Season 7 Episode 13 | Coaching Is Not a Rescue Mission! Let's Talk About Empowerment

No matter what type of coaching you do, we all know that coaching is meant to empower people. And that's an awesome goal! But considering that so many of us are trauma survivors ourselves, it can get... complicated.

As trauma survivors, when we meet with our clients, we might feel the impulse to save, fix, or rescue people because we are aware of their distress.

Here's the thing: your client is the only person who knows what is best for them. Full stop. And it is up to them to take what you facilitate, sort through that information, and make decisions about it.

This is an important part of the READY curriculum, and it's something I face often in my coaching work. I'm happy to tell clients what I've done in my own personal development journey, and to share (with discretion) things that my other clients have done in similar situations.

But what I won't do is tell them what to do because that is disempowering. Decisions like that need to come from within.

So on today's episode, let's dig a little deeper into the empowering practice of pointing people back to themselves.

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