How to get the most out of your first coaching session
Three questions to think about before you join, and what actually happens in the first hour.
Arash Taqavi, PhD ·
The first session is not a test, and you do not need a perfect answer to “what do you want?”. Still, a little preparation makes the hour much more useful.
1. What made you reach out now?
There is usually a moment that tipped the scale: a conversation, a decision, a feeling that kept returning. Naming it gives us a clear starting point.
2. What would be different if this worked?
Picture a normal day three months from now. What would you be doing, feeling or saying differently? Concrete pictures are more useful than abstract goals.
3. What have you already tried?
What you have tried, and why it did not hold, often tells us more than anything else.
What happens in the session
We will clarify the goal, look at the patterns around it, and finish with one or two realistic steps for the week ahead. You leave with something to do, not just something to think about.