Hello, friends, and welcome to the Bright Morning podcast. I'm your host, Elena Aguilar, and in each

podcast episode, you'll hear me demonstrate how you can lead conversations that build connection

and spark change. Have you ever found your mind drifting in a coaching conversation or even a conversation

with a loved one? Maybe your conversation partner is talking about something that matters to them

and you're lost in your own thoughts thinking about a looming deadline or maybe what you're going to eat for

lunch, or maybe you're not drifting. Maybe you have slammed on the mental breaks. You're nodding

along all the while thinking about what they said a few minutes ago, holding on to it so that

when they stop, you can redirect the conversation

back there because you decided that that thing is what really matters, not what they've moved

on to. Okay, I know I have done all of those things. I also know that not being present in the conversation

has a big impact on your conversations and on your relationships. And that's not the kind of

impact we hope for as coaches. Being present isn't just something that's

nice to have. It's actually what's required to attend to our way of being. And that is absolutely

critical for a transformational coach. So today, I'm going to help you anchor in what it means to be present.

And I'll offer you a few strategies to help you cultivate your ability to return to

presence if or when your mind does wander, because it will wander. So what I'm covering is just a little piece of my new

returning to presence skill session, which is in my learning library and Transformational Coaching

PLC. So if you're motivated to learn more about those offerings after the episode wraps up, then check out the show notes for a link to learn some more.

So let me start things off by anchoring in what it means to be present.

For each of us, this will be a little bit different.

So I'll encourage you to take some time to consider this for yourself.

But here's my experience of being present.

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