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Christian Coaching
Helping Others Turn Potential into Reality
by Gary R. Collins, Ph.D.

This 320 page book is packed with stories, insights and interviews with influential coaches, providing a model for Christian Coaching. It is written for those who want to become a coach or use coaching in personal ministry or the church. Christian Coaching will help you learn the characteristics of an effective coach, how to build those into your life and coach and lead others with the same leadership style that Jesus demonstrated: servant leadership. This is a must-read for anyone in counseling, church leadership or coaching.

Gary R. Collins, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of more than fifty books, including Christian Counseling, How to be a People Helper and The Biblical Basis of Christian Counseling. Dr. Collins was a professor at Trinity International University for twenty years and served as the first president of the American Association of Christian Counselors and was also the founding editor of Christian Counseling Today magazine. He is a graduate of the Institute of Life Coach Training.

The book, published by NavPress is NOW available. 

To preview Chapter One of Christian Coaching, click HERE.

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Growing in Christ: Managing Your Anger Well - Video Tape
Horace Lukens, Ph.D.

In this 90 minute video Dr Lukens offers a clear and insightful examination of this often misunderstood and misused emotion and presents a broad range of solid, practical, and Biblically based strategies for managing anger effectively. Topics include the nature of emotions and anger, a Biblical understanding of anger, benefits and risks of anger, mismanagement of anger, and constructive ways to manage anger. The presentation is fast paced and informative and is ideal for use by individuals, couples, counselors, pastors, small group facilitators, ministry directors and Sunday school classes. An eight page appendix accompanies the video.

$24.95
(includes S&H)
To order, go to www.lifewalking.com

The 30-Second Shift: Got half a minute to change your life?
by Faith Meenan, Life Coach & Owner of Christian Coaching Institute

Think that change has to be hard, that because you've never lived the life you dream of, you never will? Then get ready for The 30-Second Shift! In this powerful book, Faith Meenan – an insightful educator and successful life coach who has helped people around the world – gives you the keys that will alter your life forever.

In clear steps, The 30-Second Shift moves you from not knowing God's purpose for your life to having deep confidence about your specific contribution to the world. This is not simply a book to be read; it is a book to be used: Whether you're feeling stuck personally, or simply work with others who are feeling stalled in their lives, you'll learn ways to create excitement, meaning, and deep spiritual connection through this tested process. Read this book and discover, once and for all, that you can experience joy, peace, purpose and freedom every day of your life – it only takes The 30-Second Shift! To order, go to: http://christiancoachinginstitute.com/books.html

Trellis Program: Add Structure to Your Coaching and Profitability to Your Practice with a Custom Designed Coaching Program

The only book on this topic, this eBook promotes and explains the fundamentals of designing a coaching program. Written exclusively for other coaches by Ruth Ledesma, it includes

• Two Major Reasons Coaching Practices Don’t Thrive
• Five Key Components of “Buyability”
• Three Simple Steps to Designing Your Own Custom Coaching Program

And more tips specifically to help you determine if you are ready for a custom designed coaching program of your very own!

Get your copy of this ground-breaking eBook for only $9.95! Go to www.TrellisProgram.com or contact Ruth Ledesma at www.RuthLedesma.com

The Coward's Guide to Conflict:
Effective Resolution for Those Who Would Rather Run Than Fight
by Timothy Ursiny, Ph.D.

You’re not the only one out there who hates conflict. From the corporate bully to the passive-aggressive employee to the demanding spouse, there are people in our lives who cause us frustration and anger every day. If you’re like the rest of us, you’ll avoid them at all costs.
Success coach Dr. Tim Ursiny shows us that, yes, conflict can be a good thing, and facing up to it can lead to fantastic results! The Coward’s Guide to Conflict gives strength, techniques, motivations and challenges to the people who need it most. With an open, step-by-step approach, it shows you how to prepare, maintain your integrity and work toward resolution.
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Coaching by the Book: Principles of Christian Coaching is written for anyone who wants to learn more about coaching, but it is particularly designed to be helpful as a reference for those who want to coach -- or be coached -- specifically from a Christian perspective. It is filled with stories that illuminate the rich relationship between Christian teaching and the dreams, aspirations, and personal and career development of coaching clients.

Although the idea for Coaching by the Book began with Ruth Ledesma, select members of the Christian Coaches Network (CCN) have joined with her to bring to the reader clear examples of Christian clients who have grown in many ways through their work with a Christian coach, including spiritually. The result of this collaboration will point the reader toward a further exploration of scripture as it relates to daily life. 

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VIDEO: Coaching Couples into Passionate Intimacy:  God's Intention for Marital Sexual Union

Christopher McCluskey, Psychotherapist, Sex Therapist, and Christian Life Coach presents a powerful challenge to the Church as he examines God's intentions for marital sexuality.  His practical approach to the common problems couples face makes this video ideal for use in adult Sunday School classes, marital retreats, professional pastoral counseling, premarital counseling programs and for private use by couples.  Price: $24.95 plus $4.00 S&H. 

"Extremely helpful!" H. Norman Wright, best selling author of Quiet Times for Couples

"...a straightforward, practical and consistently biblical message that all Christian couples need to hear.  I strongly recommend it."   Dr. Gary Collins, Founding Editor of Christian Counseling Today magazine.

To order, email: chris@christian-living.com  or call 573-435-9448

Bite-Size Chunks of Wisdom by Jackie Nagel

You're already over -- overwhelmed, overloaded, and overcommitted. You don't have time to be pouring over lengthy articles and leafing through page after page of information to find your needed solution. You need quick, simple, practical ideas that WORK...and work fast.

That's why Bite-Size Chunks of Wisdom was written -- with YOU in mind. The concepts are innovative, easy-to-apply, and down-to-earth. You'll have a new way of looking at an old problem. Don't stay stuck. Start succeeding and discover what others already know.... $14.95 U.S.

To order, go to: JackieNagel.com

Critical Coaching Skills Tape #1: Coaching Essentials for Managers and Executives
By Timothy E. Ursiny Ph.D.

This 65 minute videotape is specifically designed for the internal coach or manager working within a business setting. It is a practical guide to the basic philosophy of coaching as well as an exploration of core coaching skills. In this videotape you will learn: 

• Core beliefs held by coaches 
• Differences between pure management models and a coaching model 
• How to deal effectively with coaching different styles of individuals 
• Three different levels and five different styles of listening 
• How to use metacommunication to prevent destructive conflict 
• The role of intuition 
• Techniques for effective goal setting with coachees 
• How to ask powerful questions 
• The importance of accountability 
• A structure to use in your coaching sessions to greatly aid your coachee's progress 

Critical Coaching Skills Tape #2: Dealing with Differences and Difficult People
By Timothy E. Ursiny Ph.D.

This 65 minute videotape is specifically designed to build skills in the area of conflict management. In this videotape you will learn how to:

• Recognize and respond appropriately to different behavioral styles 
• Avoid the top ten mistakes made when dealing with upset people 
• Recognize and diffuse five common negative communication styles 
• Pace upset individuals 
• Decrease defensiveness in others 
• Reflect core messages back to others 
• Diffuse conflict through recognizing and respecting differences 
• Deal with conflict with your coachees 
• Coach others in their conflict resolution skills 

Critical Coaching Skills Tape #3: Managing Your Emotions and Reactions
By Timothy E. Ursiny Ph.D.

This 40 minute videotape is specifically designed to help coaches and managers learn and apply specific techniques for self-management. This practical information is presented before a live audience of managers who are dedicated to understanding and controlling their internal reactions in order to be more effective in their work. In this videotape you will learn:

• How to recognize and defeat common irrational beliefs 
• Ways to decrease anger, shame, embarrassment, and fear 
• A specific self-talk strategy that does not rely on inflated positive affirmations 
• Ways to "train your brain" not to accept irrational messages 
• How to free yourself from past beliefs that have limited you 
• A tool for coaching others to more rational thinking 
• Specific strategies for eliminating self-defeating thinking 

The Coach's Handbook: Exercises for Resolving Conflict in the Workplace
By Timothy E. Ursiny Ph.D.

This handbook is specifically designed for the internal coach or manager working within a business setting. It is a practical guide with many "no nonsense" exercises for dealing with conflictual situations. With this workbook you will learn how to:

• Recognize destructive styles of communication quickly 
• Prevent misunderstandings between coworkers 
• Deal effectively with different styles of individuals 
• Support your coachees in the way that is most meaningful to them 
• Utilize a 3-stage model for talking through conflict 
• Metacommunicate with others 
• Avoid the most common mistakes people make when dealing with upset individuals 
• Coach others to develop superior conflict resolution skills 
• Build solid communication with people you coach or manage 
• Save time and energy by resolving conflict quickly and efficiently 

HOW CAN I HELP?
by Lynda Elliott

Discover specific ways to help people who are grieved, afraid, angry, depressed, fearful, sick, guilty, tempted, betrayed, butter or abused. This book gives you the tools to:

• assess someone's desire to move forward
• help when you haven't experienced the same problem
• avoid excessive dependencies
• press on without burning out

Order through amazon.com or directly from the author at www.lyndadelliott.com
Cost is $11.95

AN INVITATION TO HEALING
by Lynda Elliott

Do you--or does someone you love--need emotional, spiritual or physical help?

This is a remarkable book about healing.

If your body is carrying the weight of hurtful emotions like depression, shame, regret or fear, this book is for you. Most of us pray and hope that healing will just "happen", but healing is usually a process. What does God do and what does He want us to do? This book will bring you closer to our Lord Jesus Christ and prepare you for the process.

To order, go to www.lyndadelliott.com
Price $10.00

NO MATTER WHAT
by Lynda Elliott

NO MATTER WHAT is a beautifully illustrated gift book of hope and comfort and information for families who are experiencing divorce. It is also full of useful information, providing concrete responses to the most common questions that children ask.This is is an ageless book, offering help, hope and assurance to both children and parents who are experiencing divorce - and to those who love them.

Order through amazon.com or directly from the author at www.lyndadelliott.com
Price is $9.00

Making Your Marriage Work by Mary Ann Diorio, Ph.D.

Are you having marriage problems that you can't seem to overcome? If so, this book will help you. Perhaps you have a good marriage. This book will help make it even better. Order your copy today and experience a marriage that's "heaven on earth." (Stock Code #MYMW) $7.99 To order: http://topnotchlifeandcareercoaching.com/store/

Selling Yourself on You by Mary Ann Diorio, Ph.D.

The sub-title of this book is Discovering God's Will for Your Life. A dynamic book, Selling Yourself On You will help you overcome negative feelings about yourself and put on on the road to success in every area of your life. Using sound Biblical principles, Dr. Diorio deals with such topics as overcoming worry, fear, taking charge of your life, and finding your purpose in life. A great book at a great price! (Stock Code #SYOYP) $14.95 To order, go to: http://topnotchlifeandcareercoaching.com/store/

From the Treadmill to the Balance Beam: Biblical Principles for Achieving Balance in Your Life by Mary Ann Diorio, Ph.D.

Is your life out of balance? Are you feeling frustrated, anxious, and just plain upset? If so, you will greatly benefit from this new e-book. In it, Dr. Diorio discusses Biblical principles which, if applied, will turn your life around from one of chaos and clutter to one of organization and peace. Stock Code #EB 1) $5.00 To order: http://topnotchlifeandcareercoaching.com/store/

Consider It Done: Ten Prescriptions for Finishing What You Start
Stanley E. Hibbs, Ph.D.

Would you like to finish what you start? Would you like to make better use of your time? Would you like to have more confidence in your ability to get things done?

To get things done, we have to change our behavior. This workbook outlines the “Ten Prescriptions” that will help you plan, implement, and complete any worthwhile project. Your project might be to develop a business, complete your college degree, or even lose weight.

The book will help you:

• Add power to your goals
• Accept the cost of change
• Overpower excuses
• Overcome the fear of failure

Many chapters have a Coaches Corner that illustrates each prescription. You will see how a coach helps clients “finish what they start.” 98 pages
Available for immediate download for only $24.95 at www.drhibbs.com

When Two Become One: Enhancing Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
by Christopher and Rachel McCluskey

A beautiful vision for Christian husbands and wives that blends spiritual, emotional, and sexual fulfillment in one volume. This is a perfect resource for married couples and a powerful tool for Christian counselors and coaches. It also makes a great gift for engaged couples.

Christopher and Rachel McCluskey introduce the Lovemaking Cycle ©, an innovative model that captures the heart of true lovemaking and presents a picture of God’s plan for sexual union, as well as providing a powerful tool for identifying problem areas that can threaten the beauty of sexual intimacy. 

To order go to: www.whentwobecomeone.net  Price is $19.99 plus s&h

Shout For Joy: Poems From The Journey
By Sharina Smith

Twenty-five years ago, Sharina Smith survived a suicide attempt and began a journey that took her far from the Missouri Ozarks to the East Coast and back home again. Chronicling the loneliness she felt at the loss of her earthly father and the bitterness of feeling abandoned by her Heavenly Father, these poems show that Sharina saw glimmers of joy despite a lingering sense of ennui and emptiness. After years of running away from home and her first love, Sharina returns to the Ozarks, her high school sweetheart, and her Father’s arms. Both her husband and her Heavenly Father are embraced with a shout of joy as Sharina discovers the journey has just begun. $12.99

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Transformational Coaching: Building Bridges that Connect, Impact, and Advance the Ministry and the Marketplace. Dr. Joseph Umidi 

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A New Direction for Leadership
A guidebook for Coaching in the Church
by L. Cecile Adams and Carol D. Hayes

Here is a groundbreaking book to help both professional and volunteer church leaders
define coaching, experience coaching and apply coaching in their leadership roles and spiritual lives.
Topics covered are faithfulness, action creativity, enlightenment, trust and spirituality, exploring
biblical references and ways to use coaching professionally and personally.

To order, email cecileadams@coachinginthechurch.com 
Color version $21.95, black and white $14.95 plus s&h. 

The Confidence Plan by Tim Ursiny, PhD

The Confidence Plan is a revolutionary guide to building a more confident you. This smart and practical book addresses the five essential elements that can help you boost your self-confidence.

Using examples of unstoppable people whose mindsets have become even stronger than before, Dr. Tim Ursiny shows how you can do the same by following a step-by-step program.

Dr. Tim's unique, holistic approach guides you through the science and habit of optimism and success, including: - Research on what makes people happy and successful - Links to fredd guides and resources for trainers, coaches and individuals - Practical, immediate action steps for busy people - Five approaches to building your confidence including: Mental Strategies: Beliefs that lead to peak performance Emotional Approaches: Building deep confidence through insights and feelings Behavioral Tactics: Actions that create confidence and success Relational Factors: Developing a community that recharges rather than drains Spiritual Centeredness: Discovering unbreakable confidence by living your purpose and mission.

To order go to: www.advantagecoaching.com

About the Author
Tim Ursiny, PhD, CBC, RCC, is the president and founder of Advantage Coaching & Training. He is a success coach and trainer specializing in helping people reach peak performance and happiness. He is the author of The Coward's Guide to Conflict, which has been translated into several foreign languages.

Work With Who You Are by Denise Brown

A "how to" reference designed to lead you on a path to discover your natural attractiveness, what you do best and how to link them together to reach your full potential.  With step by step guidance and real life experiences, this book offers straightforward advice and tools to make it possible to bring who you are to what you do.  This book will leave you inspired and motivated to find the work that you love to do.

Whether at the beginning of the journey or somewhere along the way, WORK WITH WHO YOU ARE will facilitate action planning that takes you from reacting to actively designing professional and personal lifestyles that are linked to your passions, values and strengths. The how to advice includes strategies on

• Clearing the space around you and making room for you
• Determining your “natural attractiveness”
• Discovering your strengths
• Bringing who you are to professional and personal goals

$19.95 including shipping.  To order go to: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

Christ-Centered Coaching
7 Benefits for Ministry Leaders by Jane Creswell

"Richly illustrated with case histories, biblical guidelines, and practical insights, this is a helpful overall introduction to what coaching is and to what it can do, especially in ministry situations. Jane Creswell's book reflects her in-depth experiences as a coach, pioneer in the coaching movement, and teacher of coaching, all combined in a volume written by a skilled and established coaching professional." --Gary R. Collins, Author of Christian Coaching and Christian Counseling

ISBN 0-8272-0499-X
Price $19.99

Order at www.lakehickoryresources.com or phone 800-366-3383

When God Waits: Making Sense of Divine Delays, by Jerome Daley

Does it feel like God has pushed the pause button on your life?  If you're frustrated by God’s apparent slowness, don’t assume having to wait is a waste of time. God does some of his most important work in your life during these divine delays. Many men and women of faith whom we read about in the Bible had to endure long, difficult seasons of waiting before God’s destiny for their lives was revealed and fulfilled.  Don’t miss out on the richness of this God-ordained lag between catching a vision for your calling and seeing God fulfill it. No matter how long you have to wait, you can be transformed as God prepares you to fulfill your divine calling.

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Soul Space: When God Breaks In, by Jerome Daley

Life never seems to slow down. Daily responsibilities can leave us feeling empty and losing our passion for life and settling for less than God’s best. In Soul Space author and speaker Jerome Daley evokes a new way of thinking about the spiritual life and the intimate relationship for which our soul yearns – to be cleared from life’s clutter where we can be alone with God. Through insightful scriptures and personal testimony from his own year-long sabbatical, Daley opens the door to a more intimate Soul Space with God.

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Not Your Parents’ Marriage: Bold Partnership for a New Generation, by Jerome & Kellie Daley

It’s not just the two of you and God. The truth is you bring your family into your relationship in more ways than you realize. Yet God has plans for your marriage that differ from the expectations of your parents’ generation. Looking at the past, how do you know what to jettison and what to keep as your own?  Not Your Parent’s Marriage examines God’s vision for your marriage and includes honest dialog, fun questionnaires, and space for journaling. It’s time to honor what God has done in the past while unlocking the creativity and passion that are unique to your relationship.

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Leadership Coaching by Tony Stoltzfus

www.Coach22.com/exclusives.html
A practical guide for those who want to learn to coach, written from the perspective of a Christian coach trainer. Leadership Coaching covers the heart and values of the coaching approach, then takes an in-depth look at the key coaching techinques. Filled with stories, sample dialogs and exercises, its a great guide to the world of coaching.

Leadership Coaching Live! CDs by Tony Stoltzfus

www.coach22.com/leadershipcoachinglive.html

This 4-disc set is a companion to the book, Leadership Coaching, and provides live demos and discussion of the basic coaching skills highlighted in the book. Being able to hear what coaching sounds like as well as read about it is an invaluable aid to learning to coaching.

Powerful Questions: Changing Perspective by Tony Stoltzfus

www.coach22.com/changingperspective.html

This enhanced CD from the Master Coach Series includes an hour of demos and debrief on 11 ways coaches can help their clients see things from a new perspective. The disc also includes transcripts of the questions asked, handouts and more that can be printed out. It's great material for practicing coaches to enhance their skills.

Powerful Questions: Problem Solving by Tony Stoltzfus

www.coach22.com/problemsolving.html

Listen in as a top coach demonstrates several problem solving technques with an hour of live demos. This enhanced CD from the Master Coach Series also includes handouts and transcripts of the questions asked you can print out for added value. Its a great addition to any coach's toolkit.

Powerful Questions: Coaching Visionaries by Tony Stoltzfus

www.coach22.com/coachingvisionaries.html

If you work with visionary leaders, this disc includes some advanced coaching exercises and techniques for helping them clarify and refine their visions. The disc includes over an hour of demos, discussion and input, as well as handouts and transcripts you can print out to help you use these techinques with others.

Peer Coach Training Facilitator's Package by Tony Stoltzfus

http://www.coach22.com/peercoachingmaterials.html

This 8-session, DVD-based coach training course builds accountable, growth-centered peer relationships using a coaching approach. Perfect for small groups, men's or women's groups or leadership teams, this package includes everything you need to bring coaching into your church or ministry at the grassroots level. The /Facilitator'sPackage/ includes DVDs (2-disc set), /Facilitator's Guide/, /Participant Workbook/, 10 - /Peer Coaching Brochures/ and a copy of the book, /Leadership Coaching/.

Peer Coach Training Workbook by Tony Stoltzfus

http://www.coach22.com/peercoachingmaterials.html The participant's /Workbook /for peer coach training includes handouts, exercises, pithy articles, peer coaching covenants and more -- everything participants need to learn basic coaching skills while forming a growth-centered peer relationship. Peer Coach Training lets you introduce basic coaching skills to leaders or lay people in your church for as little as $10 a person.

Coaching Transitions by Tony Stoltzfus
http://www.coach22.com/coachingtransitions.html

Walking with leaders in the Turning Points of Life* by Tony Stoltzfus 2 Disc audio CD set + handouts This two-disc set shows how to coach others to meet God in major life transitions. Starting with the idea that in transition God births in you the character needed to reach your destiny, Tony shows how to connect to God's purposes in times of suffering and dislocation. Includes input on transitions models, three coaching demos and several coaching tools. $26.99