Fun Coaching is based on such a simple idea that it’s sometimes hard to accept that that’s all there’s to it. The idea: it’s all about fun.
A Fun Coach talks to people about what they do for fun. That’s it. That’s what he’s interested in. That’s all it’s all about.
What you’re doing for fun. Baking bread? Really? What’s so fun for you about baking bread? Is there a kind of bread you particularly like baking? A recipe you like to follow? Do you like mixing the dough most? Or is it kneading? Or is it the smell?
The Fun Coach asks these questions because he’s genuinely interested. He really wants to know what that person is finding so fun about bread-making. What in particular that particular person finds particularly fun. Not for the sake of the person he’s coaching. But for his own sake. He wants to learn, and obviously, if this person has found so much fun from something as simple as making bread (OK, maybe not so simple), the Fun Coach wants to know as clearly as possible what that fun is like. The Fun Coach is learning something about fun. Is being shown maybe a new path to fun. From a genuine expert, from someone who, for the moment, becomes the Fun Coach’s guru, bringing the Fun Coach a new insight, a gift, a path to fun.
And for the person who is being coached, the Fun Coach is providing a path to self-discovery. How wonderful to be listened to so deeply. How empowering to share something so deliciously personal, to give voice to the fun that is deeper than words, that nourishes his very soul, that for friends and family is maybe nothing more than a nice, warm, crunchy piece of fresh-baked bread; but for him is a path to delight, to, maybe, joy even.
The Fun Coach is interested in learning about anything his client considers fun, any thing – social, physical, emotional, mental, virtual, sensual – any degree, major or minor, pleasant or overwhelming; any flavor. Because the simple act of talking about fun is remarkably healing, profoundly empowering. Because talking about fun is fun. Because taking it seriously is also taking the person seriously. Because its fun being taken seriously about things as trivial as fun, or as blissful.
And because every person is different about what he finds fun, the Fun Coach is constantly expanding his repertoire of things that can be fun for him. And because he’s so intently interviewing his clients about what’s fun for them, and what else is fun for them; they also are increasing their repertoire.
Are we talking about enjoyment? Of course. About what makes you laugh? You bet. About food, sex, parenting, napping, sports, athletics, crocheting, dancing, solving crosswords, telling jokes, saving lives, braving the elements, mountain climbing, taking a walk around the neighborhood, inventing, designing, writing, teaching, learning, rolling in the mud – yes, yes, and also yes.
Such a good conversation. So engaging. So informative. So personal. So healing. So much fun.