Hello, friends. 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. Today, you're going to hear what it sounds like to use the wheel of privilege and power in a coaching conversation.

This tool can be transformative.

It helps clients deepen their self-awareness, explore identity, and better understand how systems of privilege and oppression show up in their

experiences and in their work. So before we dive into the demo, I want to say this. Introducing identity

exploration to your clients is advanced coaching work.

It requires you to do your own deep reflection, to be grounded in your own sociopolitical

identity, and to be able to hold space with skill and care.

So if you haven't already spent time with the skill session on the wheel of privilege and power

in the coach learning library, then I strongly recommend starting there.

You will find videos, scripts, and step-by-step guidance on how to introduce

both identity reflection and the wheel itself. This is essential groundwork. And you can find a

link to that in the show notes. All right, let's jump into this coaching conversation

and as you do, notice how I introduce the tool, the questions I ask, and the tone I use to hold

the space. So here's what you need to know about this role play demonstration.

First, I'll be coaching Jess, who is a former elementary teacher, who will be channeling

her past self around the time that she had been teaching for about five years.

The second thing to know is that Jess and I had been working together at the same school

site for the past several years, but this is my first year coaching her.

So there is relational trust built, but this is a new to her approach and a new tool for her.

And then three, this coaching conversation takes place after I have asked Jess to complete an identity reflection activity. And this is the same

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