A coaching session is something that tends to happen when I reach a point in my life at which I realize that I’ve been trying to get to some new level of performance or success and that to get there I need the support of another person. Effective coaching can help me move to that next level.
By why do I need another person to help? Why can’t I just pull myself up by my own bootstraps? The main issues are unconscious; I don’t know what I don’t know. I need another organism to introduce new information. But it’s usually not expertise or advice that I need; I can gather information on my own. What I usually need most from the outside is a different perspective on my unique situation.
An effective coach has the skill and experience to curiously explore my inner-world and its relationship with my outer world, helping me to discover the internal dynamics of my current situation that are preventing it transforming into what I desire.
Effective coaching brings awareness to the parts of myself that have been separated during intense past experiences. This awareness leads to integration. This integration, through supporting the past in being lived, reclaims energy, allowing it to be fully harnessed and focussed in ways that lead to my present evolving rapidly into what I consider a more optimal future.
