Christian Life Coaching Handbook: Calling and Destiny Discovery Tools for Christian Life Coaching

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Coach life purpose discovery with this practical, in-depth look at the tools and techniques of Christian life coaching. This sequel to the acclaimed book "Leadership Coaching" is filled with sample coaching dialogs, real-life examples, practical models, and over 60 formal destiny discovery exercises, all from a master coach trainer. By incorporating calling ("an external commission from God for others")into the heart of the life coaching process, Tony has crafted a biblical approach to destiny that encompasses all of life--including suffering and servanthood as well as passion and gifting---that moves destiny discovery from getting what I want in life toward creating a Kingdom legacy. Along the way, you'll learn tools for finding one's innate Design, unearthing Passions, identifying Life Messages, crafting convergent Roles, and much more. The companion volume, "A Leader's Life Purpose Workbook", provides all 60 discovery exercises in a handy action step format for your clients. Review: Inspiring - Simply great Review: Passion & practicality - I haven't gone through every page of this book, but man, I love it! This is such a great BIBLICAL resource for coaching others in what Tony Stoltzfus calls "destiny discovery". There are usually two camps of destiny discovery tools: (1) extremely independent and non-Biblical with a "do whatever you want" mentality, and (2) extremely religious with an "every desire is selfish," very self-deprecating mentality. This book is neither - it is Biblical, challenging, freeing, and encouraging. It is BALANCED, and I think that is so needed in our culture. What I love about Tony is his ability to marry big picture with details - the vision with the steps. As a coach-in-the-making, Tony put into words what I just couldn't pinpoint on my own. He made sense of the issues I was running into while putting together my curriculum. "Christian Life Coaching" has been a seriously helpful and timely resource for me. I love pulling apart the Lord's unique purpose for our lives - I think it's a way of God opening our eyes to what glimpses of what He has been doing, is doing, and will do. I enjoy the format of the book - I think there could be even more focused exercises (but honestly, not hard to create more of those on your own), but I think Tony appeals to every kind of learner through reflection questions, diagrams, narratives, outlines... all of it. Simply put, he makes sense to what is in my brain, and for that I am eternally grateful. I highly recommend this book if you really want to coach yourself, coach others, or both! I know it's both for me.