Narrative Coaching: The Definitive Guide to Bringing New Stories to Life

It is your presence that often matters most—more than whether or not you ask the perfect question.

“What is happening for you right now as you talk about the future?”

new “memories of the future.”

is not about taking the person or the conversation somewhere with your questions, but rather using your questions to make the most of each and every moment.

One of the unique features of narrative coaching is that we inquire into, not about, people’s stories to keep the conversation in the present moment as much as possible. This is because it is often more productive to ask questions that increase coachees’ awareness of what is already present than to ask questions that introduce more information into

It is an invitation to leave behind what distracts you, drains you, or no longer serves you so you can show up more fully as yourself in doing what matters most in your life and work.

Thresholds represent the moment of choice and lintels represent the structure that keeps it open.

Narrative coaching is a mindful, experiential, and integrative approach that helps people make real change in real time using their own stories.

Narrative Coaching method is unique in that it is organized around the change process not a coaching structure.