The Art in Coaching New Year Newsletter has just been published. In it I look forward to 2019 with details of the new workshops Draw Yourself Calm and Practitioner Day together with changes to the core workshops making a new programme for developing your art based coaching practice.
Author: Anna Sheather
Art in Coaching Christmas Newsletter
The Art in Coaching Christmas Newsletter is now out. Includes updates, ideas for getting creative in 2019 and new events for 2019. Wishing you all a very happy Christmas.
The art keeps on giving…
In my previous blog I looked at keeping records of the art just in case your client wants to refer to it or it comes up in the coaching conversation.
Keeping a record of clients’ art
I often get asked what records I keep of clients' art. One of the cornerstones of my record keeping is keeping a record of the art produced. In my last blog I looked at who keeps the art, client or coach, and what happens if the client chooses to leave the art behind.
Who keeps the art? Client or coach?
Who keeps the art produced by a client was a great question raised at the last Introduction to Art in Coaching workshop. On the surface the simple answer is the client as the image belongs to them.
Creating transformational conversations – a case study
Art in coaching has an ability to create transformational shifts in perception, understanding and meaning. Coaching with art enables our clients to access a deeper level of awareness. An awareness that may be unconscious to them and may be really difficult to articulate.
Executive Coaching Case Study: Sam – exploring her feelings of ‘otherness’
When Sam and I met for her second coaching session, Sam wanted to focus on her feeling of ‘otherness’. This feeling came out very strongly in Sam’s first session when Sam was exploring where she saw herself in the organis
Executive Coaching Case Study: managing change
Sam had recently joined a professional organisation as a director to help bring about change and introduce best practice.
Our Story Telling Brain
The wonderful thing about our left brain is that it helps us to know the world around us by analysing, categorising and labeling that which we encounter. Its has an important role in helping us to maintain a consistent and stable world.
Mindful doodling – a moment of calm in the helter skelter world we live in!
This wonderful exercise can be as long or as short as you like and is great way to take a pause in this helter skelter world we live and work in. The picture at the bottom is one of my doodles I did with a biro.