Welcome back for the second instalment of my new blog, you have been eagerly awaiting this I am sure!
In my last blog I focused mainly on the Bromford coaching revolution but with hindsight (which they do say “is a wonderful thing”) after learning more about what coaching is, and how it works from Bromford I realised I had been being coach for a while but someone else.
Nope I it wasn’t Tim my long suffering PT who only trains me on a Saturday morning because he finds my sarcastic wit the only way to start his weekend – well that and that I continue to pay him.
It was in fact my acupuncturist Sue and her listening ear.
Several months before I started at Bromford I began visiting Sue as an alternative way to help manage my depression, anxiety and low energy levels. That was going fantastically well and I was feeling much more confident, positive, and excited about the future. I just put it down to the acupuncture, that was what it was meant to do right? It is only more recently I realised that yes it was doing what it was supposed to do but there was definitely more to it.
We always have a chat before the needles, the usual, how the weeks been, how I’d been managing, any stand out moments, that kind of thing. Thing is, looking back, I can see it, NOW it’s obvious.
Sue never told me what to do to resolve an issue, we talked about options, we talked about how I could approach a situation and eventually I would come up with a way to overcome my obstacles.
That is, in the rawest sense, exactly what coaching is. Listening and asking the right questions that enables someone to discover the answers are actually hidden from view within themselves.
I’d love to hear if any readers have too been “coached by stealth” in a positive way of course! You can share in the comments or drop me a message or alternatively send a carrier pigeon, I’m not fussy as long as I get to know your story too.
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