The Soul-based Coaching Blog

the why, the what and the how

What I wish for you in 2023

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...

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The Medicine of Stillness in Coaching

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...

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Grief is not sexy, but…

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. ...

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Why Soul matters – A Letter to Your Mind

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...

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[Podcast] The Pursue Diaries: Soul-based Coaching

[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...

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The regenerative underpinnings of Soul-based Coaching

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...

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The dominant paradigm in coaching – part 2

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...

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Why we are divorcing coaching from the dominant paradigm

Why we are divorcing coaching from the dominant paradigm

This is a 3-part 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 desperately need in our world.  I mean that quite literally.  In this first part, I take us into the old...

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Boundaries in Coaching

Boundaries in Coaching

To look at boundaries in coaching, we have to look at healthy boundaries for humans first. Because no matter how professional your work is, you take your own inner maps for boundaries with you into your session.   Part 1: Boundaries for everyone   Boundaries...

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