Foreword.

Acknowledgments.

The Author.

Introduction.

Core Assertions.

How to Use This Book.

My Promise.

Reading as Experience.

PART ONE: Presence, Self-Generation, and the Role of Coaching.

1 Presence.

Presence Demystified.

So, What Is Presence?

Implications of Presence.

Presence and the Products of Coaching.

Challenges to Presence.

Chapter Summary.

2 How Humans Change: Conditioning, Identity, and Self-Generation.

Conditioning.

Identity.

Becoming Self-Generative.

How Coaching Supports Self-Generation and Sustainable Change.

Living in Self-Generation.

Chapter Summary.

3 Coach as Development Partner.

Performance Versus Developmental Coaching.

Principles of Developmental Coaching.

Three Integrated Structures for Development.

Presence-Based Coaching: Foundations into Methodology.

Chapter Summary.

PART TWO: Inner Moves for Presence-Based Coaching.

4 Orienting.

A Coaching Model.

Your Client.

Purpose.

Coaching Outcomes.

Expanded Contexts.

Chapter Summary.

5 Holding.

The Relational Field.

Silence and Possibility.

Chapter Summary.

PART THREE: Generative Practices for Presence in Mind, Body, and Heart.

6 Mind.

Building the Observer.

What ’s to Observe?

Working with Habits.

Designing Self-Observations.

Engaging in Self-Observation.

Coaching Implications.

Chapter Summary.

7 Body.

Assertions of Somatic Literacy.

Centering.

Building Somatic Awareness.

Somatic Self-Obser vation.

Working with Urges.

Body Practices.

Coaching Implications.

Chapter Summary.

8 Heart.

Developing Compassion for Self and Others.

Experiencing the Heart.

Deciding Through the Heart.

Gratitude.

Connecting Through the Heart.

Longing.

Coaching Implications.

Chapter Summary.

PART FOUR: Relational Moves for Presence-Based Coaching.

9 Coach for Self-Observation and Realization.

Reflect.

Invite Internal Awareness.

Focus the Field.

Challenge Identity.

Chapter Summary.

10 Coach for Reorganization.

Shift Perspective.

Reorganize Around Center.

Build Competency in Self-Regulation.

Mobilize Commitment.

Chapter Summary.

11 Coach for Stabilization.

Design Fieldwork.

Work Jointly.

Create New “Facts on the Ground.”

Chapter Summary.

12 Milestones: Entry, Continuation, Completion.

Entry.

Continuation.

Completion, and Beginning.

Chapter Summary.

Coda.

Appendix A: Table of Moves and Practices.

Appendix B: Purpose Exercise.

Appendix C: Annotated Bibliography.

Appendix D: Web-Based Resources.

Notes.

Index.