Years ago when I first started my coaching practice, I often used the tagline “No couch. No therapy. Just psychology-based solutions for your career and your business”. I had a great deal of respect for both of our professions so I wanted to make the expectations clear right out of the gate. This was important to me because part of the training for professional coaches is understanding how to distinguish between what we do and therapy (also referred to as psychotherapy or cou

Ask 100 people to tell you their strengths and their areas for growth. Pay close attention – not only to what they say, but how they react to the question. Do they look flummoxed? (Yep. Thesaurus.) Do they answer with less than complete conviction – as if they’re really not sure? Many people can’t really identify their own strengths, or the areas in which they need to grow. It’s not that they don’t know themselves on any level. But truly understanding our core strengths and w