book resources

The purpose of this website was initially to provide resources for those who are reading the book Relational Mindfulness for Coaches

However, we also want to give those who have not yet read the book a flavour of what it is about and provide inspiration for the application of Relational Mindfulness (RM) in coaching, other helping professions and beyond.

Some gentle words of caution: For some of the resources we provide, we believe it is vital to have read the book before accessing and engaging in them. The context provided in the book is essential to understanding how these resources are to be used. Despite best intentions, without an appreciation of this context and guidance, certain resources may not only be misunderstood and misrepresent what RM is about, they may end up not being helpful – or worse, being actively unhelpful – when drawn on with clients and colleagues. Other resources we provide or point to are relevant to anyone interested in RM.

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“For coaching to step-up to what is now needed in the world, it needs to not only develop an eco-systemic way of thinking, being, doing and perceiving but also a spiritual perspective grounded in mindfulness, compassion, non-attachment and gratitude. Liz Hall and Emma Donaldson-Feilder bring their many years of practice and supervision to provide an excellent practical and step by step practice approach to how we can all develop our spiritual source and resourcefulness.”

Professor Peter HawkinsGlobal thought leader and best-selling author on systemic coaching, systemic team coaching and supervision.

Relational Mindfulness for Coaches is an important book. The last 30 years have seen a huge increase in people taking to intrapersonal mindfulness practice to support their own well-being, and growth. As a mindful coach, do we leave it there and simply bring our own mindful attention implicitly into the coaching relationship? Liz and Emma are pointing to another way – a way of bringing mindfulness more explicitly into

the practice of dialogue. When we do so, not only do we create the psychological safety for new insight to emerge, but we may also help others on their vertical development journey toward self-authorship and for some, the self-transforming mind. Our world needs more leaders better able to navigate complexity and co-create

solutions to some of our toughest global challenges. This book offers a way to accelerate that, ironically by slowing down. Helping others access courage, collaboration and wisdom will be key if we are to find meaningful solutions to our ecological and climate crisis. As Liz and Emma point out, relational mindfulness moves us in the direction of greater compassion – this may be the most powerful alchemical ingredient as we look to integrate our own shadow and rediscover our inherent wholeness as human beings.

Mark McMordie CEO of The Compassionate Leader, co-author of Mindfulness for Coaches and contributor to Ecological & Climate-Conscious Coaching

Coaching an individual outside their context often does more harm than good. Every human is a cluster of systems nested within a multitude of other systems. Relational mindfulness is an essential tool for the mature coach, who wants to add more value than helping someone solve a complicated problem. It takes us to where coaching belongs – the world of complex adaptive systems.

Professor David ClutterbuckFounder and practice lead, Clutterbuck Coaching and Mentoring International

Supported by compelling stories and testimonials, Hall and Donaldson-Feilder present us with a practical guide for how Relational Mindfulness can evolve our coaching practice. Not only can Relational Mindfulness unearth greater leadership insight and intelligence, by helping us welcome ‘what is’ with greater wisdom and

compassion; but it also gives coaches a toolkit to make progress towards ‘equality of outcomes’, by providing coaching that creates the most needed benefits for clients, whatever their background or identities. This book is an inspirational invitation to coaches seeking more creative, inclusive, and transformational relationships with those they serve.

Will JamesFounder of With Diversity, provider of coaching and consultancy services, and director of inclusion and sustainability at APECS.

If we are to address the polycrisis we are facing, humans will need to evolve to find a different way of being. This book starts with the self work and the importance of mindfulness and non judgement and then skillfully guides us into the relational space, providing a path to support individual change and tools for coaches to utilise and share. Emma and Liz share their personal passion for Relational Mindfulness with deep compassion, in a way which models their call to action.

Rita SymonsCoach, supervisor, managing director – Enhance Coaching and Consultancy, world citizen and former EMCC UK president

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For anyone who… aspires to reach their highest potential as a coach, to be of the deepest service not just to their clients but to humankind as a whole, this pioneering book is one you will return to over and over again.

Nicholas JanniAuthor of UK Business book of the Year 2023, Leader as Healer, a new paradigm for 21st century leadership, founder and CEO, The Leader as Healer Institute

Relational mindfulness must be the future for coaches, indeed for all of humanity. Here is how.

Professor Michael West CBEProfessor of Organizational Psychology, Lancaster University; senior visiting fellow, The King’s Fund, London; convenor, Health Impact Group, Global Compassion Coalition

The boldest assertion in this work is suggested on every page: our growth in relational capacity and awareness can yield the intuitive wisdom we so urgently need at this time… I hope you read this book carefully and let it touch you.

Gregory KramerMeditation teacher, creator of Insight Dialogue and author of Insight Dialogue, A whole life path and other publications on relational dharma

As coaches, we want to inspire and invoke hope and renewed capability in our clients. This book is about hope. But it is not fanciful hope, it is feasible hope.

Professor Richard E. BoyatzisDistinguished University Professor of Case Western Reserve University and Professor in Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology and Cognitive Science

More than almost anything today, we all need to be deeply heard and to be allowed to discover our own deeper purpose. Good coaching leads to that. This book can help us all coach more deeply.

Michael ChaskalsonFounder, Mindfulness Works; Professor of Practice adjunct at Hult EF Corporate Education

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