Integral Coaching
PDF As an integral coach, Brenda is able to help clients turn ‘stumbling blocks into stepping stones’. Clients include CEO’s, Chartered Accountants, Senior Financial Advisors, and others in senior leadership and management positions. Brenda’s qualifications include certification through the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, Centre for Coaching and New Ventures West (Canadian).
Many successful people attribute significant life changes to working with a coach. One current example is that of Adele Paulsen, Executive Director of PRISA (Public Relations Institute of South Africa).
Adele Paulsen
Being coached by Brenda from December 2010 to May 2011 took me from being scared and indecisive in my business position to being confident of what I wanted to say and able to make decisions. This impacted both in my organisational role and in my personal life as well. Coaching allowed me to explore life, to see possibilities and then to ‘take action’. It was a journey where I first needed to understand who I was and what opportunities existed for me. Business colleagues and friends have told me that they notice a positive difference in me and that I’m ‘on a roll’. I’m coping much better on all levels. Through being coached, I have increased self-confidence and this has enabled me to ‘spread my wings and fly’.
Another client, Cassy, manager of a shopping mall pays tribute:
Cassy Fourie
Integral coaching with Brenda has been such an enriching experience. There are many coaching programmes available but a large percentage of them focus on business like improvements and don’t get down to the core which is within a personal behaviour, problems or habit that is stopping one from succeeding. Through Integral Coaching I personally have been able to conquer my mountain and now stand on the top looking towards greater adventures and growth. Coaching with Brenda has also been a very special experience because of the person Brenda is. She is so real and consistent that it is very easy to go through experiences with her and be able to find the answers within yourself.
What is integral coaching?
You may be curious as to what we mean by ‘integral coaching’? A coach is an ‘awakener’, a ‘guide’ or ‘personal navigator’ for life’s journey and can help you liberate yourself from being trapped in your old agenda. Limiting beliefs and other people’s expectations may be holding your back. Coaching is a partnership between the coach and client where the conscious and creative process inspires the client to achieve full potential and then sustain their well-being.
The coach helps the client to understand how s/he interprets the world and how this interpretation influences his/her choices and relationships. This process of reflection provides the basis for exploring new possibilities. Usually the programme combines self-observation, reflections, practices and exercises over a period of time until the client is ‘self-correcting’ and ‘self-generating’.
Some types of coaching concentrate on the client’s behaviour and action in the workplace and/or private lives.
Integral coaching approaches and embraces the mystery of human beings by approaching the client holistically. This facilitates meaningful and sustainable change for the client.
