The Soul-based Coaching Blog
the why, the what and the how
Can you trust clients to come up with their own answers?
Do you DO something, or trust clients to find their own answers? You may recognise this in some shape or form. When someone hurts, you want to help them. Especially if they voice it or show it in a way that is familiar to you: Feelings of anger, frustration,...
How Authenticity and Vulnerability Pay Off and Help You Win Personally and Professionally – repost from Authority Magazine
This article was originally published on Authority Magazine. Being vulnerable and authentic are some of today's popular buzzwords. It may seem counterintuitive to be vulnerable, as many of us have been taught to project an air of confidence, be a boss, and act like...
What I wish for you in 2023
First of all, I wish you peace. The peace to be who you are, no matter who you are. To know that your boundaries will be honoured and protected (country or person). Especially when you are not ‘average people’ because the colour of your skin is other-than, you fly the...
The Medicine of Stillness in Coaching
In a world where louder is often treated as more important, and where there is a collective mistrust of quiet and pause, Stillness is medicine. In our world’s dominant paradigm, you prove your value by what you produce. ‘Stilstand is achteruitgang’ a Dutch saying...
Grief is not sexy, but…
We are having parties again. Birthday parties, where we meet people outside of their zoom screen. Seeing friends of friends that disappeared for the last 2 years. Talking, laughing. It’s really nice. But also, a big wave of grief hit me this week. ...
Why Soul matters – A Letter to Your Mind
This one is for your mind. Your busy, wandering, overactive mind. The part that so much wants to be in control, understand everything and minimise risks. Make life predictable - especially in the midst of what looks like chaos and intensity (plenty of that going...
[Podcast] The Pursue Diaries: Soul-based Coaching
And if you’d like to know more about how Soul-based Coaching came to be, listen to my podcast interview for the Pursue Diaries by William Meister. You can find it here on ITunes. And you can find it here on Spotify. William is an ex sailor, soldier, police officer and...
The regenerative underpinnings of Soul-based Coaching
This is part 3 in a blog series that shares how Soul-based Coaching breaks the dominant paradigm and opens up a world of opportunity for healing and change that we need badly in our world. Part 1 takes us into the old paradigm, the one that we are all living and...
The dominant paradigm in coaching – part 2
This is a 3-part series on the dominant paradigm in coaching, how Soul-based Coaching opens up possibilities to divorce from that paradigm, and why that is vital for all of us. In part 1, we dove into the paradigm that we all live inside of - and that lives inside all...