Claire writes: ‘I have always been ambivalent with dogs. I’m OK with them in the room, but not very interested.  I am very anti-cat. I have an allergy and was attacked on a French exchange after my hosts drowned the kittens the morning I arrived to stay. And the cat blamed me.

We have friends who have an anxious dog. Whenever we have stayed with them, the dog has been quite manic and had to be shut away.  Now, through the generous sharing of our neighbours, we are used to dogs and spend a lot of time with them.  So a couple of weeks ago we went to stay with our friends with the anxious dog.  As we walked through the door, we were different. Instead of ignoring the dog, we said hello. We weren’t anxious before – just not interested.  Our calm engagement changed everything. Poppy wasn’t shut away.  She spent time with us all. It was all very normal. 

I’ve been thinking about this ever since.  In the same way that calm impacted all the stakeholders in the room, so did the anxiety.  Often we think we can hide it, but the dog picks it up.  That happens in teams as well”

Hear Claire tell this story in her conversation with Kay Young in a podcast on The Coaching Inn too! ’https://thecoachinginn.podbean.com/e/coaching-soul-or-mastery-with-kay-young/

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