One of our basic definitions of generative coaching is: The art of using the “disciplined flow” of creative consciousness to generate new identities and realities. This definition implies that, while it is grounded in concrete behavioral expressions, Generative Coaching is directed toward deep and fundamental levels of creative change.

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the one others expected of me. 2. I wish that I hadn’t worked so hard. 3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 5. I wish I had let myself be happier.

change practitioners – coaches, consultants, therapists

Imagineering a Path to Success Imagineering is a term coined by Walt Disney to describe the process he used to form dreams and then turn them into realities. A powerful insight into the imagineering process is provided by one of Disney’s coworkers who pointed out, “. . . there were actually three different Walts: the dreamer, the realist, and the

The following steps constitute one of our basic prototypes for expressing an intention in generative coaching. 1.Settle in, settle down 2.Open a COACH field and bring attention to the client’s intention 3.Client speaks: –What I most want to create in my life is (verbal statement) –The image that goes with that is _____ –And the somatic model of

One of the limitations of the traditional coaching approach, however, is that it tends to be too much social-cognitive-verbal-left brain.

As Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw said, “most people go to their graves with their music still in them.” The top five regrets were:

This is one of our most fundamental premises of Generative Change: Any particular content (i.e., emotion, behavior, symptom, relationship, situation, etc.) can be positive or negative, helpful or unhelpful, good or bad, useful or problematic depending upon the state of your filters and the relationship you have with that content. If I treat

We like to say that the intention should be “shimmering.” That means that it has a definite shape but not a rigid and fixed form. We are always looking for that balance that gives us the possibility for “disciplined flow.”