Room to think

My world is WAY too noisy, and perhaps yours is too.

How often do we take the chance to ponder, to integrate, to appreciate? This can only be done through quieting your mind and body and soul.

I find that this is one of the key attributes of coaching.

Yes, I help clients to think through things, to gather all the data into one conversation, to figure out what to do next. But one of the most powerful coaching questions is … silence.

Really.

My point is that the client needs to have time to reflect and do all that internal work which helps them to notice, to integrate, to make subtle advances. Things that we don’t even seem to have English words for.

I just have to make sure to not fill up the space with endless words!