Distinction Coaching with Mark Walsh

Introduction

• Week 310 of Distinction Coaching with Mark Walsh
• Discussion of centering and conquering fear of flying

Centering Exercise

• Instructions for Centering:
  • Feet on the floor, sit on the chair
  • Balance weight distribution
  • Feel weight and gravity
  • Relax the body and smile
  • Deep breaths and acknowledge training efforts
• Social Centering:
  • Send love to a human on the screen
  • Engage in co-regulation
• Key Points:
  • Centering can change state and improve mood
  • Useful for interactions with people unfamiliar with body-mind practices

Review of Coaching Tools

• Check-In: Rate your day out of 10, no sevens allowed
• Cycles: Reflect on where you are in daily, monthly, yearly cycles
• Four Elements: Embody different elements and switch between them
  • Write two elements: one currently embodying and another desirable to embody
• Toolkit Poses: Select poses that could improve your day
  • Mention of live workshops and British tour

Distinction Coaching

• Concept: Recognize and separate two connected yet distinct concepts
• Examples:
  • Importance vs. Urgency
  • Nice vs. Good Person
  • Relaxation vs. Collapse
  • Boundaries vs. Aggression
  • Confidence vs. Being Loud
  • Leading vs. Dominating
• Exercise:
  • Demonstrate distinct concepts using body poses (e.g., assertive vs. passive victim)

Application in Coaching

• Common Areas of Distinction Coaching:
  • Boundaries and assertiveness
  • Financial and spiritual distinctions
  • Trust vs. Naivety
• Embodiment Practice:
  • Shift between poses to feel the distinction
• Coaching Support:
  • Provide social support and centering to ease new behaviors

Audience Engagement and Q&A

• Various participants shared their issues needing distinction coaching
  • Examples include: systematic work vs. niceness, freedom vs. chaos, procrastination vs. relaxation

Reflection and Takeaways

• Importance of distinctions in personal and professional growth
• Encouragement to use embodiment exercises to reinforce new distinctions

Closing Remarks

• Reminder of live workshops
• Acknowledge the value of distinguishing concepts for effective coaching
• Leave participants with a centering and embodied awareness exercise