Your Coaching Journey

In this episode we answer some more of the questions we've had from our listeners' (details of how you can submit your questions are below).   We discuss how to broach the subject of continuing to work with a paying client; what to do if a client cancels at the last minute; what to say if a client's colleague asks about the client's coaching; and how to help clients who don't know the 'right' answ...

Are you a people pleaser? It's a topic that definitely comes up in the coaching room and many in some cases, be getting in the way of our coachees' growth, development, career, wellbeing, and even possibly happiness. In this episode we explore what people pleasing is, how it might impact individuals and how we could work through it with clients to help them find a new way of being?   Enjoy the pod...

***Before listening, please see the warning below   In this episode we discuss how Helen uses meditative visualisation with her clients. Find out when it might be a useful technique to employ and why. Helen also shares her top tips on how to get started in using visualisation in the coaching room so, if you fancy trying it out yourself, listen to this episode.     During the podcast Helen will als...

In this episode we are interviewing our first coaching doctor, Dr Sarah Goulding. Sarah was a participant on our very first Transformational Coaching Diploma, and now has a portfolio career which includes her role as Head of Coaching for The Joyful Doctor. Sarah is also an appraiser and mentor within the NHS.   Find out what inspired Sarah to start learning about coaching, and how she uses it in h...

In this episode we introduce Cognitive Behavioural Coaching or CBC. It's an approach that brings together the practice of coaching and the concepts and methods that underpin Cognitive Behavioural Psychology.   CBC offers a number of distinctive models and techniques that help coaches to understand the barriers that coachees may be placing in their own way.   Engaging with CBC allows coaches to sup...

We will be regularly discussing some of the widely held coaching beliefs, common coaching practices and challenges around coaching that are often pondered and debated. In this episode we will be exploring the differences between coaching and mentoring, and how conflating or combining the two may cause issues in the coaching room. We'll also be asking, is it ever ok to mentor during a coaching sess...

In this episode we answer some questions about coaching that we've had from our listeners (details of how you can submit your questions are below).   We discuss ways in which you might stop thinking about what comes next whilst you're coaching; ways that you might go about introducing tools into the coaching conversation; and our views on the topic of interrupting your coachee.   Enjoying the podc...

In this episode we are exploring a topic that we both notice showing up a lot in the coaching room. It's also a phenomenon that we have both found ourselves experiencing at various times. There's also a very good chance that you have some experience of it yourself. We're talking about Imposter Syndrome.     Research suggests that between 70 and 84% of people engaging a coach experience feeling lik...

In this episode we discuss a new coaching model that we have introduced in our training programme. Having used and taught the GROW model for many years we have long recognised that it has its limitations, especially when coachees don't come to the coaching room with specific goals.     We've created a model that flows with the natural rhythm of a coaching conversation and provides the coachee with...

In this episode we continue with our series of interviews with coaches by introducing and exploring the coaching journey of one of our podcast hosts, Helen Leathers.     We find out what led her to coaching; the reasons why she had never really wanted to be a coach; how she approaches coaching and what keeps her busy now (apart from this podcast). We will also explore her favourite coaching tool a...

In this episode we introduce solution-focused coaching. It's an approach that is particularly popular in organisations as it seeks to move the coachee quickly to a solution and a way forward. It's also a coaching approach that doctors tend to feel comfortable with as they are very used to taking a history, considering symptoms, diagnosing a condition, and offering advice on a way forward. Within a...

We will be regularly discussing some of the widely held coaching beliefs, common coaching practices and challenges around coaching that are often pondered and debated. In this episode we will be exploring what happens when we ask our coachees closed questions and pondering whether it's ever okay to do so. Well also be discussing asking multiple questions, asking leading questions and asking under...

In this episode Helen and Tom answer some questions that have been posed by some of our coaching doctor listeners (details of how you can submit your questions are below).   We discuss confidentiality, coaching within a GP practice and more.   Enjoy the podcast? It would be great if you left us a review here. (link to apple podcast)   Contact Details Find out about our  Doctors' Transformational C...

In this episode we start our exploration of topics that clients might bring to the coaching room and the first area we explore is 'Boundaries'. This is a topic that frequently presents itself in Helen Leathers' coaching.   If you'd like to know how Helen, an experienced women's empowerment coach, explores and works through issues that her clients have with boundaries, then join us for this episode...

In this episode we talk about one of the most popular and probably most frequently used coaching tools; The Wheel of Life.     We will be exploring the versatility of this tool, introducing the basics of how to use it and looking at ways that it can be adapted to use in different circumstances. The Wheel of Life has a few surprising elements to uncover, so join us to learn how you might incorporat...

In this episode, produced by MonkeyPants Productions, we have our first podcast interview and we thought it might be nice to start with introducing one of our hosts, Tom Dillon.   Find out what brought him to coaching, how he started his business and what he is doing now (apart from this podcast). We will also explore Tom's own approach to coaching, his favourite coaching tool, and the coaching qu...

In this episode, produced by MonkeyPants Productions, we will be introducing the person-centred approach to coaching. It's an approach that, if you have had some coaching or any coach training, you will probably recognise, even if you didn't know what it was called.     The person-centred approach provides the basis for non-directive coaching, so it lies at the heart of most people's coaching. Tod...

In this episode, produced by MonkeyPants Productions, we will be introducing ourselves, our business and the Your Coaching Journey podcast so that you will know a little bit about who we are, what we do and what to expect from us when you listen to future episodes.     If you're a coaching doctor, a medic who is learning to coach or a doctor who would like to build coaching into your professional...