By Sarah Liddle

Are you fluctuating between the past and the future? Hardly ever present.

Do you find yourself getting out of bed depressed? (Every day a little more sooki than the last).

Without illusions you will not feel separated. Illusions can take many forms. When you feel whole you will feel a part of all that is and there will be a deep sense of connection and peace within your soul and every part of your being.

Your soul thrives upon stillness, it is in this stillness that you can find what the authentic desires of your soul are. The wants that we desire are primarily ego based. The soul needs nothing. But because we live in a physical world and derive much of our happiness from it, I understand we still need a level of physical receiving.

What we think we want and what we need are two different things, two different journeys and two different lifetimes. It is just too hard to find happiness in illusions and too tiring to sit on that treadmill an entire lifetime.

Moving forward if we continually search for what we want, we will keep finding ourselves in a less than desirable place. If you find yourself in that place already and acknowledge your life situation then the universe will applaud you, and welcome you to meet with a more higher energy osculation. 4D, (Fourth dimension). Fourth dimension is a faster energetic frequency than third. It is an astral dimension, literally meaning that of the stars. The acceleration of those that bring awareness to their thinking and feeling self will be able to kiss separation away, move on and create a new world, a oneness world.

Mayan prophecies are correct in saying that the world will end. You are that world, you hold it within you and because the world is so big it has to force its expansion into further layers outside of yourself. It is the third dimension that is currently coming to its final days.

In moving from third dimension to fourth dimension, remain ordinary throughout the kundalini (your awakening). You don’t need to be understood. You need to be a role model. If people fall pick them up, put it all back together, you can embrace the darkness without the light. You have the power, that capability. If you embrace it long enough you will emerge as light.

Today ask yourself:

What is the lesson here?

How can I be of service?

No spiritual journey is easy, or pretty, and it’s definitely not painted in neon lights like a third dimensional carrousel wheel. It is a journey that is a thousand steps long, and a breath too short. It is sustained by the silence of the soul, and ones search. You will feel alone, you most properly will feel worse for a while, and you will discover that not many people will understand you.  You will lye on the floor a million times over, cry in hiding, and want answers now. But this, like everything, is not forever. Neither are they real. In these spaces that one finds themselves, the best agenda is presence and forgiveness. In that order. Go back to the past and think about the things, people, parents, lovers and wonders, what was real? Why did certain things happen to you? How does this shape who you are today?

Heaven knows best, and all the same, so do you. It knows that maybe where you are is where you wanted to be. However you might now be figuring out where you thought you wanted to be is not anywhere near where you should be. The effect that our life has on those around us is silently earthshaking.

In moving from third dimension to fourth you might begin by asking yourself such questions as:

Have you done the right thing with your life?

How do you correct this if you haven’t?

If you find yourself completely hitting ground zero at times. Then instead of running, embrace it and go to the very bottom that you can possibly go. Be constructive. Stay there for a while; just long enough to see why the road took you there, the choices you made, and the rest just remember and neutralize it. Here wisdom can be found. Forgiveness will open the door for change to take place.

What constitutes forgiveness? Love. And why is love imperative in the role of the fourth dimension? Love is vital; it doesn’t require judgment, logic or even intuition. It requires a high level of presence. When you give yourself over to the present moment you will feel that love is the only sustaining emotion.

Love, even if it doesn’t feel right, love even if there is no furious passion, love even if you only have a sense of contentment. The greatest gift to another is non-judgmental love. Just for today, practice sending love to all those with whom you come in contact with. 

You don’t have to know everything, or how anything is going to turn out. All of the theories that you have learnt, all of the people that you have met and all the lovers that crossed your path hold no meaning. You don’t need to think about that now; you don’t need to blindfold yourself from it either. If you remain in the world of the past, or future you will blind yourself from this moment. This moment is all that is ever really real. And it is in this moment that you can be walking, running and looking at the beauty that surrounds you and the further beauty that awaits you, when you finally cross that vast energy exchange from third dimension to fourth dimension.

You are a faithful, forgiving, healed soul surrounded by a physical third dimensional layer at this time.

There is no purpose in waiting for the lights to guide you home.

The lights will never turn on; there is no sign, no possibly of a savior, or big bang to bring it forth.

Truth found in stillness will be your guiding light, taking you to a higher sphere within your soul.

You have the power to change your destiny.

You have the possibility so long as you don’t allow the past to play a probability.

Miracles are your birthright.

Commencing May 14^th 2012 we will be introducing skype video conference calling to the ICWC course’s

Each course, Certified Professional Wellness Coach, Certified Master Wellness Coach, Certified Holistic Wellness Healer and Certified Wellness Career Coach will have a set amount of conference classes that must be completed in order to meet the course requirements.

Students must complete at least one conference class for each of their course modules. Further details can be found below for the C.C requirements for each course, or on the course pages.

Certified Professional Wellness Coach

Level 1 – 10 Classes in total

Level 2 – 8 Classes in total

Level 3 – 6 Classes in total

Certified Master Wellness Coach

31 Classes in total

Certified Holistic Wellness Healer

Level 1 – 7 Classes in total

Level 2 – 8 Classes in total

Level 3 – 9 Classes in total

Certified Wellness Career Coach

Level 1 – 12  Classes in total

Level 2 – 12 Classes in total

Level 3 – 8 Classes in total

The calendar for conference calls will be updated weekly. Students will be emailed their calendars on Friday (Sydney, Australian) through google calendars. Once students have the details for their classes, they must then email ICWC which classes (dates, and times included) that week they would like to register for. If you do not register for your classes you will not be able to join the class.

To gain access to the conference class students will need to access and be online on your skype in a quiet place five minutes prior to the call. Once the student is online ICWC01 will Skype them and connect them with the conference class.

These conference classes will run for a period duration of 1 hour. The class size will be no bigger than 6 coachees and one tutor.

Students will need to keep a calendar illustrating the classes that you have attended; this will need to be emailed across to ICWC with their final course work in their programme.

To download and be able to access these conference calls you will need to get Skype premium. You can find this at:

http://www.skype.com/intl/en/prices/premium/?intcmp=ch1-premiumTelco-side

If you have any further questions regarding the conference classes, email: info@icwc.com.au

Happy Learning!

 
I was not familiar with her work however I heard that this book was based on the book “A Course in Miracles”.I am always interested in new information about consciousness so I purchased the book based on the fact that I might learn something new.

It is a fairly light-hearted book, with quotes and stories about Gabrielle’s life and her achievements throughout her journey. If you are not familiar to “A Course in Miracles” or if you are a reader that is new to the non-fiction scene I would highly recommend this book as it is such an easy to read book.

For me I felt it fell a bit short of substance, but this is because I have read ” A Course in Miracles” and I am widely read in the non-fiction scene.

This book is absolutely a book for gen- y, as the style and language makes this obvious. However the adoring and funky style that Gabrielle wrote in will no doubt help those that don’t want to read the hefty book A Course in Miracles , but those that want to learn a little about it.

If you want a “quick pick me up” book, then I would highly recommend this book however if you are well read and want something with substance save your money.

Our pain continues to unfold.
On the commencement of a new day

Life remains the same, the pain resides, and the emotions still twirl.

And where are we?
We are here, but we are not.

With just a hop, skip and floss we are reminiscing on the old days, old ways, old faces and old habits of the yesterdays. We are living vicariously through the past in this present moment, in each present moment.

It all began with a repeated thought…

And attached with that thought, a deep emotion.
With a highly charged energy flow to a thought, we turn something intangible into something very tangible.
The price of a thought is high, but do you know exactly just how high? It is our thoughts that create our identity and shape the direction of our lives. Emotionally we could have lost something, someone, been hurt somehow by someone or held onto something, which has deep emotion and connection to the past for us.
With a deep-rooted connection to thoughts that whirl with past experiences we prevent new worlds from opening up within us, thus preventing a new world outside ourselves.

With our emotions and thoughts in the past, the present is blurred by our past perceptions of items, which has nothing to do with the reality of today.

On our planet, we are highly unconscious, not because we are just unconscious. We aren’t born unconscious. We were born, aware, playful, inquisitive and active. What positive change will happen for us if we continue to hold onto our past experiences, people and places? Without letting go we lose our mind, and lose our ability to be conscious, to live, really live.

Everything starts with a thought, just as unconsciousness started with a thought. We can create a new thought to start again, start afresh, in this moment we can turn faded memories into eternal love.
All the pain, heaviness and worry that you have, will all end with the start of your intense presence to the current life situation you have.

Lets start by affirming a new future for ourselves, make a daily practice to say and feel the words by Eckhart Tolle.

“The past has no power over the present moment.”

When you realize this, and emotionally understand it the orchestration of life will allow specific events that needed to come to you, but couldn’t because of your blockages to arrive at your doorstep.
Your energy will accelerate, moving you from third dimension to fourth. You will have complete control of the direction of your life and the events that you attract to yourself.

Everything in the past was meant for you, accepting this and now moving forward you can create meaning to the person you are now, the person behind you and the person you will be.
Become fascinated by how every single thing is here for you, perfectly in place for you. There are no exceptions to this.

Everyone that has crossed your path, every place, every item, the colour of the day, the smell, the feelings you had, all have high importance for the enhancement and total fulfillment of your life. In knowing this, you realize everything is here working with you. Not against you.

When we move away from past thoughts, and become present we can see that everything is designed for our higher self and purpose. With this seeing, brings the awareness that everything is then an opportunity for us. For us to act upon, achieve, create, and design our life the way that we desire, to design it with integrity.

If we feel stuck, incomplete or out of tune with the world, with the opportunities that are being presented then we must go within – for however long we need to. As we do, we may find that we are not in tune with ourselves or our soul.
You are a part of this universe, without you there would be nothing. You are the grand design we call life. You only receive one shot at being who you are today, by being who you are at this time on earth, one shot.
Act upon your life with integrity, live in this moment and know that everything is working in syc for you.
The minute you know and believe this with unwavering passion is the day that you will accelerate past victimhood, past pain, past the physical realm to find a silent space of peace and love within yourself.

In this space you will find that cause and effect are one. If you are to move ahead in your life, you are to move ahead in yourself. With this conscious recognition, you know what to do, you know what stands out and needs to be done in your life.

You know the way forward from here; simply move in that direction consciously with Integrity.

Where are we this moment?
We are present.

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The following eleven core coaching competencies were developed to support greater understanding about the skills and approaches used within today’s coaching profession as defined by the ICF. They will also support you in calibrating the level of alignment between the coach-specific training expected and the training you have experienced.
Finally, these competencies were used as the foundation for the ICF Credentialing process examination. The core competencies are grouped into four clusters according to those that fit together logically based on common ways of looking at the competencies in each group. The groupings and individual competencies are not weighted – they do not represent any kind of priority in that they are all core or critical for any competent coach to demonstrate.

A. SETTING THE FOUNDATION
1. MEETING ETHICAL GUIDELINES AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
2. ESTABLISHING THE COACHING AGREEMENT
B. CO-CREATING THE RELATIONSHIP
3. ESTABLISHING TRUST AND INTIMACY WITH THE CLIENT
4. COACHING PRESENCE
C. COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY
5. ACTIVE LISTENING
6. POWERFUL QUESTIONING
7. DIRECT COMMUNICATION
D. FACILITATING LEARNING AND RESULTS
8. CREATING AWARENESS
9. DESIGNING ACTIONS
10. PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING
11. MANAGING PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY

A. SETTING THE FOUNDATION
1. Meeting Ethical Guidelines and Professional Standards – Understanding of coaching ethics and standards and ability to apply them appropriately in all coaching situations.
Understands and exhibits in own behaviors the ICF Standards of Conduct (see list, Part III of ICF Code of Ethics),
Understands and follows all ICF Ethical Guidelines (see list),
Clearly communicates the distinctions between coaching, consulting, psychotherapy and other support professions,
Refers client to another support professional as needed, knowing when this is needed and the available resources.
2. Establishing the Coaching Agreement – Ability to understand what is required in the specific coaching interaction and to come to agreement with the prospective and new client about the coaching process and relationship.
Understands and effectively discusses with the client the guidelines and specific parameters of the coaching relationship (e.g., logistics, fees, scheduling, inclusion of others if appropriate),
Reaches agreement about what is appropriate in the relationship and what is not, what is and is not being offered, and about the client’s and coach’s responsibilities,
Determines whether there is an effective match between his/her coaching method and the needs of the prospective client.

B. CO-CREATING THE RELATIONSHIP
3. Establishing Trust and Intimacy with the Client – Ability to create a safe, supportive environment that produces ongoing mutual respect and trust.
Shows genuine concern for the client’s welfare and future,
Continuously demonstrates personal integrity, honesty and sincerity,
Establishes clear agreements and keeps promises,
Demonstrates respect for client’s perceptions, learning style, personal being,
Provides ongoing support for and champions new behaviors and actions, including those involving risk taking and fear of failure,
Asks permission to coach client in sensitive, new areas.
4. Coaching Presence – Ability to be fully conscious and create spontaneous relationship with the client, employing a style that is open, flexible and confident.
Is present and flexible during the coaching process, dancing in the moment,
Accesses own intuition and trusts one’s inner knowing – “goes with the gut”,
Is open to not knowing and takes risks,
Sees many ways to work with the client, and chooses in the moment what is most effective,
Uses humor effectively to create lightness and energy,
Confidently shifts perspectives and experiments with new possibilities for own action,
Demonstrates confidence in working with strong emotions, and can self-manage and not be overpowered or enmeshed by client’s emotions.

C. COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY
5. Active Listening – Ability to focus completely on what the client is saying and is not saying, to understand the meaning of what is said in the context of the client’s desires, and to support client self-expression.
Attends to the client and the client’s agenda, and not to the coach’s agenda for the client,
Hears the client’s concerns, goals, values and beliefs about what is and is not possible,
Distinguishes between the words, the tone of voice, and the body language,
Summarizes, paraphrases, reiterates, mirrors back what client has said to ensure clarity and understanding,
Encourages, accepts, explores and reinforces the client’s expression of feelings, perceptions, concerns, beliefs, suggestions, etc.,
Integrates and builds on client’s ideas and suggestions,
“Bottom-lines” or understands the essence of the client’s communication and helps the client get there rather than engaging in long descriptive stories,
Allows the client to vent or “clear” the situation without judgment or attachment in order to move on to next steps.
6. Powerful Questioning – Ability to ask questions that reveal the information needed for maximum benefit to the coaching relationship and the client.
Asks questions that reflect active listening and an understanding of the client’s perspective,
Asks questions that evoke discovery, insight, commitment or action (e.g., those that challenge the client’s assumptions),
Asks open-ended questions that create greater clarity, possibility or new learning
Asks questions that move the client towards what they desire, not questions that ask for the client to justify or look backwards.
7. Direct Communication – Ability to communicate effectively during coaching sessions, and to use language that has the greatest positive impact on the client.
Is clear, articulate and direct in sharing and providing feedback,
Reframes and articulates to help the client understand from another perspective what he/she wants or is uncertain about,
Clearly states coaching objectives, meeting agenda, purpose of techniques or exercises,
Uses language appropriate and respectful to the client (e.g., non-sexist, non-racist, non-technical, non-jargon),
Uses metaphor and analogy to help to illustrate a point or paint a verbal picture.

D. FACILITATING LEARNING AND RESULTS
8. Creating Awareness – Ability to integrate and accurately evaluate multiple sources of information, and to make interpretations that help the client to gain awareness and thereby achieve agreed-upon results.
Goes beyond what is said in assessing client’s concerns, not getting hooked by the client’s description,
Invokes inquiry for greater understanding, awareness and clarity,
Identifies for the client his/her underlying concerns, typical and fixed ways of perceiving himself/herself and the world, differences between the facts and the interpretation, disparities between thoughts, feelings and action,
Helps clients to discover for themselves the new thoughts, beliefs, perceptions, emotions, moods, etc. that strengthen their ability to take action and achieve what is important to them,
Communicates broader perspectives to clients and inspires commitment to shift their viewpoints and find new possibilities for action,
Helps clients to see the different, interrelated factors that affect them and their behaviors (e.g., thoughts, emotions, body, background),
Expresses insights to clients in ways that are useful and meaningful for the client,
Identifies major strengths vs. major areas for learning and growth, and what is most important to address during coaching,
Asks the client to distinguish between trivial and significant issues, situational vs. recurring behaviors, when detecting a separation between what is being stated and what is being done.
9. Designing Actions – Ability to create with the client opportunities for ongoing learning, during coaching and in work/life situations, and for taking new actions that will most effectively lead to agreed-upon coaching results.
Brainstorms and assists the client to define actions that will enable the client to demonstrate, practice and deepen new learning,
Helps the client to focus on and systematically explore specific concerns and opportunities that are central to agreed-upon coaching goals,
Engages the client to explore alternative ideas and solutions, to evaluate options, and to make related decisions,
Promotes active experimentation and self-discovery, where the client applies what has been discussed and learned during sessions immediately afterwards in his/her work or life setting,
Celebrates client successes and capabilities for future growth,
Challenges client’s assumptions and perspectives to provoke new ideas and find new possibilities for action,
Advocates or brings forward points of view that are aligned with client goals and, without attachment, engages the client to consider them,
Helps the client “Do It Now” during the coaching session, providing immediate support,
Encourages stretches and challenges but also a comfortable pace of learning.
10. Planning and Goal Setting – Ability to develop and maintain an effective coaching plan with the client.
Consolidates collected information and establishes a coaching plan and development goals with the client that address concerns and major areas for learning and development,
Creates a plan with results that are attainable, measurable, specific and have target dates,
Makes plan adjustments as warranted by the coaching process and by changes in the situation,
Helps the client identify and access different resources for learning (e.g., books, other professionals),
Identifies and targets early successes that are important to the client.
11. Managing Progress and Accountability – Ability to hold attention on what is important for the client, and to leave responsibility with the client to take action.
Clearly requests of the client actions that will move the client toward their stated goals,
Demonstrates follow through by asking the client about those actions that the client committed to during the previous session(s),
Acknowledges the client for what they have done, not done, learned or become aware of since the previous coaching session(s),
Effectively prepares, organizes and reviews with client information obtained during sessions,
Keeps the client on track between sessions by holding attention on the coaching plan and outcomes, agreed-upon courses of action, and topics for future session(s),
Focuses on the coaching plan but is also open to adjusting behaviors and actions based on the coaching process and shifts in direction during sessions,
Is able to move back and forth between the big picture of where the client is heading, setting a context for what is being discussed and where the client wishes to go,
Promotes client’s self-discipline and holds the client accountable for what they say they are going to do, for the results of an intended action, or for a specific plan with related time frames,
Develops the client’s ability to make decisions, address key concerns, and develop himself/herself (to get feedback, to determine priorities and set the pace of learning, to reflect on and learn from experiences),
Positively confronts the client with the fact that he/she did not take agreed-upon actions.

http://www.coachfederation.org/icfcredentials/core-competencies/

Student General Agreement

Terms and Conditions

The student agrees that all copyright in materials provided by The International College of Wellness Coaches shall remain within The International College of Wellness Coaches and its appointed specialist and are confidential and are not to be made available to any party. The International College of Wellness Coaches and its appointed specialist agree to treat the client’s information as confidential.

Student Code of Conduct

The International College of Wellness Coaches has in place the ethical standards and code of student conduct that all students must abide by. It is as follows:

Student Values at Large:

Integrity – Honesty and truth with oneself in class, with ones clients, peers and teachers.

Compassion – Being considerate of client’s hearts, minds and souls. Adding light and humor to situations when appropriate in class, with ones clients, peers and teachers.

Attitude – A positive attitude with awarenessone self in class, with ones clients, peers and teachers.

Ethical Standards & Student Code of Conduct at large:

Confidentiality in peer coaching

Coaches ensure that the coaching is 100% confidential between the client and the coach. It is the coach’s job not to share any information from the relationship, all information remains strictly confidential unless agreed upon otherwise by both parties.

Coaches agree to withhold a clients name and personal information unless agreed upon to release it by the client.

Professional respect for coaches

Coaches will respect and honor the various approaches to coaching. Coaches will not speak poorly of other coaches or coaching schools, about ones peers or teachers.

Payment and agreements with external clients

Coaches ensure that they explain their services accurately and clarify understanding of agreement with the client. Payment and agreements are to be discussed on the first coaching session.

Professionalism with relationships

Coaches provide clients with respect and dignity at all times. The relationship is strictly professional. The coach must ensure that the relationship stays ethical. At all times there is to be no encountering in any sexual acts with the client. Coaches provide respect and hold a professional attitude toward class, with ones clients, peers and teachers.

Harassment and Discrimination

Coaches must not discriminate or harass  in class, with ones clients, peers and teachers. . If a conflict of interest arises the coach must refer the client to another coach.

Maintain client goal achievement

Coaches agree to work in the client’s best interest and achieve a steady rate of client goal attainment.

Misrepresentation

Coaches maintain truth when speaking of their services to clients, groups, the public or the media.

Record management

Coaches agree to maintain safe record management. Coaches agree to keep all records confidential.

Misinterpretation

Coaches will agree to conduct an introduction session outlining the agreements of the coaching including any fees involved. Coaches are not to misinterpret the information about their services or fees to the client.

Plagiarism

Coaches agree to give proper credit to the appropriate sources when credit is due.

Maintaining standards

Coaches ensure they maintain the highest standards at all times within their coaching practice

Seeing an Attorney

Coaches agree to have all of their initial contracts such as policies and procedures & client contracts seen and read over by an experienced coach/and/or an attorney

Expectations

Coaches maintain realistic expectations at all times with the client in regards to what they can and can not offer within the coaching

Professional Development

A commitment to professional development including some/ or all of undertaking continuing education or additional modules, attending workshops and presentations by leading authorities, reading of trade magazines and additional articles and books, attending networking and business meetings, interviewing leading authorities, writing articles for leading trade publications, facilitating workshops and presenting, mentoring with a qualified coach, supervised coaching with a qualified coach.

Self care and balance

A focus on personal self care and balance in ones personal and professional life. This may include/ some or all of adding variety to ones work, having opportunities for personal self expression, working toward a vision and realistic goals, working in a safe and enjoyable environment, having a strong sense of personal accomplishment, monitoring and managing stress, taking time to evaluate priorities, setting limits with oneself and others when appropriate, seeking counselling for personal growth and development, being an active change agent in creating an appropriate self care plan.

ICF Ethical guidelines

Student aggree to abide by the ICF code of conduct at all times. When working with clients, peers and teachers.

IHPA Ethical guidelines

Student aggree to abide by the ICF code of conduct at all times. When working with clients, peers and teachers.

Fees and Cost

Course Investment:

Payment must be made prior to receiving your course material. No refund will be given after 7 days of first payment to the appointed course. There is no transfer of course after 7 days of students commencing their appointed course. The student must pay course fee within 18 months of course commencement.

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Upon payment you will receive a receipt sent out through email.

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This agreement remains in force for the duration of the appointed International College of Wellness Program.

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I agree to fully participate in The International College of Wellness Coaches Program. I actively support this agreement and am the champion/ and responsible for my own personal development.

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