A Coaching Model By Valentina Mallardo
Transformational Coach, AUSTRALIA

For many reasons, I am grateful to the coach and ICA trainers, one of which is that over the last year, I have been able to unlearn the habit of taking my own and my client’s understanding of the language for granted. What a game-changer, not only in my coaching career but also in my personal life and relationships. My coaching model Coaching Journeys method is built on the journey metaphor. Peer meetings, self-reflection exercises, and intuitive noticing of the terms I unknowingly use to define myself and my surroundings helped me see the metaphor. The following definitions of the word “journey” appear to be agreed upon by online dictionaries: “an act of going from one place to another” or “anything signifying travel or passage from one place to another.”