Ontological coaching is a method of personal transformation that creates outer change through inner work. Simply put, ontology is the study of existence, or of being. Instead of just focusing on the superficial level of goals (What by When), this approach of coaching focuses on the BEING behind the doing. This could look like clarifying or creating a powerful reason WHY you are pursuing your ambitions. Often, our default conditioning (beliefs, attitudes, moods etc) have done a great job to keep us safe, and get us wherever we are today, and thank god they do that. But if we want to do something that is personally unprecedented, we must go outside of what we already know to do, and how we know to be.

As an ontological coach, I get to relate to people from their greatness. As we work together, we’ll get to know the stories beneath your survival mechanisms. Through our work, you’ll start to move from a posture of possibility that is rooted in the essence of who you are. Because we focus on “essence” in ontological coaching, you’ll find that the work you do to create a shift in, say, your family life, will be the thing that gets you a promotion, or vice versa. You’ll create transformation instead of just growth, being instead of just more doing. Our work isn’t about pruning bushes or weeding the garden; together we get to go after the root of who you are, and who you are becoming.

One image to describe coaching is this:
We stand shoulder to shoulder, taking a look at your life as seen from your eyes. I forget everything I think I know about you, and we both get curious about the space between where you’re currently at, and where you’d like to be. Or in other words, what you want to generate.

By forgetting any preconceived notions of who you are, and choosing to relate to you as the whole and perfect being you are today, we create a space where transformation is possible, where we can get hip to the attitudes, implicit beliefs and ways of being that have your life existing the way it does currently, and then begin to create and empower new ways of being that serve your greatest desires and commitments.