Course Content
Welcome, Before We Begin
A short introduction to the program, what it is, why it exists, and how to move through it.
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Module 1: Sitting Down, Whose Session Is This?
The foundation of the whole approach. Explore the High Five, trust, safety, rapport, connection, respect, and why coaching only works when both people show up to build it together.
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Module 2: Finding Your Balance, What Brought You to the Swing
Before any technique, a coach has to know what's actually being asked for. This module introduces two practical tools: reading what a client's uncertainty is really signaling, and inviting the client to directly shape how the session will go.
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Module 3: Rocking Together, The Five Ways to Work
With trust and focus established, this module covers the five rhythms a coaching conversation can move through, Collaboration, Action, Reflection, Empathy, and Education, and how a session flows between them without the coach forcing the direction.
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Module 4: When the Swing Creaks, Repair, Discomfort, and Real Magic
Not every session feels easy, and this module is about the sessions that don't. Work through real scenarios, a shaky start, a small breach of trust, a moment of resistance, and learn how repair and discomfort are often where the deepest coaching work happens.
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The Porch Swing Approach

A Moment for Your Own Reflection

Think of a real moment when a client said, I don’t know, or something like it. Looking back, which of the seven meanings from this module feels closest to what was actually happening beneath the surface?

Take a moment to consider what you noticed at the time, what you might notice differently now, and how you could check a read like that with a client going forward. This is just for you, nothing to submit.