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Brave Space in Practice

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:31:46 GMT

Brave Space in Practice

with CSA Accredited Supervisor Sarah Engelbrecht

GROUP SUPERVISION FOR COACHES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS

In complex organisational systems, coaching rarely falters for lack of tools. It falters at the edge — when power is present, stakes are high, tension rises, and we hesitate.

Brave Space in Practice is a small supervision cohort for experienced coaches working at that edge. Not a comfort circle. A space to think harder, hold steadier, and trust your judgement.

anacrusis

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:53:53 GMT

anacrusis by Agnès Grisard, an-dante

Anacrusis are rituals to foster attention focus, brain power, creativity and relational presence.

Advantages

Easy to use, for whom wants to start a discussion (innovation, self reflection, improvisation, coaching, supervision, operational situation, training...), offering the best chance to foster presence, attention, and creativity. Both for individuals and groups.

The random draw adds lightness and surprise.

The varied cards cover a wide range of strategies drawn from neurosciences, yoga, mindfulness, singing, and more.

Available to purchase now here:

https://an-dante.fr/categorie-produit/tool

New Online Supervision Group with Miriam Orriss

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:44:34 GMT

Starting March/April 2026

Transactional Analysis is a favourite communications tool for coaches worldwide. Miriam Orriss, has studied and practised TA for over 30 years, beginning with a 6-year course in TA at Metanoia, London. Miriam has particular skills in supporting coaches who wish to develop their practice through the TA lens. Miriam has combined the use of TA with an energy management (Consciousness) perspective that she has developed over the last 20 years.

These two perspectives enable a fuller and deeper understanding of working with dynamics and relationships as they arise in our work as coaches and supervisors.

Miriam is a Director of the Coaching Supervision Academy; she has taught the TA component on the EMCC accredited CSA Coaching Supervision Diploma for many years. Her supervisees benefit hugely from her in-depth understanding of TA and her long experience as a coach supervisor.

This is a unique opportunity; if you already have some experience as a coach and would like to know how to use TA in your practice and understand how Consciousness is active in the interactions with your clients, this is a great opportunity to work with an expert in the field of both TA and supervision.

Participants will increase their skills in the following areas using a case study focus, and key TA concepts.

Who you are is how you Supervise

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:24:30 GMT

by Edna Murdoch CSA Co Founder and Director and Elaine Patterson CSA Faculty member

" WHO you are is HOW you coach ” or supervise or work, is the Coaching Supervision Academy's defining mantra.

This is grounded in over 15 years practice, observation and research which has consistently demonstrated that the skillful use of self-as-instrument is the key determining factor in succesful outcomes for the client. O'Brien CEO of Hanover (cited in Scharmer 2012) reflected.

“The success of any intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervener”.

But what does this apparently simple but very profound phrase actually mean? This paper seeks to unpack it's multiple layers of meaning for its practical application to practice.

An OASIS of Being in the middle of all the Doing

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:04:42 GMT

Two new Supervision Groups with CSA Faculty member Andra Morosi.

As professional coaches, it goes without saying that we do need safe spaces for being together in resonance and deep connection with one another, reflecting on our practice, exploring awkward situations or client cases, offloading , doubting, cleansing, tuning our violins, polishing our mirors...

Supervision is a space of professional growth, ethical hygiene and flourishing, a space of wholehearted connection, deep humanity and professional CARE.

During these troubled times, it seems even more important to be mindful of how the outer chaos, noise and polution is impacting our inner space and how we show up with our clients.

These two online Supervision groups for 4 - 6 coaches will provide:

Life is not a one-walk dog!

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:18:56 GMT

Group Coaching Supervision with Sam Magill

People who live with dogs know that no matter how cute they are, they must be walked every day. And probably more than once!

Coaching and ethics in coaching are a lot like that: it is not enough to have a credential, to know how to coach, or to have clients. Being a truly great coach requires one to reflect on one’s work over and over again.

Presence in Practice

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:30:51 GMT

Presence in Practice: Group Coaching Supervision with Brendon Le Lievre (Australia and NZ Time Zones)

Presence in Practice is an online (Zoom) group coaching supervision space for coaches who want to slow down, think more clearly, and deepen how they show up in their work. Led by Brendon Le Lievre, an ICF PCC coach and CSA supervisor based in Canberra, Australia. This group is well suited to coaches who value reflection over performance, curiosity over certainty, and who want a regular space to reconnect with what matters in their coaching practice.

The focus of this group is on thoughtful, ethical and human coaching practice. Group sessions are collaborative, reflective and practical. You are invited to bring real coaching situations, ethical questions, moments of stuckness or simply a sense that something is worth exploring.

Approaching Difference Differently

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:37:10 GMT

by Amanda Ridings, CSA Accredited Supervisor:

Approaching Difference Differently: Practices for transforming leadership conversations

This book invites us to rethink the way we approach difference in our leadership conversations - and within ourselves.

Human beings evolved to experience difference as something that might signal danger. And, although we can reframe this intellectually, the physiological process that puts us 'on alert' remains much as it was for our earliest ancestors. Therefore, to truly engage with difference in new ways, we work with our body as well as our mind.

In Approaching Difference Differently, you'll discover:

ideas from the field of dialogue that allow you to describe the shape and quality of your conversations and understand why they unfold as they do

embodied practices that change how you relate to difference and support you to recover presence when caught in the energies of difference

guidance on changing your practice in your leadership conversations and fostering conditions in which difference can be explored

Together, the ideas and practices in these pages give rise to conversations that are rich, insightful and more human, and each one makes the world a slightly better place. Are you ready to approach difference differently?

Supervision Groups with Jo Birch

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:44:02 GMT

Supervision Groups with Jo Birch

8 sessions x 90m across 12 months
3 places available in each group

Commencing April and September 2026

An opportunity to create an intimate, professional relationship, exploring differences and similarities, noticing old patterns, leaning into being supported whilst enriching the experience of others.

If you believe this could be for you, please drop me an email and let's have a chat.

jo@jobirch.co.uk

Homecomings - 52 Ways Back to Ourselves by Elaine Patterson

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:53:39 GMT

NEW BOOK and CARD DECK with accompanying Vintage Stamps Sets and Candles from Elaine Patterson and Friends from the Centre of Reflection and Creativity

Welcome to ‘Homecomings: 52 Ways Back to Ourselves’ – a collection of reflective soliloquys and creative resources intended to inspire you come home to yourself again and again.

About the Book….

It is my hope that this collection of 52 soliloquys – with their supporting creative and journaling practices – can inspire you to explore what it means to belong, and how you can come home to yourself again and again as a foundational and invitational heart-based practice for our times. This has never been more necessary or more important if we are to discover or reclaim how we can live – in the midst of all that is happening for us personally and on the global stage – with joy, beauty, generosity, compassion, courage, kindness, wonder, reciprocity, wisdom and grace.

This collection started life as handwritten journal entries and musings – with supporting creative invitations and journaling prompts – over a two-year period during the COVID lockdowns in the UK. They are now shared with love to stimulate your own exploration of the many different ways in which you can find yourself.

As Karyn Prentice Author of ‘Nature’s Way – Designing the Life you Want through the Lens of Nature and the Five Seasons’ writes in the Foreword….

“From Stilling to Solitude and from Self to Soul this book is a bow

to the art of imagination, to deep reflection, and to the radiance

of finding the lights of home on, the kettle whistling and warm

music saying, ‘Welcome Back”.

How to Order….

To order the book at £15.00 GBP and the card set at £20.00 GBP plus package and postage please email elaine@reflect2create.com or visit Elaine’s Bookshop on her website at www.centreforreflectionandcreativity.org

The book is also available in print at £15.00 GBP from Amazon or any other online book sellers or an e-version at £12.00 GBP is available at Amazon, Apple Books or Kobo books. An audio book will also be out soon.

A set of the bespoke vintage stamps which were made to illustrate the book and accompanying Journal are available from Alessandra from “Send Love from Paris” in her ‘Homecomings’ Section in her Etsy shop at https://sendlovefromparis.etsy.com Accompanying scented candles for you to journal by are available from London based Georgina at BellaMae Candles at https://bellamaes.co.uk

Click the image above to purchase direct from Elaine

Coaching for Optimal Energy: A Guide for Executive Coaches

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:04:16 GMT

by Viv Chitty , CSA Accredited Supervisor:

A completely new way of considering energy in executive coaching, the concept of Optimal Energy® is based on original research. The book is an essential resource for practitioners who want to effectively address energy with their clients and enable them to take action to optimise their energy in and out of work.

Suboptimal energy levels in senior executives, although rarely considered, can negatively impact efﬁcacy, feelings, behaviour and self-awareness both at work and in coaching sessions. But what is optimal energy? This needs to be addressed by executive coaches, but how? Coaching for Optimal Energy answers these questions and challenges previous thinking on the subject.

Viv Chitty is a highly experienced executive coach, with over 20 years’ experience, and a coach supervisor. She runs a coaching consultancy and is passionate about working with senior clients who have multiple challenges to face.

"This rigorously researched book is a gift to practitioners, clients and organisations addressing the often ignored territory of 'human energy in the context of the workplace'. Viv Chitty asserts that having optimal energy is essential for high performance and she is right. Many aspects of energy are thoroughly addressed here: physiological, emotional and cognitive including stress - all fundamentally important in life and in business."

Edna Murdoch , Director, Coaching Supervision Academy

Supervision: towards an ecology of fragility

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:00:20 GMT

by Dr. Martine George, Executive Coach (MCC, ACTC) and CSA Supervisor

Martine George is an executive coach (ICF MCC, ACTC) and CSA-certified coach supervisor. She holds a PhD in Physics and teaches data science and coaching at university. Her work integrates complexity, systems thinking, leadership embodiment, vertical development and creativity.

Supervision: towards an ecology of fragility

Thirty years ago, the physicist Pierre-Gilles de Gennes published a book with a delicate title: Fragile Objects.

He spoke about soap bubbles, foams, liquid crystals, forms so light and so unstable that they seem to challenge the solidity of the world. And yet, by observing them, he revealed the beauty of a living balance: an order born from movement, a force woven with fragility.

This reflection takes inspiration from this way of looking at matter with curiosity, humility and wonder, to explore what this physics of the living can tell us about supervision.

A bubble: a world in balance

To look at a soap bubble is to witness a tiny miracle. A simple film of water which, by the tension of its surface, becomes a vibrant space, suspended between inside and outside. It holds because it adjusts itself at every moment to align.

And what if our supervision spaces were made of the same invisible material? Relational bubbles, fragile and precious, where we learn to inhabit the tension between structure and freedom, words and silence, knowledge and exploration.

The delicate art of the frame

In physics, surface tension depends on an equilibrium of opposite forces. It is this tension, not too strong, not too weak, that allows the bubble to exist.

In the same way, in supervision, the frame seems to act like a living membrane. If it becomes too rigid, the process explodes. If it becomes too loose, everything dissolves. But when the tension is right, containing without constraining, something organic appears trust, speech, presence. A fragile balance, a source of vitality.

Transitions: when the form hesitates

De Gennes loved observing those moments when matter changes its state. Water becoming vapor. Liquid crystals reorganizing. Soft transitions, often invisible, where the system reinvents itself without losing some continuity.

In supervision, there are also these passages. A new understanding, a softened emotion, a shifted perspective. A whole world that changes its shape in a subtle way. These transformations cannot be taught; they can only be accompanied. They require fine attention, warm presence, and the quiet trust that the living knows where it goes.

Interfaces: where meaning is born

De Gennes was fascinated by interfaces, those meeting zones between two environments: air and water, solid and fluid. There, matter becomes the most inventive.

Our spaces of supervision are also made of interfaces: between self and other, experience and awareness, the coach’s practice and the supervisor’s gaze. These boundaries are zones of creation. There, meaning emerges as a living phenomenon.

Watching before understanding

Physicists observe for a long time before explaining; rushing would close the possibility of seeing.

Supervision seems to be the same. Before understanding, we can watch. Before interpreting, we can listen. This peaceful curiosity transforms the session into a laboratory of the living: a shared observation space, where meaning reveals itself little by little, through the movement of the relationship.

Towards an ecology of fragility

Everything that lives is fragile and if this would be exactly what allows it to endure. Rigid systems end up breaking. Living systems breathe, oscillate, adjust.

Maybe supervision is, deep down, an ecology of fragility: a practice that takes care of moving balances, that learns to read the micro-variations of the living, that sees fragility as the very signature of life.

An invitation

Next time you are in supervision, imagine you are observing a soap bubble. Watch how it holds. How it trembles, takes colors, reflects everything around. How it bursts leaving only the air it carried.

Maybe as supervisor our role is not to preserve it, but to marvel that it could exist, so full, so fragile, so alive.

And you, in your supervision spaces, where do you perceive this ecology of the fragile, this living tension between containing and letting be?

Martine George

on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-martine-george-14b7b31

Develop Intuition. Strengthen Coaching Mastery

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:51:26 GMT

�� Develop Intuition. Strengthen Coaching Mastery

WHO: Grace Calpus, Third Eye Coach Development
WHEN: First Tuesday of each month (Monthly Group Supervision)
WHERE : Zoom
COST: FREE ��

Wondering how to deepen your sessions and skills without taking yet another expensive class?

Group supervision focused on intuition development is a consistent, low commitment way of improving coaching intuition and mastery.

In the hour we spend together each month, we will:

Work with your intuitive strengths ��
Build somatic and intuitive awareness
Learn to take intuitive risks in sessions ��
Build ICF Credits!

Join our intuitive supervision group and find an easier way to coaching mastery!

ICF Coach Mentor and CSA Accredited Coach Supervisor

With over 2,000 hours of coaching time, group coach mentoring and certification in coaching supervision, Grace has over a decade of experience in professional coaching and training.

https://www.insightadvantageprogram.com

Harnessing the Power of Relationship

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:30:23 GMT

Harnessing the Power of Relationship –
Group Supervision for Experienced Coaches and Supervisors

with CSA Faculty Member Lou Yates

Holding the multiple layers of relationship as our lens we will be inviting a deep exploration of our relational, heartfelt work as supervisors. Each 90-minute session provides an opportunity for creative reflection and connection with self, the group, our environment and beyond opening up possibilities for:

Deeper awareness of who we are and 'what is ours to do'
How we hold relationship at the core of our work
Understanding the wider influences that impact our work
Feeling resourced in service of our self, our clients and our environment

Dates:

I will be starting a new group (3 participants) in February/March with monthly 90 minute sessions, times to suit participant time zones. If you are interested in being part of this group please contact me for an initial conversation.

Cost:

£750 (no VAT)

Who is this for?

Coach supervisors and experienced coaches with 500+ client coaching/supervision hours

About Lou Yates

If you are interested in joining Lou for this journey of discovery and connection email her on:

louise@clear-perspectives.co.uk

Supervision orientée CŒUR et CORPS

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:36:22 GMT

Supervision orientée CŒUR et CORPS en présentiel et en distanciel

Avec l’automne vient le temps de la récolte et de la réflexion autour de ce qui s’est passé cette année et de ce que nous aimerions pour l’année prochaine.

En tant qu’accompagnant, nous avons besoin d'espace et de temps, seul(e) et/ou en groupe, pour inspirer et expirer, nous centrer, nous aligner et « monter au balcon » pour visiter autrement notre pratique.

La SUPERVISION offre la possibilité de prendre du recul, observer et déplier ce qui est présent pour nous et nos clients.
Si vous êtes intéressés par une supervision orientée CŒUR et CORPS qui s’appuie sur la Gestalt, les Pratiques Narratives, le Leadership Embodiment, la CNV, la théorie U, l’Analyse Transactionnelle et le yoga, je vous invite à me contacter.

Vous pouvez choisir entre des séances individuelles ou rejoindre un groupe existant en présentiel à Paris ou à Chalon sur Saône (une demi-journée par mois le lundi après-midi ou le vendredi), ou par zoom (2 places disponibles à partir de janvier de 17h30 à 19h30) ...

Contactez-moi pour plus d’informations anne.berthelin@accenciel.com

Being with the Unknown – for experienced coaches and supervisors with Will Medd

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:39:39 GMT

In service of who you are and the work you offer, the intention is to create and commit to a space in which we explore the unknown, uncertain, and emergent from a place of generative and collective awareness.

Being with the Unknown – for experienced coaches and for supervisors.

Light, open, fun, playful, creative, spacious, experimental, vulnerable, warm, gentle while moving between surface and depth. If we knew what this space would bring to us, we wouldn’t be entering with the openness of inquiry that will be the very quality of the offering.

Practicalities – we will be a group of 5 (including Will) meeting on Zoom approximately every 6 weeks for 2 hours. The commitment is for 6 sessions, the first being contracting and setting the stage. Once I have a group of 3 people within a similar time zone I set up the first meeting.

Please contact me if you are interested/want more details.

Will has been working in the Coaching/Supervision sector since 2009 and accredited with CSA in 2017. He has been a member of our Faculty team as a Tutor and Facilitator. He is currently programme lead on CSA's UK Diploma. Will's sessions are often described as ‘simple yet profound,’ while remaining “authentic, open, inquiry-driven, and warm-hearted".

🌿 Natural Supervision 🌿

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:08:36 GMT

�� Natural Supervision ��

A Coaching Supervision Space with a Twist of Wind and Tide

with Lorenza Clifford and Carissa Bub

There’s an old story of a stream that reached the edge of a desert. No matter how hard it tried to push through, its waters vanished into the sand. Only when it surrendered - rose as vapour, rode the wind, and fell again as rain - did it find its way forward. Transformed, but still itself.

For us, this is the rhythm of Natural Supervision.

We’re learning to listen differently; to each other, to the seasons, to the relational field.

This autumn, we (two CSA-accredited and experienced supervisors) are opening a new supervision group for coaches. A year-long (10 sessions) exploration of what it means to be in flow with life, not just in service of performance.

We’ll draw on:

�� nature as co-facilitator
�� narrative and rhythm as sensing tools
�� the quantum field
�� and seasons as scaffolding for transformation

If you’re open to experimentation and a different kind of supervision…
If you’re a coach who suspects the land has something to teach us…

Meet your supervisors, both CSA graduates - Lorenza Clifford and Carissa Bub :

Lorenza Clifford has a relational, nature co-constructive, developmental approach. She creates a safe and egalitarian space through presence and listening to how we relate. She has been an accredited supervisor since 2012, having qualified with the Coaching Supervision Academy.

“ I am germinating a seasonal practice in my coaching and supervision that draws on nature’s principles, on the physis and flourishing, the growth and harvest, and also on the shrivelling flops, the composting and learning.”

Carissa Bub is an accredited executive and organisational coach, supervisor, and facilitator who works with leaders, teams, and change agents around the world. She is co-creating The Art of Connection, a body of work that helps people move beyond performance into stewardship, through practices of companioning and relational depth.

“In my own practice I am reclaiming wildness and seasonal rhythm, drawing closer to the earth as teacher of adaptation and belonging. This is the ground I supervise from: listening for the subtle shifts of atmosphere and connection that tell us we are evolving together. My questions emerge from that soil — inviting clients to uncover not just what they can do, but how they can grow into the stewards they are called to be.”

Then follow our page, join the conversation, and help us gather this hive.
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/coachange-org-coaching-supervision

Should you decide to join us on 24th September you need to book your space here:

https://www.coachange.org/service-page/natural-coaching-supervision?referral=service_list_widget

Unlock your Coaching Potential

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:11:11 GMT

Are you ready to deepen your coaching practice, expand your self-awareness, and connect with a vibrant community of like-minded coaches?

Join Brian Duggan, MA, MCC, ACS and Judy Wolf, MCC, ACTC, ESIA for an exclusive Group Super-Vision Experience designed to elevate your coaching capacity and impact.

What is Group Coaching Super-Vision?

It's an intentional space for meaningful connection and reflective practice. This series offers you the unique opportunity to:

Co-create a supportive environment with fellow coaches
Reflect and learn through shared dialogue and diverse perspectives
Expand your capacity as a coach and a person
Explore your coaching from multiple angles —personal, relational, cultural, and systemic—to build your ability to support change and make a real difference in the world

Think of it as a dedicated "time out" to explore your coaching experiences, gain deeper understanding of the intricate relationships at play with your clients, and uncover new insights into your practice. We'll collaboratively delve into your coaching mindset, enhance your self-awareness, and strengthen your coaching presence. This process affirms your strengths and helps uncover any unconscious influences on your client relationships.

Why Join Us?

As experienced coach supervisors, Brian and Judy are committed to partnering with you on this reflective journey. This isn't just about problem-solving; it's about fostering profound growth and connection within a supportive group.

ICF CCE Units: Coaching Super-Vision is recognized by the International Coach Federation for up to 10 Core Competency Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units per credential certification renewal cycle.

Series Details:

Four-Session Series

Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET

Subsequent Dates: Dates can be collaboratively adjusted by the group

Cost: US$600 for the 8 hours (four-session series; up to 8 Core Competency CCEs)

Group Size: Anticipated between 4 and 7 coaches, ensuring a personalized and intimate experience.

Experience Level: Open to coaches of all experience levels. We may consider forming two different groups based on interest to optimize the experience for everyone.

Ready to transform your coaching practice? We invite you to register today!

DISCOVERING HOW TO BE HUMAN NOW….

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:00:17 GMT

by CSA Director and Co-Founder Edna Murdoch

DISCOVERING HOW TO BE HUMAN NOW….

On podcasts and posts, I notice our increasing wonder at what happens in coaching and supervision, when we are properly attuned to Self, to the Other and to the Field – ‘the living sea of energy’ of which E László speaks. The phrase ‘heightened awareness’ doesn’t come near to what we sometimes experience together. Magic, mystery, awe are better descriptors for that. The miracle of joint attention and intention - heart/mind wide open - takes practitioner and client into the dance. Here, reciprocal moves come easily, the imagination is on fire and insights flood into the space. We are blessed in these relational professions to know what deep connectedness feels like and what it can ignite. I’m glad that so many practitioners are sharing their own versions of this experience. It is heartening to read them and listen to what we are discovering through our work.

There are many ways to describe what is happening in these moments of profound connection. Remarkable they may seem, but maybe, just maybe, this type of experience simply points to who we actually are: beings that touch the miraculous in everyday life. A species gifted with astounding technologies that light up when we step into full human experiencing. We learn to see with the eye of Horus - the pineal gland celebrated in ancient cultures as the gateway to higher consciousness and understanding. (AI, eat your heart out!).

Perhaps, the awareness of our full humanity, is becoming even more urgent, now that the spectre of a transhuman future is increasingly touted. I think that paradoxically, this ghastly possibility accelerates the shift into our full human capacity; we know that we dare not blindly ‘slouch towards Bethlehem’.

In the poem Three Wise Men, Auden voices thoughts of the wise men as they trundle towards the town of Bethlehem. He wrote that we:

“have only the vaguest idea why we are what we are. 
To discover how to be human now

Is the reason we follow this star”.
(Three Wise Men)

Auden’s observations seem just as relevant now, as they were in the thirties. Today we endure insane levels of separation, suffering and complexity – all our own creation. The urgent call is ‘to discover how to be human now ‘. Or, as Thomas Berry invites us:

“Our challenge is to create a new language, even a new sense of what it is to be human.

It is to transcend not only national limitations, but even our species isolation, to enter into

the larger community of living species. This brings about a completely new sense of reality and value.”

(Thomas Berry ‘The Ecological Age’ in The Dream of the Earth, 42)

For millennia, there have been societies rooted in the shamanic mystical traditions. Few of us recognise that western culture emerged out of the ancient tradition of the shaman-mystic-scientist’ The daily experience of energy, love and consciousness, formed the bedrock of communal ritual and experience. Back then, our species celebrated ordinary miracles and enjoyed a rich participation in the Cosmos. We can barely comprehend this now. As Betty Kovács observes:

'Our failure to become conscious of the enormity of who we are is far more

destructive than our culture has been able to acknowledge.’

(B Kovács, Merchants of Light. P 91)

So, I am glad to see that in the midst of 21c chaos, millions of us are waking up again to who we really are. In these modern (yet ancient) professions of coaching and supervision, we ritually sit together, breathe together, imagine together and invite the miracle once more. We are privileged indeed to uncover more of that ‘fully human’ experience through our work. And of course, what is created, flows out into the world.

“We need to know ourselves, not only as individuals, but as co-creators

within a deeply ensouled web of life where all is conscious.”

(Joanna Macy)

Edna Murdoch

Director, Coaching Supervision Academy

Oxygen Bubbles for Uncertain Times

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:32:18 GMT

New Supervision Group with CSA Faculty Member Andra Morosi,

Global Executive & Team Coach, Accredited Supervisor

During these challenging, sometimes overwhelming times, it seems crucial as helping professionals to open new spaces for resourcing ourselves, offloading, breathing and maintaining our inner balance.

These monthly oxygen bubbles are designed to offer comfort, spaciousness and generative collaboration about our way of being and engaging with our clients in these challenging times.

To express interest or register for our new groups starting in September contact :

Andra Morosi : am@internationalmilestones.com

Co-supervision de groupe en français avec Virginie Brunel et Marie Jeanne Vijgen - 2025

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:43:54 GMT

Co-supervision de groupe en français

Pour la quatrième fois consécutive, Virginie Brunel et Marie-Jeanne Vijgen proposent un groupe de supervision en français, dont le démarrage est prévu le 15 septembre 2025.

Avec des styles et des regards complémentaires, Virginie et Marie-Jeanne coaniment ces sessions en visio, exclusivement destinées à des coachs expérimentés.

Les éditions précédentes ont été saluées pour leur qualité et largement appréciées par les participant(e)s.

Le dernier cycle a donné lieu à des échanges particulièrement riches entre des coachs installés dans plusieurs pays, notamment en Belgique, aux États-Unis, en France et en Suisse.

Quelques retours de participants :

A propos de la co-animation :

« Tempo hyper apaisant, j’ai trouvé votre rythme à toutes les 2 super posé. J’ai aussi trouvé une belle lecture de ce qui se passe quand quelqu’un est agité »
« C’était parfait à l’image de ce que la co-facilitation peut être : en mouvement, avec de multiples énergies, nous invitions l’altérité et la différence »
« l’alternance entre les deux superviseuses provoquait un changement de dynamique et donc cassait la routine »

A propos de la puissance du groupe :

« J’ai bien aimé le côté international (FR – BE – Suisse – USA) pour voir des perspectives différentes de coaching. »

« Impression que la proximité créée dans le groupe a permis d’aller très loin dans les prises de conscience»

« C’était une lente maturation au cours des sessions. Et au fur et à mesure des sessions le « psychological safe space » s’agrandissait »

Pour les personnes intéressées, nous vous proposons de prendre contact pour un entretien exploratoire gratuit de 30 minutes.

virginiebrunel@ymail.com

emergitude.fr

tel : + (33) 0 6 30 75 37 23

mj.vijgen@skynet.be

www.mjvhumanresources.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjvijgen/

tel : +(32) 0 475 43 90 28

'Simply Supervision' with Sam Magill

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:15:20 GMT

Simply Supervision: 15 years of support for coaches

Only a few spaces left in the new group.

In 2010, I completed CSA’s diploma in coaching supervision. By 2013, I was teaching the program in both France and North America. In mid-2025, I’m inviting great coaches to a small supervision group. It will start as soon as possible.

Why attend my “simply supervision” groups? Here’s what past participants have said:

Sam creates “islands of sanity” with us in the midst of high-pressure executive coaching.
I come to these sessions to carve out a place to breathe.
The deep and respectful relationships allow me to be vulnerable regarding challenges with my clients. I always learn something!

New Supervision Group

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:29:22 GMT

New Supervision Group with Wendy Robinson

One or two places are available in a new supervision group starting in June 2025.

Practicalities:

The Group will be four Executive Coaches, plus myself. We will meet bimonthly – six meetings over a year. Each meeting will last for 90 minutes, on Zoom or Teams. Please contact me at wendy@wendyrobinson.org for more details.

My areas of interest are:

Finding ways as coaches, to hold the systemic challenges in our world today. I call these ‘the big questions of our time’. I speak at conferences and to groups of coaches on the topic: ‘Who We Are As Coaches In Our Troubled World’.
The Shift in Consciousness needed in our world. CSA works in this space. Nora Bateson, Joanna Macy and Peter Hawkins mongst others, also talk to this. What does it mean and how do we step into a different worldview, a different paradigm – in our lives, and in our work?
Nature-Connection
Mindfulness

These areas of interest are my ‘backdrop’. Forefront, however, is whatever the coach is bringing, whatever they need today. I am told by my supervisees, that my supervision groups feel like very safe spaces, where it’s ok to turn up in your ‘human messiness’ (minus our usual armour). That there is a gentleness and deep understanding. And importantly, there is levity and fun.

A Bit About Me:

Wendy undertook the CSA Diploma in 2013-2014. It was a pivotal time in her development and awareness.

Since then she has gone through several life changes. She now lives in rural Ireland by the sea and mountains.

She has been coaching for over 25 years. She spent many years running coach training programmes in the UK and Ireland.

Her background is as a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and OD Consultant.

join us...

We will meet bimonthly – six meetings over a year.

Each meeting will last for 90 minutes, on Zoom or Teams.

Please contact me at wendy@wendyrobinson.org for more details.

The Supervision Playground

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:58:20 GMT

Navigating complex times ...

Einstein once said, “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.” He also believed deeply in the value of play — not as frivolous, but as a powerful way to explore, create, and understand the world around us.

In today’s world of relentless change, complexity, and uncertainty, even the most skilled coaches and supervisors need space to step back, reflect, and reconnect to what truly matters — in their practice, in their presence, and in their purpose. As practitioners who hold others through challenge and transition, we often carry much. The work we do is meaningful, and meaning doesn’t have to feel heavy. Through lightness and play, we can rediscover clarity, insight, and connection.

The Supervision Playground is co-founded by Tanya McGinnity and Carissa Bub.

Both life-long practitioners of personal transformation turned professional coaches and coaching supervisors. With years of experience in facilitating systemic change in high-stakes leadership environments, they bring a unique blend of adult development expertise and reflective and somatic skills to help grow cultures of wise and compassionate leadership.

Through structured reflection and dialogue, facilitated by Carissa and Tanya, you will gain a dedicated space to lightly and meaningfully engage in the ‘inner work’ essential for delivering life-giving impact to your clients and colleagues.

Who is this for?

Coaches actively supporting clients in the fray of organisational change
Leadership Consultants seeking to develop a more coaching-oriented style
Coaching Supervisors hungry to experience new modes of holding space

The Program

6 session journey with a fixed group of practitioners

group virtual cohorts (6 people) meeting 6 times a year

2-hour facilitated sessions

Digital reflection resources

join us

Please email either one of us for more details Carrisa Bub or Tanya McGinnity

Groupe de supervision, en présentiel et en ligne

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:27:52 GMT

Groupe de supervision, en présentiel et en ligne

Dans un monde en bouleversement, prendre du recul est essentiel pour développer notre potentiel de coachs et de professionnels de l'accompagnement au service de nos clients et de notre pratique.

Je vous propose des espaces de groupe de supervision en présentiel à Cluny et en ligne, pour :

✨ Approfondir votre réflexivité dans un espace sécure

✨ Explorer vos questionnements par une approche systémique

✨ Renforcer votre posture en intégrant un questionnement éthique

�� Prochaines dates 2025

Présentiel : 24/04, 13/06, 10/07, 26/09, 07/11, 12/12

En ligne : 25/04, 06/06, 04/07, 12/09, 24/10, 21/11

�� Toutes les infos ici �� https://carae-coaching.com/missions/supervision

Au plaisir de vous accompagner sur ce chemin ; n’hésitez pas à me contacter pour toute question ou pour un entretien préalable.

Sylvie-Nuria Noguer

Exploration, Deep Reflection and Discovery

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:49:00 GMT

A new small supervision group for coaching supervisors and experienced coaches, with Lynne Cooper, commencing in spring 2025.

Are you ready for a new supervision experience?

Starting in spring this small group will venture into exploration, deep reflection and discovery. Connection, warmth and compassion will be key to the group’s trust in the space of not knowing, holding open mind, open heart and open will.

Held by experienced group supervisor Lynne, the group will co-create its process, whether that be creative, light, playful, somatic or challenging, as the need emerges.

Commencing in spring 2025, it will be a group of just three, committing to six 90-minute Zoom sessions, at times agreed with all.

Lynne Cooper : A coach with 25+ years’ experience*, Lynne graduated from CSA in 2010 and has been a member of CSA faculty for over 10 years.

*She claims she started young, which is clearly open to challenge

Click here to invite a conversation with Lynne

Critically Reflective Inspirative Action Learning

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:31:05 GMT

Critically Reflective Inspirative Action Learning

An Online Group SupraVision Practice

Are you ready to develop your commitment to critical consciousness and embodied presence as a coach or people development practitioner from the world view of decoloniality?

Above and beyond SuperVision (super meaning bigger, amplified vision), we offer SupraVision (supra meaning beyond, more than vision). We offer a facilitated and guided process by which we explore our life and working practices through six portals.

The six portals:

Critically Reflective, Inspirative Action Learning (CRIAL) as a group process goes further than most other forms of group supervision. It enables us to explore how socialisation into professional practices, social groups, identities and cultures add gifts as well as gaps in perception affecting our readiness to connect with and serve the growth of others and self. The six portals are orientations or entry points for an immersive reflective practice.

Who for:

Coaches, Supervisors, Facilitators working in healing, social justice, equity and social change spaces. Prior experience of traditional supervision is not necessary
Practitioners who are ready to play an active part within and between sessions in a programme of inner and outer exploration
Those ready to play and experiment with their practice and share their steps and missteps in the interest of collective learning, growth and joy
Those not looking for easy answers and who are prepared to be brave Sessions

There are six sessions in the programme. Each session will last for three hours with breaks as needed.

Facilitation, Group Size, Session Duration:

The sessions will be facilitated by Charmaine Roche and Zayaan Buffkins. Charmaine and Zayaan have been collaborating on bringing alive decoloniality as an embodied practice since 2020. Charmaine is based in the UK and Zayaan in South Africa. All sessions will take place online via Zoom. Maximum group size 8, minimum 4.There are six three hour sessions in the programme.

2025 Dates and Time:

Sessions will run from 1-4pm GMT/BST (2/3-5/6pm SAST)

Session 1: April 8
Session 2: May 6
Session 3: June 3
Session 4: July 8
Session 5: September 9
Session 6: October 7

Cost

Total for six sessions: £1108.

As an added option 1:1 supravision sessions can be requested. One session per participant is included in the programme. Additional sessions can be added at cost.

Terms & Conditions

All payments are processed in GBP. International payments are recommended via WISE bank transfer. Payable in advance or by 3 instalments to be completed before March 31st 2025.

Full T&Cs can be found on the registration form..

Click here to Register your Place Now!

How Tight do you Hold the Reins of Supervision?

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:29:00 GMT

by CSA Accredited Supervisor, Faculty Member and UK Programme Lead Will Medd

I’ve toyed with whether the title here needs to be supervision by horses. If supervision is about who we are, and key capability we bring is our ability to foster relational presence, then horses, and being with horses, it turns out, have much to teach us. I’m no horse person and as part of a programme with colleagues to test our learning edges, we spent a day with Jude Jennison and her team of horses. This wasn’t about riding horses - they were rescue horses. It was more being with them, observing their responses to us, and noticing our responses to them. It was a day of relational presence beyond words and meaning. We all found edges we didn’t know we had – the horses were masters in holding up a mirror to our blind spots of how we relate, what relational presence feels like beyond meaning, about where we stand in relationship to others, about what we hold onto when we don’t know. Here’s some key things I noticed.

First, how we connect. I’ve often wondered about how we connect together at the start of supervision sessions. I’ve come to learn it’s not always about sitting in silence, though I love that. Sometimes there is a different energy, a need for something else. When we first met the horses something was in the air: a group of coaches and supervisors intent on learning and Jude said the horses were displaying an unusual restlessness. It was as though some of us were trying too hard to be present while for others there was fear. I think we can get caught in ‘trying to be present’ and an intensity

can emerge that is far from the flowing dance that relational presence creates. My sense is sometimes that dance requires a lightness through which the depth of connection emerges; going in deep can create resistance, too much intensity and can sometimes feel far from alive.

Second, when it was my turn to lead a horse around a simple circle, I decided to connect with the horse in a relaxed way. Not in the deep meditative state that I imagined it might be, connecting with our breaths with these sentient beings. Instead it seemed the horse appreciated a gentle gesture of “hello, how are you?” as I took the rein. And as I walked, the horse followed. So far so good. Then came a turn and… a nudge on my shoulder and stop! The horse stopped. It would not move. I could feel a glare from its eyes. I looked at it and shrugged with a sense of ‘really, this, now?’ and said, with a gentle assertiveness ‘come on’. It came, it followed. I thought I’d done well! When I arrived back at the starting point, feeling quite pleased with myself, Jude asked, ‘What happened?’. I had no idea, it just nudged me and stopped. Jude asked me to notice where I was holding the rein. It turned out, in anticipation of the corner, my hand had slipped up the rein to just below the horse’s face, close to its nose. I was a little ‘in its face’ and holding the rein way too close, too tight. Actually, a lot in its face and it didn’t like it. It was a moment of realising, though it’s painful to admit, how ‘control’ can creep in even when I don’t realise. And yes, it leaves me wondering, and noticing, how often does control come into supervision? Does it do so in subtle ways and in service of what?

Third for me was the learning from working with a horse as a group. While Jude introduces this for a range of things like leadership, teamwork and communication – and her books a wonderfully clear – the metaphor most powerful is about where we stand in relationship to each other. As a supervisor with CSA we place a lot of focus on the energy of who we are – taking a stand in the middle we might say. Yet we also talk about how there are times we are standing alongside, almost as though we are ‘in it’ with the supervisee. Do we also find ourselves taking a lead in some way, standing in front as a guide? And behind, supporting, enabling? Rather than assuming we don’t, or assuming there is one place to stand, I’d rather ask, what happens energetically as we move between positions, and what intention do we bring?

Will Medd

If you are interested in the experience of working with Jude and her horses, we had a very succesful group day in 2025 and would be delighted to set up another day - contact mike@csa.uk.net for more details

Coaching supervision: Creating islands of stability and sanity.

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 09:53:11 GMT

Coaching supervision: Creating islands of stability and sanity.

Ready for a soulful supervision group? Two are forming now.

Write to me: sam@sammagill.com

Here are some reasons for supervision with human intelligence.

In her powerful books, Who Do We Choose to Be and Restoring Sanity, Margaret Wheatley vividly presents the world we live in – awash in information that has lost its roots. Her solution is to create spaces and relationships in which human beings thrive. Her goal: restoring sanity. She writes:

What we can do, withing our sphere of influence, on our Island of Sanity, is ensure that we communicate constantly, that we stay alert to how people interpret our communications, and that we develop extraordinary levels of patience to keep repeating the same thing. Let’s assume that people will not understand us, will develop stories and concerns, even conspiracies around anything significant that happens in the organization or community. This is the reality of fearful people struggling to make meaning in an incoherent and mistrusted communications environment.

The antidote to misinformation and confusion is personal, face-to face, slowed communication. If we create the right conditions, either in person or online, people can experience being with another human, sensitive to all the sensory impressions easily extinguished by rapid interest exchanges. It’s not just the information; it’s the person communicating the information that we respond to. With the right conditions, we slow down, calm down, and enjoy the benefits of our glorious human brains engaged at full capacity, our beautiful human hearts opening with curiosity and compassion. ….It’s our responsibility to create the conditions so that people we work with can move from fears and confusion to fearless contribution.

How is this related to supervision? When we create a space of calm, slow, face-to-face communication and generate renewed clarity and meaning, we create islands of stability and sanity as practitioners. As I listen to my supervisees, this may be the most important contribution of supervision. At least it is for my supervisees. With sanity restored, the coach can better serve clients. And to maintain our deep ethics.

In my supervision groups:

I don’t know about you, but my supervisees bring many cases in which their clients are struggling in the current contexts and challenges of this tumultuous world. Stress, confusion, immobilization abound.

The coaches themselves report the same experiences.

What about you and yours?

Join a supervision group with me. I’ve been leading them since supervision came to the Americas.

If being part of such a group sounds appealing, send me a note. I’ll be forming two new small supervision groups as soon as possible.

Write to me: sam@sammagill.com

Group Supervision using Systemic Constellations

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:02:24 GMT

Group Supervision using Systemic Constellations

in London with Hazel Chapman

Starting January 2025, I am offering in-person Group Supervision using Systemic Constellations for Leadership Coaches and People Professionals. Previous experience of constellations is welcome, but not required. This is an invitation to deepen your professional pratice, as well as your understanding of systemic dynamics.

Systemic Constellations offer the opportunity to create visual living maps (with colleagues as representatives) of complex and challenging relationships. They reveal the hidden systemic dynamics at play and enable us to make small experimental shifts to release tension and create the healthy flow of love, life, collaboration and leadership. We will work in service of each other, the clients, teams and organisations we support, and the world we all impact.

I will hold a 3-hour Supervision workshop every other month in Shaftesbury Avenue, London, providing at least 6 people sign up. There will be a maximum of 9 participants.

The next workshops will be held 10.30am-1.30pm on

January 24 ^th 2025

March 14 ^th 2025

Fee per workshop will be £150 plus VAT, payable in advance.

To register your interest please email me at

hazelchapman@courage2lead.com

I have a background in Corporate HR & Leadership, Leadership Coaching & Education and Coach Supervision. You can find out more about me and my executive coaching practice Courage2Lead here

I have practiced Systemic Constellations since 2013, and my teachers and inspiration include John Whittington, Lynn Stoney, Ty Francis, Gaye Donaldson, Sheila McCarthy-Dodd , Guni Baxa, Sarah Peyton and Stephan Hausner. I am also an accredited Supervisor with The Coaching Supervision Academy.

“Out beyond ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing, there is a field.

I’ll meet you there”

Rumi

International supervision group with CSA Faculty member Lynne Cooper

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 17:33:06 GMT

International supervision group with CSA Faculty member Lynne Cooper.

Commencing November 2024.

Would you like to join a small international supervision group which offers a space of exploration, reflection and discovery?

This is an established group of three experienced coaches and supervisors who are really keen to add another member to bring in fresh perspectives and disrupt existing patterns to extend their personal and professional growth. It’s a warm, inclusive and generous group, with members who bring themselves fully and support each other with open heart, open mind and open will. We co-create a space of deep reflection, lightness of touch and connection. A wonderful group who would truly welcome an additional partner with whom to ‘walk around the garden’.

What will we reflect on?

With a programme of six sessions commencing in November 2024, the 90-minute sessions run in the morning (UK time).

Please get in touch to find out more: lynne@changeperspectives.com

Next Supervision group with Sam Magill

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:01:18 GMT

As summer here in North America moves steadily along, it’s time to start thinking about new supervision groups for the Fall. Three coaches have already expressed interest, so there are 3 spaces left.

My groups tend to be very international, so we typically start at 8 or 9 AM Pacific Time.

Recent issues brought to groups include:

Over identifying with the client’s past history
Being enmeshed in a large organization’s politics because of having had many clients there.
Finding oneself stuck between one’s hopes for the client and the client’s ambivalence about change.
Being frustrated with the client’s poor attendance at scheduled meetings.
And…… How about your cases?

From Seattle to Sydney!

At long last, I am offering a supervision group timed to work for coaches and supervisors who live in the Asia-Pacific region. By starting at 4 PM Pacific Time, it looks like it works for folks in the region. Curious? Interested?

Please get in touch to explore the possibility and timing! My bio details are on the CSA website .

Contact - sam@sammagill.com

Coaching Supervision Voices from the Americas

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 23:19:09 GMT

CSA book chapter contributors are Lynne De Lay, Leanne Lowish, Theodora Fitzsimmons, Sarah Evans, Jackie Arnold, and Ken Giglio.

This edited collection brings together an impressive and international array of coaching supervisors to highlight the unique cultural and contextual aspects of coaching supervision in the Americas, exploring current theory, research, and practice.

Offering fresh insights into a growing field, Francine Campone, Joel DiGirolamo, Damian Goldvarg, and Lily Seto expertly present the nuances of coaching supervision principles and practices in the Americas. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 introduces the range of cultures and values that inform approaches to and beliefs about coaching supervision in the Americas, such as racial justice, working with indigenous communities, and providing culturally sensitive coaching supervision. Part 2 presents adaptations of coaching supervision models and methods to align with Americas contexts, as well as uniquely introducing an original model for coaching supervision rooted in an Americas perspective. Incorporating theory with practitioner’s experiences throughout, Part 3 presents chapters that offers avenues for increasing awareness and interest in coaching supervision in the Americas, including chapters on coach wellbeing and the developmental journey of the coach.

Coaching supervisors work across borders and boundaries, and this book will extend supervisors’ understanding of the various contexts in which they are working. It is essential reading for coaching supervisors, educators, trainers, mentors, and coaches, and it will be of interest to practitioners and graduate students in organizational development and those who oversee internal coaching programs.

Click the image above or use the link to purchase from the publishers - Routledge

Mindful Reflection Groups, 2024 with Ken Giglio

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 22:32:06 GMT

Mindful Reflection Groups, 2024 with CSA Faculty Ken Giglio.

An Invitation to Reflect Together.

Starting Autumn 2024

Mindful Reflection is mindfulness defined simply as attunement to present moment experience as it unfolds, nonjudgmentally. It is applied broadly through the lenses of Self, Others (client), and System, centered in attention and presence. We return to the present moment by consistently asking – What am I noticing? What am I sensing in my body and in my surroundings?

Our Supervision Group is a safe container for reflective dialogue for noticing and presencing in support of practitioner well-being, learning and growth, and flourishment (quality work and ethical sensitivity). Group size limited to five coaches and/or supervisors, with seven or more years of coaching experience.

Our Group will explore the edges of our professional practice and allow all aspects our work into our reflective, integrative space. We will invite curiosity and not knowing. We will listen for depth and breadth, learn from insight and intuition, and compassionately connect within ourselves and as a group—all for our clients.

What will we reflect on?

The Mindful Leadership Consulting Tri-Lens Coaching Supervision Model is the foundational framework for our mindful reflection. The model will support our group presence and broaden our field of awareness to incorporate relational and

systemic elements of our client work.

Group reflection for our professional practice can include areas such as,

Client work of various types—1:1, team, group, organization
Self as coach—our professional identity
Skill development and behavior shifts
Embodiment and energy awareness
Ethical considerations
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Cross cultural implications
In the moment practice and feedback
Creativity, fun, play

Download a copy of the Group Supervision information brochure

To reserve your seat contac t kgiglio@mindful-leaders.com

Japanese Language Group Supervision with Satoko GIbbs

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:13:04 GMT

New Japanese Language Group Supervision with
CSA Program Lead Satoko Gibbs.

Satoko Gibbs とのグループスーパービジョン（⽇本語グループ）.

From Autumn 2024

CSA faculty member Satoko Gibbs will start two new Japanese language supervision groups.

Supervision is an opportunity to reﬂect and learn from your own practice. Supervision in a group setting oﬀers a particularly diverse range of perspectives.

You also learn about your own 'learning process'.

We will welcome someone new to supervision, perfect opportunity to learn and experience supervision!

One of the two groups would particularly be specialized in team coaching supervision.

We are starting to build a new group with plans to start in September or October 2024, so please get in touch.

Numbers can range from four to six per group; 5 x 90-minute sessions.

Detailed dates to be agreed with members.

Contact at satoko@csa-japan.com

Satoko Gibbs とのグループスーパービジョン（⽇本語グループ）

2024 年秋より

CSA ファカルティメンバーの Satoko Gibbs が２つの新しい⽇本語のスーパービジョングループを

開始します。

スーパービジョンは⾃分の実践を振り返って学ぶ場です。グループでのスーパービジョンは特に多

様な視点が得られます。⾃分の「学びのプロセス」についてもまた学びがあります。スーパービジ

ョンは初めてという⽅もぜひ参加してみてください。

⼀つのグループは特に、チームコーチングのスーパービジョンに特化したいと考えています。

2024 年 9 ⽉か 10 ⽉に開始する予定で新しいグループを構築し始めていますので、ご連絡くださ

い。

⼈数は 4 名から 6 名まで。90 分のセッション X５回。

詳細な⽇程はメンバーと協議の上決めていきたいと思います。

ご連絡は satoko@csa-japan.com まで

Co-supervision de groupe en français avec Virginie Brunel et Marie Jeanne Vijgen

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 06:10:30 GMT

Co-supervision de groupe en français

Pour la troisième fois consécutive, Virginie Brunel et Marie Jeanne Vijgen, superviseur accrédité par le CSA, organisent un groupe de supervision en français.

Les versions précédentes ont été très riches et fortement appréciées par les participant(e)s.

Le démarrage est prévu pour le 16/9/2024.

Virginie et Marie Jeanne supervisent avec des styles et des regards complémentaires, les sessions ont lieu en visio. Elles sont destinées à des coaches expérimentés exclusivement et issus de différents pays de la francophonie.

Pour les personnes intéressées, merci de prendre contact pour un entretien exploratoire gratuit de 30 minutes.

virginiebrunel@ymail.com

emergitude.fr

tel : + (33) 0 6 30 75 37 23

New Online Supervision Group with CSA Co-founder Miriam Orriss

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:33:46 GMT

Transactional Analysis is a favourite communications tool for coaches worldwide. Miriam Orriss, has studied and practised TA for over 30 years, beginning with a 6-year course in TA at Metanoia, London.

Starting Autumn 2024

Miriam has particular skills in supporting coaches who wish to develop their practice through the TA lens. Miriam has combined the use of TA with her energy management (Consciousness) perspective that she has developed over the last 20 years. These two perspectives enable a fuller and deeper understanding of working with dynamics and relationships as they arise in our work as coaches and supervisors.

Miriam is a Director of the Coaching Supervision Academy, and she has taught the TA component on the EMCC accredited CSA Coaching Supervision Diploma for many years. Her supervisees benefit hugely from her in-depth understanding of TA and her long experience as a coach supervisor.

This is and a unique opportunity; if you already have some experience as a coach and would like to know how to use TA in your practice and understand how Consciousness is active in the interactions with your clients, this is a great opportunity to work with an expert in the field of both TA and supervision.

Participants on the course will increase their skills in the following areas using a case study focus, and key TA concepts:

Contracting - spot contracting, multiparty contracting
Consciousness and systems thinking
Creating the working alliance
Getting to know your client
Getting to know yourself
Working with 'difficult' clients
Using the Karpman Drama Triangle
Recognising and resolving the 'games people play'
Learning about scripts and how to support your client to resolve them
Getting clear about what drives your clients.
Communication and dialogue skills through using the 3 ego-states
Using TA to resolve 'critical moments' in coaching.
Reflecting skillfully on your coaching sessions

If you would like to join this small group - max 5 - please email Miriam at: miriam@csa.uk.net The group will start in the Autumn and will meet for one and a half hours per month, for 6 sessions. Times will be arranged with the group.

Cost £90 per session – total £540

Miriam Orriss

Co-Founder and Operational Director Coaching Supervision Academy

Nouveau groupe de supervision avec Anne Berthelin, responsable du programme CSA

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:18:29 GMT

NOUVEAU GROUPE DE SUPERVISION Orienté Cœur et Corps sur Zoom, en français,

à partir de novembre 2024

Si vous êtes intéressé(e) par une supervision orientée CŒUR et CORPS intégrant la Gestalt, les Pratiques Narratives, le Leadership Embodiment, la CNV, l’Analyse Transactionnelle, la Théorie U et le Yoga, je vous invite à rejoindre ce nouveau groupe.

Les coachs professionnels ont besoin d'un espace de supervision et de temps pour prendre du recul, observer et déplier ce qui est présent pour eux et leurs clients.

Ce nouveau petit groupe de 4 personnes maximum aura lieu une fois par mois pendant 2,5 heures, via zoom, en français.

Merci de me contacter pour plus d'informations anne.berthelin@accenciel.com

Entering by Amanda Ridings

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:15:15 GMT

by CSA Accredited Supervisor Amanda Ridings

The martial art of Aikido is known as The Art of Peace because it includes the principle that a practitioner responds to an attack in a way that protects the attacker as well as themselves. As a self-declared ‘hippy’ in the 1960s, the late Wendy Palmer was inspired by this ideal. However, she found she was unable to put it into practice when faced with ‘incoming energy’ – her inquiry into why this was so led to the development of the Leadership Embodiment (LE) approach.

A key practice in Aikido is ‘irimi’ (pronounced e-rim-ee), which means ‘entering’. Broadly, it refers to being present to, making space for and stepping into incoming energy – without losing our centre. During the process, we glimpse a 360-degree panorama.

In LE, the essence of this practice is known as ‘entering into adversity’. When a challenge arises, we centre and step into it, opening our awareness to include the presenting difficulty. The boundary between ‘self’ and ‘issue’ dissolves so that we see the bigger picture, allowing a systemic resolution to emerge.

If we don’t centre and enter, we handle difficulties from a reactive place… which, in my case, means fighting, digging in, and fighting some more. This doesn’t tend to go well!! Centring creates a moment of choice, entering offers greater agency.

Recently, faced with a series of challenges relating to my second book, Weekly Leadership Contemplations , I’ve had many opportunities to explore this.

It began in January, with a significant rise in the annual fee for keeping my self-published books in circulation. The increase was at odds with my publishing contract. This initial adversity – a breach of contract - was fairly comfortable territory for me and I ‘went into bat’. However, the publisher insisted on their revised fees. My options were to dig in, which might result in the contract being honoured but further damage relationships, or to practice centring and entering and connect to the bigger picture.

In January, both my books were with this publisher. I’m writing a third book and had assumed this would also be published under their imprint. In the new circumstances, I began to research alternatives.

The increased fees raised another issue – published during the pandemic, Weekly Leadership Contemplations hasn’t sold well and so renewing distribution at higher fees didn’t make sense financially. And yet… I love this little book and know that others love it too. I resolved to enter into trying to revive its fortunes.

This meant actively promoting the book and asking others for support - deeply uncomfortable territory for me. However, I posted a piece on Linked In, centring and entering to do this with grace. My appeal generated a great response – the small stock held by Amazon quickly disappeared.

This presented a new adversity - the publisher was unable to restore supply and responded to my cajoling by wringing their hands and attributing the problem to others. I felt helpless. What now?

I went on holiday!

I returned with renewed perspective and energy and, since I could order stock of Weekly Leadership Contemplations, I decided to become a seller on Amazon. This was a tedious, confusing and time-consuming process – and a bit distasteful on a personal level. However, what mattered was restoring the availability of my book, so I centred and entered… again and again. I began to sell books.

Leaving Weekly Leadership Contemplations with the publisher was now untenable. I secured an alternative home for it… a like-for-like swap. However, I was concerned this risked a similar outcome. Instead, I decided to engage directly with the printing and distribution platform, IngramSpark, following in the footsteps of other CSA graduates.

This too was tedious, confusing and time-consuming. But I took each step and learned along the way, supported by Bek, who did the layout for my books. The bigger picture now was to road-test this option for Pause for Breath and my third book.

It’s taken 4 long months, but Weekly Leadership Contemplations is back in the supply chain – under new management! Unexpectedly, I’m a publisher. And a book seller. Who knew?!

In persevering, I harnessed the energy of each new adversity. What supports you to engage and re-engage, to persevere as set-backs arise?

Amanda Ridings , July 2024

Creative Reflections Group Supervision with Elaine Patterson and Karyn Prentice

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:02:44 GMT

Invitation to Creative Reflections Group Supervision Series on Zoom with CSA Accredited Supervisors and Faculty Members Elaine Patterson and Karyn Prentice from PattersonPrenticeDesigns

Starting Autumn 2024

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Scott Adams

Join Us!

We are starting our 4th Series of Creative Reflections Group Supervision again! Do join us!

We meet for 5 x 3-hour creative afternoon sessions over the course of a year on Zoom to work together in order

to illuminate our blind spots,
to cultivate our gratitude practices
to nurture our own innate wisdom,
to be both vulnerable and graceful,
to be able to experiment in a safe place,
to find the joy in exploring our own learning edges

and

to nourish heart, body, and soul for the work ahead

as we take a deep dive into our case work and/or take the lid off our own personal and professional development.

We will use a variety of approaches including mindfulness, reflective writing, inspiration cards, poetry, movement, drawing, art-based approaches, and creative methodologies in order to take deep dives into our own areas of curiosity and interest in the company of like-minded practitioners.

Testimonial

“In each session I’ve attended you have created a wonderful space for us to explore our work together – a place at once safe, serious, and playful. I love the combination of skill, experience, and gentleness that you bring to the group. It has led to some really quite deep conversations, at the still-learning-edge of my experience, with a lovely group of coach-supervisors who are themselves hugely experienced, supportive and generous in what they are willing to share.”

Des 0’Connell: Partner, Sherwood PSF Consulting Ltd and Faculty Member, Meyler Campbell Ltd.

Click here to download the series brochure with more information and how to register.

Or contact Karyn and Elaine direct direct for more details

An artist’s view of coaching supervision with Sam Magill

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:32:42 GMT

New Supervision opportunities: Group and Individual

An artist’s view of coaching supervision.

There’s nothing like international travel to sharpen one’s awareness of the world and to call us to fresh observations. Supervision is all about awareness and my just completed trips to France and Spain sure got my attention.

A tour of classic paintings at the Prado Museum in Madrid - with a fine guide – reminded me to look closely at the perspective offered in each painting. The guide asked, “where is the artist looking from?” What an excellent reminder to ask in supervision, “where am I, the supervisor, looking from?” “Where is the coaching looking from?” “Where is the GROUP looking from?” “Where is the client in this scene?”

Likewise in reviewing Picasso, Dali, Miro, and others, I realized again that the artist has an intention, and that the viewer is REQUIRED to look deeply. Is specially in abstract, cubist, surreal images we must ask, “What in the world is going on here?” A quick glance is simply not enough.

A different perspective comes from Picasso himself : “La peinture est plus forte que moi. Elle me fait faire ce qu’elle veut. » « The painting is stronger than I am. She makes me do what she wants.” (27 March 1963) If the “painting” is the client and client context, what does it demand of us? Let’s talk.

So……I’m recharged and looking forward to the next group with whom I get to explore!

Please get in touch as I start building a new group with the intention to start in September or October. Space is limited to six “visitors” to the galleries of coaching cases.

Current CSA Students!

Likewise, as students in current CSA diploma courses, learning to see like an artist will help you define yourself as a supervisor. Afterall, “who you are is how you supervise.”

If you are interested in joining one of my new groups or would like to explore individual coaching supervision with me... let’s talk! - sam@sammagill.com

Being aware of being aware in supervision by Will Medd

Fri, 31 May 2024 08:06:24 GMT

by CSA Accredited Supervisor, Faculty Member and UK Programme Lead Will Medd

First posted in October '23 on our previous site

“To know and cultivate the truth we need to differentiate what we are aware of from the experience of awareness”
Dan Siegal quoted by Jon Prendergast In Touch p.23.

“In being aware of being aware – the knowing of our own essential, irreducible being – the mind loses it agitation and the heart of is relieved of its yearning. What remains cannot be given a name, for all the names refer to the objects of knowledge and experience, and yet it is that for which all minds seek and all hearts long”
Rupert Spira Being Aware of Being Aware, p.102.

“Each of us is a vantage point within one all-encompassing field of awareness”
Christopher Wallis Tantra Illuminated p.57

Awareness is one of those words that we often use quite freely along with its close relatives of being present, mindful, open. Whether we’re dropping down the “U”, sailing the seven eyes, moving through a drama triangle, or sitting in relational presence, cultivating awareness is at the heart of our supervision work. Yet rarely do we turn attention to the very nature and qualities of awareness itself, to our being aware of our apparent experience of being aware. I want to suggest that being aware of being aware is the ultimate lens of supervision, one we often ignore to the detriment of the qualities of creativity, beauty, compassion, love, joy and the deeper wisdom unfolding beyond this immediate illusion of egoic ‘self’.

I admit this could start to become quite an abstract exploration and to stop that, let’s bring the focus right into this moment and your experience. As you are reading this, notice what you are experiencing, right now. Be watchful here – we habitually and typically start to label experience, which is already an afterthought. Can you close your eyes, put any thought or image of your body aside and ask, what is the experience of sensation right now? Before labelling it. Then ask: what is ‘it’ like to be aware of this experience you have noticed? Where is this awareness? What happens if you sense into that awareness? What does it feel like? Does it have a location?

My suggestion is that the awareness of being aware of what you are experiencing – including while reading this - is neither another thought nor some kind of inaccessible transcendental state. If it were another thought we’d have an infinite regress of thought after thought; yet, we’d be aware of those thoughts. We might also start to become aware of the spaces between thoughts. If it were a transcendental state, this would suggest it was somehow separate to this experience right now, and somewhere to be attained or reached in the future. Such a notion doesn’t quite get to the experience of being aware of ‘this’ which we are experiencing right now.

Ancient teachings of meditation through to contemporary claims of neuro-science point to understanding “I” is an afterthought, that is to say, the label I comes after the event we experience. We impose a narrative of self as part of a selective process of bringing coherence to the world, to feel we are making decisions, to feel we are in control. And we need to do so – the experiences of people with strokes or dementia shows how disorienting it can be when we lose this faculty. The mistake we make is when we take those narratives to be the truth or indeed a way to access the truth.

Consider the notion of ‘being in control’. Coaches often refer to a very useful model for the locus of control, inviting people feeling overwhelmed to identify what is in and out of their locus of control. So far so good. It can be really helpful. Except for one thing. None of us know what is about to happen. We are not actually in control. Not only are there events happening beyond our control, we are not even in control of what our next thought will be. Yet we can be aware of this experience.

Asking questions about ‘awareness’ offers something different to developing another narrative . What I’ve noticed in my experience and when working with people, is at first, when asked what is it like to be aware of what one is experiencing, the answer tends to involve more detail about that which they are experiencing. This is often true when coaches and supervisors bring in a meta perspective – for example a view from the helicopter or the view looking down from several floors up a tower block. Such perspective is powerful in generating reflective insight and enabling people to lift out of habitual patterns of thinking and perceiving. What seems to be overlooked is the next question: what is it like being in this place? Now we’re in the helicopter, how would it be to take a look around, to dwell here? This means letting go of the content of the topic we were exploring – we’re no longer looking down – rather we are asking, what is it like to be in the helicopter? What is it like to be in this awareness? What is the nature of this awareness? What are the qualities it brings? When we do allow ourselves to be aware of awareness, qualities start to emerge that invoke something that is not possible to fully capture in words. Spaciousness, timelessness, a sense of not needing to know, do, or have anything more – a sense of being enough. An absence of duality, of non-separation. The presence of love, beauty, creativity, emergence. And – which I think is most important in our contemporary world - a different understanding to dominate notions of ‘I’ and who ‘I’ thinks ‘I’ am.

What might this look in supervision? Well, we could make this really complicated and bring in a multi-dimensional model, or we could go straight to the simple beauty of this question: who is aware of this? You can ask this of yourself, your supervisee and indeed of the relationship. Of course an immediate answer will be ‘I’ am. Interesting. And who is aware of this ‘I’? Perhaps, ‘well me, it’s I’. And what if we pay attention to that as a thought, this ‘well it’s me’. So the answer is a thought, a thought we are aware of. Again then, who is aware of this ‘I’ thought? The moment before the thought ‘I am’, who – or what is aware? This is the awareness that knows you are experiencing in all its forms - thinking, sensing, feeling. It is the awareness that knows you have been asleep.

Try this. Take anything that is in your mind right now – a physical sensation, a feeling, emotion, thought, image, belief, anything. And notice you are aware of it. Then ask, can you describe this experience of ‘being aware’ of the thing you are noticing? What do you notice when you turn attention into awareness itself? What is here? Where is this awareness? What is this awareness like? Can you notice from this awareness how thoughts images, feelings, emotions, physical sensations come and go? What is the awareness which is aware of our experience, including the experience of thinking ? And does this awareness have a location, a duration, a boundary of any kind – where is it? When you pay attention to this awareness – the being aware of being aware – what comes to light, what insight, what knowing?

It makes no sense to answer these questions for anyone! I’d encourage us all to explore more expansively ‘awareness’ in supervision, to see what we find there … It is one way we might find space to hold even our most hidden blind-spots and from which supervision can be truly in service of the work coaches do. It means being truly open and in deep curiosity with all that is arising, including the ‘messy stuff’ and our resistance to it.

Will Medd July 2023

Living in Deeptime: Cataclysm and Collective Emergence

Thu, 30 May 2024 07:35:12 GMT

Stephan Martin, Deeptime Network

First posted in January '24 on our previous site

My friend Marianne reached out to me recently to discuss a situation in her personal and professional life that she was struggling with, and I found it to be a powerful place to apply the Deeptime Principles that we explore in the Deeptime Network. For those who aren’t familiar, these are principles that connect the larger context of the universe to our personal lives and communities and help us see our lives and our everyday situations from a bigger picture. You can find more details on these principles here:

https://dtnetwork.org/deep-time-perspective

I’ve been applying these principles in my own life for some time now as a framework for personal guidance and action, and it occurred to me that they could be helpful for Marianne in her current circumstances as well. I asked if she would like to try looking at her situation through a Deeptime perspective and she agreed, so I coached her on applying these principles in turn to this situation.

As we discussed applying these principles to her situation, we found them to be very helpful in evoking a sense of perspective, support, and inspiration that both gave Marianne more ease about the situation while provide concrete next steps for her to follow in helping move it forward.

One of the gifts of taking a Deeptime perspective is that it helps us to step back and “see the big picture” of any particular situation. In this Deeptime framework, everyone and every situation is part of the larger context of an evolving universe. Seeing ourselves and our situation as part of the larger movement and evolution of the universe naturally encourages more breathing room, trust, and acceptance in what is happening, which in turn allows the situation to evolve more freely and organically than it might have if we had adopted a smaller perspective or agenda.

The universe naturally goes through breakdowns and difficult circumstances, whether it’s the struggle of a star to remain together at the end of its life or the collision of two galaxies as they form something new. Seeing breakdowns, obstacles, and struggles as part of the cosmic evolutionary process can really help when things get tough and messy on the ground here on Earth. Remembering this, I asked Marianne to share more about what was going on for her at this time.

Marianne’s Situation

So here is the situation in a nutshell. Marianne and her business partner co-manage a meditation studio which offers classes, retreats, and community-building experiences in the Monterey Bay area and beyond. Both Marianne and her partner teach and offer classes that have brought people in community with each other and with the natural world for many years. Marianne’s business partner recently decided she wanted to leave the business to pursue her own interests. Since their professional lives and roles were interwoven with the studio, its administrative structure, and the studio community, this sudden departure of her partner not only disrupted the operation of the studio but sent shockwaves through the community of participants who had found a home for themselves there. The financial viability and continued operation of the studio was now at stake in addition to the emotional impact this change was having on the studio members and Marianne personally.

In a Deeptime framework, I would say that the power of Cataclysm is at work here. Cataclysm is the cosmological dynamic by which the universe breaks down structures so that something new can arise in their place. Death, destruction, and loss are all examples of this power at work in our daily lives and communities, and while this can be very painful and isolating to experience on our own, it can be helpful for us to see that this is a cosmic dynamic that is universal and happening everywhere. Stars explode and disappear, leaves and plants compost back into the Earth, people die and vanish from our lives. It is through breakdown and loss that the universe expresses its creativity in creating something new from the ashes of the old. While this doesn’t diminish the great pain and struggle that people experience in going through this process, it does help to see it’s how the universe works on all scales.

It was this experience of cataclysm, disruption, and loss that Marianne and her studio were experiencing. Aware of this, I suggested we reflect on this situation through a Deeptime lens, to see if it might provide additional insight, support, and guidance for her and how this situation wants to evolve. She said “yes, let’s do it,” so I started in asking questions.

What’s the Context of this situation?

Context in a Deeptime framework is the larger sense of the whole situation, recognizing that every person, being, or situation is whole and complete in itself, and yet a part of some larger whole within the universe. Like Russian nesting dolls embedded one within the other, our lives are contained in increasingly larger and smaller wholes all the way up and all the way down from the smallest scales to the largest in the Universe.

This also means that every situation, no matter what is happening, is also a complete whole. Even if the situation feels broken, disrupted, or fundamentally incomplete, it is still a complete and whole Context in which the universe is expressing itself. In a Deeptime framework, we can trust the wholeness of this larger Context and the completeness of every situation just as it is. In so doing we can access new perspectives and inspirations from within the situation, simply by shifting our focus to a larger framework.

Marianne’s Context

Marianne’s context is the meditation studio and its member community, along with the human and natural ecosystem of Monterey Bay in which they are embedded. Context also includes the situational aspect of her business partner leaving the studio and the disruption of and potential dissolution of the studio and its community.

We outlined the Context of the situation together and then I encouraged her to take a step back from the situation to see it from a slightly larger perspective, while asking “What is trying to happen here?”

Taking a step back in this case does two things. First, it helps the person who is struggling to disidentify from the situation to see it more objectively and in a different light. Often our emotional responses (attachments and aversions) and our cognitive structures (beliefs and assumptions) can be like blinders that narrow our vision to focus on the parts of a situation we’re most emotionally invested in, rather than seeing and feeling the whole of it. Practical ways to step back and experience the larger context can include taking a deep breath, going for a walk, calling a friend, shifting focus to a different task, taking a vacation…anything that provides more breathing room so that you can be in relationship with the situation instead of being overwhelmed by the situation.

At this point, Marianne was looking visibly relaxed. Taking a breath and stepping back had given her a much-needed respite from the worry she had been experiencing. As she expanded her emotional frame and the field of possibilities she exclaimed,”Whew! I feel so much lighter and more open now. I hadn’t realized how contracted I was and how tightly I’ve been holding on to the situation.”

The second reason to step back and give the situation more space is that it connects the situation to the creative potential of the universe. It turns out that modern physics has discovered that space is not empty but full of creative potential, in the form of quantum fields and other local and nonlocal influences. The “creative field of possibilities” that is the nature of space is always waiting for the right conditions to evoke these possibilities into existence. It was from this seemingly “empty” space scientists hypothesize the Big Bang emerged. It is from this “empty” space that quantum fields actualize into the particles and arrangements of matter that we experience every moment as the world around us. Space is also the main component of our universe, overwhelmingly more so than energy or matter. If space is not simply empty but full of creative potential, then providing more space to a situation connects it with a much larger realm of possibilities. Connecting with the creative potential that gave birth to the universe surely can provide additional insight and inspiration for any situation!

As we talked more about giving the situation space and connecting it with the creative potential of the universe, her relaxation shifted into excitement – she was now seeing new possibilities in the situation instead of feeling trapped by worry and concern. Gradually it seemed that the situation was transitioning from an emergency into an emergence of new possibilities.

Since reflecting on the Deeptime principle of Context had been helpful, I began to wonder what else might we learn from this situation if we brought in more cosmic perspectives and kept asking open-ended questions?

What’s the Matrix of this situation?

If space is not empty but filled with quantum fields that are influencing other fields throughout the universe, then space is no longer a separating phenomenon, but a unifying field which interweaves all the different elements of the universe together. This is an example of Matrix, the field of relationships which interweave our lives with those of everyone and everything else around us. Matrix is the expression of our embeddedness in the universe and in the life systems of the natural and human world. Modern biology and ecology have shown that our actions and lifestyle choices have profound effects on our ecosystem and that we are inseparable from the entire community of organisms, species, and living systems with which we are interwoven, on which we depend, and by which we are influenced.

A large-scale overview of the dynamics of cosmology and evolutionary biology suggest that the universe is actively seeking to deepen relationships between its parts at the same time weaving new relationships between each part and the whole. Stars, gas, and dust cluster together to form galaxies. Species cluster together in ecological niches to form food networks. People cluster together to form new cultures. The modern world has woven the entire globe together through the internet and global communication. This process of increasing complexification and deepening relationality as a universal dynamic inspired Thomas Berry to express the phrase, “The universe a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.” Communion in this sense is an ongoing activity of connection and relationship happening within and all around us each moment.

On a personal level our matrix includes the relationships we have with our friends, family, and culture and with the natural world which surrounds and sustains us. Identifying our personal matrix and the matrix of our specific situation acknowledges that we are not isolated individuals but are embedded in a network of relational influences and supports that are present in every situation. We influence and are influenced by our choices and actions, so acknowledging the communities and relationships that make up our lives opens us up to new sources of inspiration, influence, and assistance we might otherwise overlook.

If the universe is a “communion of subjects,” then perhaps it is seeking greater communion and interrelationship as one of its active dynamics in every life situation. Identifying the set of relationships that make up a specific situation can help us to see where the situation is naturally trying to deepen relationality as an expression of its evolution. Once we discover where relationality wants to deepen, then our way forward with any relationship, problem, or situation is to move in the direction of deepening relationality as a way of aligning with the natural dynamics of the situation and the universe as a whole. When we take a step back to give a situation more space and breathing room (i.e. provide Context), we continue to stay in relationship with the situation so that we can begin to see and feel how its relationality wants to evolve when it’s given more breathing room and creative potential.

Marianne’s Matrix

As we talked together, Marianne described the matrix of her situation as the members of the studio, the relationships of the members to the studio and each other, and the studio’s relationship with the larger human community and the unique ecosystem of Monterey Bay. I shared with her that I saw her situation as a matrix of relationships, so that the overall view might look like a giant spider web, with the studio in the center, and all the members and living beings as nodes and weaves in the web extending further outwards.

I encouraged her to draw on a piece of paper how she sees and feels the matrix of the studio and its members. To my surprise, she didn’t draw the nested web that I was visualizing but instead drew a cluster of spirals grouped together in a circle. This showed me that we all have our own ways of visualizing and feeling our relationality, and to let each person express this matrix in a way that feels natural and resonant for them.

Her drawing looked something like this:

Marrianne's image

What I noticed right away was that she had chosen a collection of open shapes to represent each element of the situation. The spiral shape to me represents a two- way exchange with the environment, what’s often referred to as an open system in physics and complexity theory.

In these open systems energy and information can flow freely back and forth from the system to the larger environment so that the system and environment change and evolve together. All living systems are open systems since they need to exchange nourishment, information, energy and waste products with their environments. Had she drawn a different shape, such a closed circle, square or triangle, that might have expressed a different dynamic, but her open shape struck me as inherently relational, with each element relating in an open way with each other element and the larger whole. It seemed to me that she had a great deal of openness with regards to her situation and saw her community in two-way relationship with her in this process.

As we reflected together on the drawing she had just made, Marianne became more and more excited, practically jumping out of her seat with enthusiasm. “Relationship is my jam,” she said, “I just love it.” Marianne is also a practicing psychotherapist, so relationships are not only her bread-and-butter but her jam too! Expressing and feeling the relationality of the situation as a whole that included herself and a much larger network, Marianne no longer felt alone but that she and the studio and all its members were all in this together. “I felt as if a great weight has been lifted from me,” she said, “I am no longer all alone in this situation, but I’m on a journey of discovery with all of us together. This brings me great joy.” It seemed that the way forward for the situation was not going to happen through isolated or top-down decision-making by herself but through active relating and sharing with the studio and its members.

What’s the Subjectivity?

Marianne’s feelings about the whole situation, the feelings and perspectives of the studio members, the collective feeling of the studio itself are important here. Reflecting on Thomas Berry’s quote earlier, if the universe is a “communion of subjects,” then the subjectivity and perspective of each individual and aspect of the situation are important elements to consider. Subjectivity in a Deeptime perspective means that every person, place, or being in the universe has a unique experience of the whole. All the elements of experience are included in this – the thoughts, feelings, sensations and perspective of each part are included and necessary for a complete view of the situation. Each one of us has a unique viewpoint in every situation, so to see the whole of any situation it is necessary to include everyone’s perspective and experience.

While it might seem unusual to think of a meditation studio as having a perspective, but this idea is quite common in fields such as organizational development where the “spirit” of the organization and the “temperature” of a group are commonly explored in that field of work. Additionally, indigenous peoples and the shamanic traditions around the world commonly relate to the spirit or sense of aliveness of each aspect of their communities that includes the rocks, trees, animals, and even buildings, organizations, and other structures. These human and non-human perspectives are considered in any deliberation of these traditional communities and these cultures naturally and instinctively engage these diverse viewpoints. Many cultures around the world hold this inherent Deeptime Subjectivity as an integral expression of their worldview. Modern Western culture is now starting to appreciate and incorporate these ways of being and perceiving.

Marianne’s Subjectivity

In contemplating the Deeptime perspective of the Subjectivity of her situation, Marianne immediately felt that she needed to meet with the members of the meditation studio community as a group to discuss and explore the changes taking place. She also felt the desire to include the Monterey Bay ecosystem in their considerations: would the current way forward with the meditation studio benefit or diminish of the community of life in which the studio is embedded?

This question would also be a part of the larger deliberations within the member community. As she shared her feelings, desires, and intuitions about the situation, I noticed that there was already movement towards Deeptime Action and next steps coming from her insights. It seemed that embracing the Deeptime Context, Matrix, and Subjectivity of the situation was itself a kind of action which effortlessly gave rise to new insights and movement forward from within the situation. This affirmed for me my original view that every situation, no matter what the conditions, is a complete subset of a creative universe and, as such, contains within itself all the resources, support, and guidance needed for its development and movement forward.

The self-organizing dynamics of the universe are present in every point within itself, so if we can learn to listen to each circumstance deeply, we can find sources of cosmic wisdom and insight we can align with to accompany the situation to its next evolutionary stage. This means being open to how things want to evolve, taking a step back to give them space to unfold, and to stay in relationship with them through the process. When this happens, we have the possibility of partnering our capacities with those of the situation in service of becoming evolutionary and co-creative participants with the larger Whole.

Action

At this point, Marianne felt empowered, excited and confident in the next steps she wanted to take with the direction of the studio. She still did not know the ultimate fate of the studio and her work there. At the same time, she felt deeply connected to the process and committed to staying with the situation while deeply listening to what was freshly emerging in each step and trusting whatever came next. She now felt she was a full collaborator with the situation, with a new feeling of support and trust in whatever the universe revealed to her. This sense of support and trust brought a new kind of openness, and a willingness to let the situation unfold into new possibilities. “I just love being on a journey of discovery together,” she reflected, referring to the feeling of collaboration and shared destiny that she sensed with the community.

In the perspective of Deeptime Action, our actions and participation are aligned with the movement of something larger than the situation or ourselves. We might call it a connection to a greater sense of wholeness or a feeling that we are contributing to something more than ourselves through our actions. When we are aligned with Deeptime Action, we feel we are helping the universe move forward in a new way, opening to more of its creative potential, and responding to a higher sense of purpose. This feeling of contributing to something greater naturally deepens our own fulfillment and that of others in the process. It's a win-win-win for ourselves-others-universe. I felt confident we were moving in the right direction as I was sensing greater movement and ease in our conversation and what was unfolding in our exploration so effortlessly.

This conversation had taken only twenty minutes, and yet an enormous amount of movement and growth had taken place. To me this shows the power of a Deeptime perspective to bring us into a field of space, time, and action beyond our usual everyday sense of these terms. Deeptime in these situations seems to be a deeper experience of time, a different mode of being than the linear time measured by clocks and calendars. Deeptime is a time not measured by clocks, but a time of creative emergence, a time that gives birth to hummingbirds and galaxies, to hydrogen atoms and the dreams of animals. Deeptime is a time that has its own innate wisdom and path of unfoldment.

This capacity of Deeptime to bring together the cosmic and the personal came together for me a few days after my conversation with Marianne when I came across this image of spiral shaped cyclones near Jupiter’s north pole:

Jupiter North Pole

https://cdn.sci.news/images/enlarge4/image_5795_1e-Jupiter-North-Pole.jpg

When I showed this image to Marianne, she immediately said “That’s it! That’s the pattern of spiral shapes that I saw as the matrix of my community of the meditation studio.”

The resonance between Marianne’s psyche and patterns in the larger cosmos suggest there is a deep cosmic patterning being expressed in a Deeptime perspective. Synchronicities, spontaneous insights, and helpful connections are all signs of our connectedness with something larger in our daily lives. These occurrences and patterns seem to be ways the deeper Universe is making itself known to us, saying “I’m here with you! You’re on the right track…keep going!”

Considering a Deeptime perspective in our lives is a way of aligning our personal journeys with the journey of the Universe. In this Deeptime perspective, we can begin to see that our individual challenges, triumphs, and growing edges are all part of the 13.8-billion-year unfoldment that is the Universe. It is this larger Whole which has given birth to the world around us that is present in every life situation, always seeking to collaborate with us to find new pathways forward together.

Marianne and I reflected on all this quietly together, still stunned by what had transpired in Deeptime during our conversation and afterwards. “This is the life I want to live,” she said, “as a partner in the life of the universe.” “Me too,” I replied, as we sat there together rapt in awe and wonder at this mysterious and deeply nourishing journey of unfoldment we call Universe.

Stephan Martin is an astronomer, educator, and Director of the Deeptime Leadership and Wellbeing program at the Deeptime Network ( dtnetwork.org ), which empowers individuals and communities to embrace and align their lives with an evolving and interconnected universe. He can be reached at:

steve@dtnetwork.org

Marianne Rowe is a psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and founding member of the Monterey Bay Meditation Studio ( www.montereybaymeditation.com ), which offers classes and teachings to help people cultivate conscious response and relationship in a changing world. She can be reached at

marianne@montereybaymeditation.com

Group Coaching Supervision Cohort with Ebru Goksu Yildirim

Wed, 15 May 2024 13:48:58 GMT

As a certified coach, if you are seeking for a safe, reflective and magical space for you to tap into your inner wisdom, look into your client’s work and overcome any coaching dilemmas then CSA Accredited Coach Supervisor Ebru Goksu Yildirim is offering a new Group Coaching Supervision Cohort beginning in July, 2024.

In essence, Coaching Supervision provides followings;

Educative and restorative support in coaches’ through continued learning and development
Assuring that the best interests of our clients are protected

The supervision journey would lead to;

Increased self-awareness
Greater confidence
Increased objectivity, clarity and direction
A heightened sense of belonging
Reduced feelings of isolation within a support system

In terms of structure there will be;

4 coaches per cohort
Total 8 sessions, 2 hours each

Also, “Group Coaching Supervision” hours can be used during your ICF Accreditation Renewal as well.

Click here to download a pdf flyer with more information.

If you’re interested in please let me know just so we can have a chat.

Warmly,

Ebru Goksu Yildirim

International Supervision Group – Kathleen Marron and John Hill

Mon, 13 May 2024 17:06:06 GMT

Kathleen Marron of the Marron Alliance in the USA and John Hill of Gort Luis Ltd based in the UK are launching a coaching supervision group or professional reflective practice in 2024. Both John and Kathleen are accredited Coach Supervisors (through Coaching Supervision Academy), deeply experienced leaders in their respective professions, and master executive coaches in the global field of coaching.

PHILOSOPHY AND APPROACH

Each session is an opportunity to reflect on coaching experiences together with a group of colleagues as Kathleen and John guide you through shared exploration. The aim is to gain insights into your work with clients and into you, as a person and a coach. While open to any type of coaching practice, this supervision group will be particularly useful for those working with groups and teams. It will provide a systemic lens, using the group as a resonance.

Click here for more details and to register interest in joining this group.

Being with the Unknown – for experienced coaches and supervisors with Will Medd

joy.duling@gmail.com (Admin User) — Fri, 03 May 2024 12:12:31 GMT

I hold the space of group supervison for advanced coaches and supervisors. I bring a rich experience in holding space with groups in ways that have been described as ‘simple yet deep’ while being “authentic, spacious, inquiry driven and warm-hearted”.

Being with the Unknown – for experienced coaches and for supervisors

In service of who you are and the work you offer, the intention is to create and commit to a space in which we explore the unknown, uncertain, and emergent from a place of generative and collective awareness. Light, open, fun, playful, creative, spacious, experimental, vulnerable, warm, gentle while moving between surface and depth. If we knew what this space would bring to us, we wouldn’t be entering with the openness of inquiry that will be the very quality of the offering.

Practicalities – we will be a group of 5 (including Will) meeting on Zoom approximately every 6 weeks for 2 hours. The commitment is for 6 sessions, the first being contracting and setting the stage. Once I have a group of 3 people within a similar time zone I set up the first meeting.

Please contact me if you are interested/want more details.

Will has been working in the Coaching/Supervision sector since 2009 and accredited with CSA in 2017. He has been a member of our Faculty team as a Tutor and Facilitator. He has been Lead facilitator on the UK programme since UK17 and will be leading the next cohort from UK19

Simply Supervision – Small groups with Sam

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:16:46 GMT

After soaking in the richness of the Americas Supervision Network Conference recently, and Edna’s evocative reflection, there, I simply must reach out with this invitation. Likewise, Margaret Wheately, Leadership and the New Science and in her most recent book, calls us to create islands of stability. My father’s splendid photo from Yosemite Valley reminds me of all this. An image that always invites me to a peaceful place of reflection.

From late July, I will be starting at least one new supervision group. Like others, this group will be 4 to 6 participants meeting 2 hours per month for six months, spacing around major holidays.

If the group who emerge want to, we can extend to 8 sessions. Six seem to go by so quickly!

Why might you join?

To resource myself to be my best professional self.
To illuminate the complex relational spaces faced by my clients.
To engage in the playful, insightful, juicy explorations possible in supervision with other experienced coaches.
To keep myself clean on ethical issues and relational boundaries?

Our job as a group is to often “re-animate” the events of preceding or upcoming client engagements. In doing so, we tap into the field of energy and intelligence already surrounding us. The methods will be eclectic and draw on both my experiences and the group’s.

Past and current participants speak of sacred space and, if nothing more, time out to breathe together.

Details: Sessions begin at either 8 or 9 AM Pacific (4 PM UK, 5 PM CET). It is possible to arrange a group with Pacific Time zone afternoons.

For brand new members, the fee is $1350 for the full 12 hours. When groups extend for additional sessions, the rate is $1200 since it’s much less work for me.

Proposed session dates:

July 24
Aug 21
Sept 25
Oct 24
Nov 20
Jan 22

If these dates don’t work, let’s talk! - sam@sammagill.com

Utopia? by Wendy Robinson

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:50:00 GMT

Contributed by CSA Accredited Supervisor Wendy Robinson

I think I've always been fascinated by dystopian scenarios.....

Half terrified! But curious.

Maybe part of it is wanting to be prepared.

I read The Handmaid's Tale in the 90s. And watched Series 1 of the televised dramatisation.

Then I devoured Lionel Shriver's novel The Mandibles when it came out in 2016. This is a story, set in 2029, when America's soaring national debt has grown so enormous that it can never be repaid and the dollar is in meltdown. The repercussions flow - a breakdown of law and order, water shortages, no health services, little food, gang violence on the streets, no jobs to go to, no money (all savings and investments gone) and nothing to spend money on anyway.

As The Observer noted in a review of the book:

‘All too chillingly plausible…profoundly frightening.'

Click here to read the read Wendy's full post online.

It's well worth the few minutes out of your day to sit back and take the journey with Wendy from dystian novels to...

"Utopia is closer than we think. It is being envisioned, imagined in smart peoples' minds all over the world."

Weekly Leadership Contemplations

Sat, 16 Mar 2024 11:39:47 GMT

by Amanda Ridings, CSA Accredited Supervisor:

This is a book for our times. It is for leaders, coaches and other practitioners who are searching for inspiration as they reflect on their leadership experiences and practice.

It is a collection of fifty two short pieces, written to invite you to connect with similar moments in your own life and work and to consider them more probingly. The book is meant to be read slowly – it is a written ‘thought for the week’.

The narratives are prompted by the author’s personal experiences and by thought-provoking themes brought to her attention by her executive coaching clients or by events in the world.

Many of them highlight the ‘gap’ between our leadership aspirations and our ability to live up to them, and gently challenge the reader to hold themselves to account and to tackle this disparity.

Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to make contact with their finest leadership spirit, and to anchor their choices in it.

The two pillars of development by Nicholas Janni

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:07:51 GMT

THE WORK OF DEVELOPMENT

When describing our culture, Native American wisdom keepers sometimes say that, from their perspective, we live in a ‘trance’.

I call it ‘culture of absence’, disconnection, ‘narrow bandwidth’ and so on. I like the word ‘trance’. It vividly captures the limitations of the pervading consciousness, including our failure to recognise the trance.

In my work with groups and senior leaders, once we touch a certain depth, people start to ‘wake up’; then they say things like “I am beginning to see how actually almost no-one is really listening to anyone”

This means that the trance begins to break its hold. Previously they didn’t see this. They were consumed by the trance. That is the state of our culture. We have normalised ‘absence’.

It is therefore our calling as leadership consultants and/or coaches, to first of all see/feel the ‘trance’ with ever more clarity, and secondly to do everything in our power break it in ourselves, in order to be real agents of change.

The two pillars of development

In my work I have come understand, teach and practice the principle that true developmental work, for ourselves and our clients, has to embrace two parallel streams .

One stream is a depth of meditative engagement and subtle bodywork practice (yoga, qigong etc). These, not as occasional, part-time palliatives that make our dysfunctional trance feel a little less stressful – the way the corporate world all too often dumbs down the profundity of mindfulness - but rather as committed daily practices that open ever

more subtle frequencies and perceptions within us, as they gradually erode the core experience of separation that underpins the culture of ‘absence’.

The second stream is in many ways the more demanding and certainly the largely ignored one. Because here we understand through our experience that the first path will be limited by all the unintegrated emotional parts of ourselves - the emotions, personal, transgenerational and collective, that we and our lineage had to ‘exile’ along the way, as

vital self-protection, because there was never the possibility of a safe enough holding environment to turn fully towards them.

I see, hear and read a lot about ‘managing’ or ‘understanding’ or ‘transforming’ our emotions. And while some of that has a place, it completely misses the fact that, ultimately, no emotion needs fixing, changing or transforming. That mindset keeps us locked in the world of ‘narrative’, of detached conceptualising.

Our emotions - our sadnesses, our fears, our anger, our loneliness - ‘simply’ need at a certain moment to be met with a warm, fully embodied, unconditional embrace, in a safe holding context, in order that we can finally stop defending ourselves against them, finally cease the inner tension and fragmentation of pushing them away, and allow the

profound process of somatic, energetic metabolising to occur deep in our nervous system.

Integration, and a return to wholeness cannot and will never occur through cognition alone . Someone can perfectly understand their core patterns, their adverse childhood experiences, and nothing will change, because the energetic/emotional underpinning of the whole internal structure is not felt/experienced.

There is no such thing as ‘negative’ emotion. So long as we buy into that widespread belief, we are still in the linear mind dominated trance, trying to maintain some kind of control, some sense of inner security.

In exile.

When someone feels safe enough, met and loved enough exactly as they are, to finally stop defending against feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, despair, loneliness for instance, to finally stop trying to get away from or change them, that is exactly where profound inner movement and evolution occur. Where the frozen energy of the previously unfelt emotions naturally transforms itself into life intelligence.

Where our core consciousness transforms from scarcity to abundance. And where the fullest expression and fire of purpose and contribution then naturally blossoms.

As consultants, we will only be able to meet and hold people in those ‘dark’ spaces to the precise degree that we have met them in ourselves. That is part of our ongoing, lifelong developmental commitment.

People who engage only the first stream like to believe that meditation and/or mindfulness ultimately transforms all our negative emotions, our unattended wounds.

It doesn't.

They say that, as I did for many years of fervent hoping, because they have not yet found the context that allows them to engage the challenges and discomfort of the second stream.

It is true, this is very demanding work. Like anything of real value, it asks a lot of us. Actually, it asks everything. Whether in a leader or a coach/consultant this has to become the number one priority. In the times we live in, I believe that nothing else will suffice.

The need for more and more individuals and groups and communities to break the trance has surely never been more urgent.

I align fully with those who say that our future depends on it.

Nicholas Janni

www.thematrixdevelopment.com

January 2023

Self-care & wellbeing at the heart of your coaching and/or leadership practice - YOU are So Worth it

joy.duling@gmail.com (Admin User) — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:44:47 GMT

NEW Globally Diverse Themed Group Supervision Series

20th June 2024
on Zoom from 17:00 – 19:00 GST (UAE Time) OR

25th June 2024

on Zoom from 12:00 – 14:00 GST (UAE Time)

“Engaging in Self-Care is about Self-Respect…it is all about taking care of yourself, making that stand and declaring that YES, YOU are important, YOU do Matter. Being your best self is part of what makes the world a better place.”

Arin Murphy-Hiscock.

As a human being who struggled with understanding the real value of self-care for over two decades, let alone prioritising it; and after several near-death experiences, several cycles of burnout, chronic lower back issues, stress and overwhelming experiences, as a result of not listening to the messages the universe was constantly sending me to wake up, I’m very pleased to confirm that I finally got it �� You must be thinking wow, she as it all figured out, how lucky she is!

Guess what? The answer is no I haven’t as I’m still a work in progress and will continue to explore self- care until I transition from this life time. But what I know for sure is that I woke up in 2020 during Covid and decided that I no longer want to continue living my life the way I’ve done so far and something had to give.

Since 2020, I’ve been consciously diving deeply into re-designing my wholehearted life and work with Self-Care at the heart of MY LIFE, Who I am and NOT just my “Just Be Week” that I used to book every now and then. I promised myself that I will put “Me” first and feel so awesome about it.

As a CSA accredited and trained coach supervisor, I consciously strive to be the guardian of my sacred temple so I can also serve my clients wholeheartedly.

Practical details

The group will be for up to 6 people, if you feel this is an area in your life you want to develop for you and your clients. It’s for those curious life seekers who would like to come together to pause, resource, rejuvenate, think, feel, breathe, move somatically, explore, imagine, dream, reflect and learn about Self-Care and how to prioritise it for their personal and professional development and growth, and anything else you feel might be useful for you to address in this group supervision session.

We meet 6 x 2-hour virtual sessions over the course of a year on zoom.

We will take a deep dive and explore emerging and recurring themes, give and receive feedback related to your self-care, client work and issues, reflect on your presence and being; and understanding self as the instrument of your work as a team coach.

“Self-care is any deliberate act YOU undertake that protects and nurtures your own physical mental, emotional and spiritual health. It doesn’t just entail pampering. Instead, self-care encompasses a number of practices from eating healthy and exercising to becoming more mindful of embracing meditation.”
Claire Chamberlain

I want you to know that “Everything is welcome”. We will co-create and design how we want our learning space to be and what qualities it will embrace. And remember, we will be learning together so there is no expert in this reflective space, only universal wisdom shared.

Download the full information brochure

For more information, please contact Leila Rezaiguia at leila@kompassconsultancy.com

New virtual supervision group with Dr Alison Hodge

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 01:01:27 GMT

My invitation in December to join a supervision group has resulted in the February group now being complete.

From May 2024, I’ll therefore be starting a new supervision group. This group may be of interest to those who prefer to work in the mornings (UK/Europe) or who are based in the APAC time zone. If you’d like to join some experienced coaches and supervisors to explore and reflect on different aspects of your personal and professional development, themes that may arise include:

What is the coaching/supervision development edge that I want to explore for myself?

How can I work best in complex, ‘messy’ organisational systems?

What is the impact of our supervisor-supervisee relationships on my practice with my clients?

How can I keep myself fit for practice?

We’ll explore recurring themes, give and receive feedback around your client issues and your own personal presence. Sometimes we’ll draw on what is happening in the group to inform us about your clients and the systems they are working in. The group will enable you to recharge your batteries in the supportive learning environment we co-create. I really want the learning space to be open and for you to feel free to explore whatever you need to in order to return to your work refreshed and resourced.

Practical details

We will meet as a group of up to seven practitioners including me, for 8 x 2 hour virtual sessions via Zoom over a period of 12 months at 08.00-10.00am GMT. Here are the dates. They may change depending on your availability:

2024

28 May
23 July
25 September
19 November

2025

28 Jan
18 March
13 May
15 July

All at 8am UK time

The group is likely to come from a wide location base, so sessions will run from 08.00am-10.00am UK time.

Fees

The fee for each session is £180.00 (+ VAT if UK based) per person, with the total cost of £1440.00 (+ VAT if UK based) per person for the year.

If these dates don’t work for you but you would like to join a group with me, please message me here and we can have a chat.

1:1 and Group Supervision for Executive and Leadership Coaches

mike@csa.uk.net (Mike Smith) — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 01:37:17 GMT

Hi. I'm Neel. I am passionate about building the capacity of executive and leadership coaches to thrive in an age of accelerating complexity and provide 1-1 and Group supervision to Executive and Leadership coaches.

My supervision approach emphasises the following: 'co-creation', 'emergence', 'playfulness', 'non cognitive ways of knowing', 'not fixing', 'your clients' and 'our relationship'. The intention is to provide a safe space for coaches to 'be with', 'reflect on' and 'make sense' of the messiness of working with complexity and to do this with a partner. As a designer and integrator of learning experiences and a former management consultant, financial controller and photographer, I also bring experience of fields beyond coaching to supervision work.

You can read more about me here . If you would like to have a conversation, please email me: supervision@mettle-consulting.com

Neel Arya,
CSA Accredited Coach Supervisor 2024

Is Collective Grief Blocking Emotional Intelligence At Work? Why Leaders Need to Understand Trauma

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 23:47:37 GMT

All unfelt emotions compromise not only our emotional intelligence and our capacity to relate, empathise and listen, but also diminish the clarity of our critical thinking faculties.

I cannot recall a single CEO or senior leader client who has not realised through our work that whole parts of the way they lead, usually the less well-functioning parts, are rooted in their childhood and/or intergenerational trauma.

I will begin with some definitions of trauma, and then develop the understanding of the territory and why the title of this article is so important.

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Although many events are obviously ‘traumatic’, it is more important to understand what happens inside us in the face of difficult events, from the most extreme to what may seem quite innocuous scenarios.

A young child feels frightened – what could be more natural? In healthy scenarios, one of the primary caretakers metaphorically and/or literally embraces the child, lets them know that fear is natural, and supports them to feel it within a context of warm, supportive presence. The fear moves through the child’s nervous system, fades, and the child naturally moves on. There has been no need for any internal contraction. There is no ‘after effect’.

But mostly, in one way or another the child does not feel supported. Perhaps the parents are busy, perhaps they are themselves caught up in their own traumas and unable to be warm and present for their child. Perhaps they try to explain rationally why there is no need to be afraid. They may even make the child feel stupid for being frightened.

Whichever of these, the child has only one option – s/he has to stop or at the very least reduce the intensity of emotional energy inside them because they cannot contain it on their own. This is a survival function. We know instinctively how to do this, it’s in fact quite a remarkable innate intelligence. We basically close down our body, through tension and restriction of the breath. We often also find refuge in thinking. In cases of violence or abuse, people report that they literally leave their body. All of these are essential survival, self-protection strategies.

And so we do survive, but at what cost? Because each time we did this – and most of us did it over and over – a part of our life force closed down, went offline as it were. We also started the movement away from the home base of our body in the pelvis. To be grounded, open and rooted was simply too painful.

The move way from full embodiment is then supported by our education system which increasingly prioritises data and rational thinking over play and sensuality. As this happens, our overall capacity to feel, and therefore empathise for instance also gradually closes down. Thinking becomes our dominant function, and we forget that thinking by itself does not feel or indeed have any experience of life.

And so, 30 to 40 years later, despite all our functional success, as someone rise up the leadership ladder to the point where their humanity and Presence become easily as important as their knowledge, they start getting 360’s telling us that people don’t trust them, that they don’t listen well, that they are perceived as cold, distant and so on. And however much they try to learn new behaviours, these are in the end just band aid until they address the underlying roots.

We are all carrying the imprints of unaddressed trauma from our childhoods and from our lineages, often far more subtlely than in the obvious cases of Holocaust or African American descendants, or inhabitants of countries ravaged by war or natural disasters - the fathers who could not express their grief, who were isolated and lonely inside, the mothers who were seething with unexpressed anger, frozen in their sexuality, and so on. I have lost count of how often a client will suddenly see that ‘Oh my goodness, a whole part of how I feel is how my father felt….”, or will realise that much of the way they lead has been shaped by their experience as a five year old. Hence the very unfortunate and dangerous truth that all too often, boardroom behaviour is that of five year olds in the school yard.

Working with trauma requires skilled facilitation. It does not need months of therapy if the client is willing. Safe and unconditional space must be generated, so that feelings can be felt without any attempt to manage, fix or change them, and so that the constant escape into narrative, to talking about can be restricted. The work has to move from the cognitive to the experiential for it to bring healing. Everything has to happen first in the body, not the mind. The healing unlocks multiple dimensions of ourselves, including much higher levels of critical thinking.

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When the word ‘collective’ is used as in the title, the principles remain the same, though we address a wider and bigger systemic field. I believe that the primary collective emotion being experienced now is varying degrees of anxiety. This can relate to everything from personal professional and financial insecurity to the state of one’s country, to the growing global instability, the fact that it is too late to avoid catastrophic climate events, and that we are now constantly on the edge of a war whose progress, including the nuclear possibility, is completely uncertain.

Anyone who does not recognise the anxiety levels inside them is basically deeply numb. A senior leader who is emotionally intelligent however is first of all comfortable with their own emotions. Secondly s/he legitimises the emotions of those around. This can be very simple – in a meeting for instance, pausing to acknowledge the anxiety levels in the room, with Presence and empathy, and the owning of their own emotions. “I’m not sleeping well at present, I guess some of you may be feeling the same.” This is what I call robust vulnerability, one of the deepest and most impactful qualities of leadership. When a leader does, this the effect is one of huge relaxation within the individual and group nervous system.

I have seen time and time again that, following a moment of such emotional intelligence, new ideas usually start flowing into and through a group in a remarkable way, because the channels are open. Insights, new ideas and new solutions arrive effortlessly – the very epitome of collective ‘flow state’.

Conversely, when a leader and a team plough on without stopping to acknowledge emotion, be it grief or fear, it’s as if big boulders are impeding the flow of the river. People remain contracted inside in order not to feel, they think far less clearly, and they very likely leave such meetings feeling more depleted than when they went in.

I believe that the growing awareness of trauma in the way I have defined it here, as well as the radical understanding that no emotions are negative, and no emotions need healing, fixing or transforming – that this happens naturally when they are felt and acknowledged in a supportive environment – is a game-changer in corporate culture. It liberates huge amounts of life-energy, and therefore intelligence. Our critical faculties, and our relational connectedness work at their very best when our bodies and hearts are less and less burdened by the contraction of stored, unaddressed emotion.

Nicholas Janni

www.thematrixdevelopment.com

August 2023

Never Work With(out) Animals Or Children by Wendy Robinson

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:06:22 GMT

Contributed by CSA Accredited Supervisor Wendy Robinson

I’ve had a couple of experiences in the last few days which have really made me think.

And re-remember that it’s not helpful to separate parts. For example:

‘Here’s me at work and here’s me at home’.
‘Here are the young people and here are the older people.’
‘Here are the humans, and here are the animals.’

And this has relevance to coaching supervision.

My first experience was in conversation with a supervisee. She was talking about a (non-coaching) work experience (team facilitation) and how she had brought along as a guest, a young person, for work experience. The host company had graciously agreed to have the teenager sit in on the session.

My supervisee was blown away by the impact this young person had. She quickly realised that her young colleague saw things, felt things, intuited things, that almost made her ‘seem wise beyond her years’. She was open, natural, vulnerable, potent. And the adults in the room were caring and welcoming towards her, and really open to hear her thoughts and feedback. Wow. I thought – ‘Isn’t it wonderful that the presence of someone who isn’t normally part of the status quo in organisations, has such a beautiful impact on the human dynamic within a work team?’

It reminded me of a tiny incident, about 20 years ago. I was concluding a week long, residential leadership programme, with senior leaders from an Oil & Gas company. We’d had a good week – long hours, we’d worked hard and played hard, lots of learnings, lots of good outcomes, but I was utterly exhausted (being the Introvert that I am). As we were starting to pack up our things, 20 people milling round the hotel conference room, saying their goodbyes to each other, a dog ran into the room. A Golden Labrador if memory serves me right.

(He was later followed by an embarrassed Mum and Dad and children, who were staying at the hotel and had wandered into our room by mistake…)

I will never forget the change of energy in the room.

It was like ‘normal life’ had burst in. Everyone became ‘normal’ – exclamations of ‘Aw, hello Dog!’ Or gentle chidings ‘What are you doing here?’ Petting of the dog. Smiles. Warmth. Laughter.

And that’s not to say that we didn’t have warmth, smiles, laughter, ‘normal’ behaviour all week! But….it was just different. A different feel to it.

It was like we were playing the parts – playing them really well – of how to be a senior leader on a leadership programme; how to be a facilitator on a leadership programme. Having ‘real conversations’, giving feedback, raising self-awareness, proving a point, dealing sensitively with defensiveness. Etc. Etc.

But….were we actually ‘playing roles’?

Do we learn to put on a work persona? To fit in to the culture round about us at work? To be ‘grown up’. To be a ‘good leader’, ‘good colleague’….to behave a certain way….to cope with things we don’t like or agree with at work, because everyone else is doing it? Or, on the other hand, to rebel against it, and become known as the ‘difficult one’, or the brave one, who says what he thinks?

There are schools of thought, in the world of Occupational Psychology and OD (Organisation Development) which talk of organisations being products of our imagination. We see them as tangible, solid things. Real things. But actually, when you think more deeply about it, they’re a construct we believe in and have bought in to. And constantly reinforce in our minds. What we perceive, we bring into being. And we believe in it.

What would it be like if we could truly be ourselves in the organisations we work in?

Do we play the role of ‘Executive Coach’? Believing we’re being ourselves? What would we say or do differently, if we were ‘unfettered’, if there weren’t organisational norms to unconsciously adhere to?

And the final experience I had this week was listening to Clover Hogan deliver her Keynote, the opening event of this years Coaching Climate Alliance Conference.

Clover is an activist, entrepreneur and global speaker. She is 22 years of age. She has been an activist since she was about 16 years old. She is, in my opinion, utterly amazing.

You can read about her on the links below, and listen to her TedTalk (nearly 2 million hits) on the link below.

And the reason I link her in to my Blog today….

She talks to leaders in boardrooms, she has a way of understanding our world, the climate crisis, the corporate world, adults’ fears, denials and despair, and she understands the power of stories.

The stories we tell ourselves.

We are unique as a species in the use of our imagination and our ability to tell stories; our ability to ‘entertain fictions’. We create our world, in the stories we tell, the stories we listen to, the stories we are moved by, the stories we believe in.

We can therefore change the story.

We can be “drunk on the Corporate Kool-Aid” or we can start a new story.

She says: “Imagination is a radical, powerful tool.” “What would it be like to create a realm beyond what we can see? ….To exercise that gift every day….”.

It’s not comfortable to realise that we’re operating within what I call an ‘Old Paradigm’. And if we’ve lived within that story for four, five, six decades, it is entirely and utterly understandable.

Perhaps the Coaching Supervision space is the safe space to experiment with, ‘try on’ a different worldview. It’s where I personally gain clarity and confidence. We are ‘the instrument’ of our work. As coaches and supervisors we must ‘fine tune’ ourselves first. THEN, we do our work. And see what new story is possible.

A Bit About Clover:

“At 19, I started Force of Nature with the mission to mobilise mindsets for climate action. Our team has since delivered programmes to thousands of young people, and moved decision-makers across business and policy.

We’re helping our community channel eco-anxiety into agency; develop the skills to make a difference; and inspire change at the systemic level.”

Our global youth perspective supports businesses to be the leaders in climate and sustainability by shifting mindsets in the room. We offer training sessions, intergenerational forums, partnerships, and more for companies who are ready to provide youth a seat at the decision-making table.”

Clover’s TedTalk

To close, a couple of marketing mentions from me:

If you’d like to explore the possibility of 1-1 supervision with me, I’d love to hear from you on wendy@wendyrobinson.org

Find me on LinkedIn

Subscribe to Wendy’s Newsletter

‘Til next time….Go Well

'Simply Supervision' with Sam Magill

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:44:50 GMT

Why call it “Simply Supervision”? Because we strive to keep it that way using a vast array of models, metaphors, and magic. Our process is simple – identify something that happened, explore what the sources of that event might be, find new ways of thinking and apply the discoveries to our lives and work.

The result is simple, yet very often profound. A great session ends with participants (including the supervisor) saying, “Wow. I never looked at it that way before.”

More details here (pdf)

Curious? Interested? New groups will begin soon. Write to me and we’ll figure out what works best for you. I look forward to hearing from you: sam@sammagill.com

Our slow climb out of winter by Elaine Patterson

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:03:54 GMT

by CSA Accredited Supervisor and Faculty Member Elaine Patterson

Have you noticed that we have started our slow climb out of winter? Crocuses and snowdrops are starting to appear. The light is getting brighter, and the days are getting longer. And while ice might return, it feels as if Spring is starting to peek around the corner.

The 1st February is also Imbolc – which is also called Saint Brighid’s Day in the Celtic seasonal calendar - marks the mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. It marks the start of Spring and the traditional start of the lambing season. Imbolc also represents hope – it is the promise of renewal, of hidden potential, of earth awakening and life-force stirring.

If we are careful to pay enough exquisite attention to our surroundings, we start to notice that Nature is actually full of transitions – not just the notable highpoints of the year but also the many micro changes which are taking place right under our noses. From the clouds skidding across the sky; from day to night and back again; and from the micro changes that take place in your garden from day to day. The Japanese honour these many adjustments with the naming of 72 micro seasons. And so, what is true of nature is also true of us. We are constantly in a change of flux and nature is in us as we are in nature. Nature reminds of the impermanence, the beauty, the fragility, and the resilience of all of life from which we can draw our inspiration and our strength.

Our new programme on Nature’s Way which is inspired by Karyn Prentice’s Book of the same title helps us to tune into the nature which is within us and all around us. We learn how we can bring a more soulful and poetic language teeming with new metaphors to help us to craft newer, gentler, and more respectful ways of inter-being and inter-relating which can alter our ways of seeing which in turn can then go on to more sensitively inform our doing.

And so please do join us for our new programme “Sacred Landscape with NATURE AS INSPIRATION AND PARTNER: A Year’s Immersion in Nature and the Wisdom of the Five Seasons to Enrich You and Your Coaching and Supervision Practice’ to discover the myriad of ways that you can become more intimate with nature in service of you, your work and the planet. We start in March, meet virtually once a season for five seasons, mornings, or afternoons at your time zone choice.

The Compassionate Leader by Andrew Tallents

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:09:51 GMT

by CSA Accredited Supervisor Andrew Tallents Andrew Tallents

On Valentines Day all leaders have a chance to show they do have a soft centre after all. This article explores how leaders can move from thinking to feeling for at least one day a year.

A story about a leader and a dog

Once upon a time, there was a leader named John, who prided himself on being logical and level-headed. Whenever a team member would come to him in tears, he would calmly ask them why they were crying and then offer practical solutions to their problems and expect them to quickly move on.

One day, on his way home from work, John saw a dog lying on the side of the road, whimpering in pain. He approached the dog, but it was clear that it was too late to save it. All John could do was sit there with the dog, petting it gently and offering comfort as it took its final breaths.

As John walked home, he couldn't shake the memory of the dog's suffering and the sense of helplessness he felt in the face of it. He realized that, just like the dog, sometimes people don't need a solution to their problems, but just someone to be there with them in their pain.

The next day at work, a team member came to John in tears. Instead of offering solutions, John simply sat with her and listened as she shared her feelings. The team member was surprised by John's sudden show of empathy and felt truly heard and understood for the first time. From then on, John made a point of being present for his team members in their moments of vulnerability, offering a listening ear and a supportive presence.

In the end, John realised that being a true leader isn't just about making the smartest decisions or being the most efficient, but about showing compassion and self-leadership by being there for others when they need it most.

Historic Compassionate Leaders

Throughout history, great leaders have demonstrated their love and affection for their followers in various ways. From powerful speeches to acts of kindness, these leaders have shown that love is a vital component of effective leadership.

One of the most iconic examples of a leader's love for their followers is Martin Luther King Jr. King was a powerful orator, and his speeches were filled with love and compassion for his fellow human beings. His famous "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered during the March on Washington in 1963, is a prime example of this. In his speech, King called for an end to racial injustice and discrimination, but he did so with love and understanding, emphasizing the need for unity and togetherness.

Another great leader who demonstrated his love for his followers was Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi was a spiritual leader and political activist who led India to independence from British rule. His approach to leadership was based on the principle of nonviolent resistance, which he called Satyagraha. Gandhi's ability to show love and compassion for his followers, even in the face of great adversity, was a key factor in his success as a leader.

Nelson Mandela is another example of a leader who showed his love for his followers. Mandela spent 27 years in prison for his anti-apartheid activism in South Africa, but when he was released, he showed no bitterness or anger towards his oppressors. Instead, he preached forgiveness and reconciliation, emphasizing the need for unity and understanding.

Raising Awareness of the Power of Love

Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate love and affection, and this applies not just to personal relationships but also to professional ones. For leaders who have built their success on rational thinking and data-driven decision-making, it may be challenging to shift focus to the emotional side of leadership. However, taking time to stop and show love and appreciation for those around you can have long-term benefits for your organisation's performance.

Leaders who show their love and appreciation for their stakeholders, including employees, customers, and suppliers, can build stronger relationships and foster a more positive work culture. By taking the time to connect with others on a personal level, leaders can create a sense of loyalty and trust that can lead to improved collaboration, productivity, and overall performance.

One way to demonstrate love and appreciation on Valentine's Day is by recognizing and rewarding the hard work and achievements of your team members. You can do this through a thoughtful note, a small gift, or by simply taking the time to express your gratitude and appreciation for their efforts.

Another way to show love and appreciation is to actively listen to your stakeholders' feedback and concerns. By demonstrating empathy and understanding, leaders can build trust and create an environment where everyone feels valued and heard. Leaders who listen and respond to their stakeholders' needs can make better decisions that are more aligned with their values and goals, ultimately improving performance.

It's important to note that showing love and appreciation shouldn't just be a one-day event; it should be a consistent practice throughout the year. By making a habit of showing love and appreciation, leaders can create a positive work culture where everyone feels valued and supported. This, in turn, can lead to improved employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and overall business performance.

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Nature as Inspiration in our Work as Coaches and Supervisors by Karyn Prentice

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:17:08 GMT

by CSA Faculty member Karyn Prentice

Helen Keller said that all that what we love becomes a part of us. These words arose in my memory when I was out on a morning walk earlier this week when we had a wave of arctic -5-degree weather. It was my usual walk with Gracie, my dog, and she was bouncy, excited to be walking on the crunchy frosted grass. It really seemed to enliven her in a way the same grass of the week before had not been so.

The cold made me pay more notice about where I was stepping not wanting to go bum- over- head on an icy patch and it also made me slow down. It was then that I focused more on the way ice crystals formed on everything, on every branch, and on each leaf dressed in a sheath of white like someone had sprinkled sugar over everything. Everything was dressed in white. In that all but silent space nature was offering up a whole new mid-winter outfit she didn’t get to dress up in very often and she was a stunner. It made my day that walk of wonder – inviting to see my every day neighbourhood morning with a fresh gaze, falling love all over again. I saw that I am in and of nature in a different way.

And this is not just in the ordinariness of every day walks. What a lot of my clients say when we are out together walking through a question they are pondering, is that when Nature is folded into the conversation consciously it has an impact on how they look around them, and there is an intimacy of the surroundings that falls into step with them. It enhances their reflections and connections and also on their state of being. It is offering new ways of being and doing which are coming together as insight and wisdom.

One client who I have known a long time was coming to the end of the story she was feeling stuck in, working out a strategy that might help her and knowing “a piece was missing”. We decided to walk out this mystery and see what would arise. I invited her to walk until something she saw, experienced or noticed would tell her what the missing piece was about. We walked quietly along a trail that went through a park and into a small wood. After a couple of minutes, she stopped and pointing to the grounds said that’s it. Right in the middle of the path equidistance between two hedges was a small stone shaped roughly like a heart. That’s it she said. I have been coming at my issue from a purely analytical perspective and it is missing a huge piece here. What does my heart need?

Pema Chodron in her teachings for awakening the heart in everyday life speaks of resting in the nature of allay; the essence. Alaia comes from both the Hebrew and Sanskrit word for dwelling, a home place if you like. Somewhere to rest in presence and consider what needs our attention. We can bring our minds back home and rest right there, in present, unbiased awareness. For me Nature can feel like that place even with the changing of the weather, even with the evolution of the seasons and even with the comings and goings of issues. Here is a place stop, rest. Collect and recentre, find the wisdom we need.

In embracing the role nature plays we have the potential for three things. Firstly, we recognise that we are intrinsically part of nature in all its permutations around us from icy crystals to forests and rivers; everything is connected, we are all in kinship. Secondly, we honour this relationship in its fragility and through its messages from the small ones that inspire day to day encounters and also in the big ones that call us out to take big action today for tomorrow’s reckoning. Thirdly, it invites us to we step forward to protect nature, - to take practical steps to look after what we love as guardians. In looking after nature, we look after ourselves and each other. Because what we love has become a part of us.

Journey through a way to recognise, honour and explore in the close up and personal with our new programme “Sacred Landscape with NATURE AS INSPIRATION AND PARTNER: A Year’s Immersion in Nature and the Wisdom of the Five Seasons to Enrich You and You’re Coaching and Supervision Practice

Join Elaine Patterson and me and bring Nature into the picture to inspire your work and be a place to dwell regardless of what hemisphere you live and work in. This exquisite metaphor has something to offer for coaches or coaching supervisors. We start in March, meet virtually once a season for five seasons, mornings or afternoons at your time zone choice.

Find the sign up at The Coaching Supervision Academy CPD events through this link: Sacred Landscape with Nature as Inspiration and Partner

Click here for detailed brochure for the programme

New Supervision Group in Japanese by CSA Faculty Satoko Gibbs to start in September 2023

joy@joyofmembership.com (Joy Duling) — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 07:19:32 GMT

A new Supervision Group in Japanese by the Asia-Pacific CSA Faculty will be forming soon!

Third Wednesdays: 20 Sep, 18 Oct, 15 Nov, 20 Dec, 17 Jan

8pm-9.30pm (90 minutes) Japan time.

There are currently two seats left.

Satoko learnt in CSA in Hong Kong cohort in 2015-2016.

She has been instrumental in promoting supervision in the Asia-Pacific region through her work with the ICF Hong Kong Chapter and the EMCC APAC region.

I like the phrase 'become a student of your own experience'.

We in the helping professions use ourselves to support our clients. I see our group sessions as a 'campfire' where we can confide and explore with peers about your work; what stuck in your mind, what you wonder, what doesn't feel clear, what you doubt about youself.

This group will be conducted in Japanese. We hope that people who want to experience supervision will feel free to join us.

Supervision Group Details and contact information

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Co-supervision de groupe pour les coachs avec Marie-Jeanne Vijgen et Virginie Brunel

joy@joyofmembership.com (Joy Duling) — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 07:15:11 GMT

Nous nous excusons pour cette erreur dans le bulletin d'information du CSA. Veuillez noter que cette série se déroulera virtuellement et non en personne.

Vous êtes à la recherche d’un espace de supervision encadré par des professionnels accrédités ?

Vous avez envie d’oﬀrir à vos clients la meilleure version de vous-même ?

Alors cette initiative est pour vous.

Marie-Jeanne Vijgen and Virginie Brunel

Notre prochain groupe de supervision démarre le lundi 11 septembre 2023 et le nombre de places est limité.

Il sera co-supervisé par :

Marie-Jeanne Vijgen

https://www.mjvhumanresources.com/fr/, Linkedin

Virginie Brunel

https://www.emergitude.fr/, Linkedin

toutes deux coachs PCC et superviseuses formées chez CSA https://csasupervisors.com

Télécharger cette brochure pour plus d'informations

Contacts et demande de renseignements

Virginie Brunel

+ (33) 0 6 30 75 37 23

virginie@emergitude.fr

Marie jeanne Vijgen

+(32) 475 43 90 28

mj.vijgen@mjvhumanresources.com

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Unlock your Coaching Potential

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DISCOVERING HOW TO BE HUMAN NOW….

by CSA Director and Co-Founder Edna Murdoch

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