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Reminiscence Therapy vs. Life Review Therapy: A Quick Guide
Remembering is a powerful skill. It has the potential to help us revisit the positive emotions of our past, while improving our connections with ourselves [...]
Dance Therapy: 4 Best Techniques for Healing With Rhythm
Have you ever moved to the rhythm of your favorite song and felt the weight of the world lift off your shoulders? Perhaps it’s no [...]
Personality Assessments: 10 Best Inventories, Tests, & Methods
Do you coach or manage a group of vastly different people? Perhaps they respond differently to news, or react differently to your feedback. They voice [...]
21 Best Couples Counseling Exercises, Techniques, & Worksheets
One of the most prominent sources of emotional distress is relationship conflict. There is a direct correlation between anxiety, depression and addiction issues, and relationship [...]
How to Overcome Fear of Failure: Your Ultimate Guide
Although many of us may accept in theory that failure is a necessary component of all learning and growth, in practice, we struggle greatly with [...]
How to Cope With Stress: 10+ Strategies and Mechanisms
Have you experienced a racing pulse, difficulty breathing, sleep disturbances, irritability, appetite changes, or feeling like you cannot cope? If so, you might be stressed. [...]
How to Start Your Life Coaching Business Plan & Template
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been thinking–or thought previously–about starting your own life coaching business. And yet, perhaps, like many of us, you’re unsure [...]
How To Plan Your Counseling Session: 6 Examples
Planning is crucial in a counseling session to ensure that time inside–and outside–therapy sessions is well spent, with the client achieving a successful outcome within [...]
Happiness Economics: Can Money Buy Happiness?
Do you ever daydream about winning the lottery? After all, it only costs a small amount, a slight risk, with the possibility of a substantial [...]
Instructional Coaching Toolkit: Best Questions & Strategies
Coaching offers incredible development and growth opportunities in our personal and professional lives, helping us reconnect with what we value and enjoy the most. Indeed, [...]