Integral Coaching vs Business Coaching: what to choose?

A bit more about what I’m doing now...

I’ve noticed that when people hear the word coaching, many immediately picture either self-proclaimed "experts” or some form of corporate performance coaching.

I leave you to judge on the first group. Let’s focus on the second.

The image of coaching in the corporate world is usually about improving your performance at work. You know how it goes: management thinks your results are not good enough, or your relationships with peers and subordinates aren’t ideal. So they “give you a chance to improve.” You get assigned a coach who will help you figure out what you’re doing wrong and how to “fix” it. And often, the only goal of these conversations is how to make you a better corporate employee. Sounds familiar?

There’s even that piece of office jargon — “He’s being coached.” Which usually means “His career is in trouble, but we’re giving him one last shot.”

But the Integral Coaching I practice is very different. It’s not about fixing your work habits or adjusting your office behavior. People are far too complex to be reduced to performance metrics.

In my experience, what shows up at work often mirrors something deeper: tension between your inner self and your environment, or something unresolved within your family. It’s a signal that you’re not fully at peace with yourself.

That’s why you can’t really be assigned to a coach. Starting coaching is a conscious decision — one you make when you’re ready to look inward. Working with a professional coach means building a relationship of trust and honesty. During these sessions, you can (and should) touch on all parts of your life — and begin to transform them.

Integral Coaching is about your whole life — about learning to love yourself, understand your own needs, and shape new patterns of mind, body, and heart. All the answers are already within you. A good coach simply helps you find them.

I like to believe that in the future, in a truly developed society, everyone will have a coach — not because something is “wrong,” but because we all deserve space to grow.

Three insights after leaving the corporation

Three realizations that came to me when I lost my corporate job.

First. Loyalty is worth nothing.

You can sleep at the office to show how dedicated you are. You can push aside all other priorities just to prove that you’re the first one at work and the last one to leave. It doesn’t matter. Many other things matter — things that can actually make you an indispensable employee. More on that later.

Second. Age is just a number in your head and on paper.

Yes, when you’re younger, you can find a job for pennies. When you’re more experienced, you can find a job that pays you serious money.

Yes, it may take more time to find a job you actually like. But now you get to choose. And if you’ve been struggling to find a job for a long time, then you’re just not looking in the right place.

And third. Self-love and self-respect are the most important.

These are exactly the things a company tries to get rid of or kill in you to make you easier to control. To make you more susceptible to manipulation. So remember, you are with yourself forever. Your self-love and self-respect must stay with you, no matter what happens externally.

And what was your experience working for a big company?

Some people disappear from your life as you grow up. And that's okay.

You don't actually lose friends with age.

It's just that your circle of people has become smaller. Because the air is thin at a new level and there won't be enough for many.

If you've changed jobs, gotten divorced, or, conversely, found a new partner, started playing sports, or quit drinking, you've noticed how much the people around you have changed. And this is no coincidence.

Some will stay behind because they feel comfortable there. Some will leave because your confidence reminds them of their fears. And some will simply stop understanding you.

Don't try to bring back those who don't want to go with you. Continue your journey - somewhere out there, new people are waiting.

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