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How we are making kids life coaching mainstream

Uncategorized Oct 12, 2020

I have been unapologetically quiet!! ....I get like that when I am in “new” mode!! Are you the same?

Whenever I start a new project, I like to put my head down and stay focused!

I have quietly been working behind the scenes to continue making Kids Life Coaching an acceptable mainstream intervention. This has meant taking a BIG scary step that has pushed me waaaaaayyyyyy out of my comfort zone!

I was told a short while ago

“To change the system you need to be part of the system”

So with this incentive in mind....I have gone back to school and I am a University student again, doing my MSC in Clinical Child Psychology in Cambridge, England. The last time I studied was 15 years ago when I did my Honours Degree and boy oh boy how things have changed! I am loving the new journey despite feeling rather overwhelmed at times! I guess this is very much how some of our students enrolled in our Kids Life Coach Academy training feel!

As the founder of The Kids Life Studio®, I have never subscribed to a deficit based model....I have always looked to improving systems and creating much needed change as a mental health advocate for children.  So in my degree, I look forward to mapping the brain and learning more about neuro-developmental disorders and how these link back to the need for life coaching as a preventative and management intervention.

I believe that with more knowledge and research in my arsenal I will be in a better position to continue motivating our asset based model of life coaching for children. My goal since 2003 has been to make coaching for children mainstream and currently I see me getting closer and closer to this goal! It has been a long hard journey, but with our global network of certified coaches working hard in over 30 countries, I think we are doing okay! 

We are a collective voice for children and we believe that things can and will be better in future. Even though I am an optimist, I am still realistic about the fact that to make coaching for children mainstream, it needs validation. 

I so often get asked who "accredits" our training...my standard answer is that there is no organisation that accredits Kids Life Coach Training. There is nobody that is regulating the industry. This is why The Kids Life Studio® is setting the bench mark standards for world-class performance. We are raising the game and we feel proud that so many of our students are working hard to learn more (just like I am in my new degree) and to equip themselves better. The fact that we are voting members of the World Federation for Mental Health and I am an honorary fellow of the Global Policy institute at Queen Mary University in London also counts...but not to those who are hung up with "shiny badge" syndrome. I don't believe an accreditation is enough...I believe it is the follow through and follow up that is validation. How many accreditations are simply window dressing? We refuse to subscribe to that mentality simply to "get more clients". What we are interested in though is to offer evidence based research to back up our claims. This is what I am busy with at the moment along with a team of dedicated Kids Life Studio® coaches who are undertaking independent research projects in their communities. 

At the end of the day...for life coaching to be mainstream when it comes to children...it is about the results! Our global team understands that "our success is dependent on the success of the children we coach." We know that it is about walking the walk and talking the talk! We don't do frills but what we do well is RELATIONSHIPS which happens to be our highest value!

We are always looking for passionate people to join us! So why not enrol in our Level 1 Theory Training which is currently on Covid special until end of October! We reduced this fee in April from $1500 to $350.  It was only for 6 months, but we have extended it for one extra month. A massive saving so if you haven't already enrolled, now is the time with only two weeks left. 

Or...if you are an action taker and you want more than just the theory and you want to be a certified Kids Life Coach feel free to fill in an online statement of interest and speak to one of our Kids Life Studio® certifications consultants!

I look forward to you joining us as a mental health advocate for children!

Regards with Zeal,

Zelna

Kids Life Studio & Kids Life Coach Academy Founder 

 

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