What is Ontological Coaching?
Ontology is the study of "being"... how you are in the world. It includes what you think & say, the emotions you feel & the moods in which you live, and how you hold and move the life energy within you. Ontological coaching includes two main ideas:
You are a whole being. Your thoughts, emotions, and physical body are totally connected and shifting any of the three affects the others. So if you shift your thoughts, your emotions and the way you hold your body (or how your life energy flows within you) shifts also. Thus, we can begin with any of these within a coaching session, which supports your shifting your being much more quickly than only talking about your thinking.
Notice the purple tulip on the right that is leaning out of the vase. If you as a tulip, are thinking thoughts that are separating you from others, you may be feeling disconnected and your body may be slightly (or more curled up) and your life energy may be flowing down and back. If you shift your thoughts to ones of belonging, your emotions may shift to feeling connected, "one of the group", and your body (through the shifting of your life energy) will begin to move to a more upright position, heart more open, and a sense of groundedness (energy forward & down) where you are in your place of knowing.
Observing your whole self... and those others around you... will offer many more possibilities for action. Your choices expand exponentially. Ontological coaching begins with supporting you in better an even better of first, yourself, and then, those around you. All with the goal of better serving yourself and those around you.
Observe the one way sign... Where is it pointing and what emotions arise for you as you become an observer of you the sign? Sometimes we may discover that we have been living a life as a "one way sign"... one that sees no other choices and is even leading us nowhere.
Want to know more... explore Carol's articles in the Resource tab or check out her book: 5 Life Energies: The Choice You Have in How Energy Shapes Your Life.
