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Why is Play Based Coaching becoming so popular?

Uncategorized Jan 02, 2024

As we sail into the new year of 2024, I still can't believe that our Kids Life Coach Certifications are now accredited Diploma Trainings. I have come a long way from my early career days of being a school teacher and counsellor and I am sooooo excited for what this year holds in store for our global network of Kids Life Studio® Coaches!!

With life coaching children continuing to expand and grow in most countries, I have noticed trends and cycles since I first started this journey over twenty years ago! If you haven't as yet read my blog on the history of kids life coaching, it makes for some interesting insights!  It shows how the demand for support has increased exponentially since the pandemic and that the market is ready for more productive and more proactive goal orientated approaches to improve children's wellbeing. 

That being said there is a common thread in that everybody has now heard of kids life coaching but I have felt excited that we are still the emergent...

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What is play based coaching?

Uncategorized Dec 20, 2023

To understand Play Based Coaching, you need to understand play, and this links to the fundamentals of what we do at Kids Life Studio®. We play with a purpose so that we can facilitate personal development in children through speaking a 'language' that they are already fluent in.

Play is the universal language of childhood and it teaches children so many skills to use throughout their lives. Through play, children discover the world and themselves. Most importantly, play allows for a time of fun, no worries, just pure joy.

Having fun and playing is what every child wants and enjoys. It our collective  job as adults to help remove the barriers to play. There is no such thing as a child who doesn’t like to play. There may be a child who has faced trauma and perhaps has lost touch with their natural inherent wisdom to connect through play.

Through Play Based Coaching®, children are given the opportunity to explore their role and place in the world and to understand...

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Our global Alumni network of Kids Life Coaches love connecting and collaborating

Uncategorized Dec 12, 2023

You may well have already have experienced for yourself, that one of the things that make us unique as an organisation is that we place high value on personal relationships. When you participate in our training, we consider you part of our Kids Life Studio® Global Network of Alumni’s.

The definition of being an Alumni means that you are a graduate or former student of an educational institution such as Kids Life Studio® Coach Academy

All of or active member Alumni's are delighted to have been part of the whispers that our highest level of kids life coach training has now officially achieved Level 5 Diploma status (equivalent to an undergraduate degree). This means that if you certify with us, you can be listed as an Accredited member of a professional body through our organisation!

In  our Kids Life Coaching Diploma immersive online training you will learn how to:

  • set up your individual and group coaching successfully 
  • establish your own niche for...
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What is the history of life coaching for children?

Uncategorized Dec 04, 2023

As we end off 2023, I am so pleased that Kids Life Coaching continues to grow legs and pick up momentum. There seems to be an "army" of children's change makers taking strides to support children to deal with our complex modern world! This year was especially busy with lots of new service providers mushrooming which is testimony to the fact that there is no doubt a need for child orientated coaching services. 

As always, I love to reflect on my accomplishments as the year closes off and for me, the biggest one is upgrading our Kids Life Coach training this year to a Diploma and working on and launching our new Level 1 Introduction to Kids Life Coaching course! Alongside this, I continue researching play based coaching in the psychiatry department at Oxford University. Another highlight is Kids Life Studio® being selected as a member of the Global Accreditation Council, and after attending the 75th anniversary of the World Federation of Mental Health in Geneva,...

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Why is life coaching helpful for children?

Uncategorized Nov 15, 2023

The truth hurts but it doesn't make it any less of the truth! Children globally, are faced with so many toxic influences in our modern day world that they are struggling to maintain good mental, physical, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. 

With war, terrorism, food shortages, natural disasters, poverty, crime, abuse, neglect and technology influences just being a few of the more serious problems facing them, children need support to navigate life with a full heart, a well equipped mind and a strong physical body.

This is why life coaching is so helpful for children!

Since the pandemic, this innovative approach has become mainstream which is excellent news. With our organisation Kids Life Studio® leading the way since 2003, we have trained a global network of Kids Life Coaches in over 45 countries and counting.  However, what we have noticed is that many new "kids on the block" with good intentions and a heart full of ZEAL (energy and enthusiasm for a cause or...

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Why it is important to listen to your intuition as a Kids Life Coach

Uncategorized Oct 11, 2023

A year ago, I embarked on a glorious adventure as a student at Oxford University enrolled in my DPhil in Psychiatry. It has been the most adventurous and exhilarating time and I have learnt so much and made connections that are indispensable. 

During this time, I developed my "Intuitive Resilience Theory" based on speaking to hundreds of professionals around the world and I will be presenting my research next year at a variety of conferences. Click here to check out our events calendar and perhaps you can join me!

As a kids life coach, intuition is one of the leading driving forces behind our success with children. Intuition comes from previous experience that gives you the wisdom to discern what a child needs. Listening to this little inner voice or gentle nudging is imperative if you want to stay on track with a child. 

When last have you dropped your cognitive thinking to actually tap into what you are feeling about a situation in your kids life coaching sessions? You...

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What is Play Based Coaching versus Play Therapy?

Uncategorized Sep 19, 2023

If you know much about Play Therapy then when you hear the words, you mind probably conjures up sand trays, action figures, dolls, building blocks and all sorts of wonderful toys for children to engage with as a form of self expression. You would be 100% right! Yet there is more to it. 

So let's start with a brief history of Play Therapy which emerged way back in 1942. It was made up from elements of Child Psychotherapy with the specific theoretical foundations found in Humanistic Psychology tradition and Attachment theory.  Sounding a bit complicated? Well yes it is.

Usually a play therapist is a professional who has trained for two to four years to obtain the qualification which could lead to a Masters Degree. There are also very stringent requirements for accreditation and this has grown into a worldwide movement of therapists.

The actual provision of play therapy is concerned with supporting younger children who have been faced with trauma to "communicate"...

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Nothing changes if you don't change as a kids life coach

Uncategorized Aug 23, 2023

After the pandemic, I saw first hand how the mental wellbeing needs of children needed to be prioritised and this is what led me to make a few much needed changes.  Those changes just happened to be in me. Without seeing the curve ball coming, the pandemic dysregulated my own nervous system just like it did for many millions of people around the world...possibly even you?

As a high performing person, I suddenly found that I was unable to function optimally. I literally fell to pieces....in more ways than one. This was devastating to me, since I was walking the walk and talking the talk - doing what I could to maintain my own physical and mental health yet nothing seemed to work?

The good news is that in the fragments of me falling apart, it led me to the most wonderful exploration of complex trauma and pressing pause on expansion and growth within my organisation so that I could spend time taking care of my own wellbeing. 

"Nothing changes if nothing changes"

This pause...

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Why change should be your friend as a Kids Life Coach

Uncategorized Jul 10, 2023

Recently in one of our Thinking Thursday group mentorship sessions, the topic of "fidelity" was raised by a Kids Life Coach Academy student. It was in response to an experienced Kids Life Studio® certified coach presenting a brilliant client case study of a 12-year old boy lacking in concentration in the classroom. This kids life coach spoke extensively as to how she used our Kids Life Studio® foundation programme consisting of 5 tools and 7 key ingredients to support this boy who after participation in his coaching programme is now flourishing in the classroom and excelling academically despite a potential ADHD diagnosis. 

So what is fidelity and how is this applicable to coaching children? 

Fidelity is the extent to which an intervention follows a programme model. When implementing our evidence informed play based coaching programme, our certified Kids Life Studio® coaches are encouraged to adapt this for their local contexts. Being flexible in how the...

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Why you don’t need to be a celebrity as a Kids Life Coach

Uncategorized Jun 16, 2023

I have been in this game of “marketing” myself as a kids life coach for many years. In 2003, when I started out there wasn't any bench mark....drum roll please....and they're also wasn't....

Any social media!!!

Yet I ran a successful and very full coaching practice for 6 years prior to actually even joining social media!!  And it was easy!! In fact I sometimes wish social media wasn’t such a “distraction” to newbies to kids life coaching!!

When I started using social media in 2009 I didn’t see a difference in my foot traffic….but what I did see is this…

Easier brand building
Better positioning
Greater exposure
More influence

So whilst I encourage you to build media presence into your marketing campaigns I want to remind you that it should never be your top priority! Also it shouldn’t be your ONLY priority.

Social media will show case you but it will not guarantee you clients!! End of story!!

Your top priorities for building...

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