Join us for this on-demand workshop, The Magic of Metaphors in Health and Wellness Coaching, where you’ll explore how metaphors can be used in health and wellness coaching and gain insights into using metaphors effectively in your coaching.
Who Is This For?
- Professional Coaches
- Newer Coaches
- Experienced Coaches
What Will You Learn:
- Discover three methods to utilize a metaphor effectively.
- Practice to listen for a metaphor to evoke and expand the client’s awareness.
- Observe a powerful metaphor exercise you can use immediately in your practice.
Course Details:
Join us for an engaging on-demand session on how metaphors can be used in health and wellness coaching.
As a health and wellness coach, learning the magic of metaphoric language assists us in achieving a key core competency — Evoke Awareness — as it can support uncovering the client’s unconscious thinking in pictures. This helps the coaching go deeper effortlessly facilitating insight and learning and getting the results of forward momentum for your clients.
Together, we will discover three methods to utilize a metaphor effectively, practice listening for a metaphor to evoke and expand the client’s awareness, and observe a powerful metaphor exercise you can use immediately in your coaching practice.
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