So like the rest of the Western world I’m back to work after the Christmas and New Year break.
What was noticeable in the first few days back was the number of coaching clients who said something along the lines of “I’m feeling much calmer.. The holiday has given me a chance to stand back and re-prioritise… Much of the stuff I was making important just wasn’t!” This is a great space to work with people in as they seem to hold their habitual ways of being and behaving much more lightly and seem much more open to exploring different ways of operating.

Then came week 2. Instead of experiencing a sense of calm and well being, clients reported how distant the holiday break felt and “It’ s like it never happened”. The frantic rush had begun again, and I noticed how it just took that bit longer for clients to ‘tune into’ their coaching sessions.

So apart from holding coaching sessions first thing on a Monday morning before the weekly scramble begins, has anyone any ideas for ‘bottling’ that feeling of post-holiday reflectiveness?