What Changes When the Journey Holds the Work There’s a shift that happens in coaching practice that’s difficult to describe until you’ve experienced it. It’s not about working harder or adding more to your sessions. It’s not about new techniques or deeper questions. It’s the moment when you stop carrying the engagement in your head […]

Why So Many Coaching Engagements End Without Meaningful Completion When I mentor coaches who’ve moved past the early stages of practice, I see this pattern consistently. They’ve learned to structure discovery properly. They understand that transformation unfolds across a journey, not session by session. They lead their engagements with clarity and confidence. And yet, when

Why Rushing Discovery Slows Down Transformation When I mentor coaches working with capable, ambitious clients, I see a quiet pressure appear early in engagements. A pressure to demonstrate value. To justify the commitment. To get to “the real work.” It shows up as a question: How quickly can I help this client make progress? And

Why Structure Doesn’t Limit Coaching — It Frees It When I work with a coach who’s hesitant about structure, what they’re usually protecting is something specific. They’re protecting the freedom to respond to what emerges. The ability to sense a shift in the room and follow it. The permission to slow down, speed up, or

When Coaching Skill Stops Being the Problem There’s a shift that happens in coaching practice that’s difficult to describe until you’ve experienced it. It doesn’t announce itself clearly. It doesn’t arrive as failure. In fact, it often appears when the coaching itself is working. Sessions land well. Clients are engaged. Conversations are meaningful. And yet,

Why Great Coaching Sessions Don’t Guarantee Transformation You’ve had powerful sessions that didn’t lead anywhere. And sessions that felt ordinary that somehow changed everything. As an experienced coach, you’ve felt this pattern. You know how to coach. You create meaningful conversations. Your clients leave sessions with insight, clarity, sometimes even a visible shift. In the