COACHING FREEDOM FROM FEAR!

What fears are your clients expressing this Christmas season? What fears are you facing as you look at the 2009 horizon? What would Freedom from Fear look like for you and them?

Here is the gift of Christmas for all coaches who are willing to receive it and give it to others…FREEDOM FROM FEAR!

1. Fear of INADEQUACY (Luke 1:12-13) Zacharias and Elizabeth were just too old, too competent in their profession, too planned for their twilight years to take on this new venture, calling, paradigm…this ‘wild at heart’ John the Baptist baby who would “turn the hearts of the fathers to the children…” v.17)

Every coach who has this Freedom from Fear can approach any employee of the major name brand stores who will be closing down or downsizing at the end of this year to help them face their vocational and transitional inadequacies without fear. There will be no timelier gift to many in the coming months than a Fearless Coach who is focused on helping people embrace their new assignments in life without fear. Some of them may compare the impact of your life on them like a visitation from an angel!

2. Fear of INTIMIDATION (Luke 1:30, 74) Teenager Mary knew what it meant for her to be pregnant out of wedlock in her day and culture…she had seen and heard the voices of mockery and shame that had intimidated and marginalized others in her day. Who would believe her dream and “visitation” and how would this affect the most important person in her life, Joseph?

Every coach worth their transformational training knows what it means to conquer our own intimidating voices within before we tackle those around us. What assignments do others or we have that intimidates our own comfort zones or the ‘group think’ of those around us? Who are the significant people around our clients or us whose opinions are keeping us from our own destiny significance? What ‘for such a time as this’ dreams are being busted by the intimidators who control the gateways of our lives?…here is the answer; YOU HAVE FOUND FAVOR WITH GOD!

3. Fear of INSIGNIFICANCE (Luke 2:9-10) Shepherds don’t count for much in any culture. Out in the hill country they could see the glow of the city where the VIPs lived their lives in significant busyness while they followed generations of sheep trails by day and quiet stare gazing by night. Seems like the same old purposeless driven life….until they heard that ‘tailor made”, just for them Word, UNTO YOU THIS DAY….”are you REALLY talking to ME?”

Every coach knows that they have stayed the course on their search for significance; not settling for the ordinary but pressing on to the extra-ordinary. We are qualified by our own example of freedom to call the shepherds and the sheep around us to the higher ground of living their lives on target. We have discovered that the freedom is in the journey, not the arrival. The issue is what we are aiming at, not what we have hit. At the end of 2008 we simply need to ask others, and ourselves “What have we done with ‘Unto YOU this day has been given…’?”

4. Fear of INDECISIVENESS (Matthew 1:20) Joseph’s mind and heart was a battlefield of emotional and mental contradictions. Every decision was a lose/lose. Like so many indecisive men down the ages he felt he was caught in a double bind with no way out. Even not making a public example of her left him numb. He feared the consequences of every decision that his mind paraded before him.

Every coach knows that they need a coach when the options before them leave them paralyzed with indecisiveness; someone who can help them re-frame the situation, get another perspective on it, come up with creative options that have been overlooked. We know that someone will appear to us by day or night who will help us see in a new way so that we can decide with a new freedom. In days of political spin, corporate speak, and religious hype we can be a sounding board for others who can get the clarity that says “This is the way, walk in it”, “Choose this day…”, “As for me and my house, we will…”

Freedom is best known when the landscape is subject to the bondage of pessimism, anxiety, worry, dread; all contributing to a FEAR of the Future. That is why our own Freedom from Fear is the greatest qualification to coach others this Christmas and beyond. Here is your gift. Why not open it now so you can serve others and set the captives free from fear, one conversation at a time.

Because He came,
Dr. Joseph Umidi,
President & Founder

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It’s 2008 but 2009 is Coming!

With the holidays coming upon us it not hard to see that 2008 is going to close quickly and before you know it we will be celebrating 2009! Then it is only 8 short months before the first Lifeforming Leadership Coaching Global Summit will be upon us! Very soon you will be receiving a personal invitation from our President and Founder, Dr. Joseph Umidi and I for you to be present at this important and historical event in London, England August 7-9, 2009. We will have limited space so it will be very important that you register as early as possible. I am anticipating that we will be turning some down at least for the immediate lodging on the campus.

There is excitement building and many questions are starting to arise as a result so I thought that I would try to clarify what this summit is all about and who will be attending. This is a Global Summit so we are expecting national coach trainers and their immediate team members to attend along with their spouse. We are planning for over 20 countries to be present and maybe even more. This is the reason that we began planning this event 18 months prior to the event and writing updates beginning in September of this year. We wanted to be sure that everyone who wants to participate would have plenty of time to put this on their calendars and make plans to attend.

This is going to be a summit and not a speaking event. By that I mean we are anticipating that every national coach trainer will be speaking to everyone else about what they are doing in their respective country, what their dream is for their nation and regions beyond. There will be no “big shots!” The attendees will be the agenda. Then there will be time for us to dream and strategize on how we can continue to reach out beyond ourselves to see others join us in this Global Christian Coaching Movement!

Once you receive your invitation you will be invited to register at a special link designed just for this historical event. If you have any questions please feel free to drop me an email and I will do my best to respond to you in a timely manner. Thanks so much for praying for this global leadership summit. I truly believe God has more planned for us and our leaders than any of us can imagine! Have a wonderful holiday season!

Sincerely,

Sam Scaggs
International Director
sam@lifeformingcoach.com

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Upcoming Events

January 2009 Professional Program
It is that time of year again! Registration is now open online for the January 2009 Professional Program.

Please register by December 19, 2008 to avoid a late fee!

Real Talk Training Seminar
When: December 13, 2008
Where: Gateway Church, 324 Milltown Road, Bridgewater, NJ
Time: 9:30am - 3:00 pm
Registration: $50.00 per person
Email Laila at: gatewaybaptist@verizon.netaptist@verizon.net to register.

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GRADUATION ANNOUCEMENT!

December 5, 2008 marked a special date for Lifeforming Leadership Coaching. Twenty-one coaches graduated our Professional Program.

To our graduates, It is our prayer you do not let the skills and disciplines you have mastered lay dormant. The Kingdom has need for transformational conversations! Congratulations!

Contact us at info@lifeformingcoach.com and let us know where you found your niche and share with us stories that transform.

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Norwegian Winter Heats up with Coaching!

One week in Norway over Thanksgiving fueled a fire for coaching in this small but large-hearted nation. After two trips by International Director Sam Scaggs, Dr. Joseph was able to help integrate coach courses in a leading seminary, train 75 pastors and students in the Real Talk Training, and establish coach training with 33 key church planters throughout the nation. Oslo is the place where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded but will soon become the place where the Transformed Leader will be acknowledged through Lifeforming’s great team in Norway. You will be so glad to come to London in August to meet these wonderful coaches!

Norwegian Santa Claus!

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Phone Numbers

We are aware that some of the phone numbers in our training manuals no longer reflect our current office numbers. When calling our office please use the numbers listed below:

Lifeforming Office Number
1-888-852-2234
757-631-4440

Additional Important Phone Numbers:
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1-605-475-6407
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Recorded Sessions
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Thank you for being a part of our coaching community. Please let us know if we can serve you in any way.

Blessings for divine breakthroughs and provision!

Joseph, Sam, John, Lyn & Rebekah
Lifeforming Leadership Coaching

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