Appreciative Coaching

Our Appreciative Coaching is based on the Appreciative Way, Rob and Kim Voyle's synthesis of:

• The practice and philosophy of Appreciative Inquiry
• The work of Milton Erickson and his students
• Positive Psychology
• Compassion as the agent of transformation
• Spirituality as exemplified in the contemplative traditions of
  Christianity and Buddhism

This synthesis results in a transformational model of coaching that is:

• Incarnational
  We respectfully join you in your world and journey with you to your future, rather than drag you into our world.
• Compassionate
  We use the three archetypal energies of compassion: tenderness, fierceness, and playfulness, to care for you, challenge you, and liberate you into your future.
• Future Oriented
  We help you establish positive goals and discover the resources you need to create your preferred future. Since you will spend the rest of your life in the future we want that to be a future of your choosing and making.
• Lived in the Present
  We help you discover how to live gracefully and compassionately in the current moment, for the path to the future is found by living fully in this present moment.
• Informed by the Past
  We see your personal history as a treasure trove of resources that you can use positively to inform your present actions and inspire your future.
• Solution Focused
  We help you find solutions to problems rather than focus on causes and blame for past failures and problems.
• Strength Based
  We help you grow your signature strengths and skills rather than focus energy on eliminating your weaknesses. As you grow your strengths we find ways to "outsource" your weaknesses or make them irrelevant to the pursuit of your future.
• Ecological and Just
  We work with you to ensure that your goals are sustainable and ecological, both internally with respect to your own personality and externally with respect to your physical, social and spiritual environments. The achievement of your goals cannot be at the expense of your long-term well-being or the well-being of others or violates their integrity, freedom, and dignity.
• Values Based
  We help you discover and integrate your personal values into how you live and work so you can live with integrity and dignity.
• Purpose Centered
  We believe you were created for a purpose and have all the resources you need to fulfill that purpose. Abundant life flows when you are living in harmony with your values and manifesting your purpose in the world.
• Love Inspired
  We believe that at the heart of the universe is a Heart of Love that embraces both coach and client and accepts us gracefully without condition. This heart of love is the Source of our existence and the essence of our life. Growing in living and liberally sharing this love is the fruit of Appreciative Coaching.