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Voices from SXSW: How Has Coaching Changed You?

Everything Life Coaching: The Positive Psychology and Science Behind Coaching

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Coaching Is About Active Listening and Listening to Your Client's Story

The biggest thing that I've discovered is people just need someone to be there for them to listen and I already have that in me. Coaching is about active listening about being this guide not necessarily someone who knows has all the answers. The metaphor that I always use with my clients is that I am a sherpa. And I hand my client the tools so they can reach either go up the mountain or come down the mountain whatever phase they're at. It's like sometimes I feel like the universe speaks to me through clients you know.

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