by Su Blanch | Jun 20, 2022 | ICF C5 Maintains Presence, ICF C7 Evokes Awareness, ICF Coaching Competencies
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 | Mar 21, 2022 | ICF C7 Evokes Awareness, ICF Coaching Competencies
Claire writes: “I’ve talked a lot in previous blogs about how we can’t make meaning for someone else – they can only make meaning for themselves. In the last few months, I’ve noticed that in most coaching conversations, there is one significant question that... by Claire Pedrick | Mar 14, 2022 | ICF C7 Evokes Awareness, ICF Coaching Competencies
A big thank you to Matthew Mason on Twitter for allowing us to share a recent tweet, including an image he shared. Matthew wrote: “I’m finding the ‘spiral of exhaustion’, which I learned recently from a GP a very helpful diagnostic tool with myself... by Claire Pedrick | Feb 14, 2022 | ICF C5 Maintains Presence, ICF C7 Evokes Awareness, ICF Coaching Competencies
Claire writes: “There was a conversation on Twitter this week about whether to take notes in coaching conversations. This is a controversial topic. I ask myself what are notes for? Lots of disciplines take notes – the therapist, the doctor, the financial... by Claire Pedrick | Dec 6, 2021 | ICF C7 Evokes Awareness
Claire writes: “The biggest challenge, I think, with talking professions is that we talk about things! Einstein said that ‘you can’t solve a problem in the frame in which it was created’. Given that all sorts get tangled up through words, it’s useful, I think to... by Claire Pedrick | Jul 12, 2021 | ICF C7 Evokes Awareness
Claire writes: “Returning to last week’s theme of interrupting, I am often asked ‘how do you know if someone is thinking?’. When people are in flow in their thinking, they are more likely to be disfluent in their speech. This sounds like hesitation, talking staccato,...