Here are a few materials and links to websites I think are really fantastic. Please check back often as new resources will be added regularly.

Assessments

The VAK Learning Styles Self-Assessment—this quick test will help you identify whether your dominant learning style is visual, auditory or kinesthetic. Click here: VAK_short_test.docx

Websites

www.marthabeck.com – visit this site for all things Martha: a schedule of appearances, seminars and teleclasses; books, MP3s and other products; information about the Martha Beck life coach training programme; and her fabulous blog.

www.stellarlifedesign.co.za – the website of Judy Klipin, Martha Beck Master Coach and my personal mentor. Judy has recently published a brilliant e-book, Into the Light: Stepping out of the Shadows of a Challenging Childhood, which is available on her site.

www.escapefromcubiclenation.com – the website of Pam Slim, another Martha Beck Master Coach whose expertise and passion lie in helping people in full-time employment make the shift to entrepreneurship.

Books

If you prefer to get your coaching from a book, here are a few to try. The links will take you to the authors’ home pages, where you can order the books – most authors get a percentage of the sale when books are bought this way.

Finding Your Own North Star, by Martha Beck. I would recommend this book, subtitled How to Claim the Life You Were Meant to Live, as the first step in your self-coaching journey. It’s filled with Martha’s signature blend of science, spirituality and humour, plus tons of real-life examples from her coaching practice and lots of exercises to help you get in touch with what you love and who you were meant to be.

Steering by Starlight, by Martha Beck. This book, the sequel to Finding Your Own North Star, will take you further along your journey to your “right life” and will help you overcome any obstacles that might be standing in your way.

Time to Think, by Nancy Kline. In this engaging, compelling book, Nancy teaches readers to create “thinking environments”, a model of human interaction that dramatically improves the way people think, and thus the way they work and live. She describes how to apply this model in organisations, families and relationships.

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, by Daniel Pink. Anyone who wonders where the world of work is headed – for themselves or for their children – should read this book. It provides a completely original and profound analysis of the most pressing personal and economic issues of the days ahead, then provides an equally original, profound and practical guidebook for survival – and joy – in this topsy-turvy environment.