This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation between Jeanine Bailey and Marie Quigley, Co-founders of Empower World: Episode 264 - "Fierce Love: How Coaches Can Hold Compassion and Challenge Simultaneously", based on the launch of Marie Quigley's book 'Fierce Love'.

There is a moment every coach knows. A client pauses, then says something honest that took real courage to say out loud. And in that moment we have a choice to move on to the next quest...

This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation with Seasoned International Executive Coach, Coach Supervisor, Andra Morosi, Episode 263 - 'Coaching the Living System: Embracing Complexity and Emergence'

As coaches and leaders, we can spend years developing our knowledge, gathering experience and building confidence in what we do. And then, perhaps, comes one of the more challenging stages of our development: learning to let some of it go.

The more e...

This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation between Jeanine Bailey and Marie Quigley, Co-founders of Empower World: Episode 262 - "When Your Client Wanders - Is It Them or Is It You?"

Have you ever been coaching someone who begins sharing their story and moves from one thought to another without really knowing where they want to go? Or they show up and don't know what to focus on specifically?

You may have explained what coaching is, agreed on ho...

This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation with Nicola Spencer-Perera, Executive Coach & Founder, Reset Wellness: Episode 261 - 'Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honour - The Cost to Organisations Is Real.'

Being busy has become something some people wear with pride. Or perhaps we recognise it as a default response - the automatic answer to "how are you?" that arrives before the question has even fully registered. Or we notice it as a pattern because it...

This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation with Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC, EMCC, Author, Coaching Educator & Mentor Coach: Episode 260 - 'Fifteen minutes. One metaphor. A life shifted.'

Most of us believe we are good listeners. We wait our turn, nod and follow the thread of what someone is saying... and we can still miss the most important thing the person just said. Not the content or the problem they described: it's a keyword or metaphor so...

This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation between Jeanine Bailey and Marie Quigly, Co-founders of Empower World: Episode 259 - "The Sponsor Conversation Nobody Prepares You For"

Coaching training rarely prepares you for one specific skill: it's not how to ask a powerful question or hold silence or work with emotion in the room. It's the skill of navigating the conversation that happens before any of that: the one that shapes everything that foll...

This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation between Jeanine Bailey and Marie Quigly, Co-founders of Empower World: Episode 258 - 'The Belief That Changes Everything About How You Coach'

What if the thing standing between your client and their breakthrough is not their problem - but your belief about their ability to solve it?

There is a principle at the heart of professional coaching that almost every coach has heard. It sounds simple and obvious...

This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation with Hind Taychouri, Trauma-trained Somatic Coach, Nervous System Educator, Empowering Leaders to Rewire and Regulate: Episode 257 - 'Your Body Knows: How to Heal Stress and Burnout From the Inside Out'.

Most of us were trained to listen to words and nonverbal communication. But as we went out into the world of coaching, perhaps we only largely listen to the words - to uncover meaning, beliefs and perspe...

This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation between Jeanine Bailey and Marie Quigly, Co-founders of Empower World: Episode 256 - 'The Coaching Habit Nobody Talks About - And How It's Hurting Your Sessions'

"Reflect on the last time a client shared a breakthrough in a session. What came out of your mouth next?"

There is a moment many coaches will recognise. Your client has just had an insight. They are lit up, energised, on the edge of something i...

This newsletter is inspired by Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast conversation with Andy Robbins, Founder of Oyster, Executive Coach, Author, Climber, and Photographer: Episode 255 - 'What a Camera Lens Teaches You About Coaching - And Why Presence Is Everything.'

Most coaches and leaders reach a point where they realise something unsettling: the models aren't enough. The frameworks guide, and the techniques support: they provide us structure, language, and a place to begin. But at...