The Coaching Kool-Aid
Ready to be challenged? Feeling playful? If you’re a coach who’s serious about engaging in reflective practice, or you’re simply interested in taking a look behind the curtains of the coaching profession, come with us as we bite into the juicy fruit of this intriguing, complex, and totally unregulated industry. In each episode we’ll look at a different concept used within coaching, and playfully unpack both its problems and its utility.
The Coaching Kool-Aid
The Positivity Problem
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Renée Lockwood and Melanie Weeks
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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What could possibly be wrong with positivity? Come on ladies, you’re pushing it too far now. Perhaps, but we dare you to come inside and see what unfolds. In this episode, we cover emotional vocabulary, death, long-haul flights with multiple children, and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Oh, and Mel learns why she needs to watch the end of Bambi.