Coffee House Coaching
Coffee House Coaching
Gary Nowak
Ep 71 Lola Gershfeld - We are wired for connection / Life is a dance and emotions are the music / Author of 2 books
44 minutes Posted Oct 12, 2023 at 7:00 am.
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Highlights:

  • She witnesses board members trading jabs, because they care about each other
  • Work conflict and relationships are all about attachment
  • The Board room epiphany with sharing emotions to create more cohesion
  • We are wired for connection
  • Sometimes we are stuck in a negative cycle
  • Life is a dance and emotions are the music 
  • Very hard for our thoughts to control our emotions but very easy for our emotions to control our thoughts
  • We need to have secure and connected relationships
  • Coaching advice 
    • Hold your emotional space for the client 
    • Allow your client to let you know that you are with them 
    • Go frame by frame on what triggered your client 
    • Let them know they are not alone (the other person may be struggling) 
    • Blaming not the person but the negative cycle they are in 
  • People need to be seen, understood and accepted
  • Her 2 books
     
    • Emotional Connections 
    • The Connected Culture 
  • Dancing with her Father in Law story and how it relates to coaching