This book of poetry
is for coaches, counsellors, therapists, as well as those interested in personal transformation, empowerment and healing. Recognising poetry as a powerful resource to support people through life’s challenges and changes.
This unique Anthology brings together poems and the stories entwined with them, written by coaches, counsellors and therapists to inspire others with their insights.
In this book, you will discover:
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Original poems and stories
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The synergy between poems and their stories
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How poetry can support transformation, empowerment and healing.
The Creative Coaching Collective
is a collaborative community of seven professional coach poets: Anjli Gheewala, Kate Jenkinson, Tracey McEachran, Sarah Moores, Ross Nichols, Elizabeth Papalia and Sharon Strimling.
Recognising the transformational nature of their own poetry, they invited fellow professionals to contribute original work to this valuable collection. These poems were then selected and curated by the CCC and together all 41 poets in this Anthology are a Poetry for Coaching Community.
Within these pages, you will enter the inner worlds of our poets as they share their experience of tangible emotions, gritty life events and moments of enlightenment. Whether on a personal quest or looking to facilitate change in others, we welcome you to the wisdom shared in this book.
We invite you to experience life as our poets have, and in so doing, gain new perspectives into your own.
Benefit from a coaching mindset
as you draw from the depth and experience of qualified coaches and therapists who have faced and overcome rich and textured life challenges. Here they share with you their insights and learning through the power and beauty of poetry and prose.
We can all feel stuck at times, limited by difficult experiences. It’s not always clear where to find support. Here, as we read the words of others, we can find comfort, insight, and even challenge. Here, in others’ poems and stories, we can find ourselves, and then move beyond our current understanding to new perspectives and new possibilities.
Poetry, in its brevity and elegance, engages us with layered meanings. It can take us beyond the words on the page to touch our very souls.
As Phillip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, wrote: “Poetry is not a fancy way of giving you information; it’s an incantation. It is actually a magic spell. It changes things; it changes you.”
Poetry is an innovative coaching resource
which lead-editor Ross discovered as he found himself spontaneously sharing poems and stories with his clients. Coming together as a Collective we’ve enjoyed discovering how we each use poetry to navigate our personal lives and broaden our professional practices in a variety of innovative ways.
Here storytelling adds richness and context to the poems. Combining stories with poems heightens the impact of both: one can unlock new meaning in the other. Applying poetry and storytelling to coaching enhances the art of coaching by enlarging the coaching space, enabling new possibilities to emerge.
Every chapter is a theme of life to grow through
Connection; Love; Acceptance; Forgiveness and Resilience are all part of life’s journey. Thus we have curated this Anthology into chapters based on these themes, which fill the coaching space.
These themes may be used to guide the reader when seeking support for a specific challenge. The book can also be read more generally for inspiration and for the sheer beauty of the poems and stories.
Within these broader categories, this Anthology covers a wide range of human experience.
What People Say
"The book is structured with a depth that encourages not only introspection but action, providing a wonderful framework for coaching conversations"
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