Empowering Your Coaching Clients with the Power of Metaphors

This recording of the Live event, Empowering Your Coaching Clients with the Power of Metaphors, is designed to give you an overview of their power in your coaching. I cover examples from real coaching conversations and answer your questions. If you missed it, feel free to ask your questions in the comments, I will be sure to respond! Thank you for watching. Metaphors are powerful; our minds are designed to make idea containers to describe anything important, like our beliefs, fears, hope, and dreams. How is this impactful in professional coaching for both you and your client?   The beauty of using your clients’ metaphors is that it shifts the coaching conversation from coach-led to client-led. It lights up the client’s mind. I have been blown away by the power of metaphors to be transformational for my clients. I then began my study of how metaphors work. In my own practice I have found that using metaphors allows me to create stronger agreements, get quickly to the often-hidden important challenges, be in deeper partnership, evoke awareness, and anchor learning. My clients are empowered to create, connect, and ultimately own the dots.   I challenge you to take the next 24 hours to be intentional and notice the number of metaphors that naturally appear in all your conversations.   My love of metaphors and the power that I know they hold is why I have created the Power of Metaphors, Certification program. There is a finesse to learning to hear the more important metaphors and not being overwhelmed by all the metaphors you will start to hear.   This link will take you to the preview of the course 👉 https://academy.lyssadehart.com/power... And, my YouTube playlist, Coaching Demonstrations, shows you how you might use metaphors to transform and level up your coaching.    • Coaching Demonstrations   Free coaching resources, coaching conversation demos, & training: https://academy.lyssadehart.com/ Where can you find Lyssa? Website: https://lyssadehart.com/ Book: The Reflective Coach: https://amzn.to/3LeW7oQ Book: Light Up: The Science of Coaching with Metaphors: https://amzn.to/42iI74l Mentor Coaching: https://academy.lyssadehart.com/icf-m... Certified Power of Metaphor Coach Course: https://academy.lyssadehart.com/power... If you would like to buy me a cup of joe as a thank you for my content, please visit me here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lyssadehart Cheers, Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Chapters: 00:00 Welcome & quick metaphor overview. 05:05 Neuroscience & the Four Conceptual Metaphors 11:00 The Benefit of Recording Your Coaching Sessions 20:40 Idea that the Client is Talking to Themselves 34:50 Invite Clients to Explore Meaning 37:15 Hitting the PCC Markers 49:34 Closing Q&A or Share of an Awareness