When we are heart-centered, we speak unabashedly and simply, directly from the heart. We have nothing to hide because we are open and all that we are is visible – we stand naked. We simply are! In this state we experience both the fullness and the emptiness of being. Both full and empty at one and the same time we become aware of our life as an … [Read more...]
Julia von Flotow is an executive coach, Therapeutic Touch Teacher and Practitioner, mindfulness instructor and founder of the Kaizen Leadership Institute and Therapeutic Touch Institute, Toronto, Canada. Her 12 step program to becoming an authentic and mindful leader kaizenleadershipinstitute.com/12steps/ has helped hundreds of independent professionals and business owners live happier lives and build more sustainable businesses. www.kaizenleadershipinstitute.com.
Enquire about the Integrative Self Health Coach certified training program and her 8 week online Mindfulness Practice Development Program. Connect with her on Linked In at https://ca.linkedin.com/in/juliavonflotow or email her at julia@kaizenleadershipinstitute.com.
Emotional Intelligence in Business
February 11, 2014 by
Leaders create working conditions that engage the workforce. Engaged employees create engaged customers fostering organizational success. Effective leadersbalance emotional and mental energy in their teams. They are attuned to the feelings of others creating resonance and help their staff identify and work with their strengths, moving them into … [Read more...]
The Coaching Relationship Partnering for your Success
January 30, 2014 by
The coaching relationship is created from the initial point of contact and developed over the course of the coaching program. Coach and coachee share an understanding that you can achieve only what you believe may be possible so, as your coach, I am committed to help you release limiting beliefs, challenge your assumptions, recognize your blind … [Read more...]
The Holistic Wellness Model
January 21, 2014 by
The holistic wellness model recognizes the body, mind and spirit as an integrated and coherent whole. To live mindfully is to live holistically. Wellness can be defined as a state where one is centered in oneself and functioning at one’s optimum level - happy, healthy and whole – engaged and able to see and create meaning and purpose in life. … [Read more...]
Redefining Success Guides The Coaching Journey
January 20, 2014 by
Three years ago, when Melissa first came to me for coaching, she shared with me that “everything in my life was out of whack (work/career, relationships, confidence and love for myself). I wanted to improve balance and alignment in my life.” In this article I have drawn on Melissa’s coaching journals and conversations, with her permission, along … [Read more...]
The Quiet Transformative Power of Mindfulness Coaching
January 16, 2014 by
Mindfulness, according to Jon Kabat Zinn, who popularized Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in North America, is “knowing what you are doing when you are doing it,” a state of active awareness. Reflection, before, during and after action, is a mindfulness practice that helps the practitioner develop self-awareness, making it a valuable resource … [Read more...]
The Change Process – Know Where You Are
January 14, 2014 by
Change is the only constant. Change is inevitable, ever present and experienced with ever-increasing complexity and intensity. Whether we are more aware of change within us or change as external to us is a matter of focus – what we are paying attention to. When we accept change as a given, we are enabled to look for and find opportunities to … [Read more...]
The Neuroscience of Mindfulness
January 12, 2014 by
Helping clients cultivate mindfulness, the ability to be present and engaged in the moment, is central to our approach. Why? Because it works! According to neuroscientist, Mike Merzenich "Experience, coupled with attention leads to physical changes in the structure and future functioning of the nervous system. This leaves us with a clear … [Read more...]
What is Life Coaching?
January 8, 2014 by
Professional life coaching is a powerful, interactive, thought-provoking and creative process that allows you to: Deepen your learning Improve your performance Enhance your quality of life and Discover and develop your potential. A life coach is professionally-trained personal-change expert and plays an important role in facilitating … [Read more...]
Conflict as Opportunity
January 8, 2014 by
It is how we see things, what we perceive, that shapes how we respond. Fundamental to shaping our perception are the beliefs, assumptions and attitudes that act as perceptual filters – filtering out what doesn’t fit in your mental paradigm. As human beings, if we learn at all, we learn through contrast. It’s in contrast that we can learn to … [Read more...]
