Curious about the ancestry of my coaching practice?
In case you’re curious… I’m compiling the main coaching courses I’ve been on… because maybe you want to take some of these practices deeper yourself and these other practitioners will appeal to you!
I’m certified by the Ethical Coaching Collective led by Melissa Tiers and Simone Seol (pictured above).
One of the things I loved about their training was bringing questions of ethics - about the types of topics we coach on, who we coach and how we coach…
Ethical Standards
We do not coach without consent.
We do not sell coaching without consent.
In marketing and selling, we will treat people the way we would treat our clients: with respect, transparency, thoughtfulness, and genuine care for their well-being.
The best that anyone can be in our presence is our thoughts about them. We base all our work with clients in unconditional positive regard. If we cannot feel unconditional positive regard for someone (and that’s okay because we’re human), we refer them out to someone who can.
We understand that neither human development nor coaching happen in a social and political vacuum. We will be outspoken about our values and make business decisions that reflect them. We will never put profit above values.
We believe in every human’s capacity for healing, change and growth, and the reality of miraculous quantum change, AND we do not bypass slow, steady, repeated work and cultivation of the grounded presence it takes to stay with things that take time.
We stay fiercely awake and present to pain and suffering inherent in life and the world, but we do not let it overwhelm us and stop us from believing in the magic and fun of coaching work.
We are open to all possibilities but are dogmatic about nothing.
We don’t do gurus. We don’t do cult-y thinking. You are the best authority on you, the client is the best authority on themselves, and we do not endorse outsourcing decision-making or responsibility for how we experience the world and create our reality to anyone else.
We would rather be curious than be right.
We do not aim to be perfect practitioners or perfect humans; we aim to learn, do a little better than yesterday, and have fun.
I’ve also been on these 3+ month courses or had at least 3 months of 1:1s with:
Maisie Hill on working with your menstrual cycle
Check out her Flow Collective. Still really enjoy her podcast, I’d recommend going back to the start as well and growing with her :)
Hannah Roberts, career coach for women
Check out her offerings here. She has amazing resources on finding your natural talents.
Stacie Haines on somatics and resistance
Staicie Haines has an amazing team, and their course on the Politics of Trauma was one of the most careful and provocative ones I’ve attended that brought questions of justice and complexity into every session.
Laura Premack on Productivity for Feminists
Laura was my first 1:1 coach and opened my eyes to the wonders and world of small-group coach. She’ll always hold a special place for my understanding of being in my body, feeling my feelings, and leaning into a values-led life. Check her services out here.
Miish Grixti on Email Brilliance
What to say about Miish? She’s hilarious and unapologetic, I absolutely love her explanations of ‘thought models’ and analysing writing to figure out why it works. She’s a coach for coaches… so it may not land, but if you want to gain confidence sending emails out to your network… she may be just what you’re looking for.
Gretchen Evangelista on 'Loving yourself Rich’
Gretchen helped me take a more careful look at my thoughts about money and boy is that hard to do! Her courses keep changing, but you can find some of these ideas on her podcast still with that same title.
Danielle Turton, coach for women in academia
Danielle is a badass and I’ve been in many of the communities she’s created for women in academia. If you’re wanting support to meet all the pressures of working in Universities check out her community called the Sisterhood!
Jessica Hill, on memoir writing!
Every genre is a little different, and memoir is a tricky one to figure out - at least it has been for me. I’m soooooooo grateful to have met Jessica. Her feedback is clarifying and warming in the most incredible way. If you’re writing memoir (send me a message cuz I don’t know many people that are in the sustainability space) and you need that accountability and someone to direct you through the bigger process check her out.
