It is no surprise to me that International Coaching Week is held in the month of February! ‘February’ also hosts Valentines Day & it is Heart & Stroke Month in many areas.
February is all about the heart and as coaches, colleagues and ‘coachees’, my guess is that we would agree, coaching is also ‘about heart’!
My heart was touched when I received the phone call from a friend and new coach who ‘saw something in me that I didn’t even see in myself’ and wanted to support me to see it too with coaching.
Again, my heart was touched during coach training, listening to the other students practice their coaching skills and feeling the open heartedness of the participants and instructors.
I can’t count the times during coaching sessions that my heart blossomed as I ‘saw’ the vulnerability, courage, resiliency, determination, joy and profound awe from coaching clients as they experienced their own heart center.
Finally, being with a group of coaches; life coaches, executive coaches, business coaches, career coaches, leadership coaches, mentor coaches, it doesn’t matter; it is an experience like no other! It is like being with a room full of instant best friends.
The common thread is unabashed ‘heart connection’ and it is infectious!
So, to honor Coaching Week and all the amazing clients and other coaches that I have worked with, I leave you with this quote:
“Even the most exalted states and the most exceptionally spiritual accomplishments are unimportant if we cannot be happy in the most basic and ordinary ways, if we cannot touch one another and the life we have been given with our hearts.”
- Jack Kornfield from “A Path With Heart”
In peace & mindfulness
namaste,
Zoey
Zoey Ryan, BSc., PCC
Life & Leadership Coach for Women
coaching for your heart & soul
http://zoeyryan.com
