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Year: 2020
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Progress Can Be Slow, Patience Wins Out in the End
We humans live in a world where speed is everything. We have Amazon Prime for next day delivery, and chafe when our packages arrive out of that window. We have video streaming services where instead of waiting for a DVD, we can buy a movie and watch it in seconds. We want everything tomorrow, or…
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The ICF ACC Credential
Today, I received an email from the ICF that I was awarded my Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential! This post chronicles my path to the ICF ACC credential, a crucial part of coach journey. Getting this certification will open up the doors to many new opportunities as the most recognized coaching certification out there. As…
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The 5 Levels of Healing
Following on some remarks I made in my somatic coaching post regarding the expansion of my repertoire of potential solutions for my clients, I had been thinking about expanding the notion of healing and then happened on this chart from Dietrich Klinghardt’s site, on the 5 Levels of Healing: It summed up perfectly the path…
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Somatic Coaching from Genco Coaching
Previously, I had mentioned taking a Somatic Coaching course from my long time mentor coach, Tijen Genco. It just ended and I thought I’d post a review of it, as it was excellent and exposed me to a ton of modalities and possibilities. Somatic coaching moves the center of learning from the head into the body,…
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A Scar Hindered My Performance!
This is an image of a piece of Rocktape on a chest scar. A few weeks back, I saw Jackie Wu for a session. My left lateralis was really bugging me, after having it gotten super fired up after attending Animal Flow Level 1. We figured out that my chest scar, a scar that has…
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Sound for Meditation and Healing
In my recent past, I haven’t been one to meditate much. I did try it on occasion, but didn’t go for long bouts of meditation, or try unique focuses or guidance. But lately, I’ve been wondering more about it and doing it with my newfound partner, sound. I just started a somatic coaching course held…
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Animal Flow Level 1, San Mateo Feb 22-23, 2020!
This post is a bit late in coming. I meant to write it earlier but when the virus crisis hit all things went by the wayside. Last year I had signed up for an Animal Flow Level 1 workshop. I ended up postponing it but then finally decided to take it this year in February…
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Has Your Eating Moved Off Target Due to Fear, Stress, or Boredom?
We live in uncertain and extraordinary times as our society deals with a pandemic in our midst. The fear and stress accompanying this crisis can drive your eating patterns off kilter. Some of you may be eating (or even not eating) to alleviate negative feelings. Are one or more of these happening to you: Overeating…
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Chasing Training Goals for Anxiety Reduction
During this time of COVID-19 crisis, we are all “sheltering in place” and our lives are upended in many ways. There is a lot of fear and anxiety over many things in this world, and sometimes we can get frozen in our tracks and unable to do anything. Anxiety is caused by a feeling of…
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Watch for Tension During the Conversation
Image from Flickr. Heard today in my Laser Focused Coaching class – Watch for tension during the conversation Often when we have a coaching conversation, we may start to feel tension within ourselves. In the beginning, we may feel this and then retreat in fear, and it affects our ability to be present during the…
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Saying What’s Going on in Your Mind
Heard in my Laser Focused Coaching class – Saying what’s going on in your mind This refers to when a client is talking, and as they talk usually you are processing too and are coming up with intuitively what is going on here and what needs to be addressed/corrected. What usually happens is you: Ignore…
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The Importance of Self Growth and Development as a Coach
Heard in my Laser Focused Coaching class: We must model for our clients. We must be ahead of them in self care and self development. We must always be working on our own issues. The more you take care of ourselves, the better coach you’ll be. We must always learning. Truth.
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Thomas J. Leonard’s Coachability Index
In my Laser Focused Coaching class, we talked about Thomas J. Leonard’s Coachability Index. He used this as something he gave to potential clients to gauge their coachability, each on a scale from 1 to 5: I can be relied upon to be on time for all calls and appointments. This is the right time…
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Coach the Feelings/Emotion First
Heard in my Laser Focused Coaching class: Coach the feelings/emotions first, before setting the agenda. Another good tip to not rush to action, if the circumstances don’t warrant it, and reminder to make sure the feelings behind what they say are explored full and deep enough before attempting to set the agenda for the conversation.…
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Coaching the “Who” First
Something I heard in my Laser Focused Coaching course was: “If you coach the who, the what follows naturally.” Any actions that a client will take are a natural output of a shift they have. If an exploration is more feeling based during a conversation, then use these inquiries to tease out a next step:…
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