Personal coaching is about being listened to but properly listened to both deeply and mindfully. You’ll have my whole presence to hold your space and allow you to say things you’ve never said out loud.
I’m often asked what mindfulness really is and why we should bother. Isn’t it just meditation and maybe some yoga? But it’s so much more but like many things we experience, it’s very hard to find the right words. For example, how do you really explain to someone what chocolate tastes like if they’ve never had it before? The taste, the temperature, the texture, the after taste… and what if you add a strawberry?
A key mindfulness figure, Jon-Kabat Zinn states mindfulness as “the awareness that arises from paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally”. Another of my favourite words is kindfulness. If we don’t pay attention kindly then, by nature, our brains will judge because that is what they are designed to do.
So much suffering lies in rehashing the past or planning over and over again the future. Being mindful is one aspect of personal coaching that allows us some breathing space. We also learn about ourselves and what we truly want in life. We learn to slow down but focus more and achieve more because we are less distracted by unhelpful thoughts. Through this, you also can learn to manage life more wisely and more calmly.
