But what’s the real value of coaching for you, the individual. The one focusing on problems in your relationship or the one who hates their job or the one who feels restless in their life.
After all your personal work are you still finding Connection to be elusive in your life? You’ve been working on the 4 Skills to make a friend as well as the 3 Skills for Connection. You’re trying to find ways to meet new people but somehow creating more connection in your life is still elusive
Frequently I hear my coaching client’s say they don’t feel heard in their relationships, whether business or personal. But by practicing and using the skill of acknowledgement we are also having the other person feel heard and seen and that not only improves our communication but creates connection as well.
By setting an intention on my recent walk through the woods, more things showed up than I had thought. How the practice of two other people affected my day.
Is setting a boundary actually a judgement? It was a very uncomfortable realization as recently a friend pointed this out to me when I asked, if by expressing my boundary was I sounding judgmental?
Recently I came across a short video by Esther Perel, a psycho therapist I follow out of New York. Over her 30 years of studying human relationships in her office, her books and videos are now helping many learn how to deal with infidelity but also how to be better partners.
Without connection in our lives we become depressed. We turn to our doctors who in turn prescribe us antidepressants. What is not spoken about is, what are you doing or what belief do you need to question in order to get a different result?
Are you better at prioritizing others over self? It’s an issue that many clients have brought to their coaching conversations. Time and again they place everyone else’s needs ahead of their own. Whether in the hopes of gratitude, appreciation or the belief that it’s the right thing to do, prioritizing others over self can at times come at a cost.
The powerful skills of listening, empathy, curiosity and vulnerability are what school never taught us and here's why it's now important to learn. The amount of disconnection and loneliness that there is in the world at the moment has only continued to grow since the pandemic. The question however is, where does one do that?