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\"LisI\u2019ve just been for a long run, a time when I reflect and usually come back with a long list of jobs for the team, but today\u2019s reflection gave me something different, a new understanding about hope and such a strong realisation about how it is a catalyst, facilitator, agent in many coaching and mentoring conversations.<\/p>\n

My running creates that time for me when I am relaxed and I know that whatever I pop into my head to think about, within 2\/3 miles that some wonderful insight will flood into my brain. It is simply new gamma wave brain activity creating new neuro connections. These last just milliseconds but in the same way as can happen in a coaching\/mentoring conversation, leave you with a strong insight, providing you record it quickly!<\/p>\n

My favourite lines from Emily Dickinson so resonate with me after this occurs:<\/p>\n

\u2018Your breath has time to straighten,
\nYour brain to bubble cool, —
\nDeals one imperial thunderbolt
\nThat scalps your naked soul.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thunderbolt of hope<\/h3>\n

Well, today\u2019s run produced a terrific thunderbolt around hope and our role as coaches and mentors. My spiritual mentor Tim, has recently lent me a book on hope, perhaps this is why I was thinking about it this morning. I\u2019ve realised how powerfully hope drives me on with my purpose. It helps me bear and shields me from the inhumanity and injustice of this world. It gives me passion for my mad endeavours. It is the energy which created myglobalconnect.org<\/a> and my desire to support Bowel Research UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is hope? As a verb, Merriam-Webster defines hope as \u201cto expect with confidence\u201d or \u201cto cherish a desire with anticipation\u201d. I love the word \u201ccherish\u201d, for me this brings in the core of coaching and mentoring. It is the way that the coach\/mentor supports their client to hold something dear, to keep an ambition in their mind, or to support with unconditional positive regard when their client is just needing someone to listen to them, without judgement. It is this purity of being a catalyst for hope with the client that really hit me so hard during my run.<\/p>\n

Coaching and mentoring as an agent of hope<\/h2>\n

When I reflect on many experiences of coaching and mentoring, the coach\/mentor is so frequently the agent of hope, whether facilitating the hope through the creation of reflective space<\/a> or by bringing in some of their own experiences in a mentoring capacity. Perhaps it is used to realise a goal or theme for the coach\/mentor to support with, or to ascertain the motivation\/efficacy of the client to actually move forward.<\/p>\n

How often as coaches and mentors do we consider our role of hope agent or catalyst consciously?\u00a0 I don\u2019t mean this question to put pressure on you and for you to think you need to create hope in an artificial or disingenuous way. Hope is the natural product of reflective space, facilitated, nurtured and tended by the coach\/mentor with sensitivity, compassionate empathy and balanced optimism. I don\u2019t know anyone in this world who doesn\u2019t need hope in their lives in this world we live in. I think without it we wither and become shells of ourselves.<\/p>\n

But how often do we discuss hope with our clients?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Synder\u2019s Theory of Hope<\/span><\/h3>\n

When I teach change and transition, I will always bring in Synder\u2019s Hope Theory. In a nutshell, Snyder defined hope as a system made up of two interacting components:<\/p>\n

\"Synder\u2019sAgency<\/strong>, the sense of being able to initiate and sustain movement toward goals, forming a positive motivational state tied to action.<\/p>\n

Pathways<\/strong>, the perceived ability to generate workable routes around obstacles, especially in difficult situations.<\/p>\n

This is great way to discuss hope with our clients and I will continue to use this theory. However, I feel we need to be far more aware as coaches and mentors of our role as agents\/catalysts for hope. Perhaps we are already doing this in our practice and just not aware of our impact, or perhaps it is something to reflect on further?<\/p>\n

Stories of hope through coaching and mentoring<\/h2>\n
\"\"

“I hope it cools down soon”<\/p><\/div>\n

During my very hot run this morning I thought how wonderful it would be to collect stories of hope created through coaching and mentoring. So, I would like to invite any of you whether coach\/mentor or coachee\/mentee to share your stories of hope<\/a> and I will compile these to share with our coaching and mentoring communities.<\/p>\n

Hope is powerful.
\nHope is strong.
\nHope creates energy and movement.
\nHope drives us forward.
\nHope keeps us alive and functioning.
\nHope gives courage.
\nHope is needed more than ever in this cruel world.<\/p>\n

Thank you to all of you who create hope with your clients. I look forward to hearing your stories of hope.<\/p>\n

Emily Dickinson<\/h3>\n

Finally, I would like to share more words from Emily Dickinson in a poem about hope.<\/p>\n

Hope is the thing with feathers
\nThat perches in the soul,
\nAnd sings the tune without the words,
\nAnd never stops at all,<\/p>\n

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
\nAnd sore must be the storm
\nThat could abash the little bird
\nThat kept so many warm.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard it in the chillest land,
\nAnd on the strangest sea;
\nYet, never, in extremity,
\nIt asked a crumb of me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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