{"id":8640,"date":"2020-03-23T09:03:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T09:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=8640"},"modified":"2025-04-09T21:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:05:35","slug":"facing-the-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/facing-the-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing the Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FacingLife is full of challenges.\u00a0 Some see these as barriers, and some see them as opportunities.\u00a0 How do you choose to face challenges?\u00a0 How do you support coaching clients when they face challenges?\u00a0 Ideally coaching certification<\/a> supports facing them as an opportunity.<\/p>\n

Beyond considering how to face challenges, consider the pros and cons of the approach.\u00a0 When challenges are perceived as a negative barrier, then that negative barrier is immediately more difficult and daunting.\u00a0 When challenges are perceived as manageable or an opportunity, then there is more energy behind taking them on and greater flexibility in moving past them.<\/p>\n

Consider the challenge we all face with the current pandemic.\u00a0 For some the challenges include a loss of income, the closure of children\u2019s schools, the inability to get home, quarantines, lack of access to basic necessities, illness, and even death.<\/p>\n

Safeguards are being put into place, we can access information for self-care, and we are limited in terms of travel, work, and social activities.\u00a0 How do we face this challenge?<\/p>\n

Resources abound for all of us through ICF\u2019s website<\/a> and more.\u00a0 Please visit the Center for Disease Control at https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html<\/a> to learn how to take care of yourself and others.<\/p>\n

What can you do for the people you serve?\u00a0 Consider and work with their circumstances.\u00a0 This may mean putting a hold on the coaching, considering a sliding scale fee, or being ready to discuss the challenges they are facing with openness, vulnerability, and a willingness to have tough or deeply personal conversations.\u00a0 Use what you learned in coach training and apply the techniques and coaching competencies as well as the ethics.<\/p>\n

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