Lifting The Lid - Episode 18 - The one where we ask ‘genuinely, deeply, how are you?’

Clare and Steve build on the lockdown series of podcasts by exploring emotions and how they might surface in supervision. They discuss what emotions are, how they are distinct from bodily feelings, and their purpose - why do we have emotions? They explore how social and group culture, be it organisation, family, friends don’t encourage exploration of emotions and how we seek to move on quickly or apply a sticking plaster. Supervision provides an alternative space in which to unpack an emotional response and to acknowledge 'what is', as well as providing the opportunity to begin to widen our knowledge and language around our own emotions. How, for example, is ‘irritated’ different from ‘frustrated’, for me? This period of lockdown has created new emotional experiences and unless we resource ourselves as coaches, we cannot show up fully in the coaching relationship.