I love a metaphor and this one really helps when trying to explain coaching! bear with me, coaching is a unique experience, just like scuba diving. Coaching conversations are not normal conversations, they are powerful deep and help you uncover a whole new world that previously was invisible to you, a lot like scuba diving when you go really deep under the water and discover an entirely new world that you simply can't see from the land 🌎 Snorkelling is like a good, but normal intelligent conversation, you go a little deep, you are curious, see things differently maybe, but you only see what is just under the surface. A normal conversation is a 2 way exchange when each person listens to respond, learn and discuss. Coaching and scuba diving go deeper. When you go scuba diving, what you hear, see and experience is different, just like in coaching. When you are coached you are really heard, possibly for the 1st time ever! you are listened to, you are really understood, you can hear your own words replayed to you, which can sound different when you hear them back and replayed by an alternative, understanding voice, and you are asked to consider different view points and can see options that were previously not visible to you. To be really heard, to be really understood and given the opportunity to explore your own world in a new way is magical, just like scuba diving. The world we view above and below the surface of the water, is different for each and everyone of us, I love the quote "the map is not the territory", Alfred Korzybski where he introduces the concept that we each see the world through a different lens. How powerful is that view point? to think I see the world in one way and you see it in a different way. The colours are different, our perceptions are different. Maybe ponder on that thought for a little while when you next have a conversation with someone, ask yourself if their view is the same as yours, I wonder what they think coaching is or isn't, how do they interpret a conversation. Your coach Zena 🦋