Master Coach Collection

"The thread running through it is love. It is love, really — the connection between people, or presence, as I'm now thinking of it in coaching terms." — Mary Anna Wright

"Maybe a more courageous version of themselves, maybe stepping into—instead of 'Tell me what to do!'—seeing possibilities for themselves which they haven't saw before, being a calmer version of themselves, more mature . . ." — Zsofia Juhasz

"There's the external visible game of power and money and wealth, and and there's an internal game where people don't see the changes." — Boris Prigmore

"We cannot become ourselves until somebody has seen and heard us the way we truly are." — Norbert Izsák

"The first Picasso Toro looked almost like a photograph, incredible. The last Picasso Toro was like five lines on a page. Is one better than the other? No. Is the one with the fine lines probably more emotionally grasping? Probably. I like to compare that with how coaching can evolve — less ends up being more." — Ellen Kocher

"I spent the first part of my life trying to find the truth. And now I realize I know my truth and I accept that my truth is not everyone's truth. And I am curious about what their truth is." — Carrie Williams

"Coaching is the gift that keeps on giving. The more you give away, the more you have." — Shelly Heath-Watson

"Listening is giving, because it's giving your time, giving your presence, your full presence… a way of telling someone: I'm here, I'm here for you with all of myself—my body, my brain, my heart, my guts." — Anna Gallotti

"Model the conversations we want to see. Model the people we want to be. We're not perfect, but those are the ripples that are sent out. If I can be a part of that in a positive sense in this world, Wow!" — Amy Warshawsky

"Relatability is [. . .] a precursor to trust. And trust is foundational, whether it's one on one or it's a group. Once you have that trust, then it can blossom into psychological safety, which then invites vulnerability, and that's when true magical interactions can happen." — Barrhonda White

"At its core it's helping a person listen to themselves, know themselves better, sense the world around them better, make plans, follow through on plans, build habits is often a thing, get to know their themselves as a system." — Graham Segroves

"For us to go where we have the ability to go, it takes courage to get outside of our comfort zone. But when we're willing to do that, we get to live an exceptional life." — Debbie Crouse

"I'm vehement about it. I feel like it is the relationship with yourself: Being a grounded, centered human has to be your number one job." — Maria Glenn

"I find myself really thinking about How do I show up as my whole self? — recognizing I tend to be pretty direct, and appreciating and enjoying the individual I'm with, and trying to lean into their style of what they need." — Lisa Chenofsky Singer

"It's a very different experience to experience yourself when you're really present — and we could talk about what that means and how we get there, which takes a lot of practice — and how we just kind of go through life. And we can be more present to life and to our surroundings. And it's a really different thing to just be still and be present." — Libby Graves

"It's so simple to just create trust and safety, to maintain a presence. And that is enough. The rest just unfolds after that." — Aman Gohal

"We call it 'coaching.' That's such a small word for what actually happens, in my opinion. We're shifting timelines for people. We're creating new possibilities in life. We're supporting people in getting and going to the places they need to go to heal. To call that 'coaching' just seems kind of funny and silly." — Bob Conlin

"Coaching has taught me that transformation is very rarely very loud. It's usually subtle, quiet, and very personal." — Ghaya Barwani

"I'm coaching people to find their life force: Get it back going. The act of creation — I don't care if it's in the kitchen, in the garden, technologically, I mean all of it; it's not any one thing — that that puts money back into the brain bank and the body bank. And I intend to go indefinitely. When you're doing what you love, you don't need to retire. And if people are not doing what they love,...

"I call coaching a spiritual path. All along the way we're letting go of our ego attachments and learning to be more transformationally present — transformative presence at these higher nose bleed levels of MCC. It's a journey from feeding our egos to feeding our souls. That's how it's shaped me. I'm riding that bicycle while I'm building it. I'm learning as I mentor others toward their MCC." — Fr...

"I want to know how you think, how you feel, what your world is like. I'm going to put my blindfold on right now. I'm going to take your hand and I want you to lead me into your life and describe to me what's the environment: What's going on? How do you feel about that? Who are your allies? Who are your enemies? What's going on here? That will help me understand how you're seeing this and how you'...

"It wouldn't be the person's journey if I told the person, 'Don't do that. Just go this way. Trust me. I've been there.' Who knows if I know what is correct? I'm pretty sure that I'm not correct about many things. Helping the person think things through, feel things through is [being] a much more valuable partner than telling her what is the map." — Paula Braga

"That's the most important piece for me: Where I can just be present and create that space that they are free to rediscover and reconnect with themselves. And then once they get to that point, it's beautiful to see how they just go out into their worlds." — Vahbiz Shroff

"Sometimes, in the things we are ashamed of, or in the so called weaknesses, or problems or issues, there is the real strength in it." — Inga Bielińska

"At the core I am a developing human, and one who is made up of everything that's happened to me, of all the people who I've come across, and also the things I've been willing to let go of. So that culmination of those experiences. And also recognizing that I don't need to carry it all with me. I get to choose the parts of me that I want to keep and then diminish the things I don't want to keep."...