Reflective entry second session (AS)

This coaching session was very instructive. I have realized that as human beings and students every one of us is confronted to the feeling of stress. It’s not an easy topic to talk about because I was considering it as a weakness, but I realized that being surrounded by people with who I work and established a connection the conversation went really smoothly. So as I was a coachee, I even enjoyed giving my point of view to my coach. She was very helpful, sharing her experience with me and just the fact to talk about that stomach pain was kind of a relief.

As an observer I had the opportunity to understand that my colleges were concerned about that topic as much as I am, and that they really wanted to improve their skills in managing their time in order to be less stressed at the same level as me. In my opinion, the three of us came with some stress to this session but when we started, the feeling ran away. The stress was due, for me, to some expectations that I put on myself in order to be satisfied with the session.

When I had to play the role of the coach I was stressed! Yes I was because I knew that this topic was something very important for my coachee and I really wanted to help her in this exercise. I think that I succeed in this task. We were able to really have a deep conversation and I asked her questions that helped her in realizing that it’s ok to say “no”. I was really happy. Of course it’s only the first step, but I hope that it touches something in her and that she will be able to practice it. It’s not an easy thing to make people realize that they need to focus more on their person while you in person are not really good in that domain! We also shared tricks. This point was very nice, because every one of us is having her only little thing that is making her going on, and by sharing them I was able to make a retrospective on myself and really realized that what I was doing for myself was really helping me. Thanks’ to that coaching session I also decided that I will retake some Yoga classes, who knows maybe it will help me better than the first class I attemptedJ.

In fact the whole session was a success. Every one of us was able to open themselves to each other and I felt that there was a real connection between us. In my opinion, we opened ourselves a little bit more on a personal level and that kind of conversation really helps. We still are a little bit of strangers, but less than at the first session. We know something more about each other, and as a team I think that we are going to be able to work out our stress, by supporting one and other in some difficult situations.