What does it really look like to take your coaching practice on the road?

In this short episode, Robbie and Alex Swallow get together to explore the possibilities and challenges of coaching as a digital nomad — or simply working remotely and flexibly as a coach.

They talk about their experience working from Costa Rica, Dar es Salaam, cafés in the UK, and the practical and emotional realities of taking coaching work on the move. This conversation is filled with candid reflections, personal stories, and valuable tips for coaches curious about location-independent work.

Together, Robbie and Alex discuss:

What it’s really like to coach while travelling

The difference between remote work and being on holiday

The impact of environment on coaching conversations

Energy management, internet mishaps, and time zone headaches

Why solo digital nomad life might not be as dreamy as it sounds

The power of experiments — like working from a different UK city — to test what works

How being in new places can boost creativity and reflection

If you're a coach who’s ever dreamed of working remotely, coaching from anywhere, or building a location-independent coaching business, this episode offers encouragement, perspective, and a few gentle warnings…

Download Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to The Coaching Business Flywheel, here.

For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/

For more information about Alex, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexswallow/

Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.

What if the way you sell your coaching is getting in the way of the coaching itself?

In this solo episode, Robbie shares how his thinking and practice around selling coaching packages has evolved — from charging by the session, to selling time-bound coaching engagements that prioritise impact, flexibility and real transformation.

This candid, behind-the-scenes reflection covers everything from awkward money conversations to powerful client breakthroughs — and invites coaches to rethink how they price and package their work. Drawing from his own business journey, the coaching he’s received, and the coaches he's supported, Robbie lays out a compelling case for selling periods of time, not sessions.

Whether you’re new to coaching or looking to grow a more sustainable, generous practice, this episode will help you:

Reflect on how your current engagements are serving you — and your clients

Explore how time-based engagements can build trust, accountability and transformation

Set ambitious goals with clients in ways that feel natural and expansive

Avoid the session-counting mindset that can limit both coach and client

See how changing the way you package your coaching can change the value clients see in it.

Embrace the idea of being a companion on your client’s journey — not just a service provider

With honesty and nuance, Robbie invites you to experiment with what works for you — and to create coaching offers that feel both nourishing and powerful.

Download Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to The Coaching Business Flywheel, here.

For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/

Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.

THINGS ROBBIE MENTIONED THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

The video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzeyK2yvWOI

Episode #8, containing this and lots more nuts and bolts of coaching: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/robbie-on-structure-first-conversations-marketing-price

Joel Monk on The Coach’s Journey Podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching

Every village and every community throughout human history has relied upon people who can facilitate conversations, allowing sacred truths to be passed along generations. In a modern world gripped by a process of massive transformation, this vital, ancient work now falls to coaches.

That is the view of Bob Singha, a master coach who has spent 28 years helping people connect the day-to-day reality of their lives with the eternal teachings of their ancestral heritage. In conversation with Alex Swallow, Bob reflects on his evolution as a coach and as an elder, which he sees as a process of remembering rather than one of learning.

Across decades of work with young people around the world, facing lives blighted by trauma and violence, Bob has found that communities everywhere face similar problems, and that the solutions to them lie in the deep wisdom of our ancestral memories.

Using stories as medicine and as conveyors of wisdom, Bob helps people to remember something about themselves.

In this conversation, Bob and Alex acknowledge the call being sounded for coaches who don’t feel at home in the standard business models that commodify and separate us. They also illustrate the remarkable role coaches can play in connecting communities with the intelligence that gave birth to them.

In this episode, Bob and Alex also talk about:

- How studying something as if you’re going to teach it leads to accelerated learning

- Our connection with the sages, the rishis, the sadhus and fakirs who throughout history have integrated spiritual wisdom and worldly responsibilities

- The power of the question: what are the whispers of your ancestors saying in this moment?

- The relationship between the way we play games and the way we live our lives

- A hilarious story that revealed to Bob at a young age the importance of language, and how we can use it to speak to both the temporary and the eternal.

THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:

- Timothy Gallwey https://theinnergame.com/

- John Whitmore https://www.performanceconsultants.com/about-us/sir-john-whitmore/

- Tony Robbins https://www.tonyrobbins.com/

- Stephen Covey on interdependence https://challengingcoaching.co.uk/stephen-covey-interdependence-the-deeper-facts/

- Spark Inside https://www.sparkinside.org/

- The Coaching Inn https://thecoachinginn.podbean.com/

- It Takes A Village https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpz6bADkZU

- Gladeana McMahon http://gladeanamcmahon.com/

- Anthony Eldridge Rogers https://uk.linkedin.com/in/anthonyeldridgerogers

How do we keep working when tragedy shakes our lives? If seismic events disrupt our foundations, is it possible to build something new with confidence?

For Ellie Scarf, suffering a heartbreaking loss led to profound changes that have moved her from her zone of excellence into her zone of genius, where she draws upon her experiences to offer her coaching clients an approach and a service that is uniquely her own.

In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Ellie recounts the steps that took her from working as a lawyer in top tier legal firms to becoming a national sales coach for a billion dollar company. She describes how her coaching work was in the midst of a booming resurgence after the COVID-19 pandemic when tragedy struck.

In conversation with host Ruth Saville, Ellie explains how she integrated her profound emotional experiences into a new way of working, turning her pain into a point of connection that deepened her client relationships.

Now, alongside the client work that brings her joy every day, she also runs the Corporate To Coach Accelerator, building foundations for people on the runway to launching a business, and supporting coaches who are pivoting to leverage their skills in new ways. She is also CEO of Lucent Global coaching consultancy, which supports leaders and companies through significant periods of transition.

She also has her own podcast, The Business of Executive Coaching Podcast, where she is just as inspiring a host as she is a guest in this episode.

In this episode, Ellie and Ruth also talk about:

·      A brilliant strategy to solve the problem of building business development into your schedule

·      How to meet your clients where they’re at on their particular developmental journey

·      What happens when non-directive coaching comes into conflict with a knowledge gap

·      How many coaching programmes selling quick pathways to success prey on people’s fears

Ellie also shares one crucial tip for anyone coach who is struggling to bring in business at the moment, offering a tried and tested way to make progress during lean times.

Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):

- Tony Grant https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/news-and-events/news/2020/02/07/vale-professor-anthony-grant.html

- Dr. Suzy Green https://instituteofcoaching.org/suzy-green

- Masters course in Coaching Psychology at the University of Sydney https://www.sydney.edu.au/handbooks/science-pg/coursework/psychology-coaching.html#:~:text=The%20Master%20of%20Science%20in,working%20with%20non%2Dclinical%20populations.

- The Positivity Institute https://thepositivityinstitute.com.au/

- The Positivity Prescription https://thepositivityinstitute.com.au/product/the-positivity-prescription/

- Dr. Susanne Cook-Greuter https://instituteofcoaching.org/author/cook-greuter-susanne

- Robert Kegan’s theory of adult development https://aliveandthriving.substack.com/p/kegans-theory-of-development-framework

- Bill Torbert’s development theory https://developingleadership.net/bill-torbert

- The GROW model https://www.performanceconsultants.com/resources/the-grow-model

- The House of Change model https://www.thevirtualtrainingteam.com/articles/change-management-models-the-change-house/

- Dr. Louise Kovacs https://au.linkedin.com/in/louise-kovacs-9ba55a

- Myers Briggs overview https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/myers-briggs-overview/

- Dr. Saba Hasanie https://www.linkedin.com/in/saba-hasanie-dprof-mcc-icf-1747572?originalSubdomain=sg

- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-big-leap-gay-hendricks?variant=32205677625378

- Lucent Global https://www.lucentorg.com/about

- Corporate to Coach Accelerator https://www.elliescarf.com/cca

- The Coaching Business Flywheel https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel

- Ellie’s podcast episode on metrics for coaches https://www.elliescarf.com/podcasts/the-business-of-executive-coaching/episodes/2148566834

- Tim Ferriss’ billboard question https://medium.com/@podclips/the-top-25-answers-to-tim-ferriss-famous-billboard-question-3f19fba1a49c

- The upper limit problem https://melodywilding.com/are-you-unconsciously-afraid-of-being-happy-why-we-self-sabotage-with-the-upper-limit-problem/

The question that new coaches ask most often: do I need a niche and how do I choose one?

We don’t know why that idea is so pervasive among new coaches, but it is, so when Robbie got a question about it from a subscriber recently, he thought he’d make a short episode about it.

Excuse the audio - he recorded on his phone - and see below for links to a few things he mentions in the episode.

For more information about Robbie Swale, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/

Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.

HERE ARE LINKS TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE MENTIONED:

Katie Harvey (a coach with no niche) on The Coach’s Journey Podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-1-katie-harvey-14000-hours-of-coaching-being-part-of-the-uk-coaching-vanguard-and-being-a-generalist-coach

The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/thecoachingbusinessflywheel

The Coaching Business Flywheel Booster Pack: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel-booster-pack

To celebrate the 100th episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Robbie takes us back to where the whole Coach’s Journey adventure began: the story of how he grew his coaching business so it could support him full time, less than two years after he started training as a coach.

As you’ll hear him say in the introduction, coming back to this story - which forms the basis of Robbie’s most-read piece of writing about coaching - reminded him how, when it comes to the fundamentals, little has changed in how he thinks about and works on his business.

Indeed, much of what you’ll hear Robbie talk about in this episode maps onto The Coaching Business Flywheel, brought to life through the eyes of a new coach, fresh from experiencing the successes, failures, glory and mistakes of the first two years of his business.

In particular, Robbie gets into:

The principles of invitation and referral as a way to build a coaching business.

How to find shortcuts to the client critical mass.

Why you MUST keep coaching.

How if you aren’t making space for your business to grow, you may not be serious about coaching.

We hope you take as much inspiration from this story as thousands of coaches have over the years.

And thanks for being with us on this amazing journey - we hope you’ll be with us for the next 100 episodes!

For the transcript of the episode and loads of links, visit: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/how-i-became-a-full-time-coach-less-than-two-years-after-starting-my-training

If you like this episode, you’ll love Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction toThe Coaching Business Flywheel,visit https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel

For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/

Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.

THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:

The first episode in our series giving an overview of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business-coaching-business-fundamentals

The second episode in the series, focusing on Connecting with People: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals

The third, focusing on offering people the opportunity to experience you more, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/80-dont-wait-for-coaching-clients-create-them-coaching-business-fundamentals

The fourth, focusing on creating insight for people, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/82-want-more-clients-create-more-insight-coaching-business-fundamentals

The fifth, focusing on talking about how you work and how much it costs, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/83-if-you-want-to-make-more-money-talk-about-money-more-coaching-business-fundamentals

The sixth, focusing on working with clients and generating referrals, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/85-get-more-referrals-for-your-coaching-business-coaching-business-fundamentals

A diagram of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel

Katie Harvey on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-1-katie-harvey-14000-hours-of-coaching-being-part-of-the-uk-coaching-vanguard-and-being-a-generalist-coach

Phil Bolton on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-2-phil-bolton-from-forensic-accountant-to-the-go-to-career-coach-in-london-and-on-to-work-with-ceos-mds-and-founders

Joel Monk on the Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching

Mike Toller on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-32-mike-toller

Catriona Horey on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-4-catriona-horey-too-far-away-from-the-joy

How to choose a coaching training programme: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/89-how-to-choose-a-coaching-training-programme-

The Coach’s Journey Community: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/community

The Coaching Business Flywheel Booster Pack: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel-booster-pack

The full transcript of the episode, including lots more links: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/how-i-became-a-full-time-coach-less-than-two-years-after-starting-my-training

In a world so focused on productivity, Coach’s Journey founder and host Robbie Swale is interrogating what this word really means.

His work on the concept of meaningful productivity explores up questions like: “What do I need to do in order to be at peace with myself?” And: “Do I want to be more productive or simply not feel like I’m failing all the time?”

In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Robbie joins Joey Owen for a conversation that gets to the very heart of Robbie’s work as a leadership and careers coach with over 2000 hours’ experience, and as an author whose decade-long writing practice has led to valuable contributions to the field, such as The 12-Minute Method and The Coaching Business Flywheel. 

Robbie and Joey tackle fundamentally important questions about how coaches can make a difference in a world ravaged by conflict and division, how to stay humble in our work, and how to ensure we feel at peace with ourselves.

You will hear Robbie and Joey speak about the importance of living and working with a code of honour, about learning to trust the strange and unexpected things that arise in coaching sessions, and how to integrate spiritual practices into your life through the rituals, hobbies, passions and habits you already do.

If you would like to be doing more of what really matters to you, feeling better about the work you are doing, and living a rich life regardless of your financial situation, this episode is for you.

Robbie and Joey also talk about:

- How to cultivate a practice of trust that conversations happen at the right time

- Not lying to ourselves about what we “have” to do

The places in our lives where we can practise presence and connection

- How to manage your focus, attention and attitude in order to actively work towards the goals that matter most to you

- The power of telling a story twice to embed an idea in your memory

They also explore practical ways to keep yourself in the energy possibility, and Robbie shares the story of how “crashing and burning” while running a coaching event taught him powerful lessons about group dynamics, scapegoating and the importance of contracting.

THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:

- Episode 45 of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, with Raquel Ark https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-45-doing-the-right-thing-even-when-its-hard-raquel-ark-interviews-robbie

- Rich Litvin https://richlitvin.com/

- The 12-Minute Method https://www.robbieswale.com/the12minutemethod

- Workshop with Robbie and Claire Pedrick https://www.3dcoaching.com/artful-coach-soulful-business/

- Robbie’s article about leading with honour (A Man Got to Have a Code) https://www.robbieswale.com/writing/2024/10/11/a-man-got-to-have-a-code-leading-with-honour-iii

- The Meaningful Productivity Blueprint https://www.robbieswale.com/meaningful-productivity-blueprint-download-page

- Gay Hendricks, Zone of Genius https://www.robbieswale.com/the-12-minute-blog/2022/2/3/the-zone-of-genius-the-most-powerful-thought-experiment-for-personal-transformation

- Robert Holden, questions about purpose https://www.robertholden.com/blog/9-questions-help-find-purpose/

- A Warren Buffet story about how he helped the pilot of his private jet prioritise more https://passionateaboutoss.com/the-story-of-mike-flint

- Seth Godin on setting fees https://seths.blog/2024/11/understanding-pricing/

- Parkinson’s law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law

- Douglas Hoffstatter’s law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law

- Ramit Sethi’s podcast https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/podcast/

- Ffelyn Uchaf https://www.felinwales.org/

- Jim Dethmer and Joel Monk on Coaching from Sourcehttps://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/jim-dethmer-coaching-from-source/

- Frank Turner, The Way I Tend to Be https://frank-turner.com/tracks/the-way-i-tend-to-be/

- Frank Turner, The Gathering https://frank-turner.com/tracks/the-gathering/

- Frank Turner, Journey of the Magi https://frank-turner.com/tracks/journey-of-the-magi/

- Internal Family Systems (IFS) drama triangle https://www.stroudtherapy.com/news/2024/02/25/dramatriangleifs

- David Gemmell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gemmell

- The Wheel of Time novel series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time

- The ‘Yes, And’ teambuilding exercise https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/yes-and/https://www.radicalagreement.com/post/yes-and-and-improv-teamwork

- David Deida https://deida.info/

- Freedom to Learn https://freedomtolearn.org.uk/

- An Introduction to The Coach’s Journey Flywheel https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel

Being made redundant 18 months after moving to America transformed Ashana Crichton’s life because, in her own words, when you take away the security blanket you have to leap into something new.

In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Ashana fondly recalls having the rug pulled from under her feet, because it set her on the path to becoming a certified Master Executive Coach and the founder of Arc Growth, which cultivates spaces of shared belonging for influential leaders and under-represented mid-career professionals.

Having returned to her native London after five years abroad, Ashana issues a plea to remove the stigma around the term ‘life coaching’ in the UK, which she sees as a barrier to inclusivity and accessibility, and she shares reflections from her groundbreaking work with the Diverse Executive Coaches Network.

Ashana delivers coaching and consultancy to businesses wishing to progress diversity, equity and inclusion, and here she offers crucial insights on the way biases and power imbalances can impact coaching relationships, along with practical guidance on how to address them.

This episode is a manifesto for the power of working in true partnership with our clients, as Ashana illuminates the vast potential of knowledge, experience and inspiration that can be shared when we create the conditions for coaching’s unique value exchange.

In this episode, Ashana and host Alex Whitton also talk about:

• How to allow time for context to emerge before asking questions that can overwhelm our clients

• Unexpected responses and how to harness them in supervision

• The benefits of doing a lot of things and not expecting anything from them!

• Reverse-mentoring programmes, where leaders are signed up to be mentored by a team member with a different lived experience

Towards the end of this episode, Ashana shares the tools, skills and approaches she uses to continually further her personal and professional development, and expand her already broad horizons.

THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:

- The Association for Coaching https://www.associationforcoaching.com/

- Alex Whitton on the Coach’s Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-64-alex-whitton-balancing-the-being-and-the-doing

- The Bridging Project https://www.thebridgingproject.co.uk/

- The Diverse Executive coaches network https://diverseexecutivecoaches.co.uk/

- Hay, J (2007) Reflective Practice and Supervision for Coaches. Open University Press https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lV-wefs6JoUC

Growing up with a father and brother who were “never wrong” left Yannick Jacob seeking a life that wasn’t about right answers. That led him to coaching, and more specifically to existential coaching, a space where humanity’s oldest and most profound questions – and the plethora of answers to them – can be explored at a deeper level.

Yannick is an existential life and leadership coach, a positive psychologist, and the programme director of the Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching (ACIC) at the School of Positive Transformation. In this episode of The Coach’s Journey, he shares what he learned about himself in order to hear his calling and live his truth as someone driven to explore the whole spectrum of what life has to offer.

Host Neil Mackinnon helps Yannick to illuminate the links between his many passions, such as existential philosphy and DJing, and to demonstrate how integrating his variety of interests enriches his all areas of his work.

Yannick also discusses his groundbreaking Coaching Lab, which offers the chance to witness highly experienced coaches live at work, and Rocket Supervision, which provides coaches with the support they need to practice at the top of their game.

This episode will resonate with anyone who wants to feel empowered to shake up traditional coaching paradigms and create a practice that feels authentic and energising, as Yannick brings his remarkable breadth of experience and expertise to bear on some of the most fundamental questions we face as coaches and as human beings.

In this episode, Yannick and Neil Mackinnon also talk about:

Courageous choices, and how embracing discomfort can help to build meaning

Enlarging your sphere of influence to enable people to connect with you

The power of being financially committed to something, and the benefits to your clients of raising your fees

When we should be brave enough to challenge the traditional frame and share more of ourselves with our clients

Yannick issues a rallying cry to everyone in the coaching space to frame their space, sculpt the approach that works for them, and lean into their passion for their own way of doing things.

THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:

Rocket Supervision www.RocketSupervision.com 

Coaching Lab www.GoCoachingLab.com 

Yannick’s Nuggets (mailing list) https://gocoachinglab.com/nuggets

Dr Nash Popovich https://www.personalwellbeingcentre.org/nash-popovic

Martin Seligman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman

RS Lazarus on the Positive Psychology movement https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232977091_Does_the_Positive_Psychology_Movement_Have_Legs

Soren Kierkegaard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard

Jean-Paul Sartre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre

New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling https://nspc.org.uk/

Christopher Neubert https://human-edge.com/team/christian-neubert/

The Academy of Executive Coaching https://www.aoec.com/

An Introduction to Existential Coaching: How Philosophy Can Help Your Clients https://www.aoec.com/

Yannick’s book, An Introduction to Existential Coaching: How Philosophy Can Help Your Clients Live with Greater Awareness, Courage and Ownership https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Existential-Coaching-Philosophy-Awareness/dp/0367139995

Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory https://www.simplypsychology.org/bandura.html

Coaching Starter Kit https://rocketsupervision.com/coaching-starter-kit/

Erik de Haan http://www.erikdehaan.com/

Peter Hawkins https://thoughtleadership.org/staff-member/peter-hawkins/

Montessori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education

The Coach’s Journey Flywheel https://www.animascoaching.com/about-animas/our-team/nick-bolton/

Nick Bolton, Animas https://www.animascoaching.com/about-animas/our-team/nick-bolton/

Heron’s six categories of intervention https://challengingcoaching.co.uk/herons-six-categories-of-intervention/

Nancy Kline https://www.timetothink.com/nancy-kline/

ICF https://coachingfederation.org/

How do our surroundings affect our ability to think? And can we connect with our sense of place and purpose by immersing ourselves in nature?

In this episode of the Coach’s Journey Podcast, walking coach Rebecca Norton brings her combined expertise in coaching and mountain leadership to bear on these questions and many more, in conversation with host Alex Swallow.

Rebecca and Alex explore the lasting impact that access to the natural world has on our lives, from infancy through to adulthood, and how the coaching walks that Rebecca offers her clients help them to navigate new pathways – both in the physical environment and their internal worlds.

Rebecca, who delivers workshop facilitation and social prescribing alongside her coaching and “wonder walks”, describes how she carefully built up her coaching business while continually developing her skills and experience as an outdoor activities instructor.

She links the idea of being a tourist in your own city and developing curiosity about new perspectives with the importance of getting alongside coaching clients and seeing the world through their eyes.

The many twists, turns, ups and downs of Rebecca’s adventures in the hills act as a powerful metaphor for journeys through the challenges of careers, relationships, families and life decisions. Just as her clients gain new perspective on their lives as they ascend into the hills with Rebecca, so do we as she reflects on her unique, brilliant approach to coaching conversations and many other aspects of her work.

In this episode, Rebecca and Alex also talk about:

The power of experiencing coaching techniques from both sides

How to integrate experiences as we train and gain qualifications

The barriers we place between ourselves and our own fulfillment

Seeing who we need to become in order to achieve our goals

How to lower the importance of gaining a client when building your coaching business

Rebecca also reminds us that personal development can be a grueling expedition, and that if we fail to interrogate our deeper purpose and connect the ‘why’ that guides us, we can be at risk of losing our way. She generously ends this episode with an array of tips to help coaches stay at their best.

THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:

The Coaching Academy https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/

Skill Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkillForce

Wonder Walks https://senseofdirection.life/wonder-walk/

Peter Sage https://petersage.com/

The Life Coach Directory https://www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk/

The Self-Love Journal: https://senseofdirection.life/product/self-love-journal/