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Sarah Lewis
Why time matters in coaching sessions Time is one of the most valuable elements in a coaching session. Managed poorly, it can leave clients feeling unfinished or unclear. Managed well, it creates focus, depth, and clarity. Effective time management isn't about controlling the clock. It's about structuring the session so...
Sarah Lewis
Every coach faces this tension at some point. You've prepared a structure for the session: you know where you want to start, what you want to cover, and what you want to leave your client with. Then the session begins and something unexpected happens. Your client brings up something urgent....
Sarah Lewis
Small, daily steps often get overlooked in favour of chasing big milestones and dramatic breakthroughs. In coaching, though, the idea of "small wins" is one of the most useful shifts you can make in how you think about progress. At Coachivas, we work with women who are ambitious and often...
Sarah Lewis
Seeing What Is Not Being Said Every client tells you things. And every client also shows you things. The words a client uses are important, but they are only part of the picture. Behaviour is language too. The way a client moves in the space, the moments when she goes...
Sarah Lewis
Difficult conversations are unavoidable, at work and in life. The client you need to manage, the colleague who has overstepped, the family member whose behaviour you've been tolerating for too long, the friend who has hurt you: at some point you'll need to have a conversation you'd rather avoid. And...
Sarah Lewis
New coaches often find silence deeply uncomfortable. There's an instinctive urge to fill the quiet, ask another question, offer some thoughts, rescue the client from the awkwardness of not saying anything. That instinct is understandable, but it's almost always wrong. Silence in coaching isn't empty space. It's where the most...
Sarah Lewis
When emotion surfaces in coaching Every coach runs into these moments: a client's composure gives way to something raw and unfiltered. It can feel intense for both coach and client, but it's often where the real work begins. What matters is how that moment gets held, how the coach responds,...
Sarah Lewis
Listening as the foundation of coaching Listening is the foundation of all coaching. It may sound obvious, but the kind of listening that creates real change is very different from everyday listening. It takes discipline, intention, and a genuine commitment to focusing fully on the other person. Most people listen...
Sarah Lewis
The question is the most fundamental tool in a coach's toolkit. Not the only one (coaching is also relational, somatic, intuitive), but it's where most of the transformative work happens. A great question opens something inside a client that she didn't even know was closed. A poor question, or no...
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