Through the door ….. I imagine we’ve all experienced this, as a Coach or Supervisor. The time when we are totally in the flow, when there seems to be a shared space between us and the client, a joint exploration and co-creation. When I was training with the Centre for Transpersonal Psychology, we talked […]
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To question or not to question…….
An article last year by Linda Aspey – see below – really caught my eye. In it she explores our prized coaching tool- our questioning technique. More than that, Linda alerts us to the way we coaches habitually question our clients and she invites us to consider the potential effects of relentless questioning: “Whenever we […]
Recommending Wendy Kier…..
Dear Readers, we can all use some help with our marketing and especially the with newer forms of marketing in social media. We are happy to recommend Wendy….. Marketing your coaching business on Twitter Twitter is the number one online social media platform for driving real time conversations. So what does this mean for […]
Presence and the discovery of wisdom ….
I sometimes wonder how often I see another human being. By which I mean, really see them. People are amazing – infinitely deep. complex and self-contradictory. It was that sense of the potential and rich variety in people that first drew me to coaching. As a Supervisor, I see the potential in Coaches and often […]
COACHING FROM THE INSIDE
“When a supervisee comes to supervision, both people will be changed by the relationship and the conversation that happens between them……(supervision) is a place for everyone in the system to be thought about or held in mind. It is a place to have deep conversations; it is a place to think creatively with a joined […]
ICF backs supervision for coaches
For those of us who have been developing the practice of coaching supervision for many years now, it was encouraging that ICF has recently announced its support for coaching supervision and its awareness of the difference between mentoring and supervision. ICF defines Coaching Supervision as follows: “Coaching Supervision is the interaction that occurs when […]
Andy Murray, attention and us!
“A man in his wholeness, wholly attending…” What a summer we have had! Sports men and women giving it their all and us accompanying them and bursting our lungs in support. A wonderful ‘breathing together’ that has enlivened everybody. When I watched Andy Murray last night (how many major thrills can we cope with in […]
Be Yourself!
When I went to my yoga class last night the theme our teacher focused on was the importance of “being an individual” in our practice of yoga. There is no single and correct way to do yoga. “Each of you will find your yoga”, she said. The length of time to achieve a level […]
What are YOU reading?
Every since I was a child I was afraid that I would die before I read all the books I wanted to. Now I’m not afraid because I know it is true. A smart thing would be to stop buying books and read all the ones I have but somehow that doesn’t work out that […]
Working with collusion
When I hear the word ‘collusion’, I notice the temptation to want to deny or avoid or get confused or not look deeper and then I explore how this word impacts me and I recognise the situations in which a part of me responds “oh yes I know what you mean” or I think to […]
