Hudson Graduate and the power of presence
It has been a few months since I received my Hudson Certified Executive Coach certification. Not too long ago, my colleagues from the cohort and I were finishing our final exams, celebrating with champagne, and hugging/crying with pride after closing out this massive achievement.
In the months since returning home from Santa Barbara, I have been doubling down on business development now with my program behind me and an exciting new future of executive coaching ahead. Coming soon, I’ll be sharing updates to my website, new opportunities to stay in touch, and continued reflections on work, business, and the human growth journey.
While I’ll leave the business teaser there for today, I will share one reflection that has continued to feel true for me as I deepen my work as a coach: Everything, and I do mean *everything*, is inextricably connected. And the more I embrace this deep universal *knowing*, the more I find that I can be a better coach for my clients.
The more I come to understand my role as a coach, the more I see that all the wisdom and knowledge that ever existed exists today, right now, inside each one of us. Inside my clients as well as in myself. But in order to harvest that wisdom the key is *connection*. While it is possible that that the answers to everything we seek are already there inside of us, it’s often hard to access without a mirror to show us what's there. That is in some ways the role of the coach. To connect on a profoundly present and human way with the person sitting across from us such that all truths can see the light of day. The gift we offer above all of our knowledge and expertise and years of experience and certifications, is the gift of our true, pure, authentic presence. This is where everything is connected and everything comes to the surface.
As a coach in my practice, I have been working deeply to embody this. So to hear colleagues from Hudson comment and acknowledge on my “presence” in the coaches chair, I feel deeply validated and seen (thank you to my SLG!). To be in presence and connection with another human is the act that heals all wounds. And thank you to my clients who continue to trust me and allow me to show up with presence, compassion, and Self.
This is why this work is so meaningful. It is a gift that keeps on giving and I am grateful to have found myself on this path.
How do you cultivate deep, true presence for yourself? What does presence mean to you? How do you embody connection and presence? Let me know in the comments!