I matured the idea of this blog after a session of the Coaching Skill Forum of Ben Dooley. We were exploring this notion of saboteur and it stayed with me the following days. What is my own saboteur telling me? Your drawings are not really good, your ideas are not original and what would your contacts on social media think about this?
The saboteur is a part in all of us, the fear to be inadequate and to be judged. A force we must oppose to achieve our goals.
Thanks Barbara, I like the story of the 2 dogs as well and use it in my coaching. It works well because it is simple and people can relate to it. It is very empowering as well... we decide which dog we feed :)
I just discovered the saboteur page and found it really excellent.
It's definitely a major topic to be discussed when you are coaching to make your client aware of those little voices and how to deal with them.
Your drawings are inspiring to approach this quite heavy topic with lightness and fun. Thanks a lot for this ! Btw, I told the story of the native Indian and the dogs to my client and we had a good moment of fun to discover when and how he fed his own dogs (for him cats :)).