Coffee House Coaching

Ep 108 Nik Kinley - Your Edges Define You / "Just so you are aware . . . " / Pure Unbiased Guidance

Gary Nowak

Some Highlights:

  • 🧠 Learning psychotherapy in his 20s—mastering the mind early on.
  • ⏳ Returning to the world of coaching in the early 2000s—coming back stronger!
  • 🛠️ Early days at BP—everyone had a coach until they didn't.
  • 🚔 Working in the prison system early on, aiding in rehabilitation efforts.
  • 🎲 Throwing something in the middle of the room and seeing what happens—embracing spontaneity!
  • 🤐 Hates when things are left unsaid.
  • 🗣️ "When I feel something, I need to say something"—the motto to live by.
  • 💬 Often telling clients, "Just so you are aware..."
  • 🧘‍♂️ Cultivating self-awareness and awareness of one’s impact on others.
  • 🔍 Fascinated by discovering the edges of people.
  • ✨ It's the edges that define the shape of who we are.
  • 🔎 Understanding your core self and recognizing when behaviors help or hinder you.
  • 📝 Advice to a younger self: keep trying and embrace mistakes.
  • 🤝 Great coaching is a co-creation process.
  • 🛟 Using the gold Rolex as a life preserver—finding value in unexpected places.
  • 🥊 Sometimes, when you're struggling, you have to "Pick a fight."
  • 🧘‍♀️ Approaching clients without memory or desire—pure, unbiased guidance.