"Have you ever had to hide an identity or felt like you had to hide your identity as a coach? And what's that experience like? That is definitely something that I've been thinking about a lot."

— Jory Stillman

"It creates that awareness at a molecular level. If it hits that DNA, the transformation that occurs from the inside out is phenomenal. That's what I think is so important about coaching: That it has the opportunity to get deep inside below all the layers to what's really important to the person that I have the privilege and honor to be with, and help them to see, 'What's going to serve me best? And what do I want to do about getting it?'"

— Chéri Allen

"It's more than language: 'Who am I when I'm speaking in English? And who am I when speaking in French? And who am I when I am speaking in Arabic?' It was like a big question of, 'Who are you, Jihane?'"

— Jihane Labib 

"Being present in this world with people as a coach is life-changing. It allows me to stay positive. There's so much pain and yet . . . there's a certain gratitude. It allows me to stay very grateful and happy to be alive, to have everything I have around me, the goods, the bads, the uglies. Every challenge just shapes me because I have coaching as a muscle."

— Pooja Khandelwal

"There isn't a facet of my life that hasn't been impacted by understanding more about what coaching is and the benefits of that quality of conversations that I can have."

— Ann Fogolin

"I learned resilience. I learned unconditional love that I could give. I learned the ability to be persistent and forgive from really difficult situations."

— Ellen Fulton

"Coaching is not simply something that we do, but it is something who we are. The practice of being fully there cannot be only achieved when we are in front of our clients. It has to be a practice that we do and that we are committed to on a daily basis."

— Elias Scultori

"Yes, we bring our 'coach selves' wherever we go: We're inherently more curious and better listeners, and we know how to ask good questions. But people don't realize that when you are in a formal coaching session it is a totally different, sacred dynamic. So when I've had people come sit in on my class that have known me for years, they're like, 'Kathleen, I didn't know you could do that.' It's wild!"

— Kathleen O'Grady