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Rick Lewis's avatar

Hey Rik, this was actually a very useful summary of definitions -

"Teachers provide their students with knowledge or skills, mentors share their accumulated insight and experience with their mentee, and consultants advise their clients and solve specific problems"

As someone who operates in the realm of helping others I've always had confusion about how to describe my form of help, and even with the above, still do.

But there is one category missing from the list, which is therapist. And in many ways the way you describe your coaching approach it sounds akin to therapy, or a therapeutic modality. Curious about your thoughts on this.

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

What a great perspective on short-term vs long-term coaching. And this really informs us of your coaching philosophy too, which I'm sure a great deal of people resonate with.

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