Choice: Making Coaching Sessions Client-Led

A palette of possibilities—because coaching is less about coloring inside the lines and more about choosing the hues that feel alive.

Coaching isn’t about handing your client a pre-drawn picture and asking them to color inside the lines. It’s about offering them a full deck of paint swatches—every hue, shade, and tone—and letting them decide what their transformation will look like.

But how do we, as coaches, ensure sessions stay client-led rather than coach-directed?

The answer lies in one elegant word: choice.

When clients experience genuine agency over the direction of a conversation, something profound happens. Their body relaxes. Their brain shifts from compliance to curiosity. Their emotions open.

Choice activates ownership—and ownership fuels transformation. They’re no longer coloring by numbers; they’re mixing their own palette, blending possibility and self-trust in equal measure.

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