Coaching When Disaster Strikes

How can coaches respond and help after natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti? There are many ways, from giving and going to coaching from home. Lessons learned from the 2004 Asian Tsunami can help.

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Also, see How to Support Aid Workers in Self Care by Kelly O'Donnell.

And the book: The New Guide to Crisis & Trauma Counseling.

Coaching Hope out of Failure

"Failure" is an emotionally-charged word. Discouragement is it's constant companion. The word "failure" has a note of finality or completeness. Black or white. Bad or good.

We're afraid of failure, but some kinds of failure are actually good for us. Here's two reasons why a little failure now and then will make us stronger.

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