Coaching with Spirit

by Teri-E Belf

Book Overview

Coaching with Spirit is an uncommon resource that shows you how to enhance your effectiveness by integrating spirituality into your professional interactions with clients. Written for coaches and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787960489
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.1" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Pure Inspiration

In Coaching with Spirit, Teri-E Belf invites her readers to honor the presence of Spirit in the coaching conversation and to experience the intuitive dimensions of coaching. This highly readable, philosophical book is for coaches in all fields, including practitioners in mental health, medicine, education, and organizational development. There are chapters for bringing Spirit into Marketing one's practice, Executive Coaching, International Coaching, Coach Leadership and the creation of Coaching Communities. Belf tells her readers that accessing the Spirit within and around us reveals the self in relation to the universe. Spirit is ineffable, ever present, and available. It is unconditional love, acceptance, guidance and connection to Source. Partnering with Spirit, coaches help themselves and others find purpose, reach for fulfillment, and tap into life's meanings. This book teaches coaches how to work with Spirit through connection, honoring the moment, and taking responsibility. The book is a collaborative effort of 40+ coaches sharing anecdotes about those "coachable moments" when Spirit is evident. The author includes a chapter on the spirituality of coaching from the client's perspective, with touching and inspiring essays describing how coaching opens doors to purposeful living, self-knowledge and creative approaches to life challenges. Belf explores the inner world of the coach and teaches methods that access Spirit: Listening, meditating, trusting one's intuition, asking thought-provoking questons, allowing silence, and letting clients take responsibility for their own solutions and choices. Coaching with Spirit is beautifully written. It's a book that I can open at any page and use what is there for medication and reflection. Teri-E Belf has truly captured the transformational nature of coaching.

Coaching with Spirit

As a Certified Professional Life Coach, many of my clients are seaching for something, that something that they discover is Spirit -- spiritual connection. For many of them, it is the missing piece in their achieving a new level of success and finding harmony in their lives. Ms. Belf's book captures the elements of Coaching with Spirit and guides the coach in how to enable their client to reach that Spiritual connection. It is a well written and very helpful book that I intend to use in my coaching practice.

Groundbreaking Ideas by an Interesting Writer

The promise of "Coaching with Spirit" is profound. The words dance and glow. This is breakthrough, groundbreaking thinking presented with great clarity. Valuable, essential information for anyone who chooses to excel and serve as coach, facilitator or manager. Teri-e shares her expertise, garnered over many years, about how to tune in to self, other, the present moment, to listen to our intuition and flow with what's happening. I'm one of the Coaches who supplied a client story for Teri-E's book. Curious about how she had incorporated it into the bigger picture, I found myself so engrossed that I forgot to skip ahead and look for my entry. As I kept on reading I marveled at the vast knowledge being shared. No matter how much experience you have, expect to learn something new and useful.

Human Spirit in Action

Coaching with Spirit is about the human spirit in action. This is graphically demonstrated through the wonderful examples of the presence and work of Spirit contained in the book. Of equal importance are the shared experiences of professional coaches working with Spirit in their coaching work. The use of "Reflection" throughout Coaching with Spirit provides the new and experienced coach alike with tools for deepening their own spiritual exploration. The result is enhanced coaching effectiveness in their work with clients.

A MUST read for coaches.

In her book "Coaching With Spirit," Teri-E Belf asks the question "Do you hear a calling to be of service as a coach or to become a better coach?" If your answer is Yes, than this book is a must read.Through her unique conversational way of writing, Belf inspires us to look at the why, where and how Spirit enhances the coaching process. To support her premise that Spirit is essential in coaching, she shares with us not only her personal stories and experiences as a master coach, but also relates the stories and experiences of other coaches, coach leaders and clients as they experience Spirit in their coaching.Belf organizes her book around three clear principles:1) connection with self, clients and the whole 2)living in the present moment and 3) taking responsibility for our choices. Each chapter is filled with practical examples, worksheets and actions that allow the reader to learn and grow as they move through the steps of integrating and enhancing their awareness of Spirit. Through assessments, reflections and case studies, she guides us to a safe space that allows us to observe our own Spirit.Reading her book is like sitting down with the leaders of the coaching profession and eavesdropping as they openly share from their hearts about Spirit and how it enhances their mastery as a coach. As you read this book you are surrounded and inspired by Spirit.If you are looking for practical steps and in-spirit-ational stories to take your coaching practice to the next level. Enjoy! You are in for a treat.