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When Change Requires the Extreme

07/01/2024 / By Mike Hawkins / Leave a Comment / Change, Coaching

Yet when the right approach is used with the right person given their circumstances, people do change. People do achieve lasting change in their habits, behaviors, thoughts, and attitudes. People do overcome addictions, traumas, and mental illnesses. People do become patient, humble, compassionate, and empathetic. People do overcome anger, fear, and anxiety. They do permanently lose weight, exercise, and regain their health. But, yes, for some, change requires an extreme approach.

How to Help Others (and Yourself)

01/01/2024 / By Mike Hawkins / Change, Coaching, Self Improvement

When change is a part of helping people, applying proven practices ensures the best chance of success. These practices are listed below, but before reviewing the list, …..

How to Reassure Others

07/01/2023 / By Mike Hawkins / Coaching, Relationships and Marriage

The importance of this real-time decision by the coach can’t be overstated. Any validation of Julie’s thinking, especially in her frame of mind, could have a lifelong impact on Julie. And not necessarily a positive one.

The Problem with Shallow Conversations

07/01/2022 / By Mike Hawkins / Coaching, Relationships and Marriage

Decide to move past talking about what people are “doing” and talk about what people are “thinking and feeling.” Embrace the mindset that moves from asking “what are you working on?” to “how do you feel about what you are working on?”

Coach the Mindset If You Expect to Change the Behavior

09/01/2021 / By Mike Hawkins / Change, Coaching

If you are like most people, helping others change doesn’t always work. In fact, it rarely works. Change is difficult. Habits are hard to break. Yet people do change. People quit smoking and stop drinking. Kids learn to do things right, at least eventually. Employees develop new skills. People learn self-control. What is the difference between the situations that turn out well and those that don’t?