Stress is a normal and natural response that we have all experienced in our lives. It's also a phenomenon that frequently enters the coaching room.

Coaching is often focused initially on problems that the coachee wishes to resolve, and that is a natural space for stress to show up. Coaching is also frequesntly concerned with change that the coachee wishes to see, and a time of change is definitely a point at which stress might appear.

In this episode we are exploring the different aspects of stress, including why it can be useful, and when it's really not. We will also recap on what stress is and the effects it might have on individuals.

Finally we will be looking at what tools there are that can help us to explore stressful situations with our coachees, and perhaps, how they can manage their own stress.

Join us as we take you on a journey through stress in the coaching room that will hopefully leave you more confident in having conversations that address the topic.

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We love an exploration of the world of Transactional Analysis and this is our fourth episode that attempts to explain some of the concepts that have emerged from Transactional Analysis theory.

In this episode we're exploring the OK Corral, which provides a way of illustrating the idea of Life Positions, which emerged within the field of Transactional Analysis. The concept of Life Positions can help us, and our clients, to gain a better understanding of how we're showing up, what our values and beliefs are, and how we view the world and our place in it.

The idea of Life Positions was developed by Thomas Harris in the 1960, with the publication of his book, 'I'm OK, You're OK'.

Franklin Ernst's notion of 'The OK Corral' was a visual representation of the ideas that Thomas Harris had developed and set out to illustrate what is happening when people are OK or not OK within any social dynamic.

In this episode we explore the OK Corral and offer our thoughts on how the concept might be useful to us and our coachees in the coaching room.

Resources:

To view the visuals for this model, please visit our webpage:

https://yourcoachingjourney.com/project/episode-138-coaching-tools-life-positions/

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Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: tomdillon@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

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Reflection is an essential aspect of any coaching practice and something that we actively encourage all of our students to do from the start of their coaching journeys.

Coaching conversations happen in the moment and the emergent nature of them means that they could go in many directions. Where the conversation flows is dependent on the thinking of the coach and the coachee in real time. There is little time to reflect on what went well, what didn't go so well and what might have been different. Engaging in some reflective practice will help any coach, whatever their experience, to find new ways of looking at their coaching conversations and will definitely help to inform future sessions.

For less experienced coaches, reflecting on a coaching session can spark some curiosity about different approaches, tools and techniques that might have been useful to utilise within a coaching conversation, and provide some motivation to continue learning. For more experienced coaches, reflection can help to ward off any complacency and slipping into unhelpful ways of being in the coaching room.

Taking time to reflect on the possible impact the coaching sessions are having on us, as coaches, is also a valuable way to keep taking care of ourselves and to notice when we might be in need of support.

In this episode we share some models that can help to facilitate our reflections as coaches. Join us for a conversation that might just offer you a new favourite way to reflect on your coaching.

Resources:

To view the visuals of these models, please visit our webpage: https://yourcoachingjourney.com/project/episode137-reflection/

Enjoy the podcast? If you're enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: tomdillon@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)