On our podcast we regularly explore the topics that coachees might bring to a coaching conversation.   One such topic that shows up a lot in our coaching is motivation or, more specifically, a lack of it. Coachees are often asking how they can feel more motivated, or how we can motivate them.   What we often find is that those same coachees who are struggling with their motivation will provide us with evidence of actions that they do feel motivated to take.   Sometimes uncovering the motivation they say they’re lacking is just a matter of increasing their awareness and developin ..read more

Metaphors are an aspect of language that most of us will happily use until the cows come home. However, because we are so used to building metaphor into our speech it passes us by, uncovered, and we are denied the lightbulb moments that might guide us if we were to wake up and smell the coffee.    In this episode, we serve up a way of plucking metaphors from a coachee’s language and putting them under the microscope, thus adding colour to our coaching tapestry. This may allow our coachees to mine a rich vein of awareness that could have remained buried without this approach. Personal ..read more

We regularly see psychological and coaching models being shared on social media, in blogs and discussions, and sometimes the sharing sets our teeth on edge.   We’ve mentioned this before when we explored the myth of Ikigai, and in this episode, we’d like to air some thoughts on a model often shared on social media, Kübler-Ross Change Curve.   In this episode we would like to engage in a little mythbusting around where this model comes from, why it’s unhelpful to call it the Kübler-Ross Change Curve, and under what circumstances talking about change in terms of curve may, or may not b ..read more

We can’t quite believe that we’ve arrived at the milestone of recording 50 episodes of the Your Coaching Journey podcast! We thought we might run out of things to say to one another after half a dozen, but here we are, still having great conversations about coaching almost a year on from recording our first episode.   We’ve loved every minute of it. More than that, we’ve loved hearing from you that you love it too.   As it’s our 50th episode we thought we’d indulge in a little self-promotion, which we seldom do, so this week we’re talking about how our Transformational Coaching Diplo ..read more

From time to time we devote an episode to questions about coaching that have been asked by our listeners.   In this episode we explore whether, as a new coach who hasn’t quite got all the tools at your fingertips, you can still be a great coach. We also chat about pricing, whether it’s worth being accredited as a coach, and what you need to think about if you’re working in an organisation and they are paying you to coach a member of their staff.   If you have a question to ask about coaching and would like us to answer it for you on the podcast, do send us your questions, or even dro ..read more

If you’re a regular listener to our podcast you will have noticed that we regularly discuss how we might deal with different topics that show up in the coaching room. This week we discussed working with coachees around meaning and purpose.    Coachees may not always come to coaching asking for support on finding meaningful purpose, but often they’ll talk about feeling stuck, feeling lost, or feeling as though they’re in a bit of a rut. At these times a conversation around what their purpose is and what is meaningful to them can encourage them to generate some new thinking about what ..read more

Whilst journalling isn’t a tool that you would necessarily wish to use in the coaching room, it can still be a useful concept to introduce to your coachees. Well, Helen thinks so anyway. Tom isn’t entirely convinced, but has his own ideas around when journalling might be useful. In this episode Helen shares some reflections on journaling and also describes her own experience of keeping a journal. She also introduces a journalling method that she would happily invite her coachees to try out. While not entirely on board with the idea of regular journalling, Tom shares some insights into an alter ..read more

In our journey through the different approaches to coaching, we’d like to introduce you to Transformational Coaching.   Transformational Coaching is a flexible and integrative approach that allows coaches to explore a variety of topics and concerns with their coachees and to be agile in the coaching room. This agility enables coaches to move smoothly between different ways of being with their coachees as required. The integrative nature of Transformational Coaching provides a variety of tools and techniques that have their roots in psychology, are often evidence backed and encourage coach ..read more

We regularly see psychological and coaching models being shared on social media, in blogs and discussions, and sometimes the sharing sets our teeth on edge.    “What’s the cause of this mild irritation?” you may ask.    Well we like to try to get our information sharing right and we carry out plenty of research around the subjects we talk about on our podcast. But we know that not everyone does the same. So when we know that information is being misrepresented or misinterpreted in some way, we have a slight reaction to it.    Ikigai is one of those models that has ..read more

In this episode we answer some questions about coaching that we’ve had from our listeners (details of how you can submit your questions are below).   We discuss ways in which you might stop thinking about what comes next whilst you’re coaching; ways that you might go about introducing tools into the coaching conversation; and our views on the topic of interrupting your coachee.   Enjoying the podcast? It would be great if you left us a review here.   Here's the link to Episode #2, which is mentioned in this episode.   Contact Details Find out about our coaching training pro ..read more