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270: Transforming Coaching Relationships Through Fierce Love and Courage with Marie Quigley

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Host Helena Clayton sits down with executive coach, supervisor and trainer Marie Quigley for a powerful conversation about bringing love—courageous presence, authenticity, and deep humanity—into coaching. Marie reflects on her own evolution from traditional, performance-driven coaching to a more holistic practice that balances high challenge with deep compassion. She shares how integrating love not only supports clients more fully but also expands a coach’s own capacity to hold complexity, uncertainty, and emotion.

Helena and Marie explore the shifting landscape of coaching in a world shaped by global tension, organizational pressure, and rising client needs. They discuss why clear, intentional contracting—at both the beginning and end of a coaching relationship—is an act of love, creating psychological safety, transparency, and shared responsibility. Marie also offers a glimpse into her forthcoming book, Fierce Love, and invites coaches to experiment with bringing more love into the coaching space. This episode challenges coaches to show up more bravely, embrace relational depth, and use love as an active force for transformation..

You Will Learn

How actively bringing love into the coaching space along with challenge and provocation can create deeper transformation in clients
Why good contracting is a foundational act of love in the coaching relationship
Love is coaching is part of the evolving of coaching to more holistic, relational approaches

Guest Bio

Marie Quigley is an ICF Master Certified Coach and EMCC Accredited Coach Supervisor with 28+ years of international experience. Known for her “fierce loving” approach to executive coaching, she helps leaders transform from success to significance. As a dedicated coach educator, Marie trains, mentors, and supervises coaches worldwide, supporting them to deepen their practice and connect authentically to the whole human experience, creating lasting impact in leadership and personal growth.