Coaching Is a Billion Dollar Industry: How to Avoid the Fake Guru’s

Coaching is a billion dollar industry. But, this is a bubble industry.  So how does one avoid the fake gurus?

Coaching has become a bad word because there are too many folks out there calling themselves coaches and offering to help you do something they have not been able to accomplish themselves. They read books and apply theory without having field tested it themselves, which breaks hearts and leaves a ton of disappointed clients.

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Use Curiosity As Your Guide for Holiday Gift Giving at Work

Interview with Dr. Diane Hamilton on this topic

Dr. Diane Hamilton is a professor and a business leadership expert. She gives seminars, leads podcasts and shares blogs helping people to build better business strategies.  Curiosity is a key ingredient people may not think about.  Check out this holiday pitch.

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Being Nice: The New Disruptive Business Strategy

Interview Carol Barkes

Carol Barkes’ area of expertise is in neuroscience-based conflict resolution, communication, and negotiation.  She has been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX, in the Wall Street Journal and is the best selling author of Success Breakthroughs with Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul Author).  She also just spoke at the UN this past June.

Here are a few things to take note of why being nice is the new disruptive business strategy:

1)  When customers cannot connect all the dots, their brains go to the negative and perceive a potential threat.  That means a blank face where emotions cannot be determined makes customers uneasy. Instead, have a soft smile that activates the muscles around the eyes and this will generate trust in the customer’s brain.

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Why Don’t Sexual Abuse/Assault Survivors Fight Off Their Attackers?

My name is Dr. Colleen Cira and I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in Women and Trauma, so I’ve worked with hundreds of people struggling with sexual trauma.

Interview Dr.Colleen Cira

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Amplifying Business Income and Having Impact

How a Business Can Amplify Its Income and Have an Impact

What Geeta Nadkarni, successful business coach and founder of Impact with Influence can say on the topic:

“I help subject matter experts, coaches, consultants and service providers design high ticket programs and learn how to attract, close and satisfy their ideal clients in a way that they have never experienced before. We do this by working with you both on a conscious strategic level as well as on a subconscious mindset level because we know that we can give you the best, most distilled strategy in the world. But if you’ve got limiting beliefs holding you back from taking action, they won’t work.”

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Beating Seasonal Allergies

Available for interviews: One of our health care Media Ambassadors

Here are some talking points on the subject of allergies—how to eliminate sources of allergens in our households and foods, and how to best treat using a more holistic approach:

Allergic Reactions

When exposed to an allergen, the body triggers the immune system to go into action. The immune system cells, known as “mast cells,” release a substance called histamine that attaches to receptors in blood vessels causing them to enlarge. Histamine also binds to other receptors causing redness, swelling, itching and changes in secretion.

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5 Myths About Sexual Violence/Assault/Abuse

Interview Dr.Colleen Cira

Dr. Colleen Cira is a licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in Women and Trauma. Here are a few things she would say about Sexual Violence/Assault/Abuse:

  1. You could do or say anything to “deserve” it.
  • No one EVER deserves this. Ever.
  • What you were wearing, what you said, what you didn’t say, if you were into it just a few minutes before it went too far—none of it matters.  
  1. You should’ve said no/run away/told someone sooner.
  • Your body may not have let you.
  • Understand basic info on how our nervous system sometimes gets in the way of protecting ourselves.

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How Does Envy Affect Us?

Interview Carol Barkes

Carol Barkes’ area of expertise is neuroscience-based conflict resolution, communication, and negotiation.  She has been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX, in the Wall Street Journal and is the best selling author of Success Breakthroughs with Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul Author).  Continue reading “How Does Envy Affect Us?”