Navigating Change through Accountability and Acceptance
Navigating change and accountability
This session guides participants through a simple yet powerful process for breaking free from limiting patterns of thought and behavior. Participants will explore the concept of 'discounting,' a common mental filter that maintains our worldview but can restrict…
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Description
This session guides participants through a simple yet powerful process for breaking free from limiting patterns of thought and behavior. Participants will explore the concept of 'discounting,' a common mental filter that maintains our worldview but can restrict growth. Let go of unhelpful mental habits and unlock your potential to thrive in any situation.
Dive into the experience:
- Welcome & Introductions: Create a safe space with an overview of session goals and personal intention-setting.
- Topic Exploration: Dive into understanding 'discounting' and its impact on our lives. Discover how acceptance and accountability can open pathways to change.
- Interactive Art Exercise: Engage in an introspective exercise visualizing personal 'discounting spirals' and identifying potential exit strategies.
- Commitment to Growth: Conclude with reflections and commitments, incorporating insights into continuous learning steps for personal development.
- Optional breakout groups and peer sharing, depending on session length. Engage in meaningful discussions in small groups to explore personal insights and strategies.
Benefits
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- Enhanced Self-Awareness: Recognize personal patterns and explore new perspectives for growth and change.
- Increased Resilience: Build mental robustness to face challenges with fortitude and optimism.
- Improved Adaptability: better and earlier awareness of unwanted thought and behavioural patterns and improved recognition of alternative options.
- Creative Problem-Solving: Learn to see possibilities beyond immediate limitations, fostering innovative solutions.
- Empowered Decision-Making: Gain confidence in navigating complex scenarios with clarity and intention.
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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