Laura Berman Fortgang
Guiding Clients to A More Meaningful Life While We Build One Ourselves
Original class date: June 1, 2009
Presenter Bio:
Laura Berman Fortgang is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the personal coaching field. Her best-selling books “Now What?: 90 Days to a New Life Direction”, “Living Your Best Life” and “Take Yourself to the Top” have been published in 11 languages and distributed around the world.
A sought-after speaker and media resource, Laura has appeared on Oprah, Today, GMA and CBS’s Early show among others. Her TV work and numerous mentions in national and international print media as well as her work through her coaching company, LBF InterCoach, Inc. has provided Laura the opportunity to touch diverse clients ranging from homemakers, celebrities and Fortune 500 companies to NASA and the Army Corps of Engineers.
One of the first recipients of the International Coach Federations’s Master Coach Credential, Laura was a founding member of ICF, a four-year board member and has been a tireless champion for the coaching profession around the world.
Summary of Teleclass:
As a prominent self-help author and a pioneer in the field of life coaching, Laura Berman Fortgang has spent decades helping people figure out what they want to do with their lives. And so it was a bit of a surprise when a single theme rose up in her mind that had been echoed by her clients: her work didn’t feel as “meaningful” to her as it once had. As a result, she studied to become ordained as an interfaith minister and along the way recognized that the “solution(s)” to her problem were quite small . . .
In her new book, The Little Book on Meaning Laura reveals that while our hunger for a “meaningful” life can be enormous, our desire for meaning is usually satiated by small, bite-size morsels of meaning—the small, almost incidental events or “achievements” that comprise the fabric of our lives.
In this presentation, Laura will share how ministry has changed her coaching work and what you might glean from those changes to grow your own practice. Laura will guide you through five “M words” beyond the godfather of them all—Meaning—that will serve as markers on your path:
Mystery: Many of us are so busy looking for answers we fail to consider the questions. Laura will guide you and your clients to new questions yielding new answers
Minister: Discover how subtle changes in approach will impact your practice for the better.
Magnificence: If we will just open our eyes—and truly look—beauty and purpose are everywhere! Learn the small tricks to support your clients to see it.
Mind: Tangled up in our thoughts, we fail to experience the moment. Explore new ways to allow your mental patterns to be altered permanently.
Mystic: Learning to see the world through the eyes of a mystic, suddenly everything holds meaning and clues to what will make us and our clients happy.
In her usual, high energy, interactive style, Laura will inspire you and get you ready to act on your discoveries.
CEU Information
.50 for Core Competencies
.50 for Personal Development
Asking Better Questions to Get Better Answers For Our Clients and Ourselves
Original class date: January 22, 2007
In this presentation you will be introduced to Laura’s ‘Wisdom Access Questions’ as she presented them in her 2nd book “Living Your Best Life”. You will learn which questions help clients find answers that move them forward and which kind of questions keep them stuck. If you are interested in becoming a masterful coach, this session should not be missed. Your own personal development will be addressed as you explore if you are a ‘wisdom seeker’ or merely an ‘information seeker’ in your coaching style. Learn how to make your consultations result in more clients signing on and how to make your current clients talk about you and the results you create for them. Here’s a ‘wisdom access question’ for you: What keeps you from signing up for this teleclass right now?
The Teleclass Leader
Laura Berman Fortgang is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the personal coaching field and is the author of “Living Your Best Life” and the best-selling “Take Yourself to the Top”. Her latest book is “NOW WHAT? 90 Days to a New Life Direction”. A sought-after speaker and media resource, Laura was the first personal coach to be featured on Oprah and the Today Show and his been seen on numerous national shows. Through her coaching company and her contributing editor role at REDBOOK magazine, Laura has provided coaching to diverse clients ranging from homemakers to celebrities to Fortune 500 companies to NASA and the Army Corps of Engineers. Laura can be reached at lbf@intercoach.com or on the web at www.nowwhatcoaching.com
CEU Information
0.5 CCEU Core Competencies, 0.5 CCEU Personal Development
