Monthly Archives: May 2024

The Unknown: Questions For Coaches

 in quote  tagged Avvaiyar / coach / coaches / coaching / questios / quote / the unknown
The vast proportion of this image is taken up by the nights sky, with the starts showing in purple and white. At the bottom is a silhouetted image of an individual stood on a mound looking up into the sky. The text reads: "What is known is a handful; the unknown is as vast as the universe." (Avvaiyar)

The quote of the day is:

“What is known is a handful; the unknown is as vast as the universe.” (Avvaiyar)

Questions For Coaches:

  • How do you foster a sense of wonder and curiosity in your clients?
  • As a coach, how do you help clients navigate the vast unknowns in their lives?
  • How do you cope with the uncertainty that comes with venturing into the unknown?
  • What steps do you take to venture beyond your comfort zone and explore the unknown?

Bonus Questions

  • What role does curiosity play in our willingness to explore the unknown?
  • How does the unknown impact your decision-making when it comes to your coaching business?
  • Can you think of an example of a coaching experience where embracing the unknown led to positive outcomes for a client?

About Jen Waller

Jen Waller

Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond.

As an experienced coach and trainer, Jen is happy to utilise all skills at her disposal to assist clients from getting out of their own way and making a difference in the world with their coaching. Find out more about the support Jen offers here.

Habit: Questions For Coaches

 in quote  tagged coach / coaches / coaching / Gertrude Atherton / habit / questions / quote
An ombre background of a yellow focal point in the centre of the image, radiating out to an orange on the outer edges of the image. The text reads: "Nothing in life is more corroding than habit." (Gertrude Atherton) The word habit is made up of wooden blocks, with one letter of the word carved into the top of the block.

The quote of the day is:

“Nothing in life is more corroding than habit.” (Gertrude Atherton)

Questions For Coaches:

  • What habits in your life that may be holding you back?
  • How do your habits influence your perception of yourself and your potential?
  • How do you integrate the understanding of habit’s impact into your coaching philosophy to guide clients towards positive transformation?
  • As a coach, how do you help clients identify which habits are corroding their progress?

Bonus Questions:

  • What role does self-awareness play in identifying and changing corrosive habits?
  • Can you think of an example of a coaching experience where changing a habit led to significant positive change for a client?
  • What habits do you see with your thinking?

About Jen Waller

Jen Waller

Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond.

As an experienced coach and trainer, Jen is happy to utilise all skills at her disposal to assist clients from getting out of their own way and making a difference in the world with their coaching. Find out more about the support Jen offers here.

Questions for coaches about controlling our thoughts

 in quote  tagged Charles Darwin / coach / coaches / coaching / questions / quote / thoughts
On a chalkboard, a diagram with lots of empty ovals are connected with lines and arrows, some straight, some curved, or dotted, one is even in a spiral shape. The text reads: "The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts." (Charles Darwin)

The quote of the day is:

“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts.” (Charles Darwin)

Questions For Coaches:

  • Does this seem true to you?
  • How do your thoughts shape your experience of reality?
  • Is there a difference between controlling your thoughts and not listening to them?
  • What role does self-talk play in shaping your mental and emotional state?

Bonus Question:

  • How can recognising the power of thoughts help clients overcome limiting beliefs/thinking?
  • How do you feel when you recognise a limiting belief within yourself?
  • What coaching related story/ technique or question does this quote prompt for you?

About Jen Waller

Jen Waller

Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond.

As an experienced coach and trainer, Jen is happy to utilise all skills at her disposal to assist clients from getting out of their own way and making a difference in the world with their coaching. Find out more about the support Jen offers here.

Exploring the Power of Questions: Insights for Coaches

 in quote  tagged coach / coaches / coaching / quote
An apricot coloured background A drawn speech bubble on a white piece of paper has a question mark inside it. It is obviously slightly above the background as there is a slight shadow being cast. The text reads: "Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer"

Today’s quote of the day is a proverb:

“Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer”

Questions For Coaches:

  • How do you differentiate between silly and insightful questions?
  • In what ways can asking, seemingly silly questions, lead to unexpected insights?
  • How do you stay open to all responses, even those that seem silly or irrelevant?
  • What silly question are you not asking yourself, that would actually make a difference?

Bonus Questions:

  • As a coach, how do you help clients understand the power of the questions they ask?
  • What is the most common question you ask yourself?
  • What role does curiosity play in asking better questions?

About Jen Waller

Jen Waller

Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond.

As an experienced coach and trainer, Jen is happy to utilise all skills at her disposal to assist clients from getting out of their own way and making a difference in the world with their coaching. Find out more about the support Jen offers here.

Discover Questions For Coaching About Uncovering Potential and Forming Order from Chaos

 in quote  tagged Berthold Auerbach / chaos / coach / coaches / coaching / potential / questions / quote
The background is an ombre, going from black in the bottom right corner blending to warm dark orange in the top left corner. The text reads: "We make nothing; we only form and discover what is already there, but which without our assistance cannot release itself from formless chaos." (Berthold Auerbach)

The quote of the day is:

“We make nothing; we only form and discover what is already there, but which without our assistance cannot release itself from formless chaos.” (Berthold Auerbach)

Questions For Coaches:

  • How do you interpret the idea that we form and discover rather than create from nothing?
  • What personal qualities do you possess that help you bring order to formless chaos?
  • As a coach, how do you help clients discover and shape their latent abilities and potentials?

Bonus Questions:

  • How do you identify untapped potential within your business?
  • How do you encourage clients to trust in their innate abilities and wisdom?
  • What role does self-awareness play in uncovering and shaping potential?
  • What role does self-awareness play in uncovering and shaping potential?

About Jen Waller

Jen Waller

Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond.

As an experienced coach and trainer, Jen is happy to utilise all skills at her disposal to assist clients from getting out of their own way and making a difference in the world with their coaching. Find out more about the support Jen offers here.

Feelings acting like a barometer

 in Resource  tagged coaches / coaching / feelings

Here’s a snippet from Wednesday’s Coaching from the Soul conversation. To see the full conversation between several coaches by rewatching the whole chat here.

If you want to watch the next one live Coaching From The Soul livestream then the topic will be “Experience Life from the Inside Out” , which I am due to co-introduce this Wednesday (29th May) 9:45 am (PST) / 12:45 pm (EST) / 5:45 pm (UK) / 6:45 pm (CET) over on Youtube.

About Jen Waller

Jen Waller

Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond.

As an experienced coach and trainer, Jen is happy to utilise all skills at her disposal to assist clients from getting out of their own way and making a difference in the world with their coaching. Find out more about the support Jen offers here.

Questions for coaches prompted by a quote about empathy and imagination.

 in quote  tagged coach / coaches / coaching / empathy / imagination / Jane Addams / questions / quote
10 wooden pieces similar to those you may find in certain board games - with a spherical shape, like a head, on top of a limbless body. The one in the centre is painted red, and the rest are all unpainted and generally arranged in a line in a zigzag pattern. Each piece has a white circle around them and a line connecting to the nearest pieces. The closer they are to the red piece, there is a red glow on the outer and inner edge of that ring. The last two pieces on each end of the line have no glow what-so-ever. The text reads: "Much of the insensibility and hardness of the world is due to the lack of imagination which prevents realization of the experiences of other people." (Jane Addams)

The quote today is:

“Much of the insensibility and hardness of the world is due to the lack of imagination which prevents realization of the experiences of other people.” (Jane Addams)

Questions For Coaches:

  • As a coach, how do you support clients in developing their empathy and imagination?
  • How do you feel when you realise that someone has genuinely understood your experience?
  • What role does active listening play in enhancing your imaginative understanding of others?

Bonus Questions:

  • How do your thoughts and perceptions about others shape your understanding of their experiences?
  • Can you recall a time when imagining someone else’s experience changed your perspective?
  • What role could empathy and imagination have in helping you create marketing messages that resonate deeply with prospective clients?

About Jen Waller

Jen Waller

Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond.

As an experienced coach and trainer, Jen is happy to utilise all skills at her disposal to assist clients from getting out of their own way and making a difference in the world with their coaching. Find out more about the support Jen offers here.

Questions for coaches prompted by a quote about success and comfort

 in quote  tagged coaches / coaching / comfort / questions / quote / success / William Allingham
On a chalkboard, an image at the bottom is of a bit of land which dips down in the middle before a raised piece of land on the right of the picture. To the left is the label comfort and to the right, above the raised area, is the word success. An outline of a human figure is drawn leaping across the dip to Success. The text above reads: "I believe in Success, and in Comfort no less I believe all the rest is but patter." (William Allingham)

The quote is:

“I believe in Success, and in Comfort no less I believe all the rest is but patter.” (William Allingham)

Questions For Coaches

  • How do you define success and comfort in your own life?
  • Are these separate terms where it feels a balance should be sought, or can you have both at the same time?
  • What would success and comfort look like when it comes t your coaching practice?
  • How would many of your clients describe that as?

Bonus Questions

  • As a coach, how do you help clients define and pursue their own visions of success and comfort?
  • Can you share an example of a project where comfort and success were equally important?
  • How can recognising the “patter” in your life help you focus on what truly matters?

About Jen Waller

Jen Waller

Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond.

As an experienced coach and trainer, Jen is happy to utilise all skills at her disposal to assist clients from getting out of their own way and making a difference in the world with their coaching. Find out more about the support Jen offers here.