Bold Truths: Uncovering the Hidden Emotions
Emotional intelligence through art
Join us for a transformative experience that integrates art, introspection, and coaching to explore the emotions often hidden beneath the surface. This session invites participants to engage with the concept of “hidden emotions” – those feelings we mask…
Active Listening
Affirmations
Communication Skills Practice
Creating Visual Art
Creative Activity
Group Activity
Workshop
Description
Join us for a transformative experience that integrates art, introspection, and coaching to explore the emotions often hidden beneath the surface. This session invites participants to engage with the concept of “hidden emotions” – those feelings we mask with more socially accepted ones due to societal norms. This session is a game-changer for anyone looking to deepen their emotional intelligence, inspiring personal and professional growth.
Dive into the experience:
- Welcome & Introductions: Create a safe space with an overview of session goals and personal intention-setting.
- Interactive Art Exercise: Use drawing to reveal and reflect on emotions. Participants will create a personal booklet to map hidden and surface emotions using colors and shapes.
- Guided Introspection: Engage in thought-provoking prompts to identify and articulate difficult emotions.
- Reflective Practice: Craft personalized affirmations and strategies for emotional resilience.
- Optional breakout groups and peer sharing, depending on session length. Engage in meaningful discussions in small groups to explore personal insights and strategies.
Benefits
- Increased Self-Awareness: Understand and identify underlying emotions that drive behavior.
- Emotional Resilience: Develop tools to process complex emotions, enhancing overall well-being.
- Creativity and Expression: Use your creative side to explore and express emotions safely on the page instead of acting them out.
- Personal Growth: Gain insights into personal emotional patterns and strategies for navigating them effectively.
Hosted by Caitlin McDonald
About the Host
My coaching helps people to find courage in the complicated: in a time of increasing volatility, we all need tools for surviving and thriving. Using a series of research-validated core competencies, coaching helps us become more of the selves that we want to be, more of the time. I am an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and a trained Mental Health First Aider, which helps me point people in the right direction at the times they need it most. As a cancer survivor, I know deep in my bones how a catastrophe can transform into an opportunity to explore personal growth, uncovering hidden reserves of resilience and inner strength. I'm based in the vibrant neighbourhood of Leith in Edinburgh, whose crest featuring a ship of hope over the motto 'Persevere' has been a source of solace and solidarity for people living here since the 12th century. With a background as a technology strategist of 10+ years’ experience working with high-performing individuals and teams at globally recognised Fortune 250+ companies, national governments and intergovernmental organisations, I understand the pressures and complexities that leaders are facing in an increasingly fast-paced and fractious world. Through guided activities I offer individuals and teams the opportunity to top up resilience reserves and nourish inner courage. This empowers clients to find strength within themselves to approach every challenge with fortitude and joy. I am also an award-winning researcher for futures research and for creative industries innovation, and an artist whose work has been featured in several international art exhibitions.
Travel Locations
Willing to travel anywhere in the UK provided client reimburses travel expenses – agreed on a per-session basis at time of booking. Willing to travel anywhere in the world for longer programmes/retreats provided client reimburses travel expenses.
Certifications & Credentials
ICF ACC profile: https://www.coachingfederation.org.uk/find-coach/coach-detail/923 Oxygen indemnity insurance (certificate available on request.)
Focus Areas
Development/Coaching
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Languages
English
Corporate Experience
Moderate
Session Types Offered
Interactive (eg. improv, group-art, yoga etc.)
Past Experience Doing Sessions
Yes - Interactive
Client Requirements
Microphone and projector for sessions exceeding 25 people; pens or coloured markers and paper for participants.
Past Clients
Wiley, The Outsiders (Outdoor Office Day), Yorkshire Festival of Story
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