Partnership and support with your creative endeavours and your (one, wild) life.
What is coaching all about?
It's conversational support and encouragement to help you reach your goals.
Sometimes we get stuck. We've got that idea — a story, a life change, a problem — and we can't seem to get where we want to go on our own. Or, it's like this: we don't even know what we want! How do you make the space to really listen and explore your hopes, ideas, challenges, blockers, and actually figure out what's next for you? That's what a coach is for.
By creating the space for you to explore what you really want, the challenges you’re facing, and explore ways to get there, coaching can help you find momentum and insight. In a confidential, 1-on-1 environment, you get to process your reality with a conversation partner, to help move towards clarity and perspective.
"Like counselling?"
Sort of, but no. In a therapy session, you're taking today's reality and tracing the steps back to understand how you got there. In coaching, we're looking towards the future, to understand where you want to go. (Counselling's great, btw, and very important — just explaining the differences.)
"I just use ChatGPT for coaching."
Me too, but that's not coaching. AI is awesome for letting you spill out your ideas, reframe them, organize your thoughts, and be a non-judgemental voice. Keep doing that. AI gives you the answers. But as Canadian rapper Buck65 said, "The problem is today, they got an answer for everything."
Coaching gives you questions, not answers. Coaching offers the space for you to process what's emerging within you. You're the only one who has access to your own inner voice. You can't use an LLM to generate the answer to the question of "What is it that you want to do with your own wild, precious life?" (Well, you can, but every time you do, a kitten dies somewhere.)
Coaching with Co.school
Co.school's coaching services are currently offered by Kevan Gilbert. Kevan currently enrolled in training to be Certified Impact Coach, accredited by the International Coaching Federation.
(We're also happy to refer you to other lovely coaches in our network.)
Getting started
Book a free intake call: get to know Kevan, learn more about coaching, and see if it’s a good fit (no charge).
What people say
“The depth of my coaching sessions with Kevan has been extraordinary. He helps me focus on what really matters and provides soaring encouragement from a place of grounded enthusiasm. I always leave our sessions feeling like I have a better grasp on my situation and meaningful ways forward.”
- Derek W, Executive Director at a non-profit
“A zenmaster of space-holding and a sherpa of paradigm-shifting, he brings broad (and somehow still nuanced) perspectives yet also cuts to the heart of what matters HERE and NOW with near surgical precision. I rarely see this kind of courage and kindness blended so coherently in the wild. Relentlessly, Kevan calls us out of frenzied, lonely, and silo’ed habits to re-inhabit our higher selves and reconnect with each other.”
- Alvin E., indie entrepreneur
“I used to do crappy projects at work all the time, but now, for the most part, I do things I am far more passionate about and better at. What happened? I’ll tell you what happened - Kevan Gilbert happened. He saw the good I was doing and encouraged it, and then pointed me to even better. He selflessly helped me become a better leader, and then took an interest in my career to help me find a role that best suited my talents and passions. Then he helped me navigate the transition. And, he did all of this as someone just oozes helping people be their best. That is rad.”
- Tim B., software product lead
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