A Vision, a Book and a Community
Poetry for Coaching is a Vision for the widespread adoption of poetry by the coaching profession, a book titled Poetry for Coaching - Transformation Through Verse, and a community of creative, artistic and curious helping professionals.
This book, and this community, is for coaches, counsellors and therapists, as well as those interested in personal transformation, empowerment and healing.
This unique Anthology brings together poems and the stories entwined with them, to inspire others with their insights.
Within these pages, you will enter the inner worlds of our poets as they share their experience of tangible emotions, gritty life events and moments of enlightenment. Whether on a personal quest or looking to facilitate change in others, we welcome you to the wisdom shared in this book.
Benefit from a coaching mindset
as you draw from the depth and experience of qualified coaches and therapists who have faced and overcome rich and textured life challenges.
We can all feel stuck at times. It’s not always clear where to find support. Here, as we read the words of others, we can find comfort, insight, and even challenge. Here, in others’ poems and stories, we can find ourselves and then move beyond our current understanding to new perspectives and new possibilities.
Poetry speaks to the creative elements of coaching. As Phillip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, wrote:
“Poetry is not a fancy way of giving you information; it’s an incantation. It is actually a magic spell. It changes things; it changes you.”
Poetry is an innovative coaching resource
which lead-editor Ross discovered as he found himself spontaneously sharing poems and stories with his clients. Coming together as The Creative Coaching Collective, we’ve enjoyed discovering how we each use poetry to navigate our personal lives and broaden our professional practice in a variety of innovative ways.
Storytelling adds richness and context to the poems. Combining stories with poems heightens the impact of both: one can unlock new meaning in the other. Applying poetry and storytelling to coaching enhances the art of coaching by enlarging the coaching space, enabling new possibilities to emerge.
Every chapter is a theme of life to grow through
Connection; Love; Acceptance; Forgiveness, Resilience; and Life are all key elements of the human experience. We have curated this Anthology into chapters based on these themes to provide an accessible resource for coaching and inner work.
These themes may be used to guide the reader when seeking support for a specific challenge. The book can also be read more generally for inspiration and for the sheer beauty of the poems and stories.
Within these broader categories, this Anthology covers a wide range of human experience. If you are affected by any of the content in this Anthology or any other poetry, please seek appropriate professional support.
What People Say
"The book is structured with a depth that encourages not only introspection but action, providing a wonderful framework for coaching conversations"
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