There is a direct link between the comfort and confidence a client has in a coach and that client’s progress. This means the connection you’re able to create can be the best indicator of their success. I love how Brené Brown describes connection. She says, “I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.”

As coaches, we’re in a unique position. We love, we support, we value. We listen, we provide judgement-free space, and we offer guidance -- all without expecting nor needing anything back. This gives us the core to nurture a connection in which we can offer something truly amazing to our clients.

• Listen, identify, and reflect without unintentionally removing hope
• Relate personal experience without projecting into the situation
• Empathizing without adding or taking away

• Identifying and understanding pain points
• Understanding gaps between where they are now and where they want to be.
  • (Bonus: This is also how you sell them on working with you.)
• Clarifying the why behind what they want, and the feelings they hope to have when they get it

• Believing in a better future for them before they can see it
• Opening up imagination and new perspective
• Helping bridge gaps by drawing out correlations and watering seeds of hope

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