what's beyond fitness?
 
 
   

The Full Circle Mentoring Method

Training and Certification 

 

 

As PFF Training™ is beyond fitness, The Full Circle Method is a process beyond PFF Training™ .  When a person finds themselves ready to ask some of the deeper questions in life, like "Who am I? Why am I here?  What is my purpose?"  then they are ready for a very special kind of mentorship. The Full Circle Method is for those who are ready to break through all the walls, masks and patterns that have stood in the way of having everything they desire.

Who Needs a Life Coach?

Smart, educated, actualized people should always be able to achieve their goals and find the health, wealth and romance they want in their lives. Why then don't they? Because there is an internal dynamic -- an unseen, unconscious pattern of thought, perception and behavior -- that gets in the way.

It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE for you to find and fix these roadblocks to happiness, because by their very nature they are invisible to you. This is why a coach is essential to your growth process: because he or she is trained to see your patterns, to mirror for you the things you cannot see, and to mentor you in the things you don't yet know how to do.

“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”

What is life coaching?

Originally, the term “coach” applied to the world of sports. Your coach is someone who will guide you step by step through the learning and training process until you excel at your sport. Well, now the idea of coaching is applied to the world of everyday life – job, family, relationships, health and even financial excellence.

Life can be thought of as a series of cycles. Each cycle is like a game, and each game is simply an opportunity to learn and grow. Some lessons are big, some are small. We complete the game and learn the lesson only when we complete the cycle – in other words, come “full circle.”

What is Full Circle Coaching?

Full Circle Coaching is about getting more out of the game of life. The game of life is not an event – it’s a process. An infinite number of factors can affect the win/loss outcome of a game. It’s completely unpredictable and cannot be forced. What a coach does with his athletes is help them be better prepared to win. Coaches do this by helping tier athletes get more out of the game itself – in other words, get more out of the process. In the same way, a life coach helps you to master the processes of life.

If you think about it, athletes train in order to get better at handling challenges. Sports and games are nothing more than a series of deliberately designed challenges – and the individuals or teams who get consistently better at meeting and mastering those challenges wind up being champions. In the same way, we find joy and fulfillment in life the better we get at meeting and mastering the challenges of everyday life.

What makes Full Circle Coaching unique?

Full Circle Coaching has two parts: talking and T’ai Chi. Yes – all of our coaching contracts involve learning T’ai Chi. This ancient martial art is based on physical and philosophical principles that teach you to meet and master challenges. Like most other life coaching formats there is conversation involved – the narrative of your life story, the introduction of basic principles, and deconstruction of certain events, beliefs and perceptions. But we believe that at some point coaches have to stop talking with their clients and start physically “doing” things with them. Imagine a basketball coach who sat his players down and just talked to them about the upcoming game – but never had them shoot free-throws or run plays. Practicing T’ai Chi will get your coaching breakthroughs out of your head, and into your body.

Full Circle Method Training and Certification:

So I am offering a comprehensive certification and training program. It is rigorous and thorough, but is designed to be accessible to people anywhere in the world who are interested in being Life Mentors. The program makes use of modern technology and the internet, along with regular weekly telephone coaching sessions.

The first month's tuition is $399. For this you get your own personal interactive web page, your first month of week by week instruction, your first month of weekly coaching phone calls, and your own personal Flip video camera. After that your tuition is $250/month until the training program is complete and you pass your certification exams.

A unique featue of the Full Circle Method training is that everyone going through the training process must also go through the coaching process themselves. Therefore, you will be working with your mentor (me) as you progress through the training.  Your lessons will come as multi-media presentations, using writtten instructions, still photos and video. Some of the lessons will be best completed by sending a video response to the homework.  As you complete those lessons, you'll video yourself with your Flip camcorder and email it back to me.   The modules are self-paced; so you receive the new module as soon as the previous one is completed.

 

Syllabus:

      1. The Full Circle Concept
      2. Physical Lessons, pt. 1
        1. T’ai Chi Training
        2. Other possibilities
      3. The Three Enchantments
      4. The Monomyth, aka The Hero’s Journey
        1. Refs and reading list
      5. The Power of Choice
        1. Choice v. decision
      6. The Triangle of Choice, pt. 1
        1. Introduction
        2. Possibility
      7. The Triangle of Choice, pt. 2
        1. Universal Principles
      8. The Triangle of Choice, pt. 3
        1. System of Values
      9. The Triangle of Choice pt. 4
        1. The Will
        2. Will v. whim
      10. The Spiral of Transformation
      11.  The Role of the Mentor, pt. 1
        • The different functions of a mentor
        • Mentors and Coaches in the Full Circle Method
      12.  The Role of the Mentor, pt. 2
        • Discovery Stage
        • Initiation Stage
        • Transformation Stage
        • Re-birth Stage
      13.  Locus of Control
      14. Fundamental Myths to Learn
        1. Introduction
        2. Parsifal and the Fisher King
      15.  Fundamental Myths to Learn, pt. 2
        1. The Descent of Innana
      16.  Fundamental Myths to Learn, pt. 3
        1. Psyche and Eros
      17.  Writing a Personal Mythos
      18.  Archetypes and Characters
      19.  The Decades Exercise
      20.  Weekly Journaling
      21.  Rites of Passage
        1. Common transitions
          1. Birth
          2. Puberty
          3. Marriage
          4. Retirement
      22.  The Importance of Balance
        1. Power, Freedom and Flow
        2. Integrity, Compassion and Synergy
      23.  Principles of Power
      24.  Principles of Freedom
      25.  Principles of Synergy
      26.  Five Seasons System, pt 1
        1. Introduction
        2. Physical genetics
        3. Temperament
      27.  Five Seasons System, pt 2
        1. Spring & Summer
      28. Five Seasons System, pt 3
        1. Indian Summer & Winter
      29. Five Seasons System, pt 4
        1. Autumn
      30. PFF Interview Skills
      31.  Physical Lessons, pt. 2
        1. The PFF Triangle
      32.  Resolving the Mother
        1. Hera and Heracles
      33.  Resolving the Father
        1. Theseus and Aegeus
      34.  The Bliss Finder
      35.  Relationship Coaching, pt. 1
        1. Introduction
        2. Patterns, Time-outs and Rewinds
      36.  Relationship Coaching, pt. 2
        1. The Law of Attraction
      37.  Relationship Coaching, pt. 3
        1. The Relationship Triangle
      38.  Relationship Coaching, pt. 4
        1. The Rosenberg Model
      39.  Relationship Coaching, pt. 5
        1. Communication
      40.  Wellness Coaching, pt. 1
        1. The Wellness Triangle
        2. Physical Activity
      41.  Wellness Coaching, pt. 2
        1. Diet Coaching
      42.  Business Coaching, pt. 1
      43.  Business Coaching, pt. 2
      44.  Business Coaching, pt. 3
      45.  Contribution Coaching
      46.  Hosting the Retreat
      47.  Creating Your Business
      48. Graduation and Rite of Passage

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