The Integral Approach

I trained as an Integral Coach® through New Ventures West in San Francisco and Thirdspace in London.  The work is labelled integral because the whole person is considered alongside your context in the coaching process.  This enables the you to shift your way of being in the world, creating opportunity for true development and enabling you to be more present and effective at work and in life.

I think we spend too much time creating artificial boundaries between the roles we play in life which stop us fully embracing the fullness of ourselves and our potential to show up in the world. Therefore, I'm not too keen on the idea of 'relationship' coaching versus 'life' coaching versus 'business' coaching. Whatever topic you want to bring to coaching is fine... it can be about a relationship, your career, or just a general feeling of being stuck.

For us to be able to step through these moments of difficulty, we have to understand the mindsets which are holding us in this place, and start to explore how we can shift those, alongside practicing new behaviours which help us to move forward.

A "pre-cedent" is 'an earlier action or event regarded as a guide for future circumstances'. These show up in humans as beliefs, assumptions, attitudes (i.e. mindsets) which are often outside of our awareness.  Becoming aware (or conscious) of them allows us to explore their usefulness and determine if they continue to serve us. In other words, which are 'funky precedents' which no longer support us to live the life we want.