This interactive session explores the role of intuition in coaching, introducing participants to the concept of different intuition types and how they can impact coaching presence, listening, and questioning. Coaches will learn practical ways to recognize their intuitive style, access intuition more consistently, and apply it to create deeper client awareness and stronger coaching outcomes.
Earn 1 CCEs
Learning objectives
- By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Define intuition in the context of coaching and distinguish it from bias, assumption, or advice-giving.
- Identify their own intuitive style through a guided assessment and reflection exercise.
- Understand how energy awareness and intuition can deepen ICF Core Competencies, including:
- Cultivates Trust and Safety – by creating a grounded, coherent presence that supports client reflection.
- Maintains Presence – by using intuition to remain open, curious, and responsive to what emerges in the moment.
- Listens Actively – by recognizing subtle signals (tone, body language, unspoken meaning) through intuitive awareness.
- Evokes Awareness – by drawing on intuition to ask powerful questions that uncover hidden patterns or insights.
- Practice applying their intuition style in coaching conversations to enhance client breakthroughs and outcomes.
- Coach-Specific Nature: This training is designed exclusively for professional coaches and applies directly to coaching skills.
- Relation to Core Competencies: Content is directly mapped to competencies in presence, trust/safety, listening, and evoking awareness.
- Skill Development: Participants will leave with practical tools for strengthening their intuitive abilities and applying them to client work.
Meet the Host
Shelley Poovey
MSHHP, ICF PCC Coach, ICF CCE Provider
Shelley is an ICF PCC–credentialed Peak Performance Coach who helps coaches, professionals, and leaders reconnect with clarity, presence, and sustainable performance—especially when the path forward isn’t obvious. Blending neuroscience, intuition, and business energetics, she supports clients in strengthening decision‑making under uncertainty and leading with steadiness in high‑stakes environments. Her work spans two decades and industries from technology and real estate to wellness, humanitarian work, fashion, and film/TV. She is the creator of The Energy‑Intelligent Coach, an ICF‑accredited training offering 35 CCE credits, and the author of The Energy‑Intelligent Business (forthcoming, February 2026).