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Part 4 of a four part series by Janet Harvey, MCC

Live at Choice!
What does it mean to live at choice in your life?


Part IV


Theme: Wholeness is Generative

"Self- generation is the capacity to be present and a learner in all of life in order to make choices from the inner state of greatest possible awareness and resourcefulness. Self-generation is the central capacity for sustainable change."
- Doug Silsbee, Author, Presence-Based Coaching


What new choices emerged as you explored a natural rhythm of vitality, curiosity and connection?[1] And, as we explore the third theme of transformative coaching, what do you notice about wholeness for yourself? The 2009 PriceWaterhouse-Coopers worldwide coaching study cites the topic of work/life balance as the second most important reason to seek a coach. This is curious and hopeful to us. When we are reactive rather than responsive, avoiding the art of pause and listening for the whisper of insight from within, our picture of balance is crafted from our external circumstances. Like walking through a revolving door, balance is just outside our vision through the glass door that never stops turning. What if the premise of balance originates within and is recognized as unique, particular and specific to each person's natural rhythm? Where does accountability for experiencing balance reside? When we open our awareness to the conditions of wholeness from the inside-out, we initiate new choices and therefore the experience of balance that our being most desires. Another invaluable advantage of wholeness is that is a dynamic state of generation.



To be generative is defined as possessing the power of producing or originating. Self-generation capacity is fundamental to being; it is critical to the adaptive, dynamic foundation required for living at choice. Without wholeness, self-generation distorts or stops completely. Wholeness omits nothing. Wholeness is a state of remembering our totality with love; light and dark, accepted and rejected, ease and struggle, power and powerlessness. Wholeness brings our attention to unity and practices that unify and transform difference into oneness.

Self-Generation: be a deep listener, be an unconditional reflector, and be an igniter of possibility.

We use deep listening to self to heighten awareness of our best conditions of wholeness. Practice unconditional reflection so that we shine light on limits. We will notice new possibilities when we partner with curiosity and suspend judgment. From this perspective we access courage to release those limits and experience our unique wholeness. From wholeness, we gain access to all our resources for experiencing imagination, invention and innovation. Like a lighthouse beacon on the rocky shore, our wholeness is an igniter of possibility with and through our relationships with others, one on one and one to many in community of any size. To further your journey to live at choice and support your clients to do the same, we close our series with this final inquiry:

What is my choice that will manifest a new story for humanity?

It is our hope that you experienced fresh insight to being transformative in life for self and clients so that we are all living at choice. The practices from each series are ways to strengthen our own transformative nature, to remember our natural rhythm and be that in the world.



We each are the seed of a new story for humanity. Dare to create vision from the inside-out and co-create a new story for humanity. We invite you to share your story. We also invite you to share the answer to our final inquiry. What we tend in the garden grows, sharing our vision with each other is powerful tending.

[1] Part III Inquiry: What choices will stimulate my vitality, curiosity and deep connection with life?

About our expert:

Janet M. Harvey, MCC Partner & CEO for inviteCHANGE, a company created for those in search of meaningful processes that help catalyze learning and integrate a process for lasting change in one's personal and professional life. Janet embraces transformative coaching as a discovery process that invites and enlivens clients to choose beliefs and behaviors that generate a magnificent life experience that consistently express a person's core and essential self.

Contact: janet.harvey@inviteCHANGE.com


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