You can hear it when someone is technically “on the call” but their body is still sprinting. That gap between showing up and actually arriving is what we dig into with executive and team coach Susan Weiss, author of Active Presence: How to Bring Yourself and Your Client Fully Into the Now. We get practical about what presence looks like in real coaching sessions, why it slips, and how to rebuild it without pretending we live in a distraction-free world.
We talk about the difference between self-awareness and self-management, and why awareness alone is not enough when you’re coaching senior leaders under pressure. Susan shares simple transition rituals and a fast “clearing” practice that helps clients move from scattered to strategic in minutes. We also explore her favorite concept, a somatic treasury: collecting embodied memories from nature, travel, or everyday moments you can recall to access groundedness, expansion, or calm on demand.
Then we go one level deeper into the neuroscience of trust in coaching. Presence is not just philosophical; it affects nervous system safety, empathy, and connection through mechanisms like mirror neurons and oxytocin. If you want stronger rapport, clearer thinking, and better outcomes in executive coaching, leadership development, and team dynamics, this conversation gives you a clean starting point you can use between back-to-back sessions.
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