A comprehensive list of current niches in Life Coaching and basic accompanying descriptions
Think Well's Thoughts
101 Real Coaching Niches is a book that provides a snapshot of the opportunities available to Life Coaches and clients in the coaching field.
With a list of 101 coaching niches, along with accompanying descriptions, Life Coaches and clients alike can find what they are looking for. Coaches can determine what niches best suit their past experience as well as their future goals while clients can identify the exact type of coach they are looking for.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: 101 Real Coaching Niches can help coaches build the practices of their dreams and assist clients in discovering the coaches best suited for them.
Website of the Month: June 2018
Agency: International Association of Coaching (IAC)
Website: https://certifiedcoach.org/
To visit, click here: https://certifiedcoach.org/
Audience: Professionals; Laypeople
Age Range: Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching
Topics & Keywords
Find a Coach, Become a Member, Get Certified
Best Feature
For the Coaching Client: The Find a Coach feature - https://certifiedcoach.org/find-a-coach/
For the Professional: Certification and the Masteries - https://certifiedcoach.org/certification-and-development//certification-and-development/
Think Well's Thoughts
The International Association of Coaching (IAC) is one of the most prominent associations in the field. It is dedicated to the growth of both coaches and clients.
The IAC provides professional coaches with the option of distinguishing themselves through their certification program. It also helps coaches connect with one another within local chapters.
The IAC provides the prospective client with help locating a coach. This is especially useful for clients who are willing to look within and beyond their geographic region in order to work with the coach who provides the highest quality version of the service they most want.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: The IAC and its website are a great resource for connecting clients with coaches and coaches with clients.
Book of the Month: May 2018
Title: Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons, Skills, and Techniques...
Full Title: Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons, Skills, and Techniques to Enhance Your Practice...and Your Life
Authors: Patrick Williams and Lloyd J. Thomas
Audience: Professionals
Age Range: Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching, Consulting
Topics & Keywords
Life Balance, Health & Wellness, Growth, Authentic Living
Best Feature
A wide selection of skills and exercises across a multitude of life areas
Think Well's Thoughts
Total Life Coaching is a guidebook to Life Coaching that accomplishes a great feat by covering general principles as well as providing a collection of exercises that can be used by a Life Coach at work and at home.
Reading the book once allows for a comprehensive look at the field and what goes into building a balanced and enriched life. Revisiting the book as a reference provides specified, detailed support in the form of ideas and starting points from which a Life Coach can grow personally and professionally.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: Total Life Coaching is made for professionals who are serious about supporting others and themselves in designing well-lived lives that include fun along the way.
Website of the Month: April 2018
Agency: International Coach Federation (ICF)
Website: https://coachfederation.org/
To visit, click here: https://coachfederation.org/
Audience: Professionals; Laypeople
Age Range: Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching
Topics & Keywords
Find a Coach, Locate a Coaching Program, Get Credentialed
Best Feature
For the Coaching Client: The Find a Coach feature - https://coachfederation.org/find-a-coach
For the Professional: The ICF Credentials - https://coachfederation.org/icf-credential
Think Well's Thoughts
The International Coach Federation (ICF) is one of the best known coaching agencies in existence. It works tirelessly to promote the field.
The ICF provides professional coaches with the option of distinguishing themselves through their credentialing program. In addition, once they become members, coaches have access to forms and other resources that can help them build their coaching business.
The ICF provides the prospective client with help locating a coach. This is especially helpful for those clients who might want to extend beyond their geographic region to find the coach that best suits them. Since most coaching is done by phone (or other tele-methods), clients can reach out to whomever most closely aligns with their wants and needs.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: The ICF and its website are a great resource for uniting clients with coaches and coaches with clients.
Book of the Month: March 2018
Title: The Valued Self: Five Steps to Healthy Self-Esteem
Author: Dr. Elliott B. Rosenbaum
Audience: Professionals; Laypeople
Age Range: Adolescents, Adults, Seniors
Related Fields: Life Coaching, Psychology, Mental Health, Spiritual Guidance, Consulting
Topics & Keywords
Values, Self-Esteem, Goals, Purpose
Best Feature
System for defining and refining personal values
Think Well's Thoughts
The Valued Self is one of those rare resources that says what it needs to say with economy. Despite having a wealth of information behind it to inform its approach, the book does not get lost in detailing an endless list of supporting data. Instead, The Valued Self stays true to its own purpose: Helping the reader find her purpose.
With a step-by-step system for identifying core values, creating a mission statement, and setting goals, The Valued Self helps the reader discover who she is and what she holds most dear so she might live her life in accordance with her principles.
TW's Thoughts In a Nutshell: The Valued Self is a resource that is useful for the layperson and the professional alike.