Let’s talk METAPHORS! This was a fun episode as we tried to cram in as many metaphors as we could, lol… we invite you to take a listen and write down the ones that you hear, and scroll down (no peeking!!!) to see if you got them all!
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Sandy and Dave discuss why using metaphors can be really useful in coaching conversations
Sandy lists a few well-known (at least here in the US) metaphors and gets into “violent” metaphors
Dave talks about using a client’s profession as a place to gather metaphors
How *we* use metaphors in our coaching sessions
How coaches can improve their metaphor use
Find Dave at coachdshen.com
Find Sandy at swansoncoaching.com
Here are some of the metaphors that we used in this episode – how did you do? Did you “catch” them all?
(and how did WE do? Did we miss any that should be on this list??)
magical realm
enchanting world
mystical doors opening up
whole new world
in a nutshell
whisk clients away
back door of the brain
talking in circles
stuck in our heads
soar in a new direction
vast basket of metaphors
juices flowing
hit home
obvious as the nose on your face
handwriting is like chicken scratch
(examples)
fly off the page
(sandy client examples)
juicy metaphors
more than one path to explore
deploy it
chasing
framework
road map
dam inside
blocking that flow
evaluate like a critic
clearing your mind and heart
weed that garden
releasing yourself
free up things
fly by
catch one
throwing out
boom
catching metaphors
uncharted territory
opening up to receive
creativity flow
deploying energetic coaching techniques
drop one
on the fly
tapping into the subconscious
don’t always land well
pushing themselves, pushing clients
world of words
be like Elsa
appropriate path
roll with it
doesn’t land
doesn’t run with it
more fun than a barrel of monkeys
stick a fork in me
dropped a lot of metaphors
magic portal
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