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Sarah Lewis
Stuckness as a survival mechanism Staying stuck isn't a failure of intelligence or willpower. More often, it's a sophisticated survival mechanism. People are remarkably adaptive, and sometimes the familiar, painful pattern we want to escape is still, paradoxically, the safest place we know. The devil we know, as they say....
Sarah Lewis
Coaching isn't the right call for every problem. It's the right call when what you actually need is transformation, not a quick answer, and it's worth being honest with yourself about which one you're really looking for. Real transformation doesn't happen in a single conversation. It builds gradually, through reflection,...
Sarah Lewis
Why coaching is often misunderstood Coaching is one of those fields that gets widely misunderstood, both by people who have never experienced it and by people who think they know what it is from what they've seen in popular culture or corporate training programmes. These misconceptions can keep people from...
Sarah Lewis
Modern life is built around immediate gratification. Notifications, deadlines, the expectation of a quick response: most of contemporary work and life is set up for the short term. It takes real effort to think beyond next week, next quarter, the next performance review. And yet the decisions that matter most,...
Sarah Lewis
Coaching is more than just intuition There's a perception, even among some coaches, that coaching is softer than clinical psychology, less rigorous than research, more art than science. The relational and intuitive side of coaching does matter, but that perception overlooks how much evidence there is for why coaching works....
Sarah Lewis
People don't pay for coaching because they're missing information. Most of what a coach tells you, you could find in a book. They invest because they're missing the skill of actually applying what they know, consistently, under pressure, without someone else's voice in the room. That kind of change doesn't...
Sarah Lewis
The Illusion of Activity vs Real Effectiveness Coaching is one of those fields where the gap between activity and effectiveness can feel almost designed to deceive. A coach can run dozens of sessions, read hundreds of books, accumulate numerous certifications, and still not produce meaningful, lasting change in her clients....
Sarah Lewis
If you're building a business, changing careers, or stepping into a leadership role, you've probably asked yourself whether you need a coach or a consultant. The two terms get used interchangeably, but they serve different purposes, and picking the right one can make a real difference, especially for women balancing...
Sarah Lewis
There's a common misconception about what coaches actually do. A lot of people assume a coach's job is to give advice, to be the expert in the room who tells the client what to do, how to think, and which steps to take. That's not coaching. That's consulting. Consulting has...
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