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End of Year Thoughts on Light

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This time of year reliably brings me to a welcome sense of introspection as we move toward the end of the year.

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Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee Podcast

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We're excited to announce a brand-new episode of the "Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee" podcast, where Bebe Hansen of Presence-Based Coaching sits down with Coaching.com Founder and CEO, Alex Pascal.

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Organizing 2.0

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I am feeling energized, happy, light, even joyous. I have just spent the last few hours re-organizing the primary filing cabinet in my office. Many of the old, out of date files are now resting in a “to be shredded” pile or safely in a box to be stored. And there is space now in this same loyal filing cabinet for files that are current. Work I’m actually doing in 2023:...

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Which Journey are You On?

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We have long talked about the different tracks that make up our Presence-Based Coaching and Leadership training. I’m speaking here of two concurrent paths of development that take place in parallel. One journey is about the “Doing” as a coach or leader. This refers to the process of learning the specific skills, mindsets, and competencies in order to deliver a coaching or...

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The Pace of Change

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One of our coaching students recently asked this question: what should we say to our clients about how long change takes? What can they realistically expect?

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Grief, Gifts, and Gratitude

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At this time of year, I have a practice of taking time to reflect on what’s occurred over this last year in my life, work, family, relationships and the world at large. As I sense in to 2020, I notice am glad that this particular long and arduous year is finally coming to end. It’s been a doozy!

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On the Hard

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My husband identifies himself as a sailor. He is the proud owner of his father’s 30‘ Alberg sailboat, and he carries that legacy with care and respect for all his father taught him about the beauty and art of sailing. And, Sun Spur is in need of some loving attention right now.

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In Presence and Solidarity

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What do we feel?  What do we say?  What do we do?  How do we support?  How do we serve? These questions have become prominent in many conversations I’ve had with leaders, students and clients in the last 2 weeks.  As a white woman, I can’t begin to know the lived experiences of Black and Brown communities in these moments of horror and inhumanity as the racism in this...

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Too Many Disruptors to Count...

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The quote above reveals a keen insight from my namesake, Aunt Bebe. She was a gambler. In fact, I come from a long line of gamblers on my mother’s side of the family. She used to say these words when things got tough. For me, there’s a lot of clarity in this statement, and it offers a sense of agency in troubling situations. And it implies there is some skill involved.

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New Year’s Resolutions, Take 2

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Happy New Year!  How are those new year’s resolutions going? I may be bringing up a slightly sore subject!  As we find ourselves turning the corner into February, many of us are seeing the quiet fading away of what we once felt so strongly about and made commitments to: our 2020 resolutions.

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10%

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What does 10% mean? I hope I’ve stirred your curiosity! I’ve been contemplating how change really happens. We’ve just completed our PBC Certification course (LIPCC) with a highly motivated and intimate group of learners, burgeoning coaches, and precious human beings. These folks came together for a six-month intensive container of learning, laughter and professional and...

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Lessons from Doug

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July 30 marks the one-year anniversary of Doug Silsbee’s death from Cancer. I’ve been spending some time reflecting on the many gifts that he brought to me in our multi-faceted relationship as teaching partners, collaborators, business partners, and friends. Doug was a thought leader in coaching, leadership, mindfulness, and presence. As the founder of this Presence-Based...

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The Known, Unknown, and Unknowable

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Many years ago, when I first entered the Presence-Based Coaching work as a student, Doug offered three specific distinctions that I found very useful at the time of my professional stretch to learn to be a coach. These same distinctions have been bubbling up recently in my memory for re-examination. I am finding them to be once again useful and timely. The three perspectives...

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Presence in Complexity through a Baby’s Cry

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I had the pleasure, honor and intensity of being with my daughter and son-in-law last week with their newborn baby. It was a time of extreme emotions for me – deep joy and relief that this miraculous little being made the transition into this world safely. Feeling the baby’s wide-open heart and sensing her preciousness and innocence. Frustrated by my own habits of pushing...

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Celebrating All of Me

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Lately, the idea of including has come into my perception in several arenas. So much so, that it is now something of a theme. I’ve become aware of a burning question: what parts of me am I not including in my sense of myself? Describing this process with kind language, I begin to notice how easy it is to dismiss or brush away aspects of my identity that I don’t particularly...

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Transitions

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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly Richard Bach Transitions…we all know them and have experienced them. I am in one. It feels really useful and liberating to remember that many things have just recently radically changed for me as a result of losing my longtime friend, collaborator, teaching and business partner, Doug Silsbee....

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Notes from the Celebration of Life for Doug Silsbee

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Doug Silsbee’s Celebration of Life happened on Sunday, August 12 at 4:00 PM ET. There were over 120 people in attendance, sitting or standing outside the Pavilion at Bend of Ivy Lodge. People gathered who knew or love Doug or whose lives and growth were touched by Doug’s writing or teaching about the Presence-Based Coaching or Leadership work. This included former clients,...

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A Video Interview with Bebe Hansen...

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About her journey, coaching skills, and the PBC transition In this lovely interview with Rod Francis in June 2018, Bebe Hansen, recently named Principal of Presence-Based Coaching, shares her personal and professional journey into coaching, talks about some key coaching skills and practices that support learning and change, and a bit about the Presence-Based Coaching...

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Life on the Sidelines

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Old habits die hard. They hang on for good reason. They’ve learned their strategies well.  At one time, they served. And, at some point, they outlive their usefulness and their effectiveness. I find myself in a new situation, a new context that is creating some new demands on my habits.  As many of you know, Doug Silsbee, Founder of Presence-Based Coaching, received a stage...

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The Hand of the Unseen

2 Comments / in Blog / by Doug Silsbee

Our narrow view actually precludes seeing the workings of the system itself. When we are living and leading in complexity, we often experience the effects of complexity. We experience the unseen hand of governing dynamics. But, our narrow view focuses our attention on the effects themselves and how they threaten or create opportunities for us. Our narrow view actually precludes...

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Presence in Complexity Series #9: Investing in Embodied Capacity

1 Comment / in Blog, Series / by Doug Silsbee

Complexity requires embodying new ways to lead. The problem is, our lightning-fast cognition says “good enough” way before our nervous system has embodied a new capability. Physiological change and cognitive processing proceed at very different timescales. A sound strategy for development requires components for both. We must feed our agile and impatient cognition. And,...

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Presence in Complexity Series #8: Scaling Awareness

0 Comments / in Blog, Series / by Doug Silsbee

Complexity is unpredictable. Our world responds to good intentions and common sense actions with perverse and unintended consequences. Our noblest efforts fail to accomplish what we believe we should be able to accomplish. This is of course a huge challenge to our sense of self! And, it’s not personal! Complexity is actually normal Complexity is actually normal. Even when...

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Presence in Complexity Series #7: Resilience: De-Coupling State from Context

1 Comment / in Blog, Series / by Doug Silsbee

Directing attention instantly and directly modifies our inner condition. We live in extraordinary times. It is a new form of agency to begin to discover that we can affect our mood, our sense of ourselves, our outlook on life, and our thoughts simply by directing our attention where we choose. What do you mean? No drugs, no therapy, no decades of self-improvement reading?...

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So Where In the World is Doug?

12 Comments / in Blog / by Doug Silsbee

Our home is 125 square feet in the shape of a rounded aluminum tube containing everything we need… Some of you have gotten my email autoresponder to the effect of “I am on extended travel through most of April. I will be checking email occasionally, but am also practicing being less responsive than you might reasonably expect.” I get that leaves a lot open to...

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