Relational Mindfulness - embodying presence, awareness and wisdom
hosted by Dr Emma Donaldson-Feilder and Liz Hall
Relational Mindfulness for Coaches is a pioneering approach which takes mindfulness to a whole new level, helping coaches and their clients, to be profoundly present, attune deeply, and foster the kind of human connection where deep understanding, insight, and transformation can naturally arise. A level of connection AI coachbot developers currently only dream of!
The way we embody authenticity, bring care, and act with courage in relationship directly influences the depth of insight, clarity, and transformation our clients can access. Relational Mindfulness brings the transformational power of presence, awareness and courageous compassion right into the heart of the relationship in the form of mindful dialogue and contemplation.
Mindfulness is well established as a means to develop vertically. For example, Petrie says (2015), “From a vertical perspective, the regular practice of turning inward and observing one’s own thoughts helps leaders observe the constant process of their own meaning-making.”
Relational Mindfulness amplifies the impacts of individual mindfulness, supporting coaches and clients to develop, deepen and expand capacities such as complexity processing, perspective adeptness, relational complexity, and self-experiencing. Relational Mindfulness helps us stay with relational heat experiences and turn towards ‘difficult’ feelings. It helps us be less reactive, and more open to other perspectives, listening deeply and avoiding othering. It helps us be more comfortable with paradox and ambiguity, and expand into a more systemic eco-centric meta perspective, amongst other benefits.
This free of charge session offers a brief experiential introduction to Relational Mindfulness, and to transformational practices to help coaches become more grounded, present, and attuned in relationship, and which support vertical development. Participants will have a chance to engage in mindful dialogue.
For those who wish to delve deeper, a four-session Relational Mindfulness programme is planned for the autumn on 2 October, 9 October, 16 October and 13 November – all sessions 9-12:30 UK time (full details to be announced soon).
The facilitators, Emma Donaldson-Feilder and Liz Hall, recently published a book, Relational Mindfulness for Coaches: Enhancing Presence, Awareness, Wisdom, Compassion and Courageous Collaboration (Routledge, 2025). For more information: https://relationalmindfulness.net.
DATE: 24 April, 9-10:30am (UK)
