Nicholas Janni, a transformational coach with 30 years of peak performance research, shares his insights on the evolving landscape of coaching. He discusses the shift from scarcity to abundance and the crucial role of emotional connection in personal transformation. Exploring themes of mindfulness, stillness, and the acceptance of uncertainty, he emphasizes coaching as a journey of self-discovery. Janni highlights the vital nature of human connection in coaching, asserting that the art of sensing energy can lead to profound breakthroughs in both coaches and clients.
Coaches play a vital role in fostering awakening by challenging dominant paradigms and promoting personal growth and healing in their clients.
Transformative coaching emphasizes reconnecting clients with their bodily sensations, facilitating emotional healing through practices like mindfulness and somatic work.
Embracing uncertainty and holding space for clients' vulnerabilities allows for deeper emotional exploration and the emergence of innovative solutions.
Deep dives
The Role of Coaches as Agents of Awakening
Coaches are increasingly being called to act as agents of awakening during challenging times. This requires them to engage in personal growth and healing to break free from dominant paradigms that perpetuate imbalance, particularly in the corporate sector. By fostering an environment of awareness and healing, coaches can help clients navigate transformative processes that shift their perspectives from scarcity to abundance. This shift emphasizes the importance of self-work among coaches to effectively support others in their journey towards enlightenment and fulfillment.
Moving Beyond Traditional Paradigms
The discussion highlights the necessity for coaches to challenge current paradigms, particularly the reliance on thinking and control. Coaches must learn to dismantle these frameworks without making individuals feel wrong for their current state. The emphasis lies on introducing new possibilities that foster awakening rather than perpetuating existing beliefs. A critical aspect is the recognition of the emotional patterns that underlie behavior, allowing clients to embrace a wider reality beyond the confines of traditional thinking.
The Process of Healing Through Embodiment
A substantial part of coaching involves guiding clients back to their bodily sensations to facilitate healing and awakening. This process includes fostering a deep connection with the body through practices like mindful attention, meditation, and somatic work. As clients reconnect with their physical selves, they often experience a shift in their emotional landscapes, leading to profound revelations and healing. This embodied approach emphasizes the importance of feeling deeply rather than merely understanding intellectually, aligning with a natural, joyful existence.
Embracing Uncertainty and the Power of Presence
Coaching in a transformative manner necessitates accommodating uncertainty and not rushing to resolve feelings of powerlessness or despair. Coaches are encouraged to cultivate a presence that holds space for their clients' vulnerabilities without attempting to 'fix' them. This allows for a deeper exploration of emotions, fostering trust in the process and acknowledging the sacredness of each individual's journey. By reframing the coaching perspective to include patience and acceptance of discomfort, greater realizations and creative solutions can emerge.
The Call for Continuous Development and Openness
Coaches must regularly assess their developmental edges to avoid stagnation in their practice. Individuals should not only focus on their clients' experiences but also seek to understand what excites and fulfills them in their coaching work. This awareness encourages coaches to remain open, spontaneous, and connected to their essence, leading to transformative experiences for both themselves and their clients. Ultimately, nurturing this vibrational quality is essential for authentic engagement, making coaching a mutually enriching journey.
In this conversation with Nicholas Janni we explore the emergent edge of coaching, what it means to be awake, helping leaders transform their approach to problem-solving, being with not knowing and coaching from attunement.
Nicholas Janni has spent 30 years researching ‘the zone’ of peak performance and studying multiple mind/body disciplines. Over the last 15 years he has gained an international reputation for his transformational coaching and leadership development seminars. He works with CEO’s and senior leadership teams worldwide, is a former Associate Fellow at The University of Oxford Said Business School and teaches regularly at the IMD in Lausanne.
Get the Snipd podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share & Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode