I believe that some adults have a natural flair for coaching children more than others...

Where does this come from?

Recently I read a great article in Positive Psychology that made me feel so proud!  

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that Kids Life Coaching is finally being acknowledged in therapy circles...

The article spoke about the different types of therapy available to parents. Right there...at the bottom they had a specially allocated section called Child Coaching which they endorsed as another option for parents seeking therapy. 

"Though not therapy, coaching can provide an additional resource to help your child. The benefits of coaching can add to a parent’s arsenal for battling behavioral distress. Coaches have special skills to support kids in developing resilience and other personal skills that will serve them throughout their life."

Whilst we are "seemingly" at the bottom of this list of interventions at first glance...Kids Life Coaching is no longer being ignored. Since 2003, I have been working hard to regulate the industry and to raise the...

Yesterday, I attended a National Conference in Suicide & Self Harm in Young People at Goldsmiths University in London, UK.

I thought it was going to be sombre and depressing and to be honest I was more than a little anxious in the lead up to the conference. You see as a children's change maker since 2003...I have always struggled to face up to the reality that children as young as age 10 choose to take their own lives.

 The aim of the conference was to secure pathways for minimising suicide & premature deaths and maximising hope and wellbeing. There were leading psychiatrists and researchers from around the world sharing their insights. 

Today I had a great question from somebody that is in my Kids Life Coaching Facebook Support Network (click here to request to join)

This lovely lady is wanting to pursue her dream of leaving her current career and coaching children full-time.  She says she is stuck in fear as she doesn't know if it will work. 

Check out my video response to her with the one thing that you need to ensure your financial success as a Kids Life Coach. 

I've done it, my global team of Kids Life Studio® Coaches are doing it and you can to!

CLICK TO FIND OUT THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO BE A FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL KIDS LIFE COACH

One week ago I spoke my truth....in front of a room of prominent influencers. To say I was scared is an under statement. I felt so vulnerable but I did it because I spoke about something close to my heart.

My driver for all I do in life and my purpose.....supporting childrens well being through Kids Life Coaching.

We are all in a position to be role models to children. This doesn’t mean we need to be perfect but it does mean we need to each take responsibility for sharing love as an antidote for the problems we see in our world.

When I started my free Facebook support group for Kids life Coaching a year ago the aim was to raise the standards of Kids Life Coaching globally through connection and collaboration.

I have been coaching children with my own model for 16 years. I developed this based on my experiences as a teacher and school counsellor. I have trained people globally to use this proven model and programme in their local communities with great success.

Parents only truly care how much you empower their children to solve a problem. FACT!

They don’t want you to fix or judge or advise or be “airy fairy” with hypothetical ways. They don’t want theory....they don’t want textbook recommendations....they want practical ways of working through life....

As the founder of The Kids Life Studio® and The Kids Life Coach Academy, I organically started coaching children in my classroom as a teacher in 1992...

Then I transitioned to part-time coaching outside of my classroom in 2003 after building my own coaching model....

Then from 2005 I coached full time in my own Kids Life Studio space - I was seeing approximately 60 children a week for individual and small group coaching at the height of my career....

Then from 2009 I started training adults to use my coaching methods...

In 2014 I started building a global team of children’s change makers! I now work less with children and only take on a select few per year because that way I have time to mentor and invest into professionals who want to be career Kids Life Coaches.

Sooooooo why am I sharing this with you....

Not to impress you with my experience....or to tell you about my achievements, but to show you how committed I am to children! I have never ever given up on my dream to...

Today I was asked the question by somebody thinking of enrolling in my training when she can expect to start "seeing the fruits of her labour". When I first interviewed her, I made her aware that my training takes work and I have made it clear she will have to put in the elbow grease, but she is a single mom and so there is a certain risk involved as she needs to support her child. 

She isn't the first person that has asked me this and it got thinking as to what the difference is between a financially successful Kids Life Coach and one that isn't. For purposes of this I want to first unpack the meaning of success in the context of coaching children. 

Over the past 16 years I have coached thousands of children from all backgrounds, cultures, demographics....for me the success comes when:

• I can measure a child's progress pre and post coaching and see positive results. (I have an online assessment tool that does that), 
• I know a child is happier, more motivated and that...