The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar
It’s possible for every coaching conversation to build connection and spark change, and Elena Aguilar will show you how. Elena Aguilar is one of education’s leading voices on coaching. Educators around the globe use her research-based coaching method to transform their organizations. Her company, Bright Morning, brings the ideas in her best-selling books to life by providing world-class professional development to mission-driven leaders. In The Bright Morning Podcast, Elena teaches you how to make every conversation count by demonstrating Transformational Coaching conversations. Every episode tackles a pressing coaching challenge. Resistance. Racism. Burnout. Overwhelm. Struggling new teachers. You’ll find it all here. If you’re ready to thrive in your work, listen in. New episodes drop every Monday. To learn more about Elena, go deeper into every episode, find the resources and tools she mentions, or join one of her workshops, check out https://brightmorningteam.com.
The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar
Core Emotions Tool in Action: Episode 238
Coaching emotions is a foundational ability of a Transformational Coach…and one of the hardest things for many people to do. In this episode, Elena demonstrates how to use the Core Emotions tool in an especially challenging situation–when a client is struggling with external factors like the state of the broader world– but is resistant to talking about their experience.
Notable moments:
00:23 The Importance of Coaching Emotions
01:52 Role Play Demonstration Setup
04:01 Starting the Role Play Conversation
04:43 Exploring Emotions and Their Impact
09:05 Reflecting on Emotional Awareness
18:26 Shifting to the Agenda and Debrief
18:38 How to Continue Learning
Keep learning:
- Join the Coaching Learning Library and PLC to access the Core Emotions Skill Session (and 47 additional sessions + monthly live PLC!)
- Attend Elena’s Coaching for Resilience and Retention workshop to learn how to skillfully guide your clients through challenging moments
- Core Emotions (free tool)
- The First 10 Minutes (free tool)
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Reflection questions:
- How comfortable and confident are you with coaching emotions?
- Elena shared that most of the time, people share that they don’t want to make someone else uncomfortable; what they’re really afraid of is their own discomfort. Does this apply to you?
- What is one thing you heard Elena do that you would like to try on in your next conversation?
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