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DEATH HANGOUT
looking at the whole life. We need to think of life and
death as a whole piece.
Olivier: Coaching is a process, a methodology. It can be
executive, it can be team, it can be life coaching. It’s all
the same to us. It's just asking questions for our clients
to find their own answers. No matter what coaching
I'm doing, there's a place where people are stuck. They
cannot find their own answer. We as coaches don't bring
any answers. We don't bring any guidance or solutions.
Otherwise we'd be called consultants. In order for
people to find their own answer, we bring awareness to
their own values. We open them up and ask them to look
inside to find what is important inside them. We guide
them to their core.
In one of the exercises we ask our client to visualize
themselves lying on their death bed. What is important
to you now? Looking back, what does your life look like?
This helps them to pause and to search for what is most
important to them. In this sense, death can be a great tool
for clarity.
Keith: The contemplation around death doesn't mean
you're not living in the moment, it means, in that moment,
you contemplate a bigger picture. The contemplation of
death brings you a different perspective and focus on
how you live in the now.
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