Personal vs. Professional

Clients often wonder, should I mix speaking about work with speaking about my personal life in coaching sessions? At the end of the day, our clients are human beings, whether at work or at home. The same aspirations and insecurities drive us in different forms in our different environments. What we want to look at is more fundamental to who we are and how we show up. Therefore, all that our clients bring to the table, personally or from work-life is relevant. Working on a challenge in the office often has great bearing on our personal relationships and vice versa. As coaches, we welcome getting to know our clients holistically, and find that this integrated approach lends greater transformative power to the work.

Coaching application: In your next session, invite your client to reflect: “Where else in your life does this pattern show up?”

Life application: Reflect on a current challenge. How might this be showing up in both your work and personal life? What’s the deeper thread beneath it?

Relevant Upbuild content: [Podcast] This is Your Damn Life (Apple / Spotify)