"I'm vehement about it. I feel like it is the relationship with yourself: Being a grounded, centered human has to be your number one job." — Maria GlennBy Gideon Culman

"I find myself really thinking about How do I show up as my whole self? — recognizing I tend to be pretty direct, and appreciating and enjoying the individual I'm with, and trying to lean into their style of what they need." — Lisa Chenofsky SingerBy Gideon Culman

"It's a very different experience to experience yourself when you're really present — and we could talk about what that means and how we get there, which takes a lot of practice — and how we just kind of go through life. And we can be more present to life and to our surroundings. And it's a really different thing to just be still and be present." —…

"It's so simple to just create trust and safety, to maintain a presence. And that is enough. The rest just unfolds after that." — Aman GohalBy Gideon Culman

"We call it 'coaching.' That's such a small word for what actually happens, in my opinion. We're shifting timelines for people. We're creating new possibilities in life. We're supporting people in getting and going to the places they need to go to heal. To call that 'coaching' just seems kind of funny and silly." — Bob Conlin…

"Coaching has taught me that transformation is very rarely very loud. It's usually subtle, quiet, and very personal." — Ghaya BarwaniBy Gideon Culman

"I'm coaching people to find their life force: Get it back going. The act of creation — I don't care if it's in the kitchen, in the garden, technologically, I mean all of it; it's not any one thing — that that puts money back into the brain bank and the body bank. And I intend to go indefinitely. When you're doing what you love, you don't need to r…

"I call coaching a spiritual path. All along the way we're letting go of our ego attachments and learning to be more transformationally present — transformative presence at these higher nose bleed levels of MCC. It's a journey from feeding our egos to feeding our souls. That's how it's shaped me. I'm riding that bicycle while I'm building it. I'm l…

"I want to know how you think, how you feel, what your world is like. I'm going to put my blindfold on right now. I'm going to take your hand and I want you to lead me into your life and describe to me what's the environment: What's going on? How do you feel about that? Who are your allies? Who are your enemies? What's going on here? That will help…

"It wouldn't be the person's journey if I told the person, 'Don't do that. Just go this way. Trust me. I've been there.' Who knows if I know what is correct? I'm pretty sure that I'm not correct about many things. Helping the person think things through, feel things through is [being] a much more valuable partner than telling her what is the map." …

"That's the most important piece for me: Where I can just be present and create that space that they are free to rediscover and reconnect with themselves. And then once they get to that point, it's beautiful to see how they just go out into their worlds." — Vahbiz ShroffBy Gideon Culman

"Sometimes, in the things we are ashamed of, or in the so called weaknesses, or problems or issues, there is the real strength in it." — Inga BielińskaBy Gideon Culman

"At the core I am a developing human, and one who is made up of everything that's happened to me, of all the people who I've come across, and also the things I've been willing to let go of. So that culmination of those experiences. And also recognizing that I don't need to carry it all with me. I get to choose the parts of me that I want to keep an…

"Growth is acknowledging that there's more to 'blank,' there's more to life, there's more to my physical well being currently, my mental well being. We can decide if we want that or not. Growth is possibilities." — Mike GreenBy Gideon Culman

"The most important thing for me in coaching is that, when I take my last breath, I have worked with enough people on the planet that they are actually able to have and make peace with themselves. Because that is my deepest belief: When we make peace with ourselves, we're more likely to cause peace on the planet. " — Tracey Burns…

"Words matter so much. And the words you use allow other people to feel close and safe and to want to move closer and feel safer with you." — Paul SanbarBy Gideon Culman

"As coaches we have endless opportunities to support others to be who they want to be, to learn how to see themselves, and actually look in that mirror and smile." — Jodi Sleeper-TriplettBy Gideon Culman

"Have you ever had to hide an identity or felt like you had to hide your identity as a coach? And what's that experience like? That is definitely something that I've been thinking about a lot." — Jory StillmanBy Gideon Culman

"It creates that awareness at a molecular level. If it hits that DNA, the transformation that occurs from the inside out is phenomenal. That's what I think is so important about coaching: That it has the opportunity to get deep inside below all the layers to what's really important to the person that I have the privilege and honor to be with, and h…

"It's more than language: 'Who am I when I'm speaking in English? And who am I when speaking in French? And who am I when I am speaking in Arabic?' It was like a big question of, 'Who are you, Jihane?'" — Jihane LabibBy Gideon Culman

"Being present in this world with people as a coach is life-changing. It allows me to stay positive. There's so much pain and yet . . . there's a certain gratitude. It allows me to stay very grateful and happy to be alive, to have everything I have around me, the goods, the bads, the uglies. Every challenge just shapes me because I have coaching as…

"There isn't a facet of my life that hasn't been impacted by understanding more about what coaching is and the benefits of that quality of conversations that I can have." — Ann FogolinBy Gideon Culman

"I learned resilience. I learned unconditional love that I could give. I learned the ability to be persistent and forgive from really difficult situations." — Ellen FultonBy Gideon Culman

"Coaching is not simply something that we do, but it is something who we are. The practice of being fully there cannot be only achieved when we are in front of our clients. It has to be a practice that we do and that we are committed to on a daily basis." — Elias ScultoriBy Gideon Culman

"Yes, we bring our 'coach selves' wherever we go: We're inherently more curious and better listeners, and we know how to ask good questions. But people don't realize that when you are in a formal coaching session it is a totally different, sacred dynamic. So when I've had people come sit in on my class that have known me for years, they're like, 'K…

"I love Drag Race. I've seen every episode. I have 'Yas Queen' tattooed onto my wrist. My mum said 'What does 'Yas Queen' mean?' I said, 'It means you've done something fierce, you're looking fierce, or you're feeling fierce.' I really admire people who are on the outside and at risk and still doing it." — Ginny Baillie…

"I've come to realize I don't have to have the 'perfect' anything. For example, for a client I actually just need to show up as a human being and meet them with as much curiosity as I can find in myself. That's the healing agent: to receive somebody, to see them." — Nadjeschda TaranczewskiBy Gideon Culman

“I’ll tell you what [a pause] is not: It’s not a moment of nothing. Oftentimes people think it’s this empty, wasted, dead space. It’s not! It’s their space to turn inward and find the answers, and to explore inwardly, which then affects everything that comes on the outside. This space is the doorway to all the other experiences in coaching." — Hann…

"I've discovered that I'm a deeply spiritual person. But I would have just laughed at you if you had said that to me 12 years ago, when I first started this work." — Adam QuineyBy Gideon Culman

"The question is: 'If you eliminate someone, if you push them away, do you feel expanded or contracted?' I feel contracted so I felt like pushing away is not the answer. What's the way to create expansion? What's the way to create more oneness? And there's so much in coaching and and coaching mastery that addresses that." — Annie Gelfand…

"Friends will be on the phone and say 'I'm so sorry. Are you still there? Is my phone working?' 'Yeah, I'm listening to you. You're one of my favorite people in the world and you're telling me something important. I'm so glad I get to witness this.' There's no need for me to say anything." — Melanie Perry…

"What does it mean to me to belong? How do I know on a cellular level that I belong in certain spaces and places? And that I don't belong in other spaces? What I've come to is it's being able to see myself in the other people: it's being able to see bits and pieces of my own story, my own journey, my own struggles, my own wins, my own hardships, my…

"Every painter has got the same colors at their disposal. But the way they blend the colors to create their own art makes them unique. And the same is for the master coach. We all have the same competencies at our disposal, but how we blend them to be with our clients and to work with our clients makes unique art of coaching." — Giuseppe Totino…

"I talk to a lot of clients about using their values to guide their decisions and their thinking and their actions. That forces me to look at 'Where am I using my values to guide my decision-making in my thinking? And where am I living in integrity with my values and not?'" — Bill PullenBy Gideon Culman

"What I love about coaching is that it is about 'imperfect'. It's about, 'What are we going to learn from this thing where it didn't go so well?' You didn't like how that went? Okay, there's another choice out there. There's another right answer. That's a space that has really transformed me." — Sandi Stewart…

"When I'm first working with a client, there's a period where they're getting to know me. And I think the more that I'm truly authentic, and I use direct communication, and I do say what no one else would dare say, they recognize that they can trust me: I'm not holding any punches." — Wendy Preyssler…

"My role is to just be present. And partner. And then be absent in the space of ego. And just keep doing that work for years. That's what I call the purpose of empowering people's life." — Dr. ParasBy Gideon Culman

"I am a highly sensitive woman who sees the good in almost everyone and who wants to make a difference in the world. I realize that the only way I can make a difference is to love the people around me." — Joan WanglerBy Gideon Culman

"I still use what I have learned to be curious with people. But now I don't assume I know. I don't assume I'm right. I assume instead that I have an opportunity to ask a question. The client is at choice to determine what to do with the question." — Lyssa deHartBy Gideon Culman

"I want to be the one who is able to support others to become better versions of themselves. So that's why I use the metaphor of a sherpa. I don't want to be in that spotlight. But I want to make people to be in the spotlight." — Heru Yuwono LiemBy Gideon Culman

"That was the reason that I started on my own personal journey: to find that thing that was missing, that made me feel unhappy about my life. And I really feel a level of true, soul-filling joy about my life and who I am these days, so much self-acceptance and peace about who I am, how I commit my time, who and what I say yes to, who and what I say…

"I often say, 'This flag is standing up and we each have our hands on it. And we're gonna hold this thing. You tell me this is what you want. We're holding it. And when you let go of it — because you say you're tired or don't necessarily want it or you can't do it — I'll be standing here with this flag until you pry my cold dead hands off of it. An…

"It's almost a physical stance. When I'm team coaching, I am very much more aware of my posture. And I'm aware of my breathing. And it's open body language, wide-angled empathy, listening to all the voices, and even those voices that are not in the room. And as a coach, even if we know the answers or want to fix, knowing that to enable others to di…

"When a client trusts us as coaches and asks for coaching and steps into that coaching process, the client is telling you, 'I trust you. I am completely open for you. I want you to be my thinking partner. And I feel safe.'" — Johan van BavelBy Gideon Culman

"The lessons learned are holographic: That the thing you're learning about this seemingly tiny situation right now actually pertains to every aspect of your life, if you use it. So how does that impact the world? I believe I'm making the world a better place one conversation at a time." — Flame Schoeder…

“Listening deeply to someone really is about the whole darn person. It's about the whole thing. And if we are not connected to ourselves, and what we're choosing, holistically, it becomes very, very difficult to listen to it in other people.” — Lisa PachenceBy Gideon Culman

“Once we can see that we are not this enduring, consistent, perfect self that we've constructed ourselves to be—that we see all the ways in which we don't show up aligned with our intentions or who we want to be in the world—we start to have compassion for other people and their challenges in doing so. Once we see our complexity, we can see others’…

"The linear approaches are genuinely slow and methodical. And we've missed our window for that. We now need lots and lots of experiments that need unpredictable results, hopefully in the positive direction. And that's going to get us out of this next huge global challenge." — Patrice Laslett Patrice Laslett works as a partner at Cultivating Leaders…

"I always use English in professional life and in coaching. Yet it's not my native language. And there is a silver lining to it. When I'm mentor coaching this is what I share with those who are not coaching in their first language. 'You don't know how lucky you are.' And they pause because they criticize themselves. I say, 'You can simplify your qu…

"Every night, after every session, when I sit back and look into what has happened overall in the collective consciousness as a result of this conversation that we just had, if I can take one or two words with me to my dreams, that gives me peace." — Gülsün ZeytinoğluBy Gideon Culman