Every emotion contains information for us that no other dimension of our experience possesses. The information within sadness is that of loss.

Whether our clients say it or not, how they feel about what they bring to us for coaching plays an essential role in the coaching itself.

This essay is intended to help you and your clients better understand the origin of Emotional Intelligence, how it has been defined, the limitations of some of those definitions and how the definition we use really matters if what we are wanting is to be more successful in life and in business.

I had a choice in that moment. I could say what I was feeling and share my stuff or I could side-step my feelings and deflect. I chose that latter because I didn’t want my stuff to detract from the client’s agenda.