Coffee House Coaching
Coffee House Coaching is an Executive Coaching podcast where I speak with fellow Executive Coaches about their practice, their process and how they help their clients. I also speak with individuals impacted by coaching and how it has improved their lives. My goal is to shine some light on the wonderful world of Executive Coaching and explain what it is and how it works. So, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, relax, and enjoy my conversations about Executive Coaching.
Coffee House Coaching
Ep 142 Peter Allen - Freeform Art / Mental mirror / Just be YOU
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Season 3
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Episode 142
Highlights:
- 🔄 Plays back conversations to help clients uncover deep self-awareness—like a mental mirror.
- 🌟 Believes coaching is the ultimate freeform art—be unapologetically authentic.
- 🔍 Embarks on a never-ending quest to learn more about himself and the coaching craft—always evolving.
- 👂 Challenges: Are you truly listening, or just waiting for your turn to speak? (Be honest.)
- 🤔 Explores the fun and mystery of who the client wants you to be—it’s a game worth playing.
- 💬 Great motto: “Learning is a process, not an event.”
- 🚀 Believes we’re all works in progress—always striving for better, never “done.”
- 🌀 Masterful at taking a client’s words, repackaging them, and reflecting them back with clarity and insight.
- 💸 Learns the dance of investing time in potential clients and then gracefully letting go.
- 🎭 Encourages coaches to discover their own style—coaching that feels 100% you.
- 🧠 Dives deep into conversations to truly serve the client—this is the heart of coaching.
- ❤️ Creates safe spaces for clients to explore their heart and gut instincts.
- 🛑 Finds joy in the awkwardness when a coaching session hits a halt—what magic can happen next?
- 🧘♂️ Acknowledges that people are incredible at picking up emotional tones—connection is key.