An invitation to the world of coaching

And I don’t know if you’ve ever wondered if coaching, or NLP, or some of those other things that you read about, if those might be things that could help you to change the way that you feel, to get more out of life, to move on from the stalemate you find yourself in...And have then gone looking for some information on coaching or NLP or some of those other things and felt that they were talking to...other people somehow, people that responded to pictures of total success and instructions to “take control of your life” and “master your emotions”.

And have put the information away again, thinking: that can’t be for me...and yet the voice, inside, keeps nagging...there must be something, I have to do something...

My aim is to write about coaching and NLP and some of these other things in a way that sounds more playful...and gentle…or intriguing…like an exploration…or a conversation…or an invitation…

Because maybe you feel, just now, like the snail in the Lobster Quadrille…You know there’s a porpoise (or a purpose?) close behind…and he might even be treading on your tail…And you can see how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance…and you are told how delightful it will be…and yet it still seems too distant, too remote…

“But the snail replied ‘Too far, too far!’ and gave a look askance –
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance”

And I would love to find words that are more intriguing, beguiling, inviting…to encourage you to dance.  I cannot think of a more beautiful, gentle invitation than the final verse of the Quadrille:

“’What matters it how far we go?’ his scaly friend replied.
‘There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.
The further off from England, the nearer is to France –
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.
Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, will you join the dance?
Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, won’t you join the dance?’”