If you leave a coaching session and immediately move on to your next task, then this one's 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 exploring what happens after a coaching conversation ends. You wrap up

your session and head back to your office. And then what? Do you debrief with yourself, or do you rush into your next

task? Today, we're talking about a practice that can exponentially increase your impact,

intentional reflection. And this topic is crucial because

the truth is that most coaches don't have a consistent reflection practice. It's not that we

don't want to reflect. It's that we often feel pressed for time,

or don't know what to reflect on, or maybe just don't see the immediate payoff. But here's the thing.

If you don't reflect, you won't grow.

You will repeat the same missteps.

You'll miss patterns.

You'll overlook insights.

Now, occasionally, I talk with coaches who think they reflect, but what they're

really doing is replaying the conversation in their mind endlessly without structure. And that's

not reflection. That's dwelling. And it doesn't support growth.

So to get the most out of reflection, we need to have a process, a few powerful questions,

and a system for returning to those reflections later.

Let me tell you a short story.

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