Category: Coaching
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Learning Coaching from the Psalms: Psalm 41
Psalms is a book packed with personal feelings and emotions from a psalmist. Most of them are tied to other biblical stories in other parts of the Old Testament, but the Psalms provide a unique insight into the psalmist’s heart. Reading the Psalms is like piercing into the heart of a coaching client who is…
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Coaching Through Hurt
Coaching people who are hurt is tricky. When someone opens up about their pain, our instinct is often to share something from our own lives. “I’ve been there too,” we say. We try to connect through our wounds. But as well-meaning as this might be, it’s not always the most helpful thing. In fact, if…
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Coaching and the Way of Non-Doing
When I was still early in my coaching journey, I often found myself stuck in coaching conversations. I felt the weight of responsibility to help the client—sometimes even to understand them completely—before we could make progress. I would listen intently, dissect their words, and search anxiously for a solution or a breakthrough moment. But as…
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Coaching the Uncommunicable: A Reflection of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling
Some clients come to coaching with goals, timelines, and clear action steps. Others arrive with something else entirely—an unspeakable weight, a dilemma that defies resolution. Perhaps it’s the loss of a loved one. Perhaps it’s a faith crisis. Or perhaps it’s a situation at work that cannot be fixed—only endured. They know, somehow, that they…
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Sim Chen Xing 