As it is taught through the Newfield tradition, ontological coaching involves generating shifts in a coachee’s ‘way of being‘. Our way of being is not a fixed state but one of continual change and the role of the ontological coach is to work with others to design a way of being that the coachee assesses […]
Being an Ontological Coach Read More »
I have been involved in the world of ontological coaching since 1994. This potted history speaks to my understanding of how it generally evolved. Ontological coaching blossomed as a discipline in the 1990s. It predominantly stems from the work of Fernando Flores who brought together ideas from Martin Heidegger, J. L. Austin, John Searle and
Our relationship with the future throws up two major apprehensions about life. The first relates to the one certainty of our life – our death; a certainty we all have to address at some stage in our life. However, most of us do not have to deal with our ultimate end on a daily basis.
Control, Influence and Concern Read More »
Although all we know is our own inner experience of life, our concerns extend to others and the world at large. Our experiences and our ways of being are also shaped by our interactions with others and the world at large. If we are to better understand the human condition, then it is imperative we
The Integral Model Read More »
The ideas outlined in this work are based on a fundamental premise: Every human life is an entirely subjective, internal, and bounded experience. We define our life on a timeline of past, present and future, yet we experience time as a self-constructed and constantly changing present moment that is always focused on the immediate future.
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