Journalist Jancee Dunn encapsulated a Harvard study on adult health for the NYT’s 7-Day Happiness Challenge (2023 January). Dunn based Day-2, the 8-minute conversation, on data showing that even a brief chat with a friend has measurable effects on well-being. There Dunn outlines a useful strategy. Text first asking for 8 minutes. Second, stick to the 8-mnutes. Third, if more time is needed schedule it. No other commitment is made Yet, a commitment on behalf of the friendship has been offered and accepted.

Whether you’re a practitioner, a friend, or simply someone learning how to be with others in their process, cultivating holding space may be the most generous thing you do. It invites stillness, trust, and transformation. It’s a sacred responsibility and a powerful skill.

Strengths of the International Coaching Federation and ICF-certified coach training programs is the condensation of essential coaching qualities, definition of skills for a coaching toolbox, models to understand these by, as well as its adaptability, so that coaching keeps in-touch with modern society and contemporary lives.