ICF San Diego's Coffee & Conversations
Welcome to Coffee and Conversations, brought to you by the International Coaching Federation’s San Diego Chapter. Our host, Donald E. Coleman sits down with coaches, business leaders, and community influencers to explore how the *Power of Coaching* is transforming lives, organizations, and communities. Together, we’ll uncover insights, stories, and strategies that inspire growth, connection, and sustainable change. Whether you're a seasoned coach or simply curious about how ICF coaching can impact your world, you’re in the right place.
ICF San Diego's Coffee & Conversations
A Sacred Conversation with Alla Shashkina, ACC
In this sacred and soul-stirring episode of Coffee and Conversations, host Donald E. Coleman welcomes Alla Shashkina, ACC, for a conversation that transcends professional titles and enters the realm of calling, healing, and generational transformation.
Donald and Alla reflect on her experience that occurred at ICF San Diego's hospitality suite on Thursday night during the 2025 ICF Converge, where Donald delivered an impromptu moving speech on how coaching was recognized not merely as a profession, but as a divine calling. Alla shares her powerful personal story—from her roots as a Chuvash woman in Russia, to raising her daughter as a single mother, to reclaiming connection through movement, mindfulness, and presence. Their conversation uncovers how sacred moments arise in coaching, and how flexibility, awareness, and embodied intelligence allow coaches to serve not just individuals, but the healing of generations.
Together, they explore:
- The role of sacred space in coaching and life
- How movement, running, and silence become portals for presence
- Generational healing and the coach’s role in shaping non-material legacy
- Embodied metaphors for resilience and flexibility in a fast-paced world
- Integrating mind, heart, and gut intelligence into leadership and life
- How disconnection from one’s calling leads to fragmentation—and how coaching restores wholeness
📲 Download the episode now to experience this life-altering conversation with Alla Shashkina, and rediscover the sacred calling of coaching in a world longing for presence, healing, and transformation.
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