The Coaching Kool-Aid
Ready to be challenged? Feeling playful? If you’re a coach who’s serious about engaging in reflective practice, or you’re simply interested in taking a look behind the curtains of the coaching profession, come with us as we bite into the juicy fruit of this intriguing, complex, and totally unregulated industry. In each episode we’ll look at a different concept used within coaching, and playfully unpack both its problems and its utility.
The Coaching Kool-Aid
McMindfulness? Part Two
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Renée Lockwood and Melanie Weeks
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Season 1
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Episode 6
In part two of our series on mindfulness, we continue to look at some ways in which these practices have been used as tools of manipulation, including by military forces past and present. Our discussion then moves to the topic of mindfulness in coaching, in order to examine its relationship with Kegan’s theory of adult development, its role in ethical leadership, and the problems associated with thinking about thinking. Finally, we have a look at what we need to consider before using mindfulness practices with our clients.