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09-08-2012 00:58 SHAYLA TALKS ABOUT HER INTUITIVE LIFE COACHING SESSIONS WITH ALEXYSS AND THE LIFE COACHING WITH HER 9 AND 10 YR OLD DAUGHTERS. THE SCHEDULE THAT ALEXYSS CREATED TO DEVELOP DISCIPLINE, INTEGRITY AND INTUITION IN THE CRAFT. PLEASE CLICK LIKE ON DESIGNS BY AVI!!!

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LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Humana Inc. (HUM) announced today it has acquired Harris, Rothenberg International, Inc. (HRI), a provider of work/life services and employee assistance programs. Terms were not disclosed.

HRI currently serves approximately 5.5 million people in the U.S. and another 70,000 internationally. Now in its 31st year, HRI provides services to employers assisting employees in dealing with personal issues ranging from emotional, financial and legal problems to child/elder care needs to alcoholism and drug abuse. HRIs services include employee coaching and training.

Employee Assistance Programs and work-life programs are key elements of Humanas total well-being approach to helping people lead healthier lives, said Sean Slovenski, leader of Humanas Health and Productivity Solutions unit. HRI will help facilitate the expansion of Humanas EAP and work-life offering integrating and enhancing many aspects of the offering.

Additionally, HRI will open a new pathway for growth as Humana creates a product that better addresses 3rd party and Humana internal customer needs.

HRIs highly customizable offering directs members or their caregivers to value-added services while also offering certain ancillary products that assist employees with day-to-day life issues. The acquisition will support Humanas efforts to help employer-customers reduce health care spending while also targeting productivity challenges. Loss of productivity due to problems with presenteeism, absenteeism, health issues and disabilities represents up to 10 percent of a typical employers payroll expense.1

Were looking forward to helping Humanas members live healthier lives, said Edward Trieber, J.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of HRI. Over the years, we have helped our employer-customers and their employees achieve greater success at work and in life by providing industry-leading employee assistance programs and work-life services.

Humanas acquisition of HRI is not expected to materially impact Humanas financial earnings guidance for the year ending December 31, 2012.

1Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Cornell University

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No words can convey what Andy Reid is feeling right now, after his oldest son Garrett was found dead Sunday in a dormitory room at the Philadelphia Eagles training camp. But lets talk about it for a bit, anyway, because, well, its a story for our times.

At some point, as youre probably aware, Garretts life went off the rails, and he was trying, as an unofficial assistant with the Eagles, to get it back on track. His younger brother Britt ran into trouble around the same time, five years ago. Both ended up going to prison Garrett, then 24, for drugs (he admitted being a dealer), Britt, then 22, primarily on weapons charges (though drugs also figured into it). The judge who sentenced them said the Reid household sounds more or less like a drug emporium with the drugs all over the house. There isnt any structure there that this court can depend on. This is a family in crisis.

It was bizarre to hear a football coach, whose professional life revolves around structure, accused of running a loose ship at home. And frankly, well never know what went on inside the walls of the Reid manse. But its certainly fair to say, without being judgmental, that being a Super Bowl coach and a super-duper father is, in this day and age, a trick worthy of David Blaine. The first job is just too demanding and worse, seems to ask more of you every season.

Joe Gibbs once called winning the third most important thing in my life. God is first, he said. Family and loved ones are second, and then my occupation is third. While that might be the pecking order, though, it isnt how the hours tend to be apportioned. During the season and even offseason wife and kids can get short shrift as dad attends to his various duties. Nowadays, after all, a head coach is rarely just a head coach. Hes usually also a club president (Gibbs) or an executive VP of football operations (Reid), his fingers in every pie.

It can be a closed-off existence, to say the least. At the beginning of each game week, Gibbs and his staff would disappear into a conference room they called The Submarine and wouldnt come up for air until they had a plan for beating the opponent. The close quarters, the mapping out of strategy, the feeling of being out of touch with the Real World, made it all feel very Red October-ish. About the only thing missing was the periscope.

Gibbs wife Pat used to send him audio tapes from home, recordings of his sons J.D. and Coy talking about their various activities, so he could keep abreast of what was going on in the family. Such are the lengths coaches have to go to retain some normalcy in their lives, a sense of connectedness beyond the boundaries of the football field.

And it can be a tenuous connection, indeed. Barely a year before the Reid boys were arrested, James Dungy, the 18-year-old son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, committed suicide in an apartment in Tampa. It makes you realize nepotistic as it might appear why coaches often hire their kids as assistants. Its probably more than just giving them a leg up in the profession. Its probably also an attempt to make up for lost years, years spent bouncing around the country, from one assistants position to another, so dad can climb the coaching ladder.

When Gibbs returned for a second stint as the Redskins coach, he brought Coy along as an offensive quality control assistant. A few years earlier, one of his predecessors, Marty Schottenheimer, named his son Brian the quarterbacks coach. And Mike Shanahans son Kyle, of course, is the current offensive coordinator. Thats right, three of the past five Redskins coaches have had their offspring on their staffs. Interesting, no?

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Home business Soul-searching journey led to exec-coaching career

PICHAYA CHANGSORN THE NATION August 7, 2012 1:00 am

Pelzer was formerly the site manager of the Chon Buri factory of Cognis, a German additive maker that was later taken over by global chemical firm BASF. Now 44, he said the unfortunate loss more than two years ago of one of his valued colleagues launched him on his "soul-searching" journey. Pelzer got into a coaching session with Jean-Francois Cousin, a leading executive coach in Thailand, who helped him realise that coaching might be the new career he had always looked for. He eventually quit Cognis in August 2010 and took on an International Coach Academy course to become a certified coach and set up his Vivo Consulting.

"It was not an easy decision," Pelzer said during an exclusive interview with The Nation. "As an expat, I had nice salaries, car, drivers. Leaving this to start my own business from nothing is not easy. You need to overcome your fear. "But so far, I don't regret [it]. I love coaching. It's rewarding - even though now I don't make as much money as I had been." Although language is a barrier here, Pelzer said he foresaw a huge opportunity in the executive-coaching industry in Thailand, where there are currently fewer than 100 executive coaches, or roughly one to 1 million population, compared with 1:30,000 in Singapore. He also finds his executive coach career most rewarding for giving him the ability to help people transform their lives and contribute to changes and improvements of their organisations. "One big advantage I have as a coach [is that] in the corporate world, people wear masks. They pretend to be somebody they are not. As a coach, once you have developed trust with your client, they feel they can open up and be [their] true selves. "It's amazing. I feel very privileged because people share with me concerns they have at work ... their personal lives. They share very intimate details," he said. Recently elected vice president of the newly formed Bangkok chapter of the International Coach Federation, Pelzer is currently one of the only six ICF-certified coaches in Thailand. There are three levels of ICF credentials: associated certified coach ("practised coach" with at least 100 hours of client coaching experience), professional certified coach ("proven coach" with at least 750 hours of client coaching experience), and master certified coach ("expert coach" with at least 2,500 hours). According to the ICF website, there are five coaches who have the ACC credential in Thailand: Pelzer, Ruth Grace Corlett, Matthias Holighaus, Anne-Marie Machet, and Chinrinee Weerawutiwong. There is only one PCC-level coach, Jean-Francois Cousin. There is currently no ICF master coach in Thailand. The ICF's Bangkok chapter, which has a mission to educate the general public to gain a better understanding about the coaching profession, plans to hold its official launch on September 19. Dr Terdtoon Thaisriwichai is president of the Bangkok chapter. Pelzer said the most effective way to explain about coaching is to allow people to experience it. Therefore, he has offered a one-month money-back guarantee for his clients, who don't have to pay if they are not satisfied with the results within the first month. "It's easier for clients to make their decision. And so far there is nobody asking for a refund," he said. In making his career shift, Pelzer was inspired by the book "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz, who wrote: "To be alive is the biggest fear humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express who we really are." Many people are just too scared to make their ideas come true, Pelzer said. "If in the future I'm diagnosed with cancer, I will look back on my life, what I would need to do to avoid regrets. I'm not too scared to try this idea [of being an executive coach] ... at least I try," he said.

pichaya@nationgroup.com

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The Alliance of Coaching Professionals (ACPTT) has been officially established. It is a non-profit organisation formed by individual professionals who practise coaching, including health and wellness, career and life coaches. The organisation is dedicated to advancing the coaching profession by encompassing the high professional standards set by the International Coaching Federation USA, educating and building a network of coaches. It will support and advance the coaching profession through programmes and standards supported by members and will be an authoritative source on coaching information and research for the public. There will be different tiers of membership to suit individual needs including a student membership.

The first AGM will take place before the end of the year and interested people from varying professions and levels of employment are welcome. Coaching is a comparably new profession. It blends the best concepts from business, psychology, philosophy, sports and spirituality. Although coaching combines skills from other disciplines, it is a distinct process of supporting others to create an ideal life. Coaches work with clients on a variety of topics, from business and professional issues to personal and spiritual concerns. Coaching involves dialogue between a coach and a client with the aim of helping the client obtain a fulfilling life. This is achieved by helping the client establish what is important to them and by clarifying their values.

A coach offers many things to the client during the coaching process such as:

support to discover the answers within him or her self

clarification of values

co-creation of a plan for how to achieve what the client really wants

a sounding board for new ideas

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Positive soccer coaches teach players to respect the game. When players respect the game, the game pays them back with great experiences. The Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) encourages players to follow the R.O.O.T.S. principle. In other words, coaches should teach players to respect the rules, opponents, officials, teammates and self. Here are some ways to do that.

Respect the Rules

Rules define the game of soccer. In fact, FIFA documents these rules as an international standard. Following the rules means fair play. Cheating is one way to disrespect the rules. I encourage my players to respect the rules with a popular saying: cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Respect Opponents

It is always important to respect opponents, no matter how strong or weak they are. A better team can teach you. A worse team can learn from you. My youth soccer team has been the better and worse team many times. They know what it feels like to win big and lose badly. They also know that a respectful opponent can make any game a positive experience.

Respect Officials

Officials are there to enforce the rules. They try to maintain a fair competition from start to finish. But the officials are human beings; they make mistakes. Frequently complaining about bad calls just distracts you from the game. Players should respect the officials and concentrate on the game itself. At our practices, I play the role of a bad referee. I purposely make bad calls to see how the players react. They quickly learn that complaining just takes them out of the game.

Respect the Team

It is important for players to respect their teammates. Otherwise, teammates will not respect them. Since soccer is a team sport, all players must support each other. When players respect each other, the team plays better. And it becomes a positive and effective soccer environment.

Respect Self

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There comes a time in every youth sports coachs life when a decision has to be made when to stop coaching.

For some, this decision is made for him or her, possibly due to health or family reasons. For others, the decision is one that must be made exclusively by the coach him/herself, or in some cases, with input from family members.

People start coaching for a lot of reasons: Some for the pure love of the sport and coaching; some because they feel nobody can coach his or her child as well; and others because nobody else will volunteer. But regardless of the reason, once you start coaching like a lot of things in life its hard to stop.

Kids move on

Usually the most common reason many coaches stop is because his or her own child is no longer playing the sport. Its hard to justify spending the time required to coach a youth sport if your kids arent even on the team although, some do. My hat goes off to those folks!

Other coaches quit because its too stressful dealing with parents who all think their child is the best on the team, or players who really dont care enough to make the commitment necessary for the team to be successful and not just in the win column.

Sure signs that its time to quit are: if you dread going to practice; dont look forward to games; come home from practice every night in a foul mood; or come up with lame excuses to cancel practices or other team activities.

If the time commitment of coaching is making things at home suffer your relationship with your spouse and kids, chores, etc. its time to re-evaluate where the free time you have is best spent.

Im not suggesting quitting mid-season, but certainly think long and hard about volunteering to coach again.

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Irvine, CA (PRWEB) August 03, 2012

When two-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor decided to earn her master's degree in coaching and athletic administration to prepare for her post-playing career, she chose Concordia Universitys Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration (MCAA) program.

Coaching has always been a passion of mine, and nowadays you need your masters degree, May-Treanor says. Concordia had everything I was looking for.

May-Treanor is the most successful beach volleyball player in history, with 107 career wins. She and playing partner Kerri Walsh-Jennings are competing in their third Olympic Games this summer in London, hoping to bring home their third straight Olympic gold medal.

Im very happy with my experience at Concordia, May-Treanor says. The professors and everybody in the department give such good guidance. The philosophy of the program, and especially of the University as a whole, helps coaches be better people, to act in a certain manner. Thats one of the reasons I felt this was the program for me. They send good, solid people into the community.

May-Treanors Concordia education has fit perfectly into her busy schedule which often has her traveling to tournaments 24 weeks a year. She recalls logging onto the Concordia website while in Brazil, downloading her homework assignment and writing a paper on the plane.

The professors work with you and understand that career people who have jobs are the ones taking these classes to further their education and get better positions in their place of employment, she says. They make the workload appropriate.

Concordia was one of the first universities in the nation to offer a Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration, and it remains the only one to offer strong practical training with a foundation in ethics and character-building. In less than seven years, the pioneering program has gone from 12 students to hundreds earning degrees on campus and online.

The regionally accredited, nationally ranked Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration program features award-winning faculty who have proven experience in their fields. The program takes coaching and athletic administration to the next level with in-depth courses in subjects including ethics, leadership and finance, and a culminating project that results in a professional portfolio.

Ive been so happy with the program that I recommend it highly, especially to a lot of my colleagues who are players, says May-Treanor. I say, You should look into this program, especially if you want to continue playing, because it works with your schedule. And I love the campus.

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Luke Power ... Giant steps forward. Photo: Janie Barrett

Its been over three AFL seasons since Leigh Matthews last directive from the coachs box, but his influence around the league continues to resonate - as far as the vast surrounds of western Sydney.

Matthews ended a productive stint at Brisbane in 2008, but much like Kevin Sheedy at Essendon, he left the club having planted the coaching seed in some of the AFLs sharpest minds.

The latest sapling to sprout is Luke Power at Greater Western Sydney.

The 32-year-old is the Giants most experienced co-captain, and one of a handful of old hands to juggle coaching and playing duties.

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While Power did a lot of the same for much of the 282 games he played with the Lions - guiding young players through the rigours of AFL - the official coaching tag has come with a greater understanding of tactics.

Its pretty similar, but now theres a lot more involvement in how Kevin [Sheedy] and [assistant coach] Mark [Williams] want our game to be played, Power says.

We [the playing coaches] are probably a lot more over it, just because were dealing with it every day. Were running meetings, sitting in on important meetings that decide the way were going to play. I guess thats the big change. Were living it a little bit more.

Were all learning all the time. Im learning, one - about myself. But also learning about the industry and seeing it from a different perspective.

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PROVO, Utah The BYU mens basketball coaching staff will participate in the American Cancer Societys Relay for Life on Aug. 10 and 11 at Provo High School.

Head coach Dave Rose will kick off the event with a speech and the Survivors Lap, where cancer survivors lead the way around the track while being honored and applauded by all participants.

The coaching staff has entered a team in this years Relay for Life to assist in the fundraising efforts of the American Cancer Society and to honor Emily Austin, a teenager from Orem who has battled Leukemia since she was 5 years old.

The Roses met Emily and her family through the Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation, an organization that provides Christmas gifts to families with children fighting cancer. Dave and Cheryl and the BYU basketball team have supported the foundation for more than a decade.

Dave Rose battled a rare form of pancreatic cancer during the summer of 2009 and every member of the coaching staff has a close relative who has battled cancer or lost their life to the disease. Cheryl Rose lost her sister Janet to breast cancer just last year. Dave Rose was scheduled to speak at the opening of the Relay for Life in Provo last year but had to cancel to attend Janets funeral.

How to Donate

Donations can be made to any member of the BYU Basketball Relay for Life team or online atwww.relayforlife.org. One hundred percent of all donations will be used to support cancer patients and cancer research.

About Relay for Life

The goal of Relay for Life is to "create a world where more people survive cancer so they can celebrate another birthday. This year more than 11 million people will be able to do that thanks to the support of millions of dedicated Relay participants."

Relay for Life is an overnight relay-style event held in communities throughout the world and is the primary fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Members of each team take turns walking around a track for the duration of the event. Food, games and activities provide entertainment and fundraising opportunities in a family-friendly environment for the entire community.

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