If you've ever had a, what do I do now moment when a client is overwhelmed by intense emotion, then this episode is for you.

Hello, friends. Welcome to the Bride Morning Podcast. I'm your host, Elena Aguilar, and in each podcast episode, you'll learn how you can lead conversations that build connection and spark change.

So today we're talking about one of the most complex and often uncomfortable aspects of coaching.

Emotions.

You know the situation.

You sit down to coach and your client starts crying.

Or they shut down and go silent.

Or they get stuck in endless venting. Or they say, I don't want to talk

about feelings. And you're left wondering, what do I do now? So in previous episodes, I've talked about the first go-to tool in these situations,

which is my ACE Emotions framework. In today's episode, we're going beyond ACE emotions.

We're diving into what to do when your usual strategies don't work.

If you are new to this topic, then I recommend that you listen to episode 88 and then hop back to this episode. And I've linked that one in the show notes for you.

So most coaches are prepared to talk about teaching practices, goals, data. But when emotions show up,

we freeze. We don't know how to respond.

Sometimes we might either get stuck in therapist mode

or we might avoid the emotion entirely.

And in both cases, we miss an opportunity.

So what I want you to know is this.

You can coach emotions skillfully. You just need some strategies. Maybe you try to be supportive, but you don't know how to bring the conversation

back to teaching. Or maybe you feel pressure to move on quickly. Or maybe you're

just scared you'll say the wrong thing. So all of that is normal. But if we don't learn how to be

with emotions in a way that is grounded and effective, we can't help our clients grow.

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