Coaching Presence

Jacob Morris is the creator of The Value Deck www.discoveryourvalues.com. Based on the work of Shalom H. Schwartz, The Values Deck is a useful tool for coaches wanting to help clients understand their values and the impact they have on motivation, decision making and other areas of life.

The thousands of words used to describe our intrinsic motivations have been distilled down into 10 value themes. The cards also present some questions to help our clients become aware, affirm and apply the insights.

Coach and author Wassili Zafiris talks about his latest book Happiness is Depressing. He shares the reasons why our societal pursuit of happiness is simply setting up an unachievable goal. By unpacking the semantics of the word 'happiness' Wassili then talks us through the importance of luck - and shares an inventory that will help our clients reconsider their life outcomes.

This discussion focusses on how as coaches we can help our clients orient to the truth in a rapidly changing environment. How we need to ascertain what is important and what we can rely on. The coaches play with metaphor during this conversation.

Coach and grief counsellor Mary Anna Trotman shares some learning from her world that may help as we come to terms with the Covid-19 pandemic. She references tools and frameworks that will support coaches and their clients come to terms with the impact on our daily lives of lockdown, quarantine and other losses.

Leon VanDerPol talks about transformational coaching. Author of Shift in Being, Leon VanDer Pol trains coaches keen to help their clients transform. In this episode, Mary Anna asks about the differences between awakening and transformation - and finds out embodied change.

Coaching Presence is a podcast for coaches who want to deepen their understanding of their work. In this trailer, Mary Anna Wright introduces the series and helps you understand what you can expect from listening in.