“One of the questions is ‘and is there anything else?’, that’s a clean language question”
New Zealander, John Farrell, joins us for this podcast episode which focuses on Clean Language and Equine Coaching – two very interesting topics.
John got into coaching 20 years ago thanks to his wife and a rather unexpected fire walk, and hasn’t looked back since, developing his practice into outdoor coaching and then adding horses for a unique take on outdoor coaching.
Through the use of the Clean Language and Emergent Knowledge techniques, John helps his clients to develop metaphors to resolve their challenges and traumas.
The horses act as powerful archetypes, helping, often just at the right time with a friendly, gentle nudge to inspire the client with a spark of knowledge or understanding. They communicate on a sensory level, providing truly unique metaphors that clients will never forget.
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Taking that sense of greatness, and overcoming that sense of unmet expectations. We aren’t broken or a failure, we just haven’t got things sorted. John has spent the last 20+ years working on himself and coaching others to excel.
John has studied NLP and neuroscience and worked with leaders in Metaphor Therapy and Clean Language. He’s developed courses using horses to co-facilitate personal growth in clients.
Metaphor coaching aids the client in gaining their own insights and ideas about their expectations and outcomes without projection from the coach. When he has the level of sensory acuity with a client the session can run without the client speaking, taking the projections to another depth.
Working outdoors our eyes move slightly differently looking at distant landscapes, giving a more expansive perspective. Having the significant archetype of a horse present and interreacting without the coach or client intervention, takes on greater levels of metaphorical perceptions for the clients.
John can’t say what a client gets from working with him, that would be his projection, he leaves this to the horse. When the client fully owns their self-development, it anchors itself.
