What if the most important moments in coaching are the ones where nothing is clear?
Drawing on her Camino de Santiago memoir, Sarah Farina explores transformation not as a goal-driven process, but as a lived experience of uncertainty, identity shift, and return to self.
This session connects the raw terrain of the Camino—disorientation, endurance, unexpected clarity—to the real work coaches face with clients navigating transition, burnout, or loss of direction. Participants will deepen their ability to stay present without rushing resolution, listen beyond narrative into identity shifts, and evoke awareness that emerges rather than being forced. This is coaching beyond performance—into meaning, alignment, and becoming.
Key Topics & Areas of Discussion
• Coaching without a map: Working with clients who lack clarity, direction, or stable identity
• From goals to being: Supporting transformation beyond action plans
• Presence under pressure: Staying grounded when clients are stuck, overwhelmed, or in transition
• Listening for emergence: Tracking shifts in meaning, identity, and energy
• The Camino as method: Using lived experience to deepen coaching insight
Learning Outcomes
• Apply ICF core competencies in situations of ambiguity and transition
• Distinguish between problem-solving and transformational coaching
• Recognize and work with identity-level shifts in clients
• Maintain presence and avoid premature direction-setting
• Integrate reflective practices into coaching conversations
Credits: 1.0 CCEUs