Coaching Lab

Last week we’ve had the privilege to witness one of the greats of our coaching industry, Prof. Christian van Nieuwerburgh, do a full session with a client using an approach called “positive psychology for alignment”. It felt like a challenging session with a client who felt really really stuck and some of us felt we…

I knew we were in for something different and something exciting when I invited Sid to be our guest coach for our most recent Lab, and the session sure didn’t disappoint! For some his approach felt quite radical and odd even (see what I did there? 😉 ), others loved Sid’s resonance-based coaching style for…

Sasha and I go way back to the earliest days of my coach training. In 2010 we started our existential coaching journey together and a few years later we were the first people in the world to graduate with an MA in Existential Coaching. A few years later they took over the very programme and…

Last week we experienced a special Lab, and for the first time run by guest host Eric Larson (PCC with more than 10,000 coaching hours on his back and special friend of the Lab). Georgie held a powerful space for her client and this somewhat unconventional coaching conversation went into a level of depth nobody…

I’ve been looking forward to seeing some integration work in action. Part of me wished we would have caught the first session after the client’s psychedelic experience, but I really loved seeing Rosie work with literature prompts and refer back to the experience via the trip report. I also really valued the insight into how…

Linda created a thinking environment and only spoke 3 times during this session. I personally found it very inspiring to see Nancy Kline’s approach delivered with such professionalism, though there were also voices that questioned whether this session could have been more effective if the coach had been more active. Fascinating! Curious to know more?…

Raising prices has always been a weak point of mine. My mum instilled a strong sense of fairness in me and in combination with living on relatively little money throughout my 20s and knowing what it’s like to want to attend exciting events but unable to afford it, I developed a bit of resistance. Now I…

In January we welcome Caroline Strawson to the Lab. I’ve met Caroline when she did her Masters in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology and since she’s graduated her coaching went from strength to strength. I’m particularly interested in her approach to working with trauma combining elements of coaching and therapy to help people overcome adversity and narcissistic abuse. Fascinating stuff and I can’t wait to see her in action.

In December we welcome the wonderful Liz Goodchild to the Lab. I’ve loved Liz’s authentic, warm, reflective and person-centred style from the moment I met her. I also love that she swears a fair bit! 🙂 Her writing has inspired me and she’s also really smashed the business side of coaching. I can’t wait to get an insight into Liz’s coaching style in action and really look forward to the session.

After a 26 year career in the Army, Ross Nichols began mentoring business owners and directors for leadership; and coaching professionals for career transition, health and wellness, cancer, emotional intelligence and mindfulness. He is creative and intuitive. His coaching style is Transpersonal, working with values, energy, vitality and spirit. He is drawn to working with his clients’ shadow side, which is where he believes the learning and healing is to be found. He began writing poetry in 2018.