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274: Love, Stillness, and Spirituality in Coaching with Aboodi Shabi

In this Episode

Host Helena Clayton speaks with veteran coach and educator Aboodi Shabi about love and spirituality in coaching. They explore how the profession has evolved from a performance-driven model to one that embraces the full depth of human experience. Aboodi shares why love—expressed as compassion, presence, and genuine care—is central to transformative coaching in the current world we live in, and how spirituality can provide grounding and insight for both coach and client. He also discusses the courage required to bring these themes into organizational contexts that often focus more on productivity than humanity.

Aboodi emphasizes the importance of coaches doing their own inner work, humility and holding space for clients’ full selves. Helen and Aboodi examine the importance of vulnerability, creating space for silence and stillness, and embracing diversity and inclusion in practice. They also contrast human coaching with AI-driven models, highlighting that authentic presence and heartfelt connection remain irreplaceable. This episode offers inspiration and practical insight for coaches seeking to integrate love, spirituality, and deeper human awareness into their work.

From understanding trauma at an individual and systemic level to expressing love in practical, grounded ways, this episode is a guide to cultivating the transformational capabilities needed to lead in a complex world.

You Will Learn

Why love is foundational to modern coaching
Why coaches’ own inner work is essential to enable them to hold an authentic, healthy presence and meaningful engagement with clients
How it is possible to bring love and spirituality into organizational contexts

Guest Bio

Aboodi Shabi has worked in executive coaching and coach training since the mid-1990s. He has delivered coach training programmes all over the world, and worked with thousands of coaches as a trainer, coach mentor and supervisor.

For several years, he was part of Henley’s internal coaching faculty. He now offers coaching supervision and runs coaching workshops on working with the body in coaching, as well as on spirituality in coaching.