by Guest | Sep 15, 2022 | ICF 03 Trust and Intimacy, ICF 04 Coaching Presence, ICF Coaching Competencies
This week’s guest blogger is Sarah Clein who we first met at The Coaching Inn Sarah writes: “Talking to my partner about work this morning and helping untangle something nuanced, complex, emotive. A lot of listening, some asking questions, a bit of sharing some...
by Claire Pedrick | Aug 18, 2022 | ICF 04 Coaching Presence, ICF 08 Creating Awareness, ICF Coaching Competencies
Claire writes: “I’m just tidying up and found this quote from Einstein that I wrote down 15 years ago. “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.” As...
by Claire Pedrick | Jul 21, 2022 | ICF 04 Coaching Presence, ICF Coaching Competencies
Claire writes: “In my new garden habit, I somehow managed to pot up and plant out the sweet peas. And what a job that’s been. They are delicate… I have great hopes for weeks of summer flowers. I just read this quote from Charles Brower which is the equivalent of sweet...
by Claire Pedrick | Jul 11, 2022 | ICF 04 Coaching Presence, ICF 06 Powerful Questioning, ICF 08 Creating Awareness, ICF Coaching Competencies
Claire writes: “Happy 1000th Birthday to the Blog. When I started writing every week at the beginning of the century, I wasn’t expecting to still be going after 1000 posts! I have been wondering what to write for this one – feels like a lot of pressure, so I...
by Claire Pedrick | Jun 20, 2022 | ICF 04 Coaching Presence, ICF 06 Powerful Questioning, ICF 08 Creating Awareness, ICF Coaching Competencies, Silence
Claire writes: “Thanks to my friend Jane Sandwith for sending me a brilliant quote that is worth a blog post all of its own… ‘The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking’ Phaedrus Many times people don’t need a question… they need...
by Claire Pedrick | Jun 13, 2022 | ICF 03 Trust and Intimacy, ICF 04 Coaching Presence, ICF Coaching Competencies
Claire writes: “Some people, I notice, get into full flow as soon as they start a conversation. And when what they say is interesting, or when it feels like there is much to explore, it’s easy for the coach (or whoever is facilitating the conversation) to dive...
