I am a Harvard graduate and former Wall Street Consultant. But, I wanted more.I searched everywhere to find the meaning of my life. Now, I help people find the meaning of their lives too.

I have been featured in Forbes Magazinefor my unique coaching practice. I was also named by CoachVille USA as one of 25 Super Hero Coaches nationwide.

And, I am currently hosting afree webinarto help you find your true purpose.

Once upon a time, before my Wall Street days, I was preparing to be a Roman Catholic Priest. After my corporate life, I traveled to India, lived in Ashrams meditating 8 hours a day, and was initiated as a Swami. I am also a successful entrepreneur. You can read more about my life journey on my bio page.

My personal growth continues in the Indigenous Shamanic ways of both the Lakota and Shipibo traditions.And yet, with all my varied life-training, the deck of playing cards is the most accurate and helpful spiritual tool I have ever found.

Most people dont know that the ordinarydeck of playing cardsis actually the Ancient Book of Life, hidden in plain sight all these years. Its not to play poker. Its to play the game of life. Its based purely on mathematics. And in it, we can read our lifes purpose.

I founded The Center of Spiritual Nutrition because I want to offer people a juicier life. In my opinion, what we most lack is the right nourishment for our lives. Like a flower needs sunlight and water to grow, we need spiritual nutrition to be happy.

It used to be that we got our spiritual nutrition from our religion. For most of us, however, thats not true anymore.

And while we may know what it looks like to be physically malnourished, what does it look like to be spiritually malnourished?What are the symptoms? Perhaps they are the very things we see routinely in our world: stress, anxiety, fear, loneliness, self-doubt, self-judgment, sleeplessness, confusion, hopelessness, cynicism, and self-medication I believe these are symptoms of spiritual malnutrition.

But, what if there was a spiritual toolkit that could give us all the spiritual nutrition we need? And, what if that spiritual toolkit has been hiding in plain sight all these years?

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So here you are, searching the web to find a life coach. You might be anyone...

You might be an executive or the owner of a successful small business looking to find balance between the demands of work and the needs of your family. You might be an empty-nester looking to make a difference in the lives of others but not sure which direction to choose. Maybe it's simply that you want your already great relationship to be spectacular.

Perhaps you are a musician, a writer, or an artist looking for a creative breakthrough, or a doctoral candidate looking for the perfect thesis. You might even be a twenty-something techno whiz entrepreneur with a brilliant idea for a product or service that will change the world forever. Maybe you just want to figure out how to have more fun.

Whatever your circumstances, goals or dreams might be, the bottom line is that your life is in transition. And you are determined to make your life be what you want it to be! That's where a Professional Life Coach comes in: We will help you turn your dreams into reality.

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LifeCoaching.com is a cooperative effort between Carmine Leo and Kellie deRuyter. We've been friends for over 40 years, through all the ups and downs that life has had to offer. Not surprisingly, our strongest connection has always been our relentless commitment to personal growth and the space of possibility, for ourselves, for each other, and for everyone whose path through life touches ours.

For more individualized information, please view our bio pages using either of the links below.

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We provide Professional Life Coach Training as well as coaching, training, certification, and assessments for Emotional Intelligence ( EI ).

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100% FREE Coaching for fitness, wellness, coaching and personal training professionals!: No Upsells, No Frills, No BS, just awesome content so you can gain the skills you need to become highly successful. You could do NOTHING and be STUCK for another year. Not a good idea! Or, you could join the most effective coaching program available. Yeah. its 100% FREE FOREVER!!! Your choice is obvious. Read on to learn why you should start immediately. NOTE: The video above has all the details you want. Disregard the info on the pricing, because Im now giving it all to you for FREE for a LIFETIME! Why you need this combination of business and personal development coaching

Its this simple We all want to have a successful and rewarding career or business of our own. The added income allows you to live life more fully and completely. You can give back to those you love and support. Secondly, its important to realize that no level of business skills can make you totally fulfilled in life without also having a high level of personal development.

Together, business coaching and personal development training are the perfect combination to help you reach your personal, professional and financial goals.

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Each week you are given very specific lessons in both business/career and personal development. There are no turn-in assignments. However, you will be given specific to-dos that will quickly improve your business and personal development. Its fun and effective! You can always access any of the hundreds of archived lessons at any time.

The JSE Inner Circle was previously two unique coaching programs; The Matrix Mind and Fitness Fortunes. All of the archived lessons from each of these coaching programs are now inside the JSE Inner Circle. So, you have immediate access to roughly 346 lessons in addition to the new lessons you receive each week. Search the topics that interest you most. Enjoy them all, or just the ones that fit your specific needs. Its up to you.

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Dr. John Spencer Ellis is a 3x Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author, Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Educator and Coach.

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This is your primary coaching certification. If you are brand new to the coaching industry, and have not developed a particular niche, this is where you should start. You can have the most exciting and rewarding career in the world. Become a Certified Life Strategies Coach. See the joy in your clients eyes. Hear the happiness in their laughter. Notice how great it feels to know you made a difference! You will also appreciate the lifestyle you can develop for yourself as a successful coach. Enroll in our comprehensive and accelerated training program. Graduates of this training course offer coaching services to a wide range of people from busy executives, to people with weight challenges to elite athletes.

100% online comprehensive training course and exam.

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Every coaching client wants results. Thats exactly why becoming a Certified Results Coach is a great choice. You will learn very high-level, yet easy-to-follow, strategies and methods for helping your clients achieve the exact results they desire. The techniques used in our propriety system include Hemispheric Integration (learning how each side of your brain codes/interprets and experience or memory differently, and how you can cross reference and streamline an optimal image to get unstuck and achieve massive goals. NLP (Neuro Lingualistic Programming) is also an aspect of your training. NLP is a name that encompasses the three most influential components involved in producing human experience: neurology, language and programming. The neurological system regulates how our bodies function, language determines how we interface and communicate with other people and our programming determines the kinds of models of the world we create. Neuro-Linguistic Programming describes the fundamental dynamics between mind (neuro) and language (linguistic) and how their interplay affects our body and behavior (programming). You will also learn our propriety and highly-effective CRC method for removing fear, anxiety, phobias and much more.

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Your Holistic Life Coaching Training Course is comprehensive and 100% online. You will learn and master holistic coaching concepts, holistic philosophies of well-being, general and complementary health strategies, motivational techniques, your scope of practice and opportunities, best practices for personal and client success, and business strategies and models of the most successful holistic life coaches. As a Spencer Institute Certified Holistic Life Coach, you will assess and have detailed knowledge all the dimensions of holism within each of your clients, and then guide and coach your clients to personal fulfillment and enhanced health and wellness. With your new professional credential, you will fully understand various aspects of holism, and the various step-by-step coaching applications.

Holistic simply means holism or being whole. You can think of it as enhancing personal development from a multi-directional approach. In a holistic perspective, we view the person as a complete being, rather than an individual who may have an unresolved challenge. When we view ALL possible contributions to the current state, a better and more comprehensive resolution is created.

The great thing about being a Certified Holistic Life Coach is that you have endless career and business opportunities. Some primary careers include: coaching clients one-on-one in their home, your home, or your office. Many coaches coach in groups to help more people and earn more money per hour. In addition, you can seek out alternative (and frequently very lucrative career opportunities) as a blogger, writer, podcast host, author, online content provider, online video host or publisher of digital education products. You can also offer your services online to individuals, small groups or large groups.You can use fun online communication/collaboration platforms such Skype, Google Hangout or iChat for your coaching services. You can become an expert for authority websites such as WebMD, eHow and Livestrong. You can become a frequent expert guest on podcasts, radio shows, TV talk shows, news programs or in industry publications. The list of opportunities is truly endless. Nothing is hold you back. So, go make a difference today!

This is actually much easier than you may be thinking right now. Here are some examples: Facebook is an excellent resource. An account is free and building a fan page takes less than 5 minutes. You can advertising to very specific groups of people who want and need your services. Of course, you can also use Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest and your other favorite social media platforms. Its 100% FREE. Create and post a press release about your business launch. Its simple and free to syndicate your press releases across the web. Creating a blog for your business is very fast and essential free. We have resources for your online marketing needs here. You can make training/coaching videos and post them to Youtube. When you offer this valuable free help, people get to know you and learn to like you. In return, they want to know more and they are directed back to your Facebook fan page or blog for details. Of course, you can post your videos to all video sites for an even great reach. Adding your business to Yelp is also a great idea. It gets ranked high on Google which makes your job even easier. Make sure you also add your business profile to Google Local. Thats another free and easy way to get clients. As for off-line client-getting strategies, you can do any of the following: attend local charity events, speak at community events, do a lunch-and-learn at a local business, volunteer for a local charity, distribute door hangers, post flyers, add a graphic/banner to your car, and the list goes on and on. Once you get started, youll see how easy it is to do. Now that you know what you need to do, you just need to implement and the clients will come in on a regular basis. To help you get started FAST and 100% ON TRACK, sign up for the JSE Inner Circle Coaching Program offered by the Spencer Institute founder, Dr. John Spencer Ellis. Try it for 30 days for just $1.

Living successfully is living harmoniously and fully balanced. Holistic life coaching is strategically developed to unblock your clients emotional pathways, liberate his or her body, mind, and spirit. Holistic life coaching discovers your clients personal path to holistic wellness, and boost brain power, as well as achievement of lasting results.

As a holistic person, you shatter the illusion of your separateness and reveal your connection to everything. This empowers you in a way that the ego-driven self could never contemplate Dr. Wayne Dyer

Primary because of the endless options for coaching your clients on success in life from a holistic perspective.

On the BODY, or physical level, you will be working with what is happening with your clients physical experience. You will coach your clients to create environments and action plans that support their physical goals and desires for a healthy and thriving body.

On the MIND or mental level, you will work with your clients to uncover the underlying limiting beliefs and patterns that cause physical manifestations such as a headache or other signs of stress. You will coach your clients to create and incorporate new thoughts, beliefs and actions that are aligned with their values, goals and desires.

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

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How to be happy in life? is a very common question. We hear it a lot from our life coaching clients. Happiness is, no doubt, the most important thing in our life. If we are happy with ourselves, happy with our health, happy with our relationships, happy with our career and happy with our finances, there is not much else we need.

Unfortunately, most people are not happy, at least not as happy as they would like to be. To be happy, we can take charge of our life, grow our confidence, become people-magnets, improve our lifestyle and follow our dreams.

This is not a fantasy. At Be Happy in LIFE, with thousands of happy life coaching clients over the years, we can tell you it is possible for you too.

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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to ones family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control ones own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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The world is fast becoming a place of great confusion and stress. Conflicting demands on your time may be causing you sometimes to lose yourself in the roles you play. You try to keep up and manage your health, your feelings, your relationships,your work and life and your finance, but somehow the way torelaxation, confidenceandsuccessseem to far away, and you end upworried, maybe even a littledepressed. Youwonder:

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Lifecoaching (or personal coaching) is fairly popular these days. Many people have asked me what I think of life coaching, so Ill share my thoughts on this subject.

A life coach is someone you hire to help assist you with your personal development, especially in the area of setting and achieving specific goals. Typically this involves paying a few hundred dollars per month to speak with a trained coach by phone for 30-60 minutes per week. Pricing and service offerings vary tremendously. Your life coach may share advice, offer guidance, help you make plans, and hold you accountable for taking action. You can hire a health coach to help you with health and fitness goals (like a virtual personal trainer). You can hire a businesscoach to help you build or grow a business. You can hire a productivity coach to help you get organized and increase your productivity. Every life coaching situation is unique, so theres a great deal of flexibility here.

At two different times in my life, I hired a life coach, each time for about six months. The first time was in 1993 while I was in college. The second time was around 2001 when I was running my games business.

When I hiredmy first lifecoach, I thought it might be useful in helping to increase my productivity. This coaching program began with avery thoroughpersonality assessment test, so ostensibly the coach could use this info to make the coaching more personal.

My results with this particular coach were mixed.I hired him during the time I was going through college in 3 semesters, and I liked that he helped hold me accountable to getting certain things done. Unfortunatelyhe decided to usemy test resultstotry toimprove what he considered some of my personality flaws, so he would sometimes coachme to work on his goals for me instead ofmy goals for me. Today this practice is largely considered unethical by the coaching community. Most coaches now know they must work on their clients goals, not their own goals for their clients. Some coach training and referralorganizations have written standards of ethics to clarify this.

This particular coach wasnt a great fit for me. He wanted to mold me into a more well-rounded person, whereas my goal was to become sharper in a few key areas. For example, he determined that I needed toimprove my social skills, so he gave me assignments like, Smile at 10 people today. As a computer science and math major, I thought that was a stupid assignment, so I didnt doit. I think his heart was in the right place, and later in life Idid put some serious effort intodeveloping my social skills, but as a coach it really wasnthis place to set goals for me. This caused me to lose respect for him, and it made our relationship less productive than it could have been.

This coach worked as part of a larger coaching operation, and they had a very generous money-back guarantee. I paid about $900 for six months of weekly 30-minute phone coaching sessions. The guarantee was such that if you werent satisfied for any reason, you could get a full refund on your entiresix months of coaching. That guaranteewas one of the reasons I signed up; I figured I had nothing to lose. In the end I did ask forthe refund, and to their credit they promptlyrefunded the full fee. I was excited about the coaching at first, and even at the halfway point it seemed like it was going somewhere,but in the end I realized it didnt meet my expectations. I felt bad asking for the refund, but I would have felt worse if Ididnt. I did get some value from the six months of coaching, but it wasnt worth $900 to me, and the terms of the guarantee made it clear that I should have been delighted, not disappointed. On a scale of 1-10, Id rate this coaching experience a 4.

The second time I hired a coach was during a period when my games business, Dexterity Software, was growing nicely. I thought it would be good to have a coach to help me sort through all the projects on my plate and tosolve some tricky problems.

This time I hired an independent coach instead of going with a larger organization. Most independent coaches offer a free session (try before you buy), so you can decide if theyre a good fit for you. I tried 3-4 different coaches and picked the one I liked best. I paid $70 per 60-minute weekly phone call. I also had the opportunity to do simple follow-up emails with this coach throughout the week.

I liked this coach, and I was happy with the service he provided. He was an experienced programmer like me, but he was also a very right-brained person. He taught me some creative problem-solving and visualizationtechniques. He was also very intuitive, so he would oftendetect the unspoken problems behind my spoken words. This made our conversations very efficient because he was able to get to the core issues quickly. We worked mostly on business challenges but also on some personal goals. My sales increased during this coaching period, so that was certainly nice.

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Life coaching is all the rage. Harvard Business Review reports that coaching is a $1 billion a year industry, but just what is a personal coach, professional coach, or life coach and why are so many executives and individuals using them to catapult their careers, break free from 9-5 jobs, and to create better, more fulfilling, richer lives?

First, what is a professional coach? The International Coach Federation (ICF) -- the leading global coaching organization and professional association for coaches -- defines coaching as "partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential."

Second, who's using coaches? In a 2009 study of the professional coaching industry by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), they found that coaching was used by 90% of organizations surveyed and that even in the economic downturn, 70% report that they are increasing or maintaining their commitment to coaching. Coaching is clearly popular, but what does a professional coach do?

As with any growing profession, there can be a lot of confusion. To help distinguish fact from fiction, click through the pages to read the top 10 personal coaching myths...

Top 10 Professional Life Coaching Myths

Myth #1: Life coaches are professionals who can help you achieve your goals.

Fact: Some, but certainly not all coaches are professionals who can help you reach your goals. One of the problems in the coaching industry is that anyone can call themselves a professional coach, life coach, personal coach, etc. Jennifer Corbin, the president of Coach U, one of the largest and oldest coach training organizations in the world, has said, "Technically, anyone can hang up a shingle as coaching is not regulated. Many people 'coaching' have no idea what coaching is as they haven't been trained or haven't been coached by a professionally trained and credentialed coach. There are 'schools' that will offer a credential after three hours of training and people read a book or watch a TV program and decide 'I'm a coach!'" As a result, the quality of coaches vary dramatically. I strongly suggest working with a coach that has been accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). The ICF provides independent certification that is the benchmark for the professional coaching industry.

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PART ONE

B efore you join Urban Meyer, who is walking toward the exit of the Ohio State football office, there's a scar you need to see. A few years ago in Gainesville, his middle child, Gigi, planned a celebration to formally accept a college volleyball scholarship to Florida Gulf Coast University. It was football season, so she checked her dad's calendar, scheduling her big day around his job. As the hour approached, she waited at her high school, wanting much, expecting little. Some now-forgotten problem consumed Meyer, and he told his secretary he didn't have time. He wasn't going. His beautiful, athletic, earnest daughter would have to sign her letter of intent without him. Meyer's secretary, a mother of four, insisted: "You're going."

Eighty or so people filed into the school cafeteria. Urban and his wife, Shelley, joined their daughter at the front table, watching as Gigi stood and spoke. She'd been nervous all day, and with a room of eyes on her, she thanked her mother for being there season after season, year after year.

Then she turned to her father.

He'd missed almost everything. You weren't there, she told him.

Shelley Meyer winced. Her heart broke for Urban, who sat with a thin smile, crushed. Moments later, Gigi high-fived her dad without making eye contact, then hugged her coach. Urban dragged himself back to the car. Then -- and this arrives at the guts of his conflict -- Urban Meyer went back to work, pulled by some biological imperative. His daughter's words ran through his mind, troubling him, and yet he returned to the shifting pixels on his television, studying for a game he'd either win or lose. The conflict slipped away. Nothing mattered but winning. Both of these people are in him -- are him: the guilty father who feels regret, the obsessed coach who ignores it. He doesn't like either one. He doesn't like himself, which is why he wants to change.

M eyer strolls through the Ohio State football parking lot with his 13-year-old son, Nate. Years from now, when Urban either succeeds or fails in remaking himself, he will look back on these two days in June as a dividing line. On one side, the past 18 months of searching, and on the other, the test of that search. In the car, he turns right out of his new office, heading some two hours north. There's vital business at hand, which requires him to leave the football bunker on a summer afternoon.

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Dr. Joe Vitale is the author of way too many bestselling books to mention here. Some of them include The Attractor Factor, Life's Missing Instruction Manual, The Key, Faith, Attract Money Now and his latest is a sequel to his bestseller, Zero Limits which was officially launched in January 2014, entitled At Zero.

He's also recorded many Nightingale-Conant audio programs, to name a few, The Awakening Course, The Missing Secret, The Secret to Attracting Money, The Abundance Paradigm, The Ultimate Law of Attraction Library and his latest release is called, The Zero Point.

Joe has also been in several movies, including the blockbuster The Secret. He's been on the following TV shows: Larry King Live, Donny Deutsch's The Big Idea, CNN, CNBC, CBS, ABC, Fox News: Fox & Friends and Extra TV. He's also been featured in The New York Times and Newsweek.

One of his most recent accomplishments includes being the world's first self-help singer-songwriter as seen in 2012's Rolling Stone Magazine. To date, he has released 6 albums! Several of his songs were recognized and nominated for the Posi Award, regarded as The Grammys of Positive Music.

He created a Miracles Coaching program and helps people achieve their dreams by understanding the deeper aspects of the law of attraction and the law of right action. This man was once homeless but today is a bestselling author who believes in magic and miracles.

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Ian Percy, Reg. Psych. and member of both the US and Canadian Speaker Halls of Fame.

He just created a software program to help anyone write better sales letters, articles, news releases, speeches and even entire books. It's called Hypnotic Writing Wizard. He also has a brand-new membership program for those who are serious about learning marketing at HypnoticGold.com.

According to Succeed Magazine, Dr. Joe Vitale is one of the five top marketing specialists in the world today and is known to his readers, customers, and seminar attendees as the world's first hypnotic writer. Joe is also a certified hypnotherapist, a certified metaphysical practitioner, a certified Chi Kung healer, a certified Reiki Master, and an ordained minister. He also holds a doctorate degree in Metaphysical Science and another doctorate degree in Marketing. Joe is also a proud member of the National Speakers Association.

Dr. Vitale has numerous websites, books, tapes, free articles, guest columns, and more, on this site. Please take your time, browse and enjoy!

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