Agency, Belonging and Cause

The terms Agency, Belonging and Cause (ABC) were grouped and utilized by the author Bruce Feiler as described in his book "Life is in the Transitions".

I believe that each of us have a right to reflect on, to maintain and evolve our own senses of Agency, Belonging and Cause in our lives. We are all alive and we all have positive, neutral and difficult experiences in these 3 areas.

I also believe that there are many systemic factors that have both a positive and negative impact on people's ability to develop and live their lives. Examples: capitalism, fascism, racism, sexism, homo/transphobia.

I wish to create an exercise/activity for clients to explore and reflect on their own ABC and take this with them further in their life and in their received coaching experience.

I am seeking help from fellow Coaches! For my coaching practice I'd like to develop an activity to help clients reflect on the ABC terms in their life and wishes for the future. To do this I invite yo to help me develop this activity in a 1:1 session! In return you will gain your own insights on these terms, plus support me in developing this as an activity for future clients.

How are Agency, Belonging and Cause defined?

Here are a few initial definitions of the terms:

Agency: (1) Sense of control for your self, body, actions in life. (2) Capacity to influence own thoughts and behavior. (3) Ability to leverage learned experiences to support new experiences.

Belonging: (1) A feeling of security and support where there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion and identity for a member of a certain group. (2) An understanding that one is part of a demographic of people based on certain factors, and in relationship to others with same or similar factors.

Cause: (1) Having a sense of purpose and impact beyond oneself.

What will we do in this session?

For this meet I'd like to talk to you coach-to-coach about (1) these terms, (2) how we feel reflecting on these terms can support a client in self-discovery (3) that the systems we live in impact our life well-being.

I welcome to hear your own experience working with clients, utilizing exercises, to help shape what this new exercise could be.

The outcome from this session (1) helps me to formulate this as an exercise/activity to do with clients, supported by your insights too. And (2) that you too can gain own insights for yourself and your practice.

I'm interested, how can I schedule a call?

Schedule an appointment here. We can talk for about 45 minutes to review a special doc with further information. And thank you!