My Yellow Brick Road

“Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road.” To be honest, the last time I watched The Wizard of Oz I was a child and I only remember the highlights. But, when I was talking with a friend about this article, she told me that my coaching journey reminded her of Dorothy’s journey through the land of Oz.

Have you ever been on a journey in your life that you feel like you are trying to get to a certain place when the reality is what you need is already inside you? 

I have been on my coaching journey for two years now, and I am still learning, still growing, and have my own gremlins popping up. I recently had the opportunity to sit in on a 2-day virtual retreat focused on coaching skills with the newest BodyMind Coaching Program clients, a coach training program for holistic practitioners. What was fascinating to me was during one of my exchanges with a blossoming new coach, just using the power to hold space, be curious, and help the person in front of me see something that they couldn’t see for themselves helped ME realize that I am a coach. I am an amazing coach. Spending time with these new coaches helped me to see how much I had grown, and the experience helped me remember that I don’t need to have all of the answers because everyone I coach holds their own answers.

I have realized that the power of my presence alone allows the people who are in that coaching relationship to access the thing they had been searching for and to realize it has been there all along. Simply holding space allows the Cowardly Lion to be present with himself and find his own courage, the Tin Man to find his heart, and The Scarecrow to find his brain. The truth is, they had these features all along, they just didn’t know how to find them. As for Dorothy finding her way home, well Glinda the Good Witch says it perfectly when she tells her, “You had the power all along, my dear.” Just as I have had the power of being a coach in me all along. 

 

Just as I have been lucky enough to have the amazing Laura Wieck and the rest of the BodyMind Community to be my very own Glinda, help me see how amazing I am as a coach, and defeat my gremlins, I want to be that person for my clients. I want to help them see the power they hold within themselves and help them find their own amazingness. I want to show them their yellow brick road to find their ordinary superpowers, be all that they can be and make all of their dreams come true. All you need to do is click your heels together and truly believe. I have the equivalent of the ruby slippers and I am ready to pass them on because I am now proudly exclaiming that I am a coach!