The Power of Working with Parts
By Phoebe Williams Mary, a woman in her late 30’s, came to coaching with the goal of mastering the ups and downs, the powerful inner currents, that seemed to sweep over her and gain control of her thoughts, feelings and actions. Over the course of…
Natural Transformation: How Body & Emotional Awareness Impact the Coaching Experience
By Richard Michaels, MCC, CPCC In his biography, Albert Einstein describes how some of his greatest discoveries first came from his body in the form of a tingling and other enlivening physical sensations that then informed the images and insights that led him to his…
Coaching in Your Current Career: Why You Don’t Always Have to Leave Your Job to be a Coach
By Pailin Chirachaisakul It should have been so easy to leave my job and follow my dream. When I first considered becoming a professional coach, I believed that after I became a coach, I would leave my office life and become a self-employed coach, so…
What’s in the Way Is the Way: How to Work with Inner Protectors so Clients Can Change
By Guthrie Sayen When you sense that a part of your client is blocking access to their natural creativity, aliveness, and wisdom, you can ask that part to step back. You can inquire, “Do you sense the part of you that is concerned?” If the…
The Sky’s the Limit: How a duo is empowering women in the criminal justice system with coaching
By Meghan Ondrish It’s magical. That’s how Ivy Woolf Turk and Cheryl Paley both describe the work they are doing with The Blackbird Project at WPA, the program they co-founded and administer at The Women’s Prison Association in New York City. The Blackbird Project combines…
Finding A New Meaning to Success
By Tanuja Ramchal Three years ago, I was the picture of success—I was in corporate job, making good money, and traveling the world for work. But I didn’t feel successful. Though I had the external validations, I wasn’t fulfilled. It got to the point where…
Problem Solving or Possibility Seeing
By Michael S. Wright In coaching parlance, there is a phrase, “coach the client and not the problem.” This means that the client’s problem shouldn’t be the center of gravity in coaching—the client should. This of course makes a great deal of sense upon examination….
Filling My Tank with Coaching
By Suzie Bichovsky The invitation to share my coaching story both hugged and choked me. How have the Coaching for Transformation skills I learned impacted my work as an educator? Where do I begin? Perhaps I could talk about using mirroring to teach cooperative learning….
Embrace Change: 5 Lessons to Help You Make The Leap
By Tanuja Ramchal The idea of change can cause us to be mired in confusion and doubt, especially when the stakes are high. Even when you’re clear about what you want, how do you avoid the potential negative consequences? I’m familiar with that space. I…