Boundaries aren’t walls. They’re fences. A wall keeps everyone out. A fence has a gate, and it’s yours to open or close, if you’re willing to hold it when someone pushes.
That idea comes from this conversation with Dr Sarah Coope, recorded for the Your Coaching Journey podcast. Sarah talks about her own route into coaching, what twenty years of coaching doctors has taught her about self-worth, and why so many of us try to fix things that were never ours to fix.
In this episode:
- How a magazine advert led Sarah to her first coaching session, and the moment she realised she had different values to the people around her
- “Fruit stapling” — Sarah’s analogy for behaviour change that skips the real work underneath
- Why boundaries are fences, not walls, and what actually gets in the way of holding them
- The difference between being a rescuer and being a coach, and what it costs doctors to be the former
- Why Sarah tells every doctor thinking about a coaching qualification: “it starts with you”
Sarah Coope is a former GP, leadership coach and mediator who leads the training behind the podcast. Helen Leathers is a Coach, Trainer and Facilitator for Your Coaching Journey – an organisation providing transformational coaching training for doctors. Find out more about their upcoming courses here and use the code FROGSPAWN to get 20% off a live coaching course.
NOTE: We’re affiliate partners with Your Coaching Journey, which means we get a small commission if you use our code. We wouldn’t pass this on if we didn’t think it was genuinely worth it
Helen Leathers is a transformational coach with expertise in helping people use their body to access thoughts and emotions. She helps women who feel lost or overwhelmed to find their way in life again, and teaches doctors coaching and communication skills.
