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People are Naturally Creative, Resourceful and Whole
Henry‘s fabulous post in late March inspired me to dig into the Co-Active Coaching Model a bit and write my own few riffs about the depth and resonance I find. I was excited to read the article series, written by several different CTI leaders, expanding on the Co-Active Coaching Cornerstones. I love what‘s being said and wanted to add a bit from my own perspective. So for the past two weeks, I‘ve been taking a little trip around the Co-active cornerstones, finishing here with NCRW.
Holding people as naturally creative, resourceful and whole isn‘t just a concept. It‘s a stance, an orientation, a PERSPECTIVE if you will towards people in general. It‘s a way of relating that is incredibly powerful and empowering.
I remember coming across the idea someplace that we humans hold each other “backwards”. We tend to INTERACT with the junk, with the “stuff” of each other and hold SPACE for each other‘s magnificence and beauty. What shifts in our interactions when we INTERACT with each other‘s magnificence and hold space for all the junk?
When we led coaching courses in a Denver prison, we really committed to holding each of those participants as naturally creative, resourceful and whole.
This was not being a “pollyanna” or naïve and idealistic. I know that those men had broken the law and that some of them had done very bad things. That wasn‘t what we were interested in though. We were excited about engaging with the part of these men that was absolutely naturally creative, resourceful and whole. You know what? That‘s who came to play. It was completely clear to us that these men were beautiful and whole, possessing huge creativity and worthy of our respect. They turned towards this like sunflowers to the sun and for whatever container we could hold around each course, in the midst of the clanging and de-humanization of prison life, we were all graced with beauty, intimacy and love.
These men taught me so much about dignity, respect and love and absolutely about what it meant to hold both ourselves and each other as naturally creative, resourceful and whole. I‘ll be forever grateful to this group of precious human beings and to all that I learned during our time together?
What do you realize about holding people (especially yourself!) as naturally creative, resourceful and whole?
KKH
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Chad
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