Integrative Coach Training - Coaching Resource Site
  • Home
  • Integrative Intelligence ®
    • Integratively Intelligent Companies
  • Free Training
  • Business Launch for Coaches
  • Blog
    • Articles
    • Newsletter
  • Contact
  • New Page
Picture

BLOG
Resources, Videos & Articles

Problem Solving 101 – Moving Closer

7/11/2016

Comments

 
It all started with rock climbing.  My climbing partner and good friend of mine were enjoying a new climbing spot on Mount Lemmon, high above the other climbs we’d accomplished in the months prior.
 
Upon the vista, all was silent and reverent.  We were each perched about 20 feet from each other on this newly attained rock face.  Mathew then pointed to a scenic and well-known climbing area off in the distance, far across the valley from our spot.  A place I’d never been.
 
“See it?” he kept pointing. “Those are the Ravens.”  He smiled broadly.
 
“Maybe.”  I kept trying to figure out which group of rocks he could be alluding to.  There were so many.
 
“Right there.”  He pointed with more vigor this time to the exact same spot.  I gazed over the valley and all the possible rock faces.  Hmmmm.  “Not seeing it.”  I reported.  He kept pointing.
 
Then, we both looked at each other and began laughing heartily.  We mutually realized that from where I was sitting, there was no amount of pointing that could possibly be effective.
 
I scrambled down to his vantage point and voilà, the Ravens appeared clearly.  What a great perspective shift!
 
To see a new perspective, we must shift from where we are at to a new vantage point.  This is true physically, emotionally, relationally and spiritually.
 
“How Laurel, does this relate to problem solving” you might be wondering?  This lesson is perhaps counter-intuitive when it comes to facing problems.  Typically, when problems surface we want to get rid of it, react to it and/or run.  Fight, flight or freeze.
 
Yet, this lesson in perspective invites us to move closer to the problem, or challenge, in question.  In other words, when things are unclear the only way to gain clarity is by getting closer to the problem, not moving away or pushing against it. 
 
The teaching is in fact inviting you to examine your relationship to addressing the challenges in life that naturally arise from being human.  What is your relationship to challenge in relationships?  In professional dynamics?  In your relationship to health?  Or, to your own personal development work?  Where are you afraid, where perhaps you need to lean-in instead of backing down? 
 
The closer we get, the better our vision. 
The better our vision, the more aligned our choices will be with our values and our vision. 

…….
 
Ready to learn the principles that drive successful outcomes?  Coach training is more than just empowering others, it is also about leveraging empowerment principles in our own lives and then turning around to help others do the same.   
 
Laurel is the lead instructor for the Certificate in Integrative Coaching.  She is a mother of 3, rock climber and mosaic artist.  Learn more about what it takes to take on private clients and be an Integrative Coach HERE. 
Comments

    By Laurel Elders, PCC

    IICT Founder / Senior Faculty

    Archives

    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015

    Categories

    All
    Climbing
    Coaching Advice
    Coaching Resource
    Coaching Skills
    IICT Faculty
    Integrative Intelligence
    Intuition
    Networking
    Outsourcing
    Pivoting
    Potential
    Purpose
    Self-compassion
    Spiritual Intelligence
    Success
    Transition
    Virtual Assistance
    Virtual Assistant

    RSS Feed

This coaching resource website is hosted by:
The Institute for Integrative Intelligence

Elevating Human Potential 
Through the Art & Science of Masterful Coaching
www.IntegrativeIntelligence.Global


Copyright © 2012-2022
Photos used under Creative Commons from puroticorico, Shadowgate, Toronto Public Library Special Collections, nubobo, Yoshikazu TAKADA, lifelovelynn.com, Jeffrey, symphony of love, "Besenbinder", contemplicity, Swallowtail Garden Seeds
  • Home
  • Integrative Intelligence ®
    • Integratively Intelligent Companies
  • Free Training
  • Business Launch for Coaches
  • Blog
    • Articles
    • Newsletter
  • Contact
  • New Page