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In the final episode of our 2025 season, host Donald E. Coleman sits down with Dr. Colette Coiner, PCC—a physical therapist turned parenting coach whose voice resonates with wisdom, warmth, and radical hope. Colette blends neuroscience, child development, and lived experience as a mom, creating a coaching model that brings healing to families, connection to conversations, and wholeness to every relationship she touches.

Together, they explore:

• Her journey from physical therapy to family restoration through coaching
• The sacred bond between neuroscience and parenting
• How she defines wholeness as treating the entire human story—not just the symptoms
• The transformative effect of coaching on her business, her family, and her own heart
• Why she believes coaching is not just about performance—it’s about love, belonging, and generational healing

Dr. Colette’s story is filled with practical insight and powerful truth. From raising her daughter, adopting her son, navigating life's challenges, and becoming whole again, her voice reminds us why the power of coaching matters now more than ever.

📲 Download the episode now and join us as we close the year with a conversation that encapsulates everything we believe coaching can be: personal, powerful, and profoundly life-giving.

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In this unforgettable episode of the ICF San Diego's Coffee and Conversations podcast. Our host, Donald E. Coleman, shares a sacred moment with Dr. Haesun Moon, author of Coaching A to Z and a renowned thought leader in the science of coaching language.

From the moment Donald attended her ICF Converge 2025 breakout session, The Wonder of Words: Curating Preferred Futures One Word at a Time, he knew something extraordinary was unfolding. In a conference brimming with an abundance of tools and academic coaching dialogue, Dr. Moon offered something different: light, presence, and deep simplicity that stirred the soul.

This long-awaited interview captures that same sacred stillness. Together, Donald and Haesun explore:

• The power of words to shift perspective, create space, and unlock new futures
• How metaphors like “zero” and “instead” carry transformational impact in coaching conversations
• The Compass Diagram, a quadrant model that maps language to embodied experience
• The role of grief, prayer, and intuitive writing in her creative process
• How mind, heart, and gut intelligence converge through coaching presence
• The quiet healing found in honoring “what is already,” “what is becoming,” and “what is cared for”

Dr. Moon’s reflections are not merely conceptual—they are deeply spiritual, embodied, and generational. Her insights carry the kind of weight that has the power to shape coaches, clients, and families for years to come.

📲 Download the episode now to experience how sacred language, deep listening, and intentional presence can transform coaching into a living, breathing act of grace.

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In this sacred and soul-stirring episode of Coffee and Conversations, host Donald E. Coleman welcomes Alla Shashkina, ACC, for a conversation that transcends professional titles and enters the realm of calling, healing, and generational transformation.

Donald and Alla reflect on her experience that occurred at ICF San Diego's hospitality suite on Thursday night during the 2025 ICF Converge, where Donald delivered an impromptu moving speech on how coaching was recognized not merely as a profession, but as a divine calling. Alla shares her powerful personal story—from her roots as a Chuvash woman in Russia, to raising her daughter as a single mother, to reclaiming connection through movement, mindfulness, and presence. Their conversation uncovers how sacred moments arise in coaching, and how flexibility, awareness, and embodied intelligence allow coaches to serve not just individuals, but the healing of generations.

Together, they explore:

• The role of sacred space in coaching and life
• How movement, running, and silence become portals for presence
• Generational healing and the coach’s role in shaping non-material legacy
• Embodied metaphors for resilience and flexibility in a fast-paced world
• Integrating mind, heart, and gut intelligence into leadership and life
• How disconnection from one’s calling leads to fragmentation—and how coaching restores wholeness

📲 Download the episode now to experience this life-altering conversation with Alla Shashkina, and rediscover the sacred calling of coaching in a world longing for presence, healing, and transformation.

If you are interested in being a guest on the Podcast, please send an email to president@icf-sandiego.org. Please connect with us on our social media channels:

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