The Life Coaching Handbook: Everything you need to be an effective life coach Paperback – 1 July 2001

I have bought another copy of The Life Coaching Handbook, as I'm thinking of starting a new business.When I originally bought this book, it actually changed my life and career. It inspired me to become a Life Coach and I went on to have my own Life Coaching and Business Coaching businesses. Life Coaching is very powerful and the book covers a huge amount of useful topics, including the different communication styles you can use and how to ask clients open questions. It also gives guidance onbuilding a coaching practice, together with many other valuable coaching tools. I can highly recommend this book to learn how to be a Life Coach and also how to communicate well.

If you are thinking about becoming a life coach this is the book for you. Not only is it inspirational it also has practical information about how to set up a life coaching practice. It is in three distinct parts the first dealing clearly and effectively with life coaching basics, how to start a practice and make a success.The second part comprises of very clear and simple to follow usage of NLP within life coaching. There are several case studies and examples which make the process not only interesting to read but also easy to put into practise.The final part uses an adaptation from the Spiral Dynamics double helix model to clearly define its uses in life coaching. Not an easy task but one which the author has achieved excellently.I highly recommend this book not only for life coaches but also for anyone involved in the coaching world. A must have book. I hope you enjoy and benefit from reading this book as much as I have.

An inspirational and informative read. If you have an interest in life coaching, either for yourself, or as a career, then this book as a must-have for your collection. Written by renowned Life Coach Curly Martin, it is comfortable and easy to read, it flows well, and covers all the basics to life coaching, from defining the process, through skills, different models of coaching and even touching upon NLP! It really is an all-encompassing book on this subject, and if you're new to coaching, then this is a great first read on the subject.

Bought this as an introduction to coaching, whilst some parts are a little dated the advice and principles remain largely relevant today as the day it was written.

Lots of good advice here, but it's a little dated now. I seem to remember advice about coaching via phone, getting a fax machine and business cards. In the digital age it's much more efficient and cheaper to use Skype and get yourself a good website. You'll also reach far more people than you would had you just relied on referrals from family friends. Personally, I wouldn't recommend coaching friends and family at all, but there you go...The actual instruction on how to coach, and examples of questions etc was really interesting. Probably worth a read just for that.

This will be my first review ever. I just had to say somthing, since reading this book i have been telling everyone i meet about it, and practising the techniques especially the self talk interupt process. If i didnt learn anything else from this book it would of been money well spent. reading this book has opened a new world for me to discover i am no longer the the trapped wasp crashing into the window time and time again those who have read the book already will know what i mean. After reading this book i realised that there was nothing else i could do but change. The challenge it brought me was wonderfull and the proceduures to achieve my potential and goals gave me assurance that my life can achieve a lot more than it has done so far. I am now on my way to becomming a brilliant life coach myself. Big Thanks for Curly Martin

A very happy customer

Curly Martin has written a wonderfully helpful, refer to, book here in The Life Coach Handbook.I enjoyed this book enormously as a personal development enthusiast and found it invaluable as a guide on my journey towards becoming a Life Coach.The two distinct sections lend themselves perfectly to easily find what you are looking for. The first section being geared towards defining the role and discussing the nuts and bolts of setting up a business, the second shedding light on the actual mechanics of Life Coaching. Both sections jam packed full of Curly's, obvious, experience, providing invaluable tips that will blow your mind and save you years of hard earned lessons.I would whole heartedly recommend this book to anyone who is either currently or is interested in becoming a Life Coach as well as someone who loves personal development.