This engaging webinar will help you uncover the power of metaphors in your coaching conversations. Metaphors are deeply woven into our daily conversations, often ignored if not obvious. Explore how visual language impacts your clients.
John Geary said, “We instinctively resort to metaphors when describing anything abstract: ideas, feelings, thoughts, emotions, concepts.”
Dive into the neuroscience of metaphors and comprehend how they illuminate our minds. Metaphors not only enhance our self-expression but also serve as potent tools for instigating outcomes, navigating complexities, and fostering profound transformations.
Humans don’t use metaphors accidentally. Metaphors introduced by your clients can serve as powerful keys, unlocking their self-awareness and inner potential. You can facilitate more meaningful and impactful conversations by mastering the art of using your clients’ metaphors rather than interjecting your own.
Join us on a journey into the power of metaphors today!
Key Take-a-ways
- Neuroscience + Metaphors. How metaphors impact our neural wiring, and how to pay attention to the embodied metaphor as a tool.
- The need for Embodied Learning for Sustainable changes.
- The power of using metaphors in coaching conversation to create greater awareness, anchor insights, as well as using them to create agreements and move from topic to success measures.
- A Coaching Demo.
- How metaphors weave through the ICF Core Competencies.
Meet the Host
Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC, EMCC, author of StoryJacking: Change Your Dialogue, Transform Your Life, the Reflective Coach, Light Up: The Science of Coaching with Metaphors, and Sticky Outcomes: at the Intersection of Coaching, Neuroscience, and Lasting Change. She is also the host of the Coaching Studio Podcast. Lyssa is a recovering Therapist, Confidence Coach, Certified Mentor Coach, Coaching SUPERVision Partner, ICF PCC Assessor, and coaching educator.
Lyssa’s understanding of ICF Core Competencies and neuroscience instills confidence in her ability to guide professional coaches. She empowers them to enhance their client outcomes through deep listening, client-led approaches, and ultimately, by fostering a partnership that empowers their clients. In all her work, Lyssa is committed to improving the coaching community by enhancing the quality and impact of the coach-client relationship.