Coaching for success with a soul
Most of us are pretty good at dealing with dilemmas. Much of our professional training, and education more broadly has taught us how to analyse options, weigh pros and cons, and make a choice. A dilemma presents us with an either/or: And while dilemmas can be uncomfortable, they usually come with an implicit promise: if …
Continue reading “A Dilemma Asks You to Choose. A Paradox Asks You to Stay.”
This reflection comes from my work in coaching and coach training at Wise Goose, and from noticing how ambivalence shows up again and again, not as a problem, but as a pointer towards greater authenticity. May has always been my favourite month in Devon. The hedgerows are extravagant, cow parsley frothing at the edges, hawthorn …
Continue reading “Ambivalence Is Not a Problem to Fix: It’s a Place to Stand”
This reflection was written in the midst of delivering the first days of Wise Goose Foundations course. It’s part of an ongoing series of articles exploring goals, meaning, growth and transition, and what coaching can offer when achievement alone doesn’t quite answer the deeper questions people are carrying. The first two days of the new …
Continue reading “When You Achieve the Goal – and Something Still Feels Unfinished”