Transformational Flow Coaching: An innovative approach to development and growth
About this ebook
Flow is an altered state of consciousness that provides many benefits to those who experience it regularly including high levels of performance, increased productivity, enhanced learning, reduced stress, stronger self-concept, improved mental health and positive growth.
'Transformational Flow Coaching' is an approach to coaching that is designed to help facilitate flow experiences while at the same time promoting personal growth and development for individuals and groups. This holistic method mixes the best of transactional and transformational coaching with positive psychology to encourage the coachee to discover who they truly are - their authentic self - thereby enabling positive growth and greater well-being.
This ebook introduces the 'Transformational Flow Coaching' model, explains how it works in practice both from the perspective of the coachee and the coach. It also provides an important link between the author's first book; Learn, Enjoy, Flow & Grow and his next book; 9 Habits of a Flow Coach.
About the author
Derek is a positive psychology practitioner, flow coach and alpine ski teacher. He has spent the last 34 years teaching people of all ages and abilities to ski, including training and examining ski instructors for several national governing bodies/training organisations. As a PG Sports Coaching graduate of Moray House, Edinburgh in 1992 he has always been passionate about how people learn and the psychology of learning. This led to more recent studies and research when he embarked on the MSc Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at Bucks New University graduating with distinction in 2019. His passion for writing has developed over this time and involved coaching manuals, student resources and books all related to teaching and learning. He regularly writes blogs for the Parallel Dreams Coaching Academy https://www.paralleldreams.co.
He wrote and published his first book in 2007; Parallel Dreams Alpine Skiing: Taking your performance to new levels. His new book Learn, Enjoy, Flow and Grow: Using the principles of positive psychology to help find passion and meaning in life has recently been published and is available in paperback and ebook formats now. To sign up to his mailing list go to http://eepurl.com/hifHx9
Derek currently spends much of his time, with his wife, in Saint Gervais les Bains where they run British Alpine Ski School Chamonix and Megeve over the winter months. When he is not coaching, he loves to get out walking in the mountains with his dogs.
