Coaching Method
Integral Coaching recognizes that you have two other intelligence centers outside of your brain. Much of your knowing lies within your heart (emotional intelligence), and your body (sensory intelligence/inner knowing).
What
Integral Coaching provides practical (short-term) and integral (developing over time) support. Each coaching program contains outcomes co-created with the client that are observable. I coach in a way that is designed to be self-generating, meaning that after 8 to 12 sessions, the client has the capacity to self-correct. My style of coaching is not like therapy or seeing a chiropractor. We have a fixed endpoint.
Why
Typically clients find their way to coaching when there is some interruption in their life; this could be a career change, an issue they want to overcome, or noticing that something unknown keeps getting in the way of a goal or path. I see these interruptions (which are often experienced in a lifetime) as the perfect gateway to a new way of inner knowing. It’s as if you have been riding the same bus everyday from the same starting point to the same end point, and one day you decide that its time to get off and take a different bus line.
How
The methodology depends on the client. I am a big fan of the Enneagram, Ikigai, physical practices, and somatic exercises such as sitting and breath work. And while every coaching program includes methodology, often this is set aside to be present with a client for whatever is showing up in the moment. Reverent listening and attunement is where it all starts.