Blog: Newfield Discovery
A Journey of Embodied Coaching, Living & Leadership
Want to Strengthen Your Relationships? Complain!
How many of us avoid making a complaint because we don’t want to upset someone or make the situation worse? We don’t want to “rock the boat.” So instead, we just suck it up and pretend nothing ever happened. And yet, somewhere in the back of our minds or in our gut,...
Living in Fallow Fields: Seasons of Questions Not Yet Answered
Jennifer Einolf is a graduate of the 2015 Newfield Certified Coach Training Program. Farmers know that it is foolish to expect a field to produce the same crop, season after season, without rest and amendment. After investing resources and energy to the...
Presence – Your Personal Brand
Martina Payette is a graduate of the 2012 Newfield Certified Coach Training Program. As we go about our day, we move in and out of conversations with family, friends, colleagues, managers, leaders, and people whom we are meeting for the first time. Our presence,...
Deepening Relationships & Eliciting Wisdom: Communicating Like an 8-Year-Old
“Mommy, are you okay?” says my little 8-year old Sophia in a concerned and inquisitive voice. “Ya, fine,” I say automatically, in a bit of a monotone. Suddenly, I realize I am elsewhere with my attention. Sophia looks directly into my eyes and continues with, “You...
Organizational Opportunity: Unfolding of Self in the Workplace
At Newfield, we often point to the necessity of going beyond seeing someone as an isolated individual. We recognize that is it necessary to see people as situated in a larger context. How has this person been shaped, influenced and impacted by their culture and their...
Being A Coach, Being the Change
"When we learn ontological coaching, we go from seeing the world as painted with a limited palette to seeing it with an array of new colors. It becomes filled with possibilities and hope. Graduates of our programs leave having discovered that their life can be...
